Okitsura


is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Egumi Sora. It began serialization on Shinchosha's Kurage Bunch website in January 2020. An anime television series adaptation produced by Millepensee aired from January to March 2025.

Plot

Nakamura Teruaki, a boy from Tokyo who transfers to Okinawa as a student, meets, and develops a crush on, his new classmate, Kyan Hina. Talking to her, however, is a problem because she mostly speaks in the Okinawan dialect. He would not understand her at all if not for another classmate of his, Hina's friend Higa Kana, who translates for him. Unbeknownst to Teruaki, Kana has a crush on him, and has been translating for him as an excuse to get near him. With them and their friends, Teruaki becomes more exposed and learns a lot about Okinawa, its people, and its culture.

Characters

;Teruaki Nakamura
;Hina Kyan
;Kana Higa
;Yae Agena
;Tensuke Uema
;Isao Shimoji
;Oki Memo Shisha
;Tetsu Higa
;Suzu Higa
;Naoya Higa
;Sachiko Kyan

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Egumi Sora, Okinawa de Suki ni Natta Ko ga Hōgen Sugite Tsurasugiru began serialization in Shinchosha's Kurage Bunch manga website on January 10, 2020. The first volume was released on July 9, 2020. It has been collected in ten volumes as of May 9, 2025.

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on July 3, 2023. It is produced by Millepensee and written and directed by Shingo Tanabe and Shin Itagaki, with Itagaki serving as chief director, Tomohiro Yoshida designing the characters, Tomohisa Ishikawa, Yoshimi Katayama, and Ayano Kinjō composing the music, Hodaka Fukumura serving as dialect coach, and narration by Tarusuke Shingaki. The series aired from January 5 to March 23, 2025, on Tokyo MX and other networks. Crunchyroll streamed the series. Okinawan VTuber Ui Nema served as a public relations ambassador for the anime adaptation.
The opening theme song is "Dai Dai Daisuki", performed by Okinawan band HY, while each episode features a different ending theme song which are covers related to Okinawa, all performed by Akari Kitō and Fairouz Ai as their respective characters Hina and Kana.

Episodes