Tsuredure Children


Tsuredure Children is a Japanese four-panel manga written and illustrated by Toshiya Wakabayashi. It was serialized in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine from August 2014 to March 2015, and transferred to Weekly Shōnen Magazine, where it ran from April 2015 to July 2018. It was compiled into twelve tankōbon volumes.
An anime adaptation by Studio Gokumi aired from July to September 2017.

Plot

Tsuredure Children tells various romantic stories about how it is hard to say "I love you", between young students attending the same high school, in an omnibus format. The characters in each story are connected to each other through their various friendships.

Characters

Second year

;Haruhiko Takase
;Saki Kanda
;Jun Furuya
;Yuki Minagawa
;Takurō Sugawara
;Chizuru Takano
;Takeru Gōda
;Ayaka Kamine
;Chiaki Uchimura
;Kana Ījima
;Ayane Matsuura
;Chiyo Kurihara
;Takao Yamane
;Tomomichi Motoyama
;Kazuko Hosokawa

Third year

;Masafumi Akagi
;Ryōko Kaji
;Shin'ichi Katori
;Satsuki Sasahara
;Erika Shibasaki

First year

;Hotaru Furuya
;Yūki Kaga
;Kaoru Nanase

Others

;Hideki Yukawa

Media

Manga

Wakabayashi originally started publishing the story online in 2012 without actually giving it a title; it became known simply as "Toshiya Wakabayashi's 4-koma comic collection". Afterward, it started serialization in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine on August 9, 2014, and was published in the magazine until March 9, 2015. The manga was transferred to Weekly Shōnen Magazine starting on April 15, 2015. with entirely redrawn art. The series ended on July 11, 2018, and has been collected into 12 tankōbon volumes.
In North America, Kodansha USA has started digitally publishing an English version.

Volume list

Anime

A TV anime adaptation was announced in February 2017. Studio Gokumi produced the anime with Hiraku Kaneko directing, series scripts is written by Tatsuhiko Urahata, and Etsuko Sumimoto is the character designer adapting Wakabayashi's original designs. The anime aired from July 4 to September 19, 2017, on Tokyo MX, Sun TV, and BS11. NAS produced the anime. Inori Minase performed the opening theme titled "Ai Mai Moko" while Yui Ogura performed the ending theme titled "Dear". The anime episodes were released as DVDs bundled with the limited edition of manga volume 9, 10, and 11, each contains 4 episodes. Crunchyroll simulcast the series with original Japanese version and English subtitles, while Funimation streamed the series'English dub in North America.

Episode list