Fuuka (manga)

Fuuka (風夏) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Kōji Seo. It was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from February 2014 to April 2018, with its chapters collected in twenty tankōbon volumes. It is a sequel to Seo's previous manga series Suzuka. It was published online in English by Crunchyroll.

A 12-episode anime television adaptation produced by Diomedéa aired from January to March 2017.

Plot
Fuuka is a sequel to the 2004 manga Suzuka. The story follows Yuu Haruna, a loner and an avid Twitter user that made a promise with his childhood friend Koyuki Hinashi of starting a band. One night, on his way to buy dinner, he stops to take a photo to upload to Twitter. A strange high school girl named Fuuka Akitsuki accidentally bumps into him and mistakenly believes that Yuu is trying to take a photo of her panties, which causes her to smash his phone. Fuuka leaves behind a CD, which Yuu returns the following day. Appreciating Yuu's personality, Fuuka starts a relationship with him, but this is complicated when Koyuki, now a popular idol, contacts Yuu on Twitter and invites him to attend her concert. Fuuka and Yuu begin their music careers when they form a new band called The Fallen Moon together with classmates Makoto, Kazuya, and Sara. Meanwhile, Fuuka's feelings towards Yuu continue to grow, while Koyuki also begins to get closer to him.

Manga
Written and illustrated by Koji Seo, Fuuka was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 12 February 2014 to 4 April 2018. Its 195 individual chapters were compiled into twenty tankōbon volumes, released from 16 May 2014 to 17 April 2018. A Fuuka Special Edition volume was published on 13 April 2018 and contains alternative endings for other heroines.

The manga was simul-published online in English by Crunchyroll starting in 2014 and Kodansha USA starting in 2016. It was released in digital volumes by Kodansha USA from 2015 to 2019.

Anime
An anime television series adaptation produced by Diomedéa aired from 6 January to 24 March 2017. The series' opening theme is "Climbers' High!" by Manami Numakura who voices Tama, vocalist of the band Hedgehogs. The series' ending theme is "Watashi no Sekai" by Megumi Nakajima. For episode 6, the ending theme is "Yukihanabi" (雪花火) by Saori Hayami. The anime ran for 12 episodes and was released across six BD/DVD volumes.

Crunchyroll has licensed the series in North America, with Funimation releasing a simuldub for the series. Songs in the anime are performed by My First Story's guitarist SHO, Ellegarden's drummer Hirotaka Takahashi, The Bonez's bassist T$UYO$HI and Takuro Iga, the series' music composer, playing the keyboard.

Music
A soundtrack album titled Fuuka Sound Collection was released on 15 March 2017, containing all insert songs and soundtracks from the anime.

In Chapter 189 of the manga, "Hoshi no Furu Machi"'s lyrics from the anime was used, marking the first time the manga took elements from the anime.

To commemorate the end of the manga, Seo wrote the song "Wings of Light", performed by Lynn, who voiced Fuuka in the anime adaptation.

Sales
Volume 1 reached the 26th place on the weekly Oricon manga charts and, as of 25 May 2014, had sold 64,879 copies; volume 2 reached the 18th place on the chart and, as of 27 July 2014, had sold 73,193 copies; volume 3 reached the 28th place and, as of 26 October 2014, had sold 70,638 copies; volume 4 reached the 20th place and, as of 21 December 2014, had sold 51,164 copies; volume 5 reached the 12th place and, as of 22 February 2015, had sold 62,771 copies; volume 6 reached the 14th place and, as of 24 May 2015, had sold 69,659 copies; volume 7 reached the 17th place and, as of 26 July 2015, had sold 66,456 copies; volume 8 reached the 25th place and, as of 25 October 2015 had sold 61,372 copies; volume 9 reached the 25th place and, as of 20 December 2015, had sold 36,105 copies.