Fuuka (manga)

Fuuka
Cover of the first manga volume
風夏 (Fūka)
Manga
Written by	Kōji Seo
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	Crunchyroll
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Original run	12 February 2014 – present
Volumes	16
Anime television series
Directed by	Keizō Kusakawa
Produced by	Ikuno Iida Jun Fukuda Tetsuya Endo Gouta Aijima Toshio Iizuka Masao Fukuda Toshihiro Maeda Yoko Tanaka Hiroshi Endo
Written by	Aoi Akashiro
Music by	Iga Takuro West Ground
Studio	Diomedéa
Licensed by	NA Crunchyroll[1]
Original network	WOWOW, Tokyo MX, MBS, BS11, HTV
Original run	6 January 2017 – 24 March 2017
Episodes	12

Fuuka (Japanese: 風夏, Hepburn: Fūka) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Kōji Seo. It is published by Kodansha, and began serialization on 12 February 2014 on Weekly Shōnen Magazine.^[2] It is published online in English by Crunchyroll.^[3] An anime television adaption produced by Diomedéa premiered on 6 January 2017.^[4][5]

Plot

Fuuka is a sequel to the 2004 manga Suzuka. The story follows Yuu Haruna, a loner and an avid Twitter user that made a promise with his childhood friend Koyuki Hinashi of starting a band. One night, on his way to buy dinner, he stops to take a photo to upload to Twitter. A strange high school girl named Fuuka Akitsuki accidentally bumps into him and mistakenly believes that Yuu is trying to take a photo of her panties, which causes her to smash his phone. Fuuka leaves behind a CD, which Yuu returns the following day. Appreciating Yuu's personality, Fuuka starts a relationship with him, but this is complicated when Koyuki, now a popular idol, contacts Yuu on Twitter and invites him to attend her concert.

Main characters

Yuu Haruna (榛名優, Haruna Yū)

Voiced by: Yūsuke Kobayashi^[6] (Japanese); Aaron Dismuke^[7] (English)

Yuu is bassist of the band The Fallen Moon (later renamed Blue Wells). After transferring to a school in Tokyo, he meets Fuuka Akitsuki, a mysterious woman who does not have a cellphone. At her request, they form a band, which later performs at their school's school festival. Following Fuuka's death in the manga, he meets Fuuka Aoi, an up-and-coming musician who later wishes to join his band. He eventually falls in love with Fuuka Aoi and begins dating her in chapter 146 when he wrote a song for her explaining his feelings that Blue Wells performed together.

Fuuka Akitsuki (秋月風夏, Akitsuki Fūka)

Voiced by: Lynn^[6] (Japanese); Jill Harris^[7] (English)

Fuuka is the heroine of the series, and the daughter of the main characters of Seo's previous manga Suzuka. Yuu initially meets Fuuka after an incident where she accuses him of taking a peek at her panties. Later on, she decides to form a band with Yuu, which is named "Fallen Moon" after her surname, and becomes the band's vocalist, and performs at their school's school festival. In the manga, she dies after being hit by a truck; her death causes the band to temporarily disband. In the anime, the truck narrowly misses Fuuka and she decides to launch a solo career putting the band's future in flux.

Fuuka Aoi (碧井風夏, Aoi Fūka)

Fuuka, referred to as Aoi to distinguish her from Fuuka Akitsuki, is a budding musician who originally came from Izu, Shizuoka. After performing at a battle-of-the-bands competition, she later performs together with Fallen Moon at a music festival organized by the band Hedgehogs. Following this, Aoi requests that she join Fallen Moon. It is later revealed that her father was the driver of the truck which killed Akitsuki. She falls for him later on in the series and begins to date him in chapter 146 after playing the song he wrote for her expressing his feelings.

Koyuki Hinashi (氷無小雪, Hinashi Koyuki)

Voiced by: Saori Hayami^[6] (Japanese); Jeannie Tirado^[7] (English)

Koyuki is Yuu's childhood friend and a popular singer. Following an incident where she and Yuu are seen in public together, she confesses her love for him on national television. After retiring as a solo musician, she secretly forms the band Rabbitz, whose members wear rabbit heads during performances.

Blue Wells

Makoto Mikasa (三笠真琴, Mikasa Makoto)

Voiced by: Soma Saito^[6] (Japanese); Ricco Fajardo^[7] (English)

Makoto is the keyboardist of the Blue Wells music band. He is well-liked by his fellow female schoolmates and girls in general. He has won piano competitions in the past.

Kazuya Nachi (那智一矢, Nachi Kazuya)

Voiced by: Kazuyuki Okitsu^[6] (Japanese); Shawn Gann^[7] (English)

Kazuya is the drummer of the band. At first relentless at trying to recruit Fuuka to their school's track and field team, he later becomes the "leader" of the music band.

Sara Iwami (石見沙羅, Iwami Sara)

Voiced by: Mikako Komatsu^[6] (Japanese); Elizabeth Maxwell (English)

Sara is a student at Yuu and Fuuka's school, and the younger sister of Hisashi, Hedgehogs' guitarist. Like Hisa, Sara plays the guitar. She is actually Yuu's online friend, one of the very few people he was comfortable talking to before he meet Fuuka. Upon realizing this, she develops a crush on him.

Haruna family

Maya Haruna (榛名 麻耶, Haruna Maya)

Voiced by: Mikako Takahashi^[6] (Japanese); Felecia Angelle^[7] (English)

Yuu's eldest sister. Works at an advertising agency.

Hibiki Haruna (榛名 響, Haruna Hibiki)

Voiced by: Saori Ōnishi^[6] (Japanese); Alex Moore^[7] (English)

Yuu's other older sister. Attends college.

Chitose Haruna (榛名 知歳, Haruna Chitose)

Voiced by: Kaede Hondo^[6] (Japanese); Kristen McGuire^[7] (English)

Yuu's younger sister. Attends middle school.

Akitsuki family

Suzuka Akitsuki (秋月涼風, Akitsuki Suzuka)

Voiced by: Kanako Mitsuhashi^[8] (Japanese); Leah Clark^[7] (English)

Fuuka Akitsuki's mother, the titular heroine of Suzuka and a former track and field athlete.

Yamato Akitsuki (秋月大和, Akitsuki Yamato)

Voiced by: Daisuke Nakamura^[8] (Japanese); Todd Haberkorn^[7] (English)

Fuuka Akitsuki's father, the protagonist of Suzuka and a former track and field athlete.

Haruka Akitsuki (秋月 春風, Akitsuki Haruka)

Voiced by: Hitomi Ōwada (Japanese); Apphia Yu^[7] (English)

Fuuka Akitsuki's younger sister, around 8-9 years old. In contrast to Fuuka (who resembles her mother), Haruka resembles her father.

Hedgehogs

Tomomi-sensei (友美先生)

Voiced by: Yōko Hikasa^[6] (Japanese); Tia Ballard^[7] (English)

Tomomi is Yuu and Fuuka's homeroom teacher. It is later revealed that she is the former keyboardist of the band Hedgehogs, Yuu and Fuuka's favorite band.

Hisashi (ヒサシ)

Voiced by: Daisuke Hirakawa (Japanese); Seth Magill (English)

He is the former guitarist of the Hedgehogs. He runs a music studio and is Sara's older brother.

Nobuaki Yahagi (矢矧伸明, Yahagi Nobuaki)

Voiced by: Daisuke Ono (Japanese); Ian Sinclair (English)

He is the former drummer for the Hedgehogs, who now runs the "South Wind" Beach House.

Tama (たま)

Voiced by: Manami Numakura^[8] (Japanese); Caitlin Glass (English)

She is the former vocalist for the Hedgehogs.

Nico (ニコ, Niko)

Voiced by: Yuichi Nakamura (Japanese); Jason Liebrecht (English)

He is the former bass player for the Hedgehogs.

Others

Manager Yamada (山田マネージャー, Yamada Manējā)

Voiced by: Mai Nakahara (Japanese); Monica Rial (English)

Koyuki's manager.

Akira Mogami (最上 彰, Mogami Akira)

Voiced by: Yasuaki Takumi (Japanese); Aaron Roberts (English)

Mogami is a music producer for young artists.

Sakura Katsuragi (葛城 桜, Katsuragi Sakura)

A character who Yuu meets in the manga. She bears a striking resemblance to Fuuka.

Media

Anime

An anime television series adaptation produced by Diomedéa began airing on 6 January 2017. The series' opening theme is "Climbers' High!" by Manami Numakura who voices Tama, vocalist of the band Hedgehogs.^[8] The series' ending theme is "Watashi no Sekai" by Megumi Nakajima.^[9] For episode 6, the ending theme is "Yukihanabi" (雪花火) by Saori Hayami.^[10] The anime ran for 12 episodes and was released across six BD/DVD volumes.^[11] Crunchyroll has licensed the series in North America, with Funimation releasing a simuldub for the series.^[12] Songs in the anime are performed by My First Story's guitarist SHO, Ellegarden's drummer Hirotaka Takahashi, The Bonez's bassist T$UYO$HI and Takuro Iga, the series' music composer, playing the keyboard.^[13]

Episode list

Music

A soundtrack album titled Fuuka Sound Collection was released on 15 March 2017, containing all insert songs and soundtracks from the anime.^[14]

Note

Sales

Volume 1 reached the 26th place on the weekly Oricon manga charts^[15] and, as of 25 May 2014, had sold 64,879 copies;^[16] volume 2 reached the 18th place on the chart^[17] and, as of 27 July 2014, had sold 73,193 copies;^[18] volume 3 reached the 28th place^[19] and, as of 26 October 2014, had sold 70,638 copies;^[20] volume 4 reached the 20th place and, as of 21 December 2014, had sold 51,164 copies;^[21] volume 5 reached the 12th place and, as of 22 February 2015, had sold 62,771 copies;^[22] volume 6 reached the 14th place^[23] and, as of 24 May 2015, had sold 69,659 copies;^[24] volume 7 reached the 17th place^[25] and, as of 26 July 2015, had sold 66,456 copies;^[26] volume 8 reached the 25th place^[27] and, as of 25 October 2015 had sold 61,372 copies;^[28] volume 9 reached the 25th place and, as of 20 December 2015, had sold 36,105 copies.^[29]

References

External links

• Anime official website (in Japanese)
• Manga official website (in Japanese)
• Fuuka (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia