Tsuyokiss

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Tsuyokiss

つよきす (Tsuyokisu)
Genre	Comedy, Romance
Game: Tsuyokiss Tsuyokiss ~Mighty Heart~ Minikiss ~Tsuyokiss Fan Disk~
Developer	Candy Soft (PC) PrincessSoft (PS2)
Genre	Visual novel
Rating	EOCS:Restricted 18 CERO:B(12+)
Platform	PC, Playstation 2
Released	August 26, 2005 (PC)^[1] May 25, 2006 (PS2)^[2] December 15 2006 (Minikiss)^[3]
TV anime : Tsuyokiss Cool x Sweet
Directed by	Shinichiro Kimura
Studio	Studio Hibari
Network	Various Japanese Broadcast Networks
Original run	July 1, 2006 – September 16, 2006
No. of episodes	12

Tsuyokiss (つよきす, Tsuyokiss^?) is a video game that has been adapted into an anime series. The romance story is created by Takahiro (video games) and Yasutomo Yamada (anime series), and focuses on a group of students at a high school and the various romantic attachments that the characters feel for each another.

Tsuyokiss originally began as an visual novel H-game for the PC by video game developer Candy Soft first released on August 26, 2005. A Playstation 2 version of the game called Tsuyokiss ~Mighty Heart~ will be released with erotic elements removed. A fan disc with some minigames for PC named Minikiss ~Tsuyokiss Fan Disk~ was released. The anime based on the original game began airing in Japan on July 1, 2006 and is not hentai.

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

[edit] Video game

Tsuyokiss is about the lives of a group of fictional high school students and the often comedic events that occur in their lives. The main protagonist is an average boy named Leo Tsushima who is secretly in love with the eldest daughter of the Kiriya Corporation and who is the student council president - Erika Kiriya.

Later, a senior female student, Otome Kurogane, knocks out several of the main characters one day when they are trying to sneak into school after being late. Surprisingly, it turns out that she is Leo’s beloved cousin that he had not seen for years. Suddenly, Otome decides to move in to the same house as Leo, whose mediocre life is changing into something a bit more exciting. In the PlayStation 2 version Leo begins to have the relations to Sunao Konoe who is an old acquaintance again.

[edit] Anime

The anime version's plot of Tsuyokiss differs from that of the video game's in that Sunao Konoe is seen as the main protagonist in the story who is very determined to form a drama club in the school which she recently transferred to. Her main obstacle is having to prove to the student council president, Erika Kiriya, that forming a drama club would be worth her time which usually means Erika offering Sunao challenges which she must pass for the club to be formed.

[edit] Characters

[edit] Main characters

The entire Tsuyokiss Cool x Sweet crew.

Sunao Konoe (近衛素奈緒, Konoe Sunao)^?, (Seiyū - Nana Mizuki): The main female protagonist of the story, Sunao, is a second year transfer student from class 2-A in high school who tends to have a strong personality, never being one to willingly back down. In the beginning of the story, her family moves to a new town because of her mother's work as an actress. Ever since seeing her mother acting once when she was younger, Sunao dreams of someday becoming an actress too, and likewise is very passionate about drama in general. On her first day at her new school, she adamantly wants to become a member of the drama club, though is soon informed that their school has no such club yet established. This in turn makes her very determined to start one as soon as possible, though it is proving harder than she thought.

During her first performance on stage when she was much younger, she had gotten stage fright though a little boy who was in the play managed to help her get over it. On her first day at school, she recognizes Leo as the little boy who helped her during her first play, though it took more of a reminder via her pig tails and the childish phrase daikon meaning poor actor which earned him a slap in the face.

Leo Tsushima (対馬レオ, Tsushima Leo)^?, (Seiyū - Toshiyuki Toyonaga): The main male protagonist of the story, Leo is a second year student from class 2-C in high school. He is always hanging around with his childhood friends Shinichi Samesuga, Subaru Date, and Kinu Kanisawa often while inside the student council building. He is an average male high school student who is on the student council.

