Super Lovers

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Super Lovers
File:Super Lovers volume 1.jpg
Cover of Super Lovers volume one.
スーパーラヴァーズ
(Sūpāravāzu)
Genre Boy's Love[1]
Manga
Written by Miyuki Abe
Published by Kadokawa
Demographic Shōjo
Magazine Ciel (2010-2014)
Emerald
(2014-present)
Original run 2010 – present
Volumes 9 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by Shinji Ishihira
Written by Yoshiko Nakamura
Music by Yasuharu Takanashi
Shūji Katayama
Kenji Katō
Studio Studio Deen
Network AT-X, Tokyo MX, SUN, BS11, TVS, CTC, tvk, GBS, MTV, TVQ
Original run 6 April 2016 – present
Episodes 10
Anime and Manga portal

Super Lovers (スーパーラヴァーズ Sūpāravāzu?) is a Japanese shōnen-ai manga series published in the magazine Emerald by Miyuki Abe, author of Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East. An anime adaptation premiered in April 2016.

Plot

Haru visits Canada to spend his summer vacation in the woodland house of his strict, strong-willed mother Haruko who purposely fools her son that she's on "the verge of death" only just to burden him the responsibility of taking care of her newly adopted "puppy". That puppy is actually a small, rash, anti-social little boy named Ren who doesn't trust anyone and would prefer hanging out with Haruko's dogs. Haruko orders Haru to "civilize" Ren until the end of summer. As the young man struggles in doing everything, their relationship gradually improves, so far, when Haru graduated highschool, he plans on taking his "younger brother" in Japan together with his twin stepbrothers.

Unfortunately, a car accident occurred and Haru's father and stepmother were killed in a car crash, and he was the only one who survived and lost his memories of his past.

Then 5 (7 in the manga) years later, Ren came to Tokyo, Japan and claimed to be his new brother. Will Haru be adjusted to his new upcomings in life and make a new promise to Ren?

Characters

Kaidō Household

Haru Kaidō (海棠 晴 Kaidō Haru)
Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa (drama CD), Tomoaki Maeno (TV anime)
The eldest brother and the head household of the Kaidou family. He is the adopted brother to Ren and stepbrothers to Aki and Shima. 5 years ago, when he went to visit Canada, he met Ren. Even though Ren was quite hostile towards him, he managed to make Ren open his heart. He lost his memories of that summer when he came back to Japan due to an accident. He is quarter-Canadian.
Ren Kaidō (海棠 零 Kaidō Ren)
Voiced by: Hiroshi Kamiya, Yūko Sanpei (young) (drama CD), Junko Minagawa (TV anime)
The 4th and youngest brother of the Kaidou family. 5 years ago, he was a wild anti-social little brat that Haruko was having a hard time raising. When he first met Haru, his life gradually changed and started to accept the society life because of him. He attends a co-ed high school in Tokyo and is starting to make friends. In the series Ren has a calm and steady personality, and he acts more mature for his age.
Aki Kaidō (海棠 亜樹 Kaidō Aki)
Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama (drama CD), Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (TV anime)
The 2nd brother of the Kaidou family. He has a brash, stubborn attitude compare to his older twin.
Shima Kaidō (海棠 蒔麻 Kaidō Shima)
Voiced by: Daisuke Ono (drama CD), Takuma Terashima (TV anime)
The 3rd brother of the Kaidou family. He has a calm personality and taller than his younger twin.
Takashi Kaidō (海棠 崇 Kaidō Takashi)
Voiced by: Teruaki Ogawa (drama CD)
Haru's biological father.
Ruri Kaidō (海棠 留理 Kaidō Ruri)
Voiced by: Yūko Sasaki (drama CD)
Haru's stepmother.

Others

Ikuyoshi Sasaki (佐々木 郁芳 Sasaki Ikuyoshi)
Voiced by: Itsuki Takizawa (drama CD), Ayumu Murase (TV anime)

A host and fellow worker of Haru with a friendly and lively demeanor. He admires Haru and follows him working on the cafe White Fang, where he provides the food through his family in the country. He affectionately calls Ren as Ren Ren.

Jūzen Kurosaki (黒崎 十全 Kurosaki Jūzen)
Voiced by: Kazuyuki Okitsu (drama CD), Jun Fukushima (TV anime)
Ren's best friend and classmate. He lives in a student residence next to their school.
Haruko D. Dieckmann (春子・D・ディークマン Haruko Di Dīkuman)
Voiced by: Atsuko Tanaka (drama CD and TV anime)
Mikiko Kashiwagi (柏木 幹子 Kashiwagi Mikiko)
Voiced by: Yoko Soumi (drama CD and TV anime)
Kiri Kondō (近藤 紀里 Kondō Kiri)
Voiced by: Eri Kitamura (drama CD), Ryoko Shiraishi (TV anime)
A female student and another friend of Ren's at his school.
Seiji Takamori (高森 清次 Takamori Seiji)/Kiyoka (清華 Kiyoka)
Voiced by: Mitsuki Saiga (drama CD and TV anime)
A friend from Haru's high school days. He is seen dressing up in women's outfits and takes on the name Kiyoka.
Ai-chan (愛ちゃん)
A female student of Shima's and is her first year in middle school. Since her parents got divorced she is living with her grandparents.

Media

Manga

Abe began publishing Super Lovers in Kadokawa's Ciel magazine in 2010,[1] before switching to the Emerald magazine upon its 31 August 2014 launch.[2] Nine volumes have been published as of May 2016.

Volume list

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 28 July 2010[3] ISBN 978-4-04-854500-6
2 26 November 2010[4] ISBN 978-4-04-854562-4
3 28 June 2011[5] ISBN 978-4-04-854644-7
4 28 November 2011[6] ISBN 978-4-04-120074-2
5 30 August 2012[7] ISBN 978-4-04-120388-0
6 1 November 2013[8] ISBN 978-4-04-120900-4
7 1 August 2014[9] ISBN 978-4-04-101894-1
8 1 August 2015[10] ISBN 978-4-04-103300-5
9 30 April 2016[11] ISBN 978-4-04-104150-5

Anime

An anime adaptation was announced via a handout included with the reprint of volume one of Shungiku Nakamura's √W.P.B. manga.[1] It will be directed by Shinji Ishihira and written by Yoshiko Nakamura, with animation by the animation studio Studio Deen. Miki Takihara is in charge of the series character designs.[12] The opening theme song is Okaeri by Yūsuke Yata and the ending theme is Happiness YOU&ME by Kaidō 4 Kyōdai (voice actors of Ren, Haru, Aki, and Shima).[13]

The 10-episode series premiered on 6 April 2016, and will be broadcast on Tokyo MX, Sun TV, BS11, Chiba TV, tvk, Mie TV, TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting, Gifu Broadcasting, and TV Saitama.[14]

A 20-minute long OVA will be included with the 10th volume of the manga when it ships on 1 January 2017.[14]

Episode list

No. Title Original air date
1 "Forest Green"   6 April 2016
2 "Black Eye"   13 April 2016
3 "White Christmas"   20 April 2016
4 "Young Grass"   27 April 2016
5 "Cherry Blossom"   4 May 2016
6 "Cloudy Sky"   11 May 2016
7 "White Fang"   18 May 2016
8 "Blue Sky"   25 May 2016
9 "Rainy Season"   1 June 2016
10 "Summer Storm"   8 June 2016

See also

References

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