Rough (manga)


Rough is a manga series by Mitsuru Adachi. It was published by Shogakukan in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1987 to 1989, and collected in 12 tankōbon volumes. The series was adapted into a live action film in 2006, released in Japan by Toho.

Plot

Rough tells the story of Keisuke Yamato, a 100 m freestyle swimmer, and Ami Ninomiya, a competitive diver as they overcome their family rivalry and fall in love with each other over the course of their high school years. Their families own competing confectionery stores and Ami has grown up hating Keisuke's family because her family believes her grandfather was driven to an early death after Keisuke's grandfather copied their signature "horned owl" manju and outsold them simply by adding "ears," making it that much larger.

Characters

;Keisuke Yamato
;Ami Ninomiya
;Hiroki Nakanishi
;Kaori Koyanagi
;Kazuaki Seki
;Kyōtarō Kitano
;Takeshi Ogata
;Masaru Kume
;Coach Furuya
;Coach Sakiyama
;Yūji Serizawa
;Kōsuke Yamato
;Ami's father
;Keisuke
;Narita
;Gramps Ōba

Other film characters

;Reiko Kinoshita
;Midori Shōji
;Shigeko Shōji
;Haruko Tanuma
;Isamu Wataru
;Female students
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Live-action film

A live-action film based on Rough was released in Japan on 26 August 2006 by Toho. It follows the same basic story, though in a somewhat condensed form.

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