
When Aoi came he was, at first, perplexed at her visit, not remembering almost anything prior. Living alone in self-imposed exile up till now, he has led an average, if not lonely, life. His back is scarred from when he was tortured with a bamboo cane for trying to prevent his grandfather from burning mementos of his dead mother. Kaoru's mother and father never married, and he was an illegitimate child. He harbors a deep dislike for the Hanabishi clan due to their inhumane treatment of himself and his mother, which was due in turn to that clan's disapproval of his parents' relationship. He's generally well liked and is a member of the photography club at Meiritsu University. For the most part, he's shown to be a fairly good student, and isn't prone to emotional outbursts unlike other leading males in harem anime. He's a fairly average person and he doesn't fit the mold of the stereotypical male hero in most harem anime series. The primary male protagonist of the series. Voiced by: Sōichirō Hoshi (Japanese), Dave Wittenberg (English).The last volume ended at number 66 out of 100 on the sales list. It then soon fell out of the top 100 list for the other releases. With around 3,329 books sold, the series was at number 18 of 100 with Volume 6. Book one ranked number 45 on the top 50 Manga's sold of that month. Four visual novels were also released for the PlayStation 2, and for Windows 98.Īi Yori Aoshi did well with its English manga release. The manga was released in English by Tokyopop.

The anime was released in North America by Geneon. A sequel, Ai Yori Aoshi: Enishi ( 藍より青し ~縁~ ?), set two years later started running in 2003. The series was made into an anime in 2002. It was written by Kenichi Kanemaki and animated by J.C.Staff.

It is a love story between two childhood friends who have not seen each other in years.Īi Yori Aoshi anime was directed by Masami Shimoda. It was published from 1998 to 2005 in Hakusensha's Young Animal. Ai Yori Aoshi ( 藍より青し ?) is a Japanese seinen manga created by Kou Fumizuki.
