A Town Where You Live (君のいる町, Kimi no Iru Machi) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Kouji Seo. The series is a character-driven romance set in the same universe and time period as the manga and anime series, Suzuka. It follows Haruto Kirishima, a self-conscious teenage boy, and Yuzuki Eba, a boisterous teenage girl who has moved from Tokyo into the Kirishima family's hometown.
A Town Where You Live was published as a series in the Japanese magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine, which has been published by Kodansha since June 2008.[1] As of January 2014, Kodansha has compiled its chapters into 26 bound volumes. The final chapter was released on February 12, 2014, in the 11th issue of Weekly Shōnen Magazine, and the final volume was released on March 17, 2014.[2]
On October 30, 2013, Crunchyroll Manga was launched and included A Town Where You Live in its library.[3][4] The series was also published in several languages, including French and Chinese.[5][6]
Volume list
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1 | August 12, 2008[7] | 978-4-06-384029-2 | ||
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Yuzuki Eba moves from Tokyo to Shōbara, Hiroshima and moves in with Haruto Kirishima and his family for high school. Yuzuki adjusts to her life in the countryside and helps Haruto bond with his crush, Nanami Kanzaki. Yuzuki then kisses Haruto which leads Haruto to believe that she is flaunting herself, causing them to argue. After Yuzuki reveals she only loves Haruto, the two reconcile and continue their relationship. | ||||
2 | October 17, 2008[8] | 978-4-06-384055-1 | ||
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Nanami believes that Haruto actually loves Yuzuki. Yuzuki then tells Nanami that she likes Haruto and will make him hers. Haruto's friend, Akari Kaga, asks Haruto to set up a double date with Nanami's brother, Narumi, and Haruto and Nanami. On the double date, Narumi let it be known that he likes Yuzuki. Haruto then asks Nanami out, but she wants to remain friends. Haruto remains committed to Nanami. | ||||
3 | January 16, 2009 [9] | 978-4-06-384090-2 | ||
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Haruto finds a diary which reveals his first meeting with Yuzuki during a summer festival. He had told her to return to Shōbara if she doesn't like it. Nanami asks Haruto to go on a shopping date; however, when Yuzuki is asked to return to Tokyo for a funeral, Haruto instead accompanies Yuzuki and cancels his date with Nanami. In Tokyo, Yuzuki returns to her home, and Haruto meets Rin Eba, Yuzuki's younger step-sister. She tells Haruto that Yuzuki is estranged from the family. | ||||
4 | April 17, 2009 [10] | 978-4-06-384127-5 | ||
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After finding Yuzuki and having her explain the situation, Haruto chastises Yuzuki's step-siblings about the situation. Haruto brings together Yuzuki and her step-siblings to reconcile. The two return to Shōbara and later, Nanami asks Haruto to be her date for the summer festival. Yuzuki's step-siblings also attend the summer festival, and Rin reveals to Nanami why Haruto canceled their date. As a result, Nanami decides to not go to the festival, but then realizes she loves Haruto and attends anyway. She nearly confesses her feelings to Haruto but is interrupted with the news that Yuzuki is missing. | ||||
5 | June 17, 2009[11] | 978-4-06-384151-0 | ||
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Nanami, seeing Haruto and Yuzuki together, decides not to date Haruto. Haruto and Yuzuki are chosen to be part of a committee for a school event. For the event, Haruto works on his relationship with Nanami, and asks to use her family's apple farm. He then discusses their relationship and why she won't date him where she confirms it is due to his relationship with Yuzuki. | ||||
6 | September 17, 2009[12] | 978-4-06-384189-3 | ||
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Since Yuzuki reconciled with her family, she will be moving back to Tokyo after the school year. This causes Haruto to realize that he has feelings for Yuzuki and tries to show Yuzuki. She then avoids him after. Meanwhile, a girl from the school committee believes that Haruto will ask her to be his date for the Kōyasai. But, Haruto asks Yuzuki to be his date. | ||||
7 | November 17, 2009[13] | 978-4-06-384215-9 | ||
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Haruto confesses his feelings to Yuzuki. Yuzuki says she will not date anyone since she is moving. On the day of Yuzuki's move, Haruto convinces her to try a long-distance relationship. Later, Haruto's class is going on a field trip to Tokyo, so Haruto begins working at a restaurant to earn money for a present for Yuzuki. | ||||
8 | February 17, 2010[14] | 978-4-06-384251-7 | ||