[edit] First-year students

Nagomi Yashi (椰子なごみ, Yashi Nagomi)^?, (Seiyū - Yu Kobayashi): Nagomi is a first year student from class 1-B. She is usually a loner who tends to quarrel often with Kinu Kanisawa, whom she has nicknamed Kani (かに, Kani^?) meaning crab.

[edit] Second-year students

Shizuka Asada (浅田静香, Asada Shizuka)^?, (Seiyū - Moyu Arishima): Shizuka is a second year student from class 2-A and Sunao's classmate who she meets on her first day of school. She immediately becomes a fan of Sunao later that day after witnessing a drama performance by Sunao of a scene from the play Romeo and Juliet.

Noriko Nishizaki (西崎紀子, Nishizaki Noriko)^?, (Seiyū - Tomoko Kaneda): Noriko is a second year student from class 2-A and Sunao's classmate. She is a strange girl who loves taking photographs of people in her class. She is never given any speaking lines but instead utters indistinguishable phrases.

Youhei Murata (村田洋平, Murata Youhei^?, (Seiyū - Takurou Nakakuni): Youhei is a second year student from class 2-A and Sunao's classmate. Amusingly, nobody seems to able to get his name right.

Erika Kiriya (霧夜エリカ, Kiriya Erika)^?, (Seiyū - Mai Nakahara): Erika is a second year student from class 2-C and Leo's classmate. She is the student council president who is nicknamed Hime (姫, Hime^?), meaning Princess, by her peers. As the president, she has a lot of power within the school and is often seen as an intimidating figure to overcome. It seems that she is a lesbian as she has already tried to force herself upon Yoshimi.

Yoshimi Satou (佐藤良美, Satō Yoshimi)^?, (Seiyū - Mayuko Omimura): Yoshimi is a second year student from class 2-C and Leo's classmate. She is a timid girl who works alongside Erika in the student council building. Since she is not comfortable at asserting herself, she can easily be taken advantage of by Erika, who has taken the liberty to also nickname her Yoppy.

Kinu Kanisawa (蟹沢きぬ, Kanisawa Kinu)^?, (Seiyū - Saki Fujita): Kinu is a second year student from class 2-C and Leo's classmate. She is a part time curry waitress at a restaurant named Oasis. She is one of Leo's childhood friends and is his next-door neighbor. She is extremely vulgar and childish and always says what is on her mind. Nagomi is her ultimate rival and they are constantly fighting; Kinu has nicknamed her Coconuts. Both Kinu and Nagomi enjoy picking on and starting fights with Leo, whom they supposedly hate.

Shinichi Samesuga (鮫氷新一, Samesuga Shinichi)^?, (Seiyū - Masashi Yabe): Shinichi is a second year student from class 2-C and Leo's classmate. He is one of Leo's childhood friends who is nicknamed "Shark". He is a hyperactive student who is known to chase pretty girls around and ask them for dates, though rarely gets what he wants.

Subaru Date (伊達スバル, Date Subaru)^?, (Seiyū - Takehito Koyasu): Subaru is a second year student from class 2-C and Leo's classmate. He is one of Leo's childhood friends who he is often seen with. He seems to have a sensible, down-to-earth personality.

[edit] Third-year students

Otome Kurogane (鉄乙女, Kurogane Otome)^?, (Seiyū - Nana Inoue): Otome is a third-year student from class 3-A at high school and carries a samurai sword around with her. She is Leo's cousin whom he has not seen for several years. She eventually moves in with Leo's family because of this.

At school, she is a member of the discipline committee.

[edit] Teaching Staff

Inori Ōeyama (大江山祈, Ōeyama Inori)^?, (Seiyū - Kumi Sakuma): She is one of the sensei at the high school who also has a parrot named Tsuchinaga that can speak Japanese. She always seems to have a tired expression.

Heizou Tachibana (橘平蔵, Tachibana Heizou)^?, (Seiyū - Norio Wakamoto): He is the school principal and a rather intimidating man with scars on his face.

[edit] Others

Honoka Konoe (近衛ほのか, Konoe Honoka)^?, (Seiyū - Yoshino Nanjou): She is Sunao's younger sister currently attending grade school. She seems to be more down-to-earth than her older sister.

Tsuchinaga (土永, Tsuchinaga)^?, (Seiyū - Yoshinori Fujita): Inori's parrot that can speak the Japanese language fluently.

[edit] Characters (video game)

Differences with the anime version. The seiyū listed are from the PS2 version.

[edit] Main characters

Leo Tsushima (対馬レオ, Tsushima Leo^?): Leo is the main protagonist of all stories in the videogames.; He admires Erika Kiriya. He has a slightly timid character now, but formerly he was a hot-blooded man. He hopes to keep his coolness after a certain event in the days of junior high school.

Otome Kurogane (鉄乙女, Kurogane Otome)^?, (Seiyū - Yukari Aoyama): Otome's is the descendant of a mighty warrior. She is a master of budo and she has a superhuman athletic capability. At the school, she is the student council vice-president and the chair of discipline committee. Erika Kiriya cannot disobey her. She has some weak points as she is a poor cook, is not good with mechanical appliances and hates thunder. She made a certain promise to Leo in their childhood.

Kinu Kanisawa (蟹沢きぬ, Kanisawa Kinu)^?, (Seiyū - Mahiru Kaneda): Kinu is a late riser, and so Leo usually wakes her up. Her pet name is Kani or Kanitchi. She is flushed with anger when anyone calls her by her personal name Kinu, because she has an inferiority complex due to her name. Nagomi Yashi who often quarrels with her has nicknamed her Koukakurui (甲殻類, Koukakurui^?) meaning crustacea.; She is extremely short-tempered and hates to lose, and her school work is awful. She has many friends because she has a cheerful disposition. She is popular with male, and often is confessed to. She always declines confessions since she is has high standards in taste for her boyfriend.

Erika Kiriya (霧夜エリカ, Kiriya Erika)^?, (Seiyū - Minami Hokuto): Erika is the student council president who is sociable, an excellent scholar and athlete. She is nicknamed Hime (姫, Hime^?), meaning Princess, by peers with both respect and irony because of perfectness and haughtiness. Yoshimi Sato is her true close friend whom she can alone trust. Her family runs the large Kiriya Corporation. Her ambition is to rise on the top of the company, and control the global market.

Nagomi Yashi (椰子なごみ, Yashi Nagomi)^?, (Seiyū - Erena Kaibara): Nagomi has a debt of gratitude to Leo, therefore she becomes a member of student council. She dislikes that she is called "Nagomin" by Erika Kiriya. She is respectful and shows courtesy but she never uses an honorific for the upper-class student Kinu Kanisawa.; She always acts alone. In the night, she tends to appear in neighborhood of a station for certain circumstances. She has a tough character.

Inori Ōeyama (大江山祈, Ōeyama Inori)^?, (Seiyū - Izumi Maki): Inori is Leo's homeroom teacher to his class of 2-C, and a adviser of student council. She seems to absentminded, and is often late for school despite being the teacher. Leo cannot be intimate terms with her with PS2 version.

Yoshimi Satou (佐藤良美, Satō Yoshimi)^?, (Seiyū - Junko Kusayanagi): Yosimi is popular with everyone, because she is an honor student, is quick in her movements, is a good cook, and is sweet-tempered. She puts the brakes on Erika Kiriya once in a while, for Erika tends to go her own way without consulting anyone. She is a very mature person, and her true character is not so. Erika is her close friend who understand her true self. She often approaches to Leo who does not notice Yoshimi's love for him.

Sunao Konoe (近衛素奈緒, Konoe Sunao)^?, (Seiyū - Yuka Inokuchi): She is NOT a transfer student. Drama club already has been at the school, and she is the head of the club. Incidentally, she was Leo's classmate at junior high school. Sunao has a strong sense of justice. She hates Erika Kiriya who is self-righteous. At beginning of the story, she has a hatred for Leo, and she is hard for him to deal with. Her story was added in the PS 2 version.

[edit] Supporting characters

Shinichi Samesuga (鮫氷新一, Samesuga Shinichi)^?, (Seiyū - Tsukasa Madera): Shinichi is nicknamed Fukahire meaning shark fin soup.; He was ill-treated by his older sister, consequently he has belief that a woman has to go out of her way on man's behalf. He is perverted and likes eroge.

Subaru Date (伊達スバル, Date Subaru)^?, (Seiyū - Takuma Sakuya): Subaru acts like an older brother of Leo and Kinu although he is the same age as them. He belongs to athletics club at the school. He is very strong in fights. He is popular with schoolgirls, but male students are afraid of him. His only friends are Leo, Kinu and Shinichi. He has loved a certain girl for a long time.

Tonfa Yang (楊豆花, Yang Tonfa)^?, (Seiyū - Erena Kaibara): Tonfa is a second year student from class 2-C and Leo's classmate. She is a student studying abroad from China. She and Leo seem to agree with each other, because her friend Mana gives her trouble and Leo has a hard time by Kinu.

Mana Uraga (浦賀真名, Uraga mana)^?, (Seiyū - Junko Kusayanagi): Mana is a second year student from class 2-C and Leo's classmate. She comes from Kansai. Her school grades are bad. Her friends often seem to have difficulty with her because she cannot read the atmosphere of a place.

Igaguri (イガグリ, Igaguri)^?, (Seiyū - Shinsuke Nakamoto): Igaguri is a second year student from class 2-C and Leo's classmate. Igaguri is nickname, and his real name is unknown.

Noriko Nishizaki (西崎紀子, Nishizaki Noriko)^?, (Seiyū - Izumi Maki): Noriko is a member of public relations committee at the school. She is a poor talker, therefore she utters indistinguishable phrases. She is usually attached to Youhei Murata, but she likes Leo in a certain girl's story.

Youhei Murata (村田洋平, Murata Youhei)^?, (Seiyū - Shinsuke Nakamoto): Youhei is a high-achieving student, and he belong to boxing (as one of the Japanese martial arts) club. He often is full of competitive spirit to Leo.

Heizou Tachibana (橘平蔵, Tachibana Heizou)^?, (Seiyū - Satoru Kawanakajima): Heizou has a superhuman body and mind. It is said "Japan might win World War 2 if he was around then". He looks intimidating, but he usually thinks about independence of students.

Tsuchinaga (土永, Tsuchinaga)^?, (Seiyū - Satoru Kawanakajima): Tsuchinaga is Inori's parrot that can speak the Japanese language fluently and has several-decades-old knowledge. He seems to like a certain girl.

Madam (マダム, Madam)^?, (Seiyū - Mahiru Kaneda): She and her husband leave their daughter Kinu to herself.

Nodoka (のどか, Nodoka)^?, (Seiyū - Erena Kaibara): Nodoka who is the mother of a certain heroine runs a flower shop.

[edit] Media

Tsuyokiss first began as an H-game for the PC and has since been made into an anime and even a PS2 version of the game is going to be released in Japan.

[edit] Video games

Tsuyokiss's first appearance was in the form of a visual novel video game for the PC developed by Candy Soft and released on August 26, 2005. Like many games in this genre, it was first made as an H-game, made for older members of the public to enjoy. Later, a different version -- one more suitable for kids 12 and older -- started to be developed. It was released on August 1, 2006, it will be entitled Tsuyokiss ~Mighty Heart~. On December 15, 2006, Minikiss ~Tsuyokiss Fan Disk~ was released by Candy Soft.

[edit] Theme songs

Opening theme: Mighty Heart ~Aruhi no Kenka, Itsumo no Koigokoro~ by KOTOKO
Ending theme: Isolation by Reina

[edit] Anime

The Tsuyokiss anime started airing in Japan on July 1, 2006 and is set to have a total of 12 episodes. There is a fair amount of fan service in the anime, though it only goes as far as to qualify as ecchi. Its full title is Tsuyokiss Cool x Sweet. A recurring theme in the anime is that there are several times where the main anime will stop for a few seconds during an eyecatch where at least one of the characters will be shown in a fanservice-like scene saying the single word Tsuyokiss. In the R2 DVD release, each episode has extended footage at the middle of every episode, where a short (2 minutes) sketch featuring some or all of the characters is presented.

