

After he removes himself for good, he begins actively pursuing Futaba. When she begins a relationship with Toma Kikuchi, Kou realizes his relationship with Yui is holding him back and preventing him from accepting positive changes in his life. When Futaba realizes she cannot change Kou, she decides to move on. However, just when Kou is about to move on from his past, Yui Narumi, his friend from Nagasaki, moves to his town, and he stays with her to help her through her father's death. She is joined by Kou and her classmates, Yuri Makita, Shuko Murao, and Aya Kominato, who all form a bond together.įutaba learns that Kou's mother had died after he moved away, and as she helps him with his grief, she falls in love with him again. When the new school year starts, Futaba decides to make a positive change for herself and volunteers to become the class representative. Kou, who now uses the surname "Mabuchi", has become a completely different person than she knew back then, as he is now cold and indifferent. One day, she reunites with Kou Tanaka, her first love who had previously moved to Nagasaki in middle school. As a result, she feels her life is uninteresting.

The series was also one of the best-selling manga in 20.įutaba Yoshioka is a 16-year-old high school student who attempts to fit in with her female friends by acting "unfeminine", due to a history her female classmates ostracizing her out of jealousy. The series achieved popularity among readers who strongly identified with Futaba's personal growth. A live-action film adaptation was later released in December 2014.Īo Haru Ride was critically acclaimed in Japan and was consistently named one of the best series of 2014 by several manga industry professionals. In 2014, a limited edition drama CD adaptation was released to promote the then-upcoming anime television series by Production I.G, which aired in July 2014. A novelization by Akiko Abe ran in Cobalt.

It began serialization in the February 2011 issue of Shueisha's Bessatsu Margaret and ended in February 2015.Īo Haru Ride received several adaptations during its run.

Ao Haru Ride ( Japanese: アオハライド, Hepburn: Aoharaido, alternatively titled Blue Spring Ride internationally ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Io Sakisaka.
