Me & My Brothers

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Me & My Brothers
Me & My Brothers English volume 1 cover
お兄ちゃんと一緒 (Oniichan to Issho)
Genre	Drama, Comedy
Manga: Me & My Brothers
Author	Hari Tokeino
Publisher	Hakusensha
Other publishers: Tokyopop
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	LaLa
Original run	2004
Volumes	8

Me & My Brothers (お兄ちゃんと一緒, Oniichan to Issho^?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hari Tokeino, published by Hakusensha, and licensed for English language distribution by Tokyopop.^[1] The series was first serialized in the shōjo magazine LaLa, and has been compiled into a total of nine tankōbon as of April, 2008.^[2]

The story concerns Sakura Miyashita, a fourteen year old orphan girl who discovers that her late stepfather fathered four sons. These four brothers come to live with Sakura, and with their diverse personalities, help her deal with loneliness and insecurities.^[3] The manga follows Sakura's complicated relationship with and feelings towards her unusual family.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Characters 2.1 Main Characters 2.2 Other Characters 3 Volumes 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Plot

Sakura, upon the spring of her first year in middle school, believes her family to be dead. Her mother Fumiko and her stepfather died in an accident when she was three; the grandmother who raised her has just recently died. One day, however, Sakura comes home and is suddenly embraced by four men aged seventeen through twenty-five. They claim to be Sakura's half-brothers, and give her a letter from her grandmother that leaves her in their care.

It is soon revealed that Sakura holds no actual blood relation with the four, due to her mother remarrying after all of them had been born. Nevertheless, they manage to convince Sakura that their love for her as a sister is sincere. For the next few years, Sakura and her brothers live as family, experiencing the range of familial activities: sibling fights, school plays, discoveries of old family secrets, trips to festivals, and more.

Soon after graduating from middle school, Sakura discovers she is in love with her oldest brother, Masashi Miyashita.

[edit] Characters

[edit] Main Characters

Sakura Miyashita (宮下桜, Miyashita Sakura^?)

Sakura is an independent 14 year old student. She was once an orphan but ever since she came into the hands of her brothers, she's living a happy and wonderful new life. Every day she becomes closer to her brothers and lightens the spirit of their home.

Masashi Miyashita (宮下正, Miyashita Masashi^?)

The eldest and brother of the family. He's a 25 year old romance novelist who likes to dress in women's clothing. He claims his feminine side to be an occupational disease. He seems the most closest and cuddliest when it comes to his little sister. He is overprotective of her.

Takashi Miyashita (宮下隆, Miyashita Takashi^?)

A 23 year old teacher, a Japanese teacher at Sakura's school. He's the calmest in the family and likes cats. He doesn't really show his emotions.

Tsuyoshi Miyashita (宮下剛, Miyashita Tsuyoshi^?)

A 19 year old who puts much care into his part-time jobs. Tsuyoshi is very irritable of his brothers yet he's more soft with Sakura since she's new and the youngest in the family. He seems to blush almost every time he and Sakura talk to each other, probably because she's so cute. He is overprotective when it comes to her. Even though he claims it's unlike himself, his secret dream is to become an owner of a shop to make people happy.

Takeshi Miyashita (宮下武, Miyashita Takeshi^?)

A 17 year old eleventh grader at Sakura's school. He takes a very special interest in gardening, which is his main favorite hobby as well. Takeshi is the gentlest and quietest of the four brothers and cares quite well for Sakura.

[edit] Other Characters

Tanaka-chan

A classmate and a good friend of Sakura. She finds Sakura's brothers very attractive and always perks up whenever she's in their presence. Her older brother attends Takeshi's high school.

Suzuki-kun

Another classmate and good friend of Sakura. He's a shy boy and has a crush on Sakura, but is too nervous to show it because he's frightened of her new guardians. Mainly because Masashi becomes the opposite of his usual optimistic self when he sees Suzuki just gazing at Sakura.

Yosuke

A cousin of Sakura's brothers, his family took in Takeshi when Sakura and her brothers' parents died. He is the same age as Takeshi and became an older brother figure to him. He leaves to train for soccer and is initially jealous that Sakura has taken his place in Takeshi's life. However, after Takeshi reveals he values Yosuke as a brother and hopes to be an older brother to Sakura like Yosuke was to him, Yosuke warms up to Sakura and begins to treat her like a sister.

Katagiri-kun

Katagiri-kun had a tough life and was bullied all the time. He never talked and was always getting into fights. The only person that could snap him out of his phase was Sakura, and eventually he fell in love with her.

[edit] Volumes

Original ISBN 4-5921-8801-2 published in January 2004 ISBN 4-5921-8152-2 published in August 2004 ISBN 4-5921-8153-0 published in February 2005 ISBN 4-5921-8154-9 published in August 2005 ISBN 4-5921-8155-7 published in March 2006 ISBN 4-5921-8426-2 published in October 2006 ISBN 4-5921-8427-0 published in April 2007 ISBN 4-5921-8428-9 published in November 2007 ISBN 4-5921-8429-4 published in April 2008

English ISBN 1-4278-0071-5 published in July 2007 ISBN 1-4278-0072-3 published in November 2007 ISBN 1-4278-0073-1 published in March 2008 ISBN 1-4278-0074-X published in June 2008[4]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Volume 1 at Tokyopop