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During the school trip, Nanami asks Haruto to pretend to be her boyfriend to impress her friend. The two are then seen by Yuzuki, but the misunderstanding is resolved. Yuzuki gives Haruto a present and the next day, Haruto's class returns home. Yuzuki has cut ties with everyone from Shōbara, including ending the relationship with Haruto. Haruto is saddened by this, and Nanami attempts to comfort him and confesses her feelings for him. Haruto learns that Yuzuki has begun dating someone. He finds a letter in Yuzuki's present which says so, but he believes something has happened to Yuzuki. | ||||
9 | April 16, 2010[15] | 978-4-06-384284-5 | ||
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Haruto decides to move to Tokyo and talks with his friends, Akari and Takashi, about their past together. During their discussion, Akari kisses him and asks him not to forget them. In Tokyo, Haruto becomes friends with Asuka Mishima and Kyousuke Kazama. | ||||
10 | July 16, 2010[16] | 978-4-06-384331-6 | ||
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Haruto asks a classmate, Mina Nagoshi, to take him to an event at Yuzuki's school. There he finds Yuzuki but is asked to stay away from her; and shortly after, Haruto learns that Yuzuki is dating Kyousuke. Yuzuki says that after learning Kyousuke was terminally ill with a year left to live, she began to date him. Realizing he can't remain friends with Kyousuke unless he is honest, Haruto openly declares his intentions to date Yuzuki. | ||||
11 | October 15, 2010[17] | 978-4-06-384383-5 | ||
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Kyousuke's friend, Kiyomi Asakura, shares that Kyousuke has declined to have a risky surgery because he wants to use his illness to date Yuzuki. However, hearing Haruto's feelings changes his mind, and he decides to have the surgery to compete for Yuzuki's love fairly. The day before the surgery, Kyousuke invites everyone for dinner, and Kiyomi reveals she loves him. The surgery fails and Kyousuke dies. Haruto and Yuzuki decide not to date each other as they feel guilty about starting a relationship after his death. Haruto invites Asuka and Kiyomi to Shōbara for winter break. | ||||
12 | January 17, 2011[18] | 978-4-06-384429-0 | ||
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Haruto considers his feelings for Asuka. Asuka loves Haruto, but he has never shown feelings for her so she tells him she has to stop being friends. This causes Haruto to recognize his feelings and tells her. Before telling everyone about their relationship, Haruto and Asuka visit Kyousuke's grave to tell him first. Two years later, Haruto and his friends have entered the same Seijo University. Haruto is tricked into going to a love hotel by Shiori Amaya for reference materials and is seen by Nanami. Shiori Amaya uses this to blackmail Haruto into taking class notes for her while she focuses on her career as a manga artist. | ||||
13 | April 15, 2011[19] | 978-4-06-384476-4 | ||
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Haruto continues to be blackmailed into keeping Shiori's career a secret. Haruto has a difficult time explaining the situation to his friends and Asuka. But, luckily, Asuka believes his good intentions. Haruto goes to a group date where he is reunited with Yuzuki. Yuzuki treats Haruto cordially and exchanges contact information with him. Haruto begins working part-time at a convenience store and becomes reacquainted with Rin. Rin challenges Haruto's feelings for Asuka, and invites him on a date to an amusement park. | ||||
14 | July 15, 2011[20] | 978-4-06-384520-4 | ||
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Instead of the date with Rin, it turns out that Rin has set up a date between Haruto and Yuzuki. While at the amusement park, Haruto invites Yuzuki to go with him as he finds a souvenir for Asuka. Haruto and Asuka plan a trip to Okinawa for the summer, but Asuka is forced to cancel due to a family member being injured. Remembering it's Yuzuki's birthday, Haruto gives her a pendant from two years ago. Yuzuki takes this to mean she should move on from Kyousuke's death and discards her old pendant from him. Haruto, his friends, and Yuzuki decide to return to Shōbara for the summer. | ||||
15 | October 17, 2011[21] | 978-4-06-384567-9 | ||
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At the summer festival, Haruto and Yuzuki confess their love for each other. Haruto decides to end his relationship with Asuka to be with Yuzuki, but their decision causes their friends to ostracize them. Haruto decides to move to a new apartment and makes amends with Asuka. | ||||
16 | December 12, 2011[22] | 978-4-06-384601-0 | ||
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Haruto and Yuzuki become acquainted with Miyu Hoshina, Haruto's neighbor and junior from school. Haruto then adjusts to his daily life with Yuzuki, and becomes friends with Miyu and Rin. Yuzuki and Rin's family moves to Nagoya leaving the two alone in Tokyo. | ||||
17 | March 16, 2012[23] | 978-4-06-384644-7 | ||
