Koi Kaze

Koi Kaze
Original title	恋 風
genre	Romance , drama
Manga
country	Japan
author	Motoi Yoshida
publishing company	Kodansha
magazine	Evening
First publication	2001 - 2004
expenditure	5
Anime television series
Country of production	Japan
original language	Japanese
year	2004
Studio	ACGT
length	23 minutes
Episodes	13
Theme music	Credits: éf - Koi Kaze ( 恋 風 ) Credits: Masumi Itō - Futari Dakara ( ふ た り だ か ら , dt. "Because there are two of us")
music	Masanori Takumi , Makoto Yoshimori
First broadcast	April 2, 2004-18. June 2004 on TV Asahi
synchronization

Koi Kaze ( Japanese 恋 風 , dt. "Love wind" or "wind of love") is a five-volume manga series from the Japanese mangaka Motoi Yoshida ( 吉田 基 已 ) and a 13-part anime series. It tells the story of an incestuous relationship between a 28-year-old man and his 15-year-old sister.

action

Kōshirō Saeki (28), who lives with his father, learns one day that his 15-year-old sister Nanoka Kohinata will move in with them. The last time he saw her was at the age of two, as they grew up separately due to the parental divorce. Kōshirō works in a marriage agency, but is single himself and has just been separated.

During a train ride, he notices a girl who loses her train ticket when getting off the train. He follows her and gives it back to her. Later, he and his supervisor Kaname Chidori received two tickets to a nearby amusement park from a client of the marriage agency he works for. Chidori gives Kōshirō her ticket so he can get back together with his ex-girlfriend.

Shortly afterwards he meets the girl from the train again and gives her the two tickets. Since she wanted to go to the amusement park anyway, in order to meet his father there later, the girl invites him to come with her out of gratitude. When both ride the Ferris wheel, they open their hearts to each other and tell each other their love affairs. Kōshirō breaks down crying and the girl comforts him. When they both say goodbye, the girl's father joins them. They both greet him and are amazed to see that they are siblings.

While they were living together in their father's household, Kōshirō tried to suppress his feelings for Nanoka and treated her dismissively. Nanoka takes care of the house and tries to get along better with her brother. Meanwhile, Kōshirō gets his feelings under control and wants to be the big brother she always wanted by being more friendly and helpful to her. Because of this, Nanoka feels more and more drawn to her brother and confesses her love to him. Kōshirō reacted in panic because of the expected consequences and accused her of not being normal. He later confesses to her that he has also been drawn to her since the ride on the Ferris wheel, but also that he will move out and that they will never meet again.

Both live their separate lives dejected, until one day Nanoka stands in front of Kōshirō's door and he lets her in after the shock of their reunion. Kōshirō tells her that he doesn't need anyone but her, and they both spend the night together. In view of the social norms that do not allow living together as lovers, they consider committing suicide together out of love . However, they decide against it and still try to lead a life together in secret.

characters

Kōshirō Saeki ( 佐伯 耕 四郎 , Saeki Kōshirō )

Kōshirō is a 28 year old, tall, stocky man who works for a marriage agency. He seems very harsh and indifferent, but is often overwhelmed by his repressed feelings.

Nanoka Kohinata ( 小 日 向 七 夏 , Kohinata Nanoka )

Nanoka is a 15, later 16, year old bright and happy girl. Her friends tease her that she has a "brother complex," as she often talks about.

Zenzō Saeki ( 佐伯 善 三 , Saeki Zenzō )

Zenzō is the father of Kōshirō and Nanoka. It is implied that he and his wife got divorced because he was having an affair.

Makie Kohinata ( 小 日 向 梢 絵 , Kohinata Makie )

Makie is the mother of Kōshirō and Nanoka.

Kaname Chidori ( 千 鳥 要 , Chidori Kaname )

Kaname is Kōshirō's superior in marriage brokerage. She is the only one who notices the strange behavior of Kōshirō and Nanoka towards each other. She represents the negative attitude of society on this issue.

Kei Odagiri ( 小田 切 圭 , Odagiri Kei )

Kei works for Kōshirō and has a lolicon or is openly raving about going out with schoolgirls.

Futaba Anzai ( 安西 双 葉 , Anzai Futaba ) and

Ōko Tamaki ( 環 央 子 , Tamaki Ōko )

Futaba and Ōko are schoolmates from Nanoka. Futaba suspects that something is wrong with Nanoka, but decides not to pursue this further for the benefit of both.

Shōko Akimoto ( 秋 本 宵 子 , Akimoto Shōko )

Shōko is Kōshirō's ex-girlfriend who left him because of his indifference before the series began.

Kazuya Miyauchi ( 宮内 一 哉 , Miyauchi Kazuya )

Kazuya is a popular classmate in Nanoka's class. In the manga he himself experiences a forbidden love because he is in love with the school librarian.

publication

The manga by Yoshida Motoi appeared in Kōdanshas Evening from issues 9/2001 to 22/2004. The chapters were summarized from March 19, 2003 to December 23, 2004 in five anthologies ( Tankōbon ). An anime series was produced before the manga was completed. Although the anime does not reproduce the events of Volume 5, both share a similar ending, with that of the anime containing negative symbolism. Outside of Japan, the manga was published in Taiwan by Tong Li .

Koi Kaze was first broadcast from April 2 to June 17, 2004 after midnight (and thus on the previous television day ) on TV Asahi and almost 18 days later on Kids Station . TV Asahi did not broadcast episode 8, which addressed divorce - a social taboo in Japan -. This episode was made available as a stream from publisher Geneon Entertainment on the series' website between June 8 and 22, 2004 and appeared in the DVD release. The anime was released in English by Geneon Entertainment USA.

synchronization

role	Japanese speaker ( seiyū )
Kohinata Nanoka	Yuki Nakamura
Saeki Kōshirō	Kenta Miyake
Kaname Chidori	Akemi Okamura
Kei Odagiri	Kosuke Okano
Zenzō Saeki	Ryōichi Tanaka
Makie Kohinata	Yūko Katō
Futaba Anzai	Satomi Akesaka
Ōko Tamaki	Risa Shimizu
Shōko Akimoto	Ryōka Yuzuki
Kazuya Miyauchi	Ryōya Kobayashi

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Schedule. (No longer available online.) In: 「恋 風」 ～ 公式 ホ ー ム ペ ー ジ ～ . Geneon Entertainment, archived from the original on December 5, 2008 ; Retrieved August 23, 2009 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ News. (No longer available online.) In: 「恋 風」 ～ 公式 ホ ー ム ペ ー ジ ～ . Geneon, archived from the original on February 16, 2010 ; Retrieved August 23, 2009 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

• Geneon website on Koi Kaze (Japanese)
• Manga and Anime in Anime News Network (English)