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- Genre: comedy drama romance sports
- Author: adachi mitsuru
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- Year: 1987 to 1989
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- Status： Finished
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Ninomiya Ami
Main
Birthday: March 4 The daughter of a Japanese confectionery store owner and a member of the diving team in Eisen's swimming club. She has the ability to see other people's strong points and is kind to everyone except Keisuke. She sends New Year's cards to ...
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Yamato Keisuke
Main
The son of a Japanese confectionery store owner and a member of Eisen Private High School's swimming club. In junior high school, he won third place in the national 100m freestyle championship three years running. Because he isn't satisfied with third pla...
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Adachi Mitsuru
Supporting
Mitsuru Adachi is in fact the mangaka of Touch, Miyuki and several other famous manga. He makes casual appearances throughout a lot of his own manga as comedic relief. He is often seen being disciplined by his editor and uses a lot of jokes, most of the...
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Furuya Coach
Supporting
A coach of the Eisen swimming club, in charge of the swimming races (100m and 200m freestyle, butterfly, and so on). (Source: Wikipedia) ...
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Keisuke
Supporting
A chick bought to commemorate a date between Keisuke Yamato and Ami Ninomiya. By the end of the series, it grows into a rooster. The chick was named by Ami's roommate, who wasn't aware of Ami's hated of Yamato family and Keisuke in particular. When writte...
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Kitano Kyotarou
Supporting
A member of the Eisen swim team, specializing in the butterfly. He attended the same junior high school as Ami. While he is very large and strong, he is very gentle and gets excellent grades. He ranks first in the school on the final exams his first year ...
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Koyanagi Kaori
Supporting
A member of the diving team in Misugi Academy's swimming club, and current winner of 2nd place in the inter-high competitions. She has a very quick temper, and is very self-conscious of her less-developed body. In junior high school, when Keisuke mistaken...
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Kume Masaru
Supporting
A member of the Eisen track team, specializing in the shot put. He has a good self-image, and puts a lot of passion into life. He is sometimes competes with Ogata at attracting the attention of girls. His appearance and physique is similar to Kōtarō Matsu...
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Nakanishi Hiroki
Supporting
A college student and holder of the Japanese records in the 100m and 200m freestyle. He is a childhood friend of Ami, and wishes to become more than just a friend. Ami's father tries to arrange a marriage between Hiroki and Ami, both to cut off her growin...
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Narita
Supporting
Seishu High 3rd year, member of the boxing club. He sends a lot of love-letters to Aoba, but she keeps rejecting him. He appears in episode 14 and in Volume 6, chapter 43 of the manga....
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Ninomiya Father
Supporting
Owner of the Ninomiya confectionery shop and Ami's father. He deeply resents the Yamato shop, and has expanded his own shop to better compete. Every night before going to bed, he yells, "Die, Yamatos!" on his veranda. Keisuke is initially introduced to hi...
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Ogata Takeshi
Supporting
Cleanup hitter on Eisen's baseball team. He attended the same junior high school as Ami, and she considers him a good friend. Has a short-temper and tends to resort to violence a lot, but it's actually pretty clever and considerate with people he likes. I...
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Ooba No Jiisan
Supporting
Master of an aikido dojo and old friend of both the Yamato and Ninomiya families. When the feud broke out between Keisukes and Amis parents and they were too busy competing with each other, he watched the two children. Unbeknownst to the parents, Keisuke ...
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Sakiyama Coach
Supporting
A coach of the Eisen swimming club, in charge of the diving team. (Source: Wikipedia) ...
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Seki Kazuaki
Supporting
A member of the Eisen swim team. While on his way to watch Ami diving, the swimming coach tests him for the team, and he passes despite the test being rigged to be harder than normal. Keisuke comes out of his slump after being made to tutor him in swimmin...
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Serizawa Yuuji
Supporting
Holder of first place in the 100m and 200m freestyle inter-high records and Keisuke's rival since junior high competitions. Serizawa is arrogant and plans to beat Hiroki Nakanishi's records, but he's been unable to get past a plateau in his times, which s...
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Yamato Kousuke
Supporting
Keisuke's father and owner of the Yamato confectionery shop, which he inherited from his father. Like many fathers in Adachi's other series, he is generally useless, but has a discerning eye when it comes to between Ami and Keisuke's relationship. (Source...