
Special A

- Format
- TV
- Episodes
- 24
- Episode Duration
- 24 minutes
- Status
- finished
- Start Date
- 4-7-2008
- End Date
- 9-15-2008
- Season
- spring 2008
- Average Score
- 7.1
- Mean Score
- 7.1
- Studios
- GONZO
- Producers
- Sentai Filmworks Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures
- Source
- manga
- Genres
- Comedy Drama Romance Slice of Life
Hikari Hanazono has always been second to Kei Takishima. When they were six years old, their pro-wrestling loving fathers introduced them to each other. Assuming that she was the best in wrestling, young Hikari challenged Kei to a wrestling match only to be thoroughly defeated by him.
Ever since that fateful incident, Hikari swore to beat Kei in school grades, sporting events - anything. To do this, she has enrolled in the same school as Kei since elementary. Now she attends Hakusenkan, an ultra elite school, that costs her carpenter father a lot of money.
Hikari and Kei are the top two students in the school, with Kei holding firmly to that number one position. While Hikari considers Kei to be a rival and important friend, she is completely unaware that Kei loves her. The story primarily focuses on Hikari and her constant attempts to defeat her one and only rival, Kei, and how she finds love in their rivalry.
Characters

Hikari Hanazono
main
Yuuko Gotou
Japanese


Kei Takishima
main
Jun Fukuyama
Japanese


Megumi Yamamoto
main
Ayahi Takagaki
Japanese


Jun Yamamoto
main
Tsubasa Yonaga
Japanese


Tadashi Karino
main
Hiro Shimono
Japanese


Akira Toudou
main
Hitomi Nabatame
Japanese

Staff

Maki Minami
Original Creator

Jukki Hanada
Series Composition

Shougo Kaida
Music

Jun Fukuyama
Theme Song Performance

Hitomi Nabatame
Theme Song Performance

Kazuma Horie
Theme Song Performance
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Hikari Hanazono
main
Yuuko Gotou
Japanese


Kei Takishima
main
Jun Fukuyama
Japanese


Megumi Yamamoto
main
Ayahi Takagaki
Japanese


Jun Yamamoto
main
Tsubasa Yonaga
Japanese


Tadashi Karino
main
Hiro Shimono
Japanese


Akira Toudou
main
Hitomi Nabatame
Japanese


Ryuu Tsuji
main
Kazuma Horie
Japanese


Yahiro Saiga
supporting
Kishou Taniyama
Japanese


Chitose Saiga
supporting
Ami Koshimizu
Japanese


Hajime Kakei
supporting
Keisuke Oda
Japanese


Sakura Ushikubo
supporting
Natsuko Kuwatani
Japanese


Satoru Takishima
supporting
Megumi Ogata
Japanese


Sui Takishima
supporting
Kaori Shimizu
Japanese


Aoi Ogata
supporting
Kouji Yusa
Japanese


Atsushi Hanazono
supporting
Mitsuhiro Ichiki
Japanese


Kaname Takishima
supporting
Kazuya Ichijou
Japanese


Sumire Karino
supporting
Atsuko Tanaka
Japanese


Yui Oikawa
supporting
Noriko Shitaya
Japanese


Maki Minami
Original Creator

Jukki Hanada
Series Composition

Shougo Kaida
Music

Jun Fukuyama
Theme Song Performance

Hitomi Nabatame
Theme Song Performance

Kazuma Horie
Theme Song Performance

Tsubasa Yonaga
Theme Song Performance

Ayahi Takagaki
Theme Song Performance

Hiro Shimono
Theme Song Performance

Yuuko Gotou
Theme Song Performance (OP, ED2)

Michiko Itou
Script (eps 3, 9)

Yuuko Kakihara
Script (eps 2, 7, 12, 17, 22)

Naokatsu Tsuda
Episode Director (ep 10)

Yoshihito Nishouji
Episode Director (eps 3, 7, 12, 17, 23)

Hirotaka Endou
Episode Director (ep 4)

Michiko Itou
Storyboard (eps 3, 9)

Akiko Matsuo
Key Animation (OP)

Kenji Sugihara
Script

Ayahi Takagaki
Insert Song Performance

Montserrat Aguilar
ADR Director (Latin American Spanish)

Masayuki Niizuma
Background Art (ep 1)

Atsuko Sakakura
Background Art (ep 1)

Ayako Yamanashi
Background Art (ep 1)
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