Sakura Diaries
| Sakura Diaries | |
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桜通信 (Sakura Tsuushin) |
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| Genre | Romance, drama |
| Manga | |
| Written by | U-Jin |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Weekly Young Sunday |
| Original run | 1995 – 2000 |
| Volumes | 20 |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Kunitoshi Okajima |
| Written by | Kenji Terada |
| Studio | Shaft |
| Released | May 21, 1997 – October 22, 1997 |
| Episodes | 12 |
Sakura Diaries (Japanese: 桜通信 Hepburn: Sakura Tsūshin?) is a seinen manga by hentai artist U-Jin. It follows the adventures of a guy who, unable to get into a prestigious university, pretends to be a student there in order to impress a girl, while ending up having to go to cram school and living together with his cousin who has an unrequited love for him. It was adapted into a 12-episode original video animation (OVA) series.
Touma Inaba is a high school graduate who is trying to get into the prestigious Keio University. After dismissing a weird call girl the night before, he meets and falls in love with a red-headed woman named Mieko Yotsuba on the day of the entrance exam. When Mieko is listed for Keio, but Touma is not, he pretends to have been accepted, while having to enroll in cram school. In the meantime, he lives together with his cousin Urara Kasuga, who has a crush on him and is willing to do anything to help him (including being that call girl in the first chapter). Urara encounters Mieko and Touma at karaoke, but pretends to be his sister. However, romance rival Tatsuhiko Mashu suspects something is up, and after sleeping with Urara's friend Komi Natsuki, learns that Touma is not a university student. Mashu tricks Touma into revealing the truth to Mieko.
The heartbroken Touma starts a sexual relationship with Urara. The "happy couple" angers cram school teacher Kugenuma, who conspires to break the two up by framing Touma with harassment. The rumors force Touma to leave cram school, but Urara tries to work a deal with Kugenuma for him to return. But when Touma learns about the deal and that it involved sexual favors, he breaks up with Urara.
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