Open Sesame (manga)

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This article is about the manga series by Kawakata Kaoru. For other uses, see Open Sesame (disambiguation).

Open Sesame
Genre	Comedy, Romance, Slice of Life
Manga
Author	Kawakata Kaoru
Publisher	Kodansha
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Magazine Special
Original run	16 March 2001
Volumes	16

Open Sesame is a manga series by Kawakata Kaoru and published by Kodansha.^[1] Open Sesame tells the story about amateur boxing champion Danjou Yamato, who moves to Tokyo with his family, and Maki Mogami, the daughter of a highly respected doctor, and their relationship as they transform from bitter rivals to close friends.

1 Plot
2 Characters
- 2.1 Main characters
- 2.2 Yamato's Family
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Plot

[edit] Characters

[edit] Main characters

Yamato Danjou (壇上大和, Danjou Yamato^?) The story's main character. His family moves from Nami Island to Tokyo. Yamato is the Tokai regional boxing champion. When Yamato arrives at his new school he is shocked to discover that the class was mostly girls. He soon finds out that there some boys there but that there were only nine. He also learns that the girls are the main power in the school, and becomes enraged by this when he is ordered by some girls to clean the girls washroom. He bluntly denies and snaps back at them telling them to clean the washroom. Soon after Yamato engages in a type of war against the girls where he begins to secure a place of power for the boys and even creates a boxing club. Yamato is shown to be extremely strong and quick, as shown when he is able to put a sizeable dent on the class blackboard with his bare hands and knock out an opponent in 10 seconds.

Maki Mogami (最上槙, Mogami Maki^?) A classmate of Yamato. She is first seen helping Yamato when he was dealing with city thugs. She even gives him her handkerchief, later when she discovers Yamato's name and that he was attending the same school she was, she disliked him. It is entirely unclear why she dislikes him but it apparently has to do with a past that Yamato has completely forgotten. Mogami is at first shown to be a bossy and rude person who wants things done her way or no way at all. Later she still retains her bossy attitude but has mostly faded to insulting Yamato at every possible chance she can get. Despite this she and Yamato seem to retain a love/hate relationship and get along generally well. However she refuses to deepen this relationship due to Yamato forgetting his past.

[edit] Yamato's Family

Yayoi Danjou (壇上弥生, Danjou Yayoi^?) Yamato's Sister. Goes to a different school and is friends with Maki's Sister. She is currently dating a boy from another school.

Sumire Danjou (壇上スミレ, Danjou Sumire^?) Yamato's pet chicken that he carries around with him. Yamato raised him since he was an egg.　Has a tendency to snuggle up to the girls in the series and peck at his owner a lot.