Rough (manga)

Rough
Cover of Rough volume 1.
ラフ (Rafu)
Genre	Romantic comedy, sports (swimming)
Manga
Written by	Mitsuru Adachi
Published by	Shogakukan
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Original run	1987 – 1989
Volumes	12
Live-action film
Directed by	Kentarō Ōtani
Produced by	Kazunari Yamanaka Osamu Kubota
Music by	Takayuki Hattori
Studio	Toho
Released	August 26, 2006
Runtime	106 minutes

Rough (Japanese: ラフ, Hepburn: Rafu^?) is a romantic comedy swimming manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was published by Shogakukan in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1987 to 1989, and collected in 12 tankōbon volumes. The series was adapted into a live action film in 2006, released in Japan by Toho.

Rough tells the story of Keisuke Yamato, a 100 m freestyle swimmer, and Ami Ninomiya, a competitive diver as they overcome their family rivalry and fall in love with each other over the course of their high school years. Their families own competing confectionery stores and Ami has grown up hating Keisuke's family because her family believes her grandfather was driven to an early death after Keisuke's grandfather copied their signature "horned owl" manju and outsold them simply by adding "ears," making it that much larger.

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A live-action film based on Rough was released in Japan on 26 August 2006 by Toho. It follows the same basic story, though in a somewhat condensed form.