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A Girls is a 15-chapter Japanese manga series written by Itabashi Masahiro and illustrated by Tamakoshi Hiroyuki. A Girls follows Kazao and his quest to discover the truth that has been kept from him all his life after he is told one day that he was to leave the island on which he grew up on.

Characters
Here is a list of the characters in A Girls. The sub-categories show where they are from.

Island
Island Kazao - The main character.

Island Eiko - Island Kazao's first love.

Amemiya - The manager of the island.

Tanaka - Amemiya's assistant.

"Class Rep" - One of the oldest girls on the island. She is very responsible.

Kazuko - One of the oldest girls on the island. She doesn't like it when people call her by the wrong name.

Hama - One of the oldest boys on the island. He is a big, responsible guy.

Kakky - One of the oldest boys on the island. He apparently hasn't grown in years, and is perverted.

City
City Kazao - Island Kazao's artificial genetic twin, deceased.

City Eiko - Island Eiko's artificial genetic twin.

Yuu - The first person Kazao meets in the city. She also sits next to Kazao in class and falls for him.

Yuu's father - Yuu's father. A spy first hired to watch Kazao.

Chapter 1
Abandoned at birth, Ikenaga Kazao has been living his entire life on Mirai Island, never imagining that he would one day leave the island. One night, Kazao awakened from the nightmare of getting hit by a truck while riding on a motorcycle. Some time after, while lying on a beach, Kazao felt incapable of moving, which he called kanashibari. While paralyzed, he hears an unfamiliar male voice telling him that "Kazao's new days should start soon". When he finally breaks free of his temporary paralysis, he finds Eiko standing in front him. When asked if there was anyone else nearby, Eiko simply states that it might have been another dream. Eiko then wades into the ocean and wonders out loud if they would ever leave Mirai Island. If they ever did leave the island, Eiko tells Kazao that they would go to an amusement park together. Suddenly, Eiko falls into the water and gets her white dress wet, exposing her breasts. Kazao tries to turn away, but he in turn falls into the water, stopping inches away from Eiko. Staring at each other's eyes for a few moments, they kiss before getting out of the water.

One day, Tanaka has the class rep tell everyone to get changed because they were going to have their periodic checkup. The class rep then tells Hama to lead the boys. In the changeroom, Kakky tries to peek into the girls' changeroom, only to get discovered and punched by the class rep. Doing so, the class rep knocks down the divider between the two genders and they all see each other. After Hama puts the partation back up, Tanaka appears and tells Kazao that he no longer needs to take the inspection anymore and go see the manager.

In the manager's room, Amemiya tells Kazao that his parents have been found and that he will be leaving the island soon. Kazao complains that he's happy on the island, but Amemiya tells Kazao that everyone has to leave the island some day.

The next day, while packing up his belongings, Kazao hears Eiko playing her violin and remembers all their times together and wonders if they'll ever meet again. Everyone sees him off at the shore except Eiko, who sadly plays her violin for Kazao to hear one last time. After the ship starts moving, Eiko yells into the distance that she too would someday leave the island.

Chapter 2
After arriving on the island and getting a glimpse of his surroundings, Tanaka hands Kazao a map with his house circled and tells him to go find it. Shortly after Kazao starts his little adventure he feels lost because he notices that everything he has seen on TV isn't the same as in real life. Suddenly, a voice behind welcomes him. Startled, Kazao turns around quickly and knocks over a girl. The girl then asks him if he saw her underwear when she fell, to which tries to sound like he didn't, even though he did. After helping her get up, she asks what he was doing. Kazao tells her that he was trying to find the circled house on the map, which he admits is his house. The girl then decides to help him, quoting "Getting my underwear seen might be some kinda fate". As they arrive at the Ikenaga residence, the girl, who introduces herself as Tsujiyama Yuu, decides to head home and let Kazao be, saying that they might see each other again. As Kazao tries to think of what he should say when he first meets his parents, he notices a truck speeding towards him and sidesteps, barely dodging it. Kazao's mother opens the gate to see what was happening outside and gets surprised as she spots Kazao. She calls her husband to come outside, who in turn gets a surprise of his own.

Inside, Kazao's mother serves a meal and tells Kazao to eat, even if she isn't sure if the food suits his taste. While eating, Kazao thinks to himself that even though they are his parents, it doesn't feel real to him. Suddenly, Kazao asks his parents if they've been living in the same house all this time, to which Kazao's mother nervously answers that their old house was too small to call Kazao in. The reply seems to answer Kazao's question, yet he still feels some discomfort.

Back on the island, Kakky wonders if he should move his desk to Kazao's before he left, to which Hama sadly reminds him that it belonged to Kazao. Kakky claims that it no longer matters because Kazao is gone. Within moments, it becomes a big argument, with the class rep victorious. Eiko silently wonders where and what Kazao is doing.

Meanwhile, Kazao gets introduced as a transfer student in his class. No one really seems to care except Yuu (also in his class), who energetically points out that the seat next to hers is empty. The sensei then tells Kazao that he go there. After sitting down, Yuu decides that they should become good friends and Kazao agrees. Sometime after, Kazao finds himself on the roof of the school looking into the distance, and thinking that he never imagined living at a place where he couldn't see the sea. Spotting a ladder leading up to the water tank, Kazao climbs it and wonders if he can see the sea from his new perspective. To his disappointment, he only sees other buildings. Saddened, he tries to think about everyone on the island, especially Eiko and how he wants to hear her playing her violin. Suddenly, Yuu interrupts his thoughts and climbs up beside him. Yuu then admits that she moved to the city recently, being the reason that both Kazao and Yuu share the same smell. Hearing that, Kazao tries to sniff himself, which makes Yuu laugh and offer if he wanted to smell her too. Thrown off guard, Yuu admits that she was kidding, then comments that Kazao is a strange person, as well as asking him if he was from a complicated family. Kazao admits that all his life, he's been living away from his parents, to which Yuu somewhat relates to herself because her parents are divorced. When they stand up, Yuu sneezes and her skirt flares up, revealing her underwear to Kazao again. Though Kazao saw, he tries not to answer what colour it was when Yuu asked. Hearing this, Yuu decides to show it to him, and pulls up her skirt showing her blue underwear. On a distant rooftop, a man with a camera comments that Yuu is overdoing something by a bit, but that everything is going according to plan.

Back on the island, Amemiya looks over documents of Yuu while Tanaka reports that Kazao is gradually getting used to life in the city. Amemiya then wonders if Kazao will eventually date Yuu, quoting that, "it would be best if he falls in love with someone other than Eiko".

Chapter 3
Back on the island, all of Kazao's friends listen to Eiko playing her violin and unanimously agree that her playing seeps into the heart.

At school, sitting atop the school and thinking of Eiko, Kazao gets interrupted mid-thought by Yuu, who came to offer him a hot dog. While eating her hot dog, Yuu notices Kazao watching her and asks him if he was thinking of soething perverted. When asked why he didn't go home yet, Kazao states that he had no reason. Upon hearing that answer, Yuu suggests that they should go on a date. The word "date" makes Kazao think back to the time he kissed Eiko and wonders if that counted as a date. Yuu asks him if he ever went on a date before, to which Kazao answers that he grew up on a small island. Suddenly, Kazao's cell phone rings. Yuu helps him open the message when he admits that he has never used one before, and reads out, "Father will be coming home early, so let's go out to eat tonight. Just the three of us". Yuu adds her number into his phone and says that their date is off, but that he could call her anytime he wanted to.

Later that night, while walking down a hall in his new house, he notices a well-used piano. Suddenly, his father enters the room and tells him that his mother peeled some apples for him. Kazao then asks his father if he played to piano, but he simply says that the piano was prepared for Kazao. Hearing that, Kazao silently wonders why everythiong in the house is new except the piano.

A little while later, while laying on his bed, Kazao begins to wonder why he couldn't stay on the island with all his friends, and why he had to be separated from Eiko. He then feels a wave of sadness wash over him as he realizes how sudden everything has been for him. Suddenly, he decides to give Yuu a call.

Outside, Yuu arrives on a bicycle and states that she never would have thought that Kazao would have called her out at such a time. She then proceeds to tease Kazao by saying that she wore her best underwear, before finally asking him what was wrong. Kazao explains that he finds it weird that everything in his house is new except for the piano, to which Yuu did not find too out of the ordinary. Yuu then asks him if he wants to go back to the island, but Kazao firmly states that he has to find his place in the city. They stare at each other for a while, when suddenly, Yuu notices a man watching them and blows him a raspberry. The man, seeing this, runs away. Kazao asks what was going on, but Yuu decides to change the subject by offering to go somewhere by riding the bike, and gets onto the back of the bike, telling Kazao it was up to him on where to go. When Kazao reluctantly admits that he has never been on a bike before, Yuu decides to teach him. As Kazao climbs onto the bike, Yuu climbs on behind him and presses her chest against his back. Alarmed, Kazao quickly stands up and knocks Yuu off the bike, exposing her underwear to Kazao yet again. Yuu decides to end the biking lesson and offers to take Kazao somewhere.

Shortly after, as they speed down a road, Kazao's nightmare flashes before his eyes and he tells Yuu to stop the bike. Kazao feels that the island is calling him, that Eiko is calling him, but he does know whose name to call.

Meanwhile, in a dream, Eiko sees herself in the city.

Chapter 4
The next day, Eiko decides to tell Amemiya about her dream, who comes up with the possibility that Eiko is just emotionally unstable because of Kazao's departure. Eiko states that though Kazao does not appear in her dreams, she can sense Kazao a little. After excusing herself, Eiko decides to take a walk down the beach. While in deep thought, Kakky springs out from behind a rock and playfully grabs at Eiko's skirt, only to find out that Eiko had no panties on. Eiko regrets not having Kazao see it first.

Meanwhile, back in the city, Kazao plays the piano. He finds it strange how he thinks he knows the piano from a long time ago. He then realizes that he was playing Eiko`s favourite song and thinks of the times they shared.

The next day, as Kazao lies on the roof of the school to think about why he was the only one to leave, Yuu shows up and tells him that because of the fine weather, he should ask her out on a date. He then tells her he`s wanted to go on a ferris wheel and they go. After riding a roller coaster and having a soft ice cream for the first time, Kazao realizes that he is getting used to the city, and questions himself is he will ever forget about the island, and ultimately, forget about Eiko. Later, while riding in a ferris wheel, Yuu purposely lets Kazao see her underwear. Looking outside, Kazao apologizes to Eiko that he went on a ferris wheel without her, when he sees someone who looks like Eiko walking down the street. At the end of the ride, Kazao dashes out after the girl he saw on the street, while Yuu calls a number on her phone and says that it might have become a bad situation. Free at last, Kazao has trouble finding the girl. He suddenly decides to run towards the station, but bumps into the photographer. As he continues along his way, Kazao thinks about Eiko and how he wants to see her really badly. He finally sees the girl from atop a flight of stairs and calls out Eiko. This is enough to stop the girl for a second before she continues to walk into the train. Kazao tries to chase after her but the train starts moving, and Kazao is left stranded.

Chapter 5
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