![]() He does not like Hiro because he interferes in Tetsu and Karada's moments together. It is implied that he loves Karada-when Karada "went missing" after she became older, he ran all over town to find her. Tetsu is quite tall, and jokes that he is sometimes mistaken for a high school student. Tetsumasa Amino ( 網野 徹允, Amino Tetsumasa) Voiced by: Katsuhiro Nomura Often called just "Tetsu," he is Karada's classmate and one of her closest friends. He thought that he would return to America right after the funeral, but after meeting her, he could not leave her alone. It is later revealed that he is not really Karada's older brother, but met her for the first time at his parents' funeral. Several months later, he sent a letter to Shōko saying he would never come back, but without explaining the reason. He had to leave in order to attend to his parents' funeral, and never came back because he had to stay in Japan to take care of his sister, Karada. They went to the same university in Boston. Hiro Iokawa ( 五百川 尋, Iokawa Hiro) Voiced by: Satoshi Hino Hiro is a young man who was Shōko's boyfriend when he was studying abroad. She starts to get attached to Karada after she knows her properly. She wished to become a child, without knowing herself that she really wished for it. She did not know Hiro had a younger sister. Hiro told her that he would return right after his parents' funeral, but she waited for months and then received a letter saying he would not be coming back. She used to be Hiro's girlfriend she met him while in America and it seems that they were very close. She first meets Karada at the shrine that contained a fated wishing stone. Shōko Nogami ( 野上 椒子, Nogami Shōko) Voiced by: Shizuka Itō Shōko is a young woman who has just recently returned from overseas in the United States. ![]() After hearing Tetsu's confession to her (in her adult form), she also falls in love with Tetsu shortly afterwards. Her friend and classmate, Tetsumasa, seems to have feelings for her. Her wish to not be a burden on her brother, combined with her knowledge (unknown to Hiro) that she is only an adoptive sibling, drives her to wish to become an adult. Despite her age, she has learned to cook and do house chores herself. Her adopted parents died when she was two years old, and since then she has lived with her older brother, Hiro. Incidentally, Shōko then has her adulthood taken away from her and she reverts to about eleven years old.Ĭharacters Karada Iokawa ( 五百川 からだ, Iokawa Karada) Voiced by: Ayumi Fujimura Karada is a cheerful young girl who is about to enter her first year of junior high school. Amazingly, Karada's wish becomes true and she instantly transforms into a young woman. Later that same day, Karada is found by Shōko praying at a shrine, wishing to become older. This upsets her greatly because she doesn't like to be treated as a child. The day Shōko returns, she is dragged by Karada to the beach with her brother and a couple of their friends since she used to know Karada's brother Hiro several years before.Īfter becoming irritated with Hiro for leaving her alone in the United States, she purposefully tells Karada that her ribbons are childish. The anime is licensed by Sentai Filmworks, and a complete series boxset was distributed by Section23 Films on DVD on April 13, 2010.Īsatte no Hōkō follows the lives of Karada Iokawa, a young girl who is set to join junior high school after summer is over, and Shōko Nogami, a young woman who has just returned from studying abroad, who also happens to be the former girlfriend of Karada's older brother. The story is about a young girl who grows older into an adult, and an adult woman who becomes younger, turning into a child. The manga was adapted into an anime series produced by J.C.Staff, which aired in Japan between October and December 2006. The manga was serialized in Mag Garden's magazine Comic Blade Masamune between Maand Jfive bound volumes were released in Japan. ![]() Living for the Day After Tomorrow ( あさっての方向。, Asatte no Hōkō) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by J-ta Yamada.
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