Lovely complex

Lovely Complex ( Japanese ラブ ★ コン , Rabu ★ Kon , also Love ★ Com ) is a manga series by the Japanese illustrator Aya Nakahara . The series was also as real film, video game and anime - TV series implemented.

The work can be classified into the genre of romance , comedy and shōjo .

action

The tall Risa Koizumi ( 小泉リサ ) and her little classmate Atsushi Ōtani ( 大谷敦士 ) both go to the first grade of high school. They are often referred to as " All Hanshin Kyojin, " a well-known Japanese comedy duo, because of their size differences and frequent arguments . But both are otherwise very similar, have the same taste in music and develop a good friendship with each other. Her classmates Ryōji Suzuki and Chiharu Tanaka, Nobuko Ishihara and Heikichi Nakao found each other in the summer, so that Koizumi and Ōtani are now surrounded by two couples. Now they finally want to fall in love, and Koizumi soon finds out that Ōtani already had a girlfriend in Mayu Kanzaki. Koizumi soon meets Haruka Fukagawa again, a kindergarten friend of hers, who now falls in love with her. The one year younger transsexual Seishiro / Seiko Kotobuki falls in love with Ōtani, who rejects her when it is discovered that she is a boy by birth.

After a while Koizumi falls in love with Ōtani, but at first cannot admit this to himself. However, her friends soon realize that she is in love with him and support her. But even when Koizumi manages to convey her feelings to Ōtani, Ōtani misunderstands them and sees Koizumi only as a good friend. Only next summer does he understand that Koizumi has fallen in love with him. But first he rejects her. He's only seen them both as a comedy duo and can't imagine a relationship between them. When the young handsome teacher Kuniumi Maitake comes to the school and teaches her in the second grade of high school, Koizumi takes refuge in this one. When Maitake realizes Koizumi's feelings for Ōtani, he makes him jealous, so that Ōtani soon realizes how much he feels for Koizumi. Eventually they both come together.

When Koizumi started working in a family restaurant in the third year of high school, she met the younger Kazuki Kohori. He immediately falls in love with her. Ōtani, who has little time for Koizumi because of his studies for the university entrance exams, becomes jealous of him too, although Koizumi claims that he has no feelings for Kohori. However, after she attended an umibōzu concert with Kohori, her relationship with Ōtani almost broke up. Eventually her classmates manage to find their way to vocational training, and Ōtani also passes his exam and is accepted. Koizumi, who was unsure about what to do after school, now wants to become a stylist.

Origin and publications

Manga

The manga was published by Shūeisha in Bessatsu Margaret magazine from 2001 to 2006 . The chapters were later summarized in 17 anthologies ( Tankōbon ). A sequel has been released under the title Love ★ Com D since May 2009 in Deluxe Margaret .

Madman Entertainment published the manga in Australia and New Zealand , and Viz Media in the USA . Akata / Delcourt publishes the manga in French.

Real film

In 2006 the story was turned into a live action film and was released in Japanese cinemas on July 15, 2006 under the title Lovely Complex . The film was also translated into English and published by Viz Media . Risa Koizumi is played by model and actress Ema Fujisawa , while atsushi Ōtani was played by Teppei Koike , singer of the WaT duo.

Anime

In 2007, the manga from the studio was Toei Animation as Anime - television series produced. It was directed by Kōnosuke Uda , the character design was created by Hideaki Maniwa. The artistic directors were Eiko Sawada, Takao Shimizu and Yukiko Iijima. The series was broadcast on TBS from April 7, 2007 , and a few days later began broadcasting on MBS and CBC. The first broadcast ran until September 29, 2007. The series was later broadcast on the stations BS-i and BS-i.

Voice actor

role	Japanese speaker ( seiyū )
Risa Koizumi	Akemi Okamura (Anime) Risa Hayamizu (Radio Play & Game)
Atsushi Ōtani	Akira Nagata (Anime) Takahiro Sakurai (Radio Play & Game)
Nobuko Ishihara	Saori Higashi (Anime & Radio Play & Game)
Heikichi Nakao	Yasuhiko Tokuyama (Anime) Kenjirō Tsuda (Radio Play & Game)
Chiharu Tanaka	Kazuko Kojima (Anime) Ai Maeda (Radio Play & Game)
Ryōji Suzuki	Kenjirō Tsuda (Anime) Masaya Onosaka (Radio Play & Game)
Haruka Fukagawa	Masaya Onosaka (Anime) Ryōtarō Okiayu (Radio Play & Game)
Seijirō Kotobuki	Fujiko Takimoto (Anime) Rika Komatsu (Radio Play & Game)
Kuniumi Maitake	Jun'ichi Suwabe (Anime & Radio Play & Game)

music

The music for the series was composed by Hironosuke Sato . As preload title was used Kimi + Boku = Love? from Tegomass and Hey! Say! from Hey! Say! 7. Ending songs are Kiss ~ Kaerimichi no Love Song ( キッス～帰り道のラブソング ) by Tegomass and Bon Bon by Hey! Say! 7th

Video game

In 2006, AQ Interactive developed the Nori- Boke-Tsukkomi - Adventure Love ★ Com - Punch de Conte ( ラブ ★ コン～パンチ DE コント～ , Rabu ★ Kon - Panchi DE account ) - from French conte for a short stage play - for the console PlayStation 2 to the manga.

reception

The Manga Lovely Complex received the Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shōjo Manga category in 2004 .

Web links

Toei Animation Studio Official Website for Anime (Japanese)
Anime News Network about the manga and anime (English)