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Yuzuki's father learns about her relationship with Haruto, and forcefully brings her to Nagoya. Haruto attempts to convince him to let Yuzuki return to Tokyo, but her father does not agree. She then runs away from home and moves in with Haruto. Yuzuki's stepmother visits and let's them know that Yuzuki's father has reluctantly approved of their relationship. | ||||
18 | June 15, 2012[24] | 978-4-06-384689-8 | ||
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Akari contacts Haruto to reconcile their friendship, along with Takashi. Haruto, Yuzuki, Akari, and Takashi get together to mend their relationships. On the anniversary of Kyousuke's death, the group finds Kiyomi and Asuka, and are able to resolve their differences. Lastly, Haruto reconciles with Nanami. | ||||
19 | August 17, 2012[25] | 978-4-06-384720-8 | ||
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Yuzuki's student, Chisa Miyanaga, confesses her love towards Haruto. Chisa threatens to go on a study strike if she doesn't have a date with Haruto- which he agrees to. At school, Haruto decides to join an outdoors camping club; where he meets club captain Seiya Mizumoto and is reacquainted with his high school classmate Mina Nagoshi. During the camping trip, Mina misunderstands Haruto's words and actions, and believes she is now his girlfriend. | ||||
20 | November 16, 2012[26] | 978-4-06-384767-3 | ||
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Akari's father becomes sick forcing her to drop out of school and join her father's company. Miyu asks Haruto and Yuzuki to go on a trip with her to Okinawa to overcome her social anxiety. To pay for the trip, Haruto takes another part-time job at Shiho's restaurant. After hearing Haruto talk about a girl at work, Yuzuki begins to treat him coldly. The two then reconcile on the Okinawa trip. | ||||
21 | January 17, 2013[27] | 978-4-06-384797-0 | ||
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Haruto gives Yuzuki a ring which she puts on her ring finger. The two attend a summer festival, and after returning home, have sex for the first time. Rin hears about it and realizes that she liked Haruto this whole time. At his high school reunion, Haruto gets drunk and is carried back to Asuka's room. | ||||
22 | March 15, 2013[28] | 978-4-06-384837-3 | ||
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Asuka calls a taxi and accompanies Haruto home. There, Yuzuki apologies for taking Haruto from Asuka and the two reconcile. Nanami asks Haruto if she should date Akito Fujikawa. Upon hearing rumors that Akito is a womanizer, Haruto investigates. The rumors turn out to be false as the girl who started the rumor is revealed to have a crush on Nanami. The same girl then attempts to pursue Yuzuki and then Rin. For New Years, Haruto and their friends vacation to Mount Fuji. Haruto and Mina are appointed as the captains for the outdoors camping club. Later, Haruto gets his driver's license. | ||||
23 | June 17, 2013[29] | 978-4-06-384878-6 | ||
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Yuzuki convinces Haruto to return to the location where they promised to stop seeing each other after Kyousuke's death in order to rewrite the memories associated with that location. Akari reveals she is going to marry Narumi. But, she asks Haruto to have sex with her to make sure she no longer has feelings for him. Haruto declines. After Akari's wedding ceremony, Miyu makes plans to study abroad and Takashi confides to Haruto that Kiyomi is pregnant. | ||||
24 | August 16, 2013[30] | 978-4-06-394912-4 | ||
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Takashi and Kiyomi decide to keep their baby and receive permission from Kiyomi's parents. Haruto and Yuzuki host a party for Miyu before her departure. Chisa moves into Miyu's apartment. | ||||
25 | November 15, 2013[31] | 978-4-06-394965-0 | ||
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Haruto begins searching for a job and befriends his old classmate Mina Nagato. Kiyomi gives birth to her child. Haruto and Yuzuki discuss starting a family, and Yuzuki decides on the name Daiki if they have a son. Mina tells Haruto that she intends to use her body to secure an interview. Haruto convinces her not to, and Mina succeeds in finding a job without it. An employer, having seen Haruto save Mina, offers him a job. | ||||
26 | January 17, 2014[32] | 978-4-06-394995-7 | ||
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Haruto starts his new job. Yuzuki keeps visiting Haruto at his work. And, Haruto realises that she has spent a lot of money to keep visiting him. He feels bad about it, but he likes having Yuzuki visiting him. | ||||
27 | March 17, 2014[33] | 978-4-06-395029-8 | ||
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Haruto decides to break up with Yuzuki due to the costs of a long distance relationship. Yuzuki seems to take it well, but as the train leaves the station, Haruto sees Yuzuki crying. He feels bad, but feels like it was the right decision to let her fulfill her dreams and for him to continue working where he is.
Years later, Haruto receives a promotion at work which is located back in Tokyo. Haruto is excited to work in Tokyo and have the potential of seeing Yuzuki. Haruto meets up with Takashi and asks about Yuzuki. Takashi is impressed that Haruto has not given up on Yuzuki and has had no girlfriend. Haruto then walks to the cherry blossom trees where he and Yuzuki had promised to meet each other each year. As the flowers drop, he sees Yuzuki standing there. She tells him that he is late which makes Haruto cry as he hugs her. Yuzuki and Haruto get married. Their friends comment on how impressed they all are that the two waited for each other and searched each other out after all this time. Another few years later, Takashi and Akari visit Haruto's restaurant. Haruto has quit his job to open his own restaurant. As they are going in, they see Daiki, Haruto and Yuzuki's son. At the restaurant, all of their old friends gather to watch Asuka play softball on Japan's national team along with Kazama's helmet. Haruto contemplates how happy he is to be with Yuzuki and his friends again in this town where he lives. |
References
- ↑ "Suzuka's Seo, Samurai Deeper Kyo's Kamijyō to Launch Manga". Anime News Network. May 13, 2008. Retrieved November 12, 2008.
- ↑ "A Town Where You Live/Kimi no Iru Machi Manga to End". Anime News Network. 2014-01-17.
- ↑ "Crunchyroll to Simultaneously Offer Kodansha Manga in 170 Countries". Anime News Network. October 26, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
- ↑ "A Town Where You Live". Crunchyroll. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
- ↑ "A Town Where You Live" (in French). Pika Édition. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
- ↑ 小鎮有你 (in Chinese). Tong Li Publishing. Archived from the original on December 20, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
- ↑ "君のいる町, Vol. 1" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on 2009-02-03. Retrieved 2008-12-03.
- ↑ "君のいる町, Vol. 2" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved 2008-12-03.
- ↑ "君のいる町, Vol. 3" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on 19 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
- ↑ "君のいる町, Vol. 4" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
- ↑ "君のいる町, Vol. 5" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- ↑ "君のいる町, Vol. 6" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
- ↑ "君のいる町, Vol. 7" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
- ↑ "君のいる町, Vol. 8" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
- ↑ "君のいる町, Vol. 9" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on 21 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
- ↑ "君のいる町, Vol.10" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
- ↑ "君のいる町, Vol.11" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
- ↑ "君のいる町, Vol.12" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved 2011-01-17.
- ↑ "君のいる町, Vol.13" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2011-04-15.
- ↑ "君のいる町, Vol.14" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on 2012-09-28. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
- ↑ "君のいる町, Vol.15" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on 2013-02-22. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
- ↑ "君のいる町, Vol.16" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on 2013-02-22. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
- ↑ "君のいる町, Vol.17" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on 2013-02-22. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
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External links
- Official A Town Where You Live website (in Japanese)
- Author's A Town Where You Live site (in Japanese)
- List of A Town Where You Live chapters (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia