Natsu no Arashi!

Natsu no Arashi!
Cover of Natsu no Arashi! volume 1
夏のあらし!
Genre	Romantic comedy, supernatural
Manga
Written by	Jin Kobayashi
Published by	Square Enix
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Monthly Gangan Wing Monthly Gangan Joker
Original run	August 25, 2006 – September 22, 2010
Volumes	8
Anime television series
Directed by	Akiyuki Shinbo
Written by	Katsuhiko Takayama
Studio	Shaft
Original network	TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, TV Aichi, TV Hokkaido, TV Setouchi, TVQ Kyūshū
Original run	April 5, 2009 – June 29, 2009
Episodes	13
Anime television series
Natsu no Arashi! Akinai-chū
Directed by	Akiyuki Shinbo
Written by	Katsuhiko Takayama
Studio	Shaft
Original network	TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, TV Aichi, TV Hokkaido, TV Setouchi, TVQ Kyūshū
Original run	October 4, 2009 – December 27, 2009
Episodes	13

Natsu no Arashi! (夏のあらし!^?, lit. Summer Storm!) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Jin Kobayashi, who is known for his previous work School Rumble. The manga started serialization in Square Enix's Gangan Wing shōnen manga magazine on August 25, 2006, and seven bound volumes have been released in Japan as of March 2010. Natsu no Arashi! was also adapted into two anime television series by Shaft under the direction of Akiyuki Shinbo and broadcast in Japan from April 5, 2009 to December 27, 2009.

Thirteen-year-old Yasaka is a boy staying at his grandfather's house during his summer vacation. One day he entered a store and met Arashi, a beautiful sixteen-year-old girl working there. After trying to protect her from a man who claims to have been hired by her family to take her back by force, Yasaka ran away with her and now she stays at his grandpa's place with him. It didn't take much time for Yasaka to figure out that his new friend is far from an ordinary girl, as she possesses mysterious powers. The plot thickens when he finds a sixty-year-old picture of Arashi and another girl named Kaja, and to the surprise of all Kaja suddenly appears, and just like Arashi, her appearance hasn't changed at all since then.

Two other characters introduced so far are the place's owner, a woman whose name is still unrevealed and rumored to be a high level con artist, and Jun Kamigamo, a student of Yasaka's age whom he met at the store, and works there with him since then. Despite being a girl, she keeps dressing and addressing herself as a boy to the other characters. So far only Kaja and Arashi know her secret.

On November 2008, an anime adaption of Natsu no Arashi! was announced. The anime series was directed by Akiyuki Shinbo, Katsuhiko Takayama oversaw the script, the character design was done by Kazuhiro Ota and was produced by Shaft. The series was broadcast from April 5, 2009, it had a total of 13 episodes.