Akane-Iro ni Somaru Saka

ANIME REVIEW

Akane-Iro ni Somaru Saka

Story

Jun'ichi Nagase attends a prestigious high school. He has the nickname Geno Killer since he was rebellious in middle school. This is used, inadvertently, to help a girl named Yuuhi Katagiri from trouble. She later transfers to his school, and in order to protect Yuuhi from danger, Jun'ichi is forced to kiss her. Not understanding what happened, she screams at him. Subsequently, it turns out that Yuuhi is his fiancé as arranged by their parents. Their parents discuss the matter and order them to go out together for a month to restore their relationship. If their relationship does not get better, the engagement will then be canceled.

Characters

Jun'ichi Nagase (長瀬 準一, Nagase Jun'ichi^?)

Voiced by: Wataru Hatano (anime)

Jun'ichi is the main protagonist of the series. He is a second year high school student and had a quarrel with a transfer student, Yuuhi Katagiri on the first day of school. It turns out that Yuuhi is his fiancé as arranged by his family. His life takes a drastic turn with Yuuhi entering his life.When he first met her he had the impression she was a helpless girl and kissed her because of a misunderstanding. After that, Yuuhi becomes much more violent towards Jun'ichi. Since Yuuhi is often harassed, he finds himself protecting her; as time progresses, their love for each other grows, even though neither of them will admit it. Throughout the anime series it is hinted that Jun'ichi has romantic feelings for his sister Minato, but he is reluctant to admit this even though he sometimes has fantasies about her. However, in the final episode, he realizes that he cannot live without Minato and confesses to her.

Yuuhi Katagiri (片桐 優姫, Katagiri Yūhi^?)

Voiced by: Kazane (PC), Rie Kugimiya (anime/PS2)

Yuuhi is the main heroine in the series. She is very beautiful, which often causes trouble for her, such as being harassed constantly by men. One day, when she was being harassed by two men, she was saved by Jun'ichi. She transferred to his school hoping meet her fiance because she heard that he was in this area. Later, after a misunderstanding from Jun'ichi, he kisses her in public, causing her to have ill feelings towards him, but her feelings grow more for him throughout the series.

Minato Nagase (長瀬 湊, Nagase Minato^?)

Voiced by: Hikaru Mizusawa (PC), Aya Hirano (anime/PS2)

Minato is Jun'ichi's younger sister. She is a year younger than him and attends the same school as him as a first year high school student. She is capable in all areas of house hold related work and is proud of it. She also has unique abilities, like listening to the ground to detect the presence of animals, as well as be able to communicate with them. She has feelings for Jun'ichi. She mentions that she was an adopted sister once, but later says it was a joke. Minato is blood-related to Jun'ichi in the PC game, in the PS2 version she is not related to him, and it is unclear as to whether she is blood-related to Jun'ichi in the anime.

Tsukasa Kiryu (霧生 つかさ, Kiryū Tsukasa^?)

Voiced by: Mina Motoyama (PC), Marina Inoue (anime/PS2)

Tsukasa is a second year student in the same class as Jun'ichi, and is his childhood friend. She is a member of the News club. She has a lively personality and loves to gossip as well as tease Jun'ichi.

Nagomi Shiraishi (白石 なごみ, Shiraishi Nagomi^?)

Voiced by: Miru (PC), Ryō Hirohashi (anime/PS2)

A first year high school student in the same class as Minato. She has an air of mystery around her, strongly hinted of being an alien, and can be found just about anywhere at the right time.

Mitsuki Siina (椎名 観月, Shiina Mitsuki^?)

Voiced by: Misono Moritani (PC), Rie Tanaka (anime/PS2)

Mitsuki Siina is the president of the student council at the school that Jun'ichi attends. She is a third year student and very popular amongst the student body. She likes to use Jun'ichi as her lapdog getting him to do favors for her or perform activities for the student body.

Mikoto Tachibana (橘 ミコト, Tachibana Mikoto^?)

Voiced by: Fūri Samoto (PC), Erino Hazuki (anime/PS2)

Mikoto is a third year high school student in the same class as Mitsuki.

Karen Ayanokouji (綾小路華恋, Ayanokōji Karen^?)

Voiced by: Emiri Katō (anime/PS2)

Karen is a second year student that is in the same class as Jun'ichi. She is an original character that was first introduced in Parallel. She comes from a very rich family like Yuuhi and prides herself on acting like a lady. She eventually admits to falling in love with Jun'ichi.

Fuyuhiko Nishino (西野 冬彦, Nishino Fuyuhiko^?)

Voiced by: Daisuke Kishio (PC), Akira Ishida (anime/PS2)

Nishino is Jun'ichi's best friend and is also a second year student in the same class as Jun'ichi. He is full of strange ideas that often put Jun'ichi into trouble, and is very close to Tsukasa being in very much the same line of thinking with her.

Seijirou Sugishita (杉下 清次郎, Sugishita Seijirō^?)

Voiced by: Jin Aoshima (PC), Rikiya Koyama (anime/PS2)

Jun'ichi's teacher. While strict with regards to academics, he has a rather eccentric personality, especially towards Jun'ichi.

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