“Country boy Yamato moves to Tokyo, joins track team to win over aloof high-jumper Suzuka.”
Suzuka
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Synopsis
Country boy Yamato moves to Tokyo, joins track team to win over aloof high-jumper Suzuka.
Teenager Yamato Akitsuki has moved from the Hiroshima countryside to Tokyo to begin his high school career. In return for room and board, he has agreed to help his aunt and cousin run their bathhouse and the adjacent girls-only dormitory where he will be staying. On his way to meet his relatives, he passes by a local high school track and is mesmerized by a high jumper practicing her technique. Later on, Yamato finds out that the high jumper is not just another resident of the dorm, but is also his neighbor. Suzuka Asahina is a heavily scouted track and field athlete who is attending the same high school he is enrolled in. A perfectionist by nature, Suzuka is put off by Yamato's clumsy and carefree attitude and finds it difficult to be near him. Determined to win her over, Yamato joins the track team after discovering his hidden talent for sprinting. Through his interactions with the track team, his classmates, and the ever-inebriated college students in the dorm, Yamato finds the resolve to become a better athlete and a more suitable companion to Suzuka, even if it means pushing himself to the point of exhaustion.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 75 sampled reviews
What 75 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.40 · split reception
5.7 pts
Recommenders 8.3 · others 2.6
↓ 1.09
Running avg · Feb 2007 → Aug 2024
- 10 “Suzuka touches my heart deeply and I love everything about this anime. The emotional impact is so powerful that I desperately want to see the entire series animated. This show has become something...”
- 9 “Suzuka delivers a deeply romantic and heart-warming experience that makes it impossible to stop watching. While marketed around sports, its true strength lies in the compelling romance and engaging...”
- 8 “I really enjoyed the main character relationships throughout the story. While I kept expecting something tragic to happen to the male lead, the happy ending was a pleasant surprise, even if I...”
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A Tv Production · Summer 2005
Studio Comet.Marvelous Entertainment · Starchild Records
- Format 26 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 9h 58m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2005 – Dec 2005 Summer 2005
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-0367 catalog
Produced by
- Marvelous Entertainment Producer
- Starchild Records Producer
Licensed by
- Funimation Licensor