[edit] Episodes

Title	Original airdate	#

"Nice To Meet You! I'm Sunao Konoe!" "Yoroshiku! Konoe Sunao desu!" (よろしくッ！近衛素奈緒です！)	July 1, 2006	01
Sunao Konoe and her family have recently moved to a new town which makes her a transfer student to her new high school. Upon arrival, Sunao meets a multitude of other students and already starts making friends and rivals. Upon discovering the school has no drama club, she becomes very determined to create one, though the student council president still stands in her way.
"I Hate The Student Council!!" "Seitokai nante, daikirai!!" (生徒会なんて、大キライ！！)	July 8, 2006	02
Sunao does not want to give up on creating a club for those who are fans of the theater and tries diligently to get people to join her cause. Unfortunately, the student council have had something planned for months which will squander Sunao's chances once again.
"Crash! Athletics and Martial Arts Festival!!" "Gekitotsu! Taiiku budou matsuri!!" (激突！体育武道祭!!)	July 15, 2006	03
The Athletics and Martial Arts Festival is about to start and Erika offers up a challenge to Sunao which is if Sunao's team can defeat hers then she will allow Sunao to form the drama club.
"The Summer of Coconuts" "Kokonattsu no natsu" (ココナッツの夏)	July 22, 2006	04
Sunao practices a play and in the process helps Nagome deal with the loss of her deceased father.
"Part-Time Job Has the Smell of Danger" "Arubaito wa kiken na kaori" (アルバイトは危険な香り)	July 29, 2006	05
Sunao begins a part-time job to buy some equipment. Turns out her new job, and co-worker, is a lot more than she bargained for.
"Washed Away...Ikashima" "Nagasarete...Ikashima" (流されて…烏賊島)	August 5, 2006	06
At the student council's annual survival camp Sunao and Leo fall into the ocean and find themselves surrounded by sharks. Also, Leo and Otome understands the true meaning of 'daikon' and Sunao's feelings towards it.
"Showdown! Test GO!!" "Taiketsu! Tesuto de GO!!" (対決！テストでGO!!)	August 12, 2006	07
The classes compete in a facilty test with the loser to wear daikon costumes, however Leo apologizes Sunao for a past misunderstanding and her aversion to daikon disappears.
"The Stormy Festival!" "Arashi o yobu Matsukasasai!" (嵐を呼ぶまつかさ祭！)	August 19, 2006	08
At the festival Sunao becomes isolated from everyone and spends the afternoon with Leo, alone together.
"The Acting Club Begins!?" "Engeki doukoukai shidou!?" (演劇同好会始動!?)	August 26, 2006	09
Sunao uses the school cultural festival as a basis for forming the acting club.
"Rice Balls. Play. School Cultural Festival." "Onigiri to butai to Ryumeisai" (おにぎりと舞台と竜鳴祭)	September 2, 2006	10
Sunao finally gets to act in front of her peers, though after seeing Leo and Otome together and overhearing Otome's conversation about their closeness, Sunao becomes distracted.
"I Cannot Be Frank..." "Sunao ni narenakute..." (素奈緒になれなくて…)	September 9, 2006	11
Sunao is hesitant to confront Leo about her feelings for him. Several of her friends encourage her and she learns Otome's true feelings when confronted by her.
"Nice To Meet You Again! I'm Sunao Konoe!" "Aratamete Yoroshiku! Konoe Sunao desu!" (改めてよろしくッ！近衛素奈緒です！)	September 16, 2006	12
Sunao confesses her feelings to Leo, whom she longed for him from ten years ago. Meanwhile, Sunao faces-off with Erika in the school presidential debate by using her acting talent in front of the entire school.