Cherry Juice (manga)
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| Cherry Juice | |
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 Cherry Juice, Volume 1 (Tokyopop U.S. edition) |
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| チェリージュース (Cherī Jūsu) |
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| Genre | Comedy, Romance |
| Manga: Cherry Juice | |
| Author | Haruka Fukushima |
| Publisher |  Kodansha  Tokyopop Egmont |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Magazine | Nakayoshi |
| Original run | 2004 – 2006 |
| Volumes | 4 |
Cherry Juice (チェリージュース Cherī Jūsu?) is a romantic comedy manga series created by Haruka Fukushima, centered around a growing romance between stepsiblings Minami and Otome. Cherry Juice was originally serialized in Nakayoshi, and was published by Kodansha in 2004. The first volume of the series was released in America by Tokyopop in September 2007.
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[edit] Plot
Minami and Otome have been step siblings for five years. Their grandmother is staying with them, taking up Otome's room while she recovers from surgery. This results in Minami having to bunk in his sister's room. They have divided the room with a sheet hanging from the ceiling between the bed where Otome sleeps and a futon on the floor where Minami is sleeping. This often results in Otome either falling half-dressed out of her bed and onto Minami, Minami knocking down the sheet while Otome isn't there and rifling through her things, or in Minami walking in while Otome is being intimate with a boy named Amane. Shortly afterterwards, Amane kisses Otome and they begin to date. This sparks emotions in Minami, forcing him to realize that he may feel more for Otome than brotherly love. As Minami begins to express this inner struggle through teasing, harsh words, and awkward romantic gestures, Otome comes to feel the same things.
[edit] Characters
[edit] Main Characters
- Otome Hasaki (羽崎 乙女 Hasaki Otome?)
- Otome is Minami's step-sister of five years. Her father married Minami's mother. Though she is only three days older than Minami (born April 12 to his April 15), she and many others characters refer to her as Minami's onee-san ("big sister"). Childish and happy, Otome at first seems oblivious to Minami's growing feelings for her. She dates Amane, the captain of the kendo team, Minami's friend, and her ongoing crush for 2 years. Later on she finds that she's heartbroken at the thought of Minami purposefully going to another high school next year. Otome wants both boys to be in her life. She realizes that she loves Minami more and breaks up with Amane, though he isn't very surprised but still heartbroken. Later on in the series, she realizes her true feelings for Minami.
- Minami Hasaki (羽崎 南 Hasaki Minami?)
- Otome's step-brother of five years. His mother married Otome's father. Minami is a happy-go-lucky guy. He is a womanizer, and likes to flirt with every girl he sees. He even joins the cooking club to attract girls, though it seems he has come to enjoy baking. Girls like him either way, fighting over who gets to be his partner in a costumed three-legged race. As Otome starts showing interest in other boys, Minami is surprised to find that this bugs him to have rivals for his sister's attention. Although he calls Otome an idiot or old hag, he really loves her and wants her to be with him forever. He tries to ignore his feelings, even pursuing another girl, Kasumi. Eventually, during a cosplay contest, he kisses Otome. He's frustrated with Imai who wants to take Otome away from him. in the last chapter in Volume 4, Imai kisses Otome, leaving Minami shocked.
[edit] Other Characters
- Amane Noda (野田 周 Noda Amane?)
- Serious and athletic, Amane is the captain of the school kendo team. He used to love Otome and confessed his feelings to her and they began to go out. He likes to brag about dating Otome so that Minami will be jealous. After a while though, he realizes that Otome loves Minami more, and finally gets dumped by her. He then, begins to go out wirh one of her friends; Naru.
- Naru Uehara (上原 なる Uehara Naru?)
- Naru is Otome's close friend. She is solemn and speaks bluntly, and she seems to never react with surprise, no matter the situation. She is observant, realizing before they do Minami and Otome's changing feeling toward each other. She pokes around Otome's personal life, trying to get her to admit the truth of her love. She is currently dating Otome's ex-boyfriend Amane.
- Kasumi
- Kasumi is one year younger than Minami and is also a member of the cooking club. When Minami first began flirting with Kasumi, she was mildly offended and embarrassed, reacting defensively. Eventually she allows herself to get closer to him. Though it seems like she and Minami have begun a legitimate relationship, she easily spots his affection for Otome and is frustrated by it. She is very interested in Minami and tries to get him to return her feelings and give her more attention.
Later on, she finally gives up and realizes that it's impossible for Minami to return her feelings because he's in love with Otome.
- Granny
- She acts as a loving grandmother to both of the siblings, and was the person who got them to get along when they first became a family by having them both over at her house during summer break. Granny is a busybody, gossiping and spying on Minami when he is alone in his room with Kasumi. She made matching yukata for Minami and Kasumi. When Otome ran away she went to Granny's empty house and lounged in the plastic kiddy pool Granny had used to bring Minami and Otome together years before.
- Hokuto Imai (今井 北斗 Imai Hokuto?)
- The younger biological brother of Minami that likes to tease Otome. He is a very sadistic and mean boy that has qualities that are very simliar to Minami. At first he is very rude to Otome and Minami, but later on developes a small soft spot for Otome and threatens to take Otome away from Minami. In the last chapter in Volume 4, he kisses Otome in front of Minami.
[edit] Media
Originally published by Kodansha and serialized by Nakayoshi in Japan, Cherry Juice was first released in America by Tokyopop in 2007.[1] The series ran for four volumes[2], from December 2004 until April 2006[3]. In America, the series has three volumes out with one to be released in August. The fourth volume's release date is not known as of now. In Germany, it was first released in July 2006 and the final volume released in February 2007.[4] The manga was never released in an animated format.
| # | Original | English | ||
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| Release date | ISBN | Release date | ISBN | |
| 01 | September, 2007 | ISBN 1-4278-0286-6 | ||
| 02 | January, 2008 | ISBN 1-4278-0287-4 | ||
| 03 | May, 2008 | ISBN 1-4278-0288-2 | ||
| 04 | August 12, 2008 | ISBN 1-4278-0289-0 | ||
[edit] References
- ^ Cherry Juice - TOKYOPOP (English). Tokyopop. Retrieved on 2008-03-26.
- ^ Cherry Juice - Anime News Network (English). Anime News Network. Retrieved on 2008-03-26.
- ^ Cherry Juice - Japanese Release Dates (English). Anime News Network. Retrieved on 2008-03-26.
- ^ Cherry Juice - TOKYOPOP (German) (German). Tokyopop. Retrieved on 2008-03-26.
