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Special A

SPECIAL A

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Martial Arts, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Slice Of Life, Sports
Plot: Have you ever known someone who was better than you at everything you did? Hikari does. She has known Kei since they were both six years old and he’s surpassed her at everything. Now they are the top two students in an extremely prestigious high school, with Kei holding firmly to that number one position, and Hikari is still determined to beat him, no matter what it takes to obtain the number position and defeat Kei. Although Kei likes Hikari more than a friend, she’s too dense to realize it herself. Will Kei’s love be returned? Will Hikari finally manage to defeat Kei?
What will happen between the two rivals?


Special A (S.A) is an anime adapted from the manga by Maki Minami. The anime consists of 24 episodes altogether
                                                     ~  SPECIAL A~






Genres: comedy, drama, romance

Synopsis: Hikari Hanazono, the main character, has always been second to Kei Takishima. While Hikari considers Kei a rival and somewhat of a friend, Kei loves Hikari. Everyone knows this, but she is too dense to notice. Their wrestling loving fathers first introduced them to one another when they were 6 years old. Assuming that she was the best in wrestling, young Hikari challenged Kei to a wrestling match only to be thoroughly defeated by him. Ever since that fateful incident, Hikari swore to beat Kei in school grades, a sporting event - anything. To do this she has enrolled in the same school as Kei since elementary. Now she attends Hakusenkan, an ultra elite school, that costs her carpenter father a lot of money. Hikari and Kei are the top two students in the school, with Kei holding firmly to that number one position.
                                              
       Kei is Hikari's rival and holds the 1st position in the entire school; he is good at everything he does and is always a smooth winner. Kei has been in love with Hikari since they were children, but Hikari has been too dense to realize his feelings for her. While he maintains a stoic and cool facade most of the time, he loses his composure whenever Hikari is in trouble. He is the son of the CEO of Takishima Corporation.
                       AKIRA TOUDOU
 Akira holds the 6th position in school and is very fond of Hikari; as a result, she is very protective of her--especially when it comes to Kei and Hikari being together. She lovesafternoon tea and is very fond of cute girls. Akira doesn't realize she is actually in love with Tadashi, and constantly is beating him up (which he takes humorously). She is the daughter of the owner of an airline company. She and Kei were a childhood friends of Yahiro, however her friendship with Yahiro was broken apart due to Yahiro's constant bossiness.
    ~  Tadashi karino.....
          

Hikari Hanazono


Voiced by: Yuko Goto


Hikari knows what it feels to always be second to someone else. After all, she's still ranked second in the school, meaning she's still failed to beat Kei Takishima at something: something she's been trying to do since they were six years old. She even followed Kei to Hakusenkan just to beat him, which costs her family a lot of money. It's not that she's incompetent, however: Hikari is still incredibly strong, incredibly smart, and incredibly pretty. She's just that oblivious to Kei's feelings for her.
  • Action Dress Rip: Chapter 10 / Episode 6.
  • Action Girl: Hikari is frequently shown training, and it shows - the only times she's collapsed involved injury/illness combined with a rather large amount of exertion (after competing in several matches). Moreover, the only time she's lost any of those are, of course, when up against Kei. Further, she's yet to lose any physical fights she's been in, though you'd think she was made of cracked glass the way Kei reacts to the prospect of her fighting.
  • Alliterative Name
  • Badass Adorable / Cute Bruiser
  • The Beautiful People
  • Beware the Nice Ones: You don't want her mad at you. Really.
  • Big Eater: Oh, dear.
  • Can Not Spit It Out: Mere minutes after realizing that she's fallen for Kei, she hears someone say that "the first one to fall in love loses." As she continues her obsession with defeating Kei in something, she absolutely refuses to be the first to confess.
    • Chapter 53/54 in the manga, she does spit it out. MUCH EARLIER THAN THE ANIME.
  • Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Whenever she's sick.
  • The Determinator / Plucky Girl: Hikari will not give up, no matter how many times she's been defeated, at beating Kei. She won't give up on anything else, either, though her intelligence and strength result in her not needing to continue for too long generally.
  • Genki Girl
  • He Is Not My Boyfriend: Anytime anyone assumes Kei and Hikari are dating, her response is a cheery "He and I are rivals," with her laughing merrily and Kei looking like he just ate a lemon.
  • Hot Blooded
  • Lethal Chef: The area in which she is least talented in, and only because she's so strong.
    • Well, it's also shown that she doesn't really bother to season her food. So not only is it a dense, homogenized mess, it takes like dishwater (unless you're named Kei Takishima).
  • Naïve Everygirl
  • Noodle People: Considering how strong she is.
  • Oblivious to Love: Oh, so much. She's so focused on her and Kei's rivalry that she can't even take a hint.
    • Selective Obliviousness: Only towards her, though. She quickly perceives someone's attraction to someone else - more than one Face Palm ensues after people realize she sees everyone's romantic intentions except Kei's.
  • Rapunzel Hair
  • Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: With Kei.
  • Scholarship Student: Well, not really, as the Hanazono family is shown to scrimp so that Hikari can go to the same school as everyone else, but the effect's the same.
  • Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Kei
  • Sink or Swim Mentor
  • Serious Business: Beating Kei.
  • Super Strength
  • Takishima Is Always Better
    • Unless she's sick.
  • The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: She sees herself as this towards Kei: which is why Yahiro pisses her off when he declares he's beaten Kei once. Of course, the game of tag was rigged.
  • Unknown Rival: Hikari gets a bunch of these, as several people wishing to become the center of attention for Kei try to get rid of her. She completely misses the point.
  • Victorious Childhood Friend: For Kei. Eventually.
  • You Are Number Six: Kei often calls her "Number Two" to provoke her. It works.
  • You Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry

Kei Takishima


Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama


So you're the handsome elder son of the filthy rich CEO of the Takishima Corporation. You're ranked first in your school and have a natural talent for everything you do. You excel in every single subject, from athletics to mathematics. Everything just comes easy for you, doesn't it? Oh, wait. That's not you. That's Kei. And it's true: the only problem poor Kei has is that Hikari just doesn't get his feelings for her.

Jun Yamamoto


Voiced by: Tsubasa Yonga


The son of two famous musicians and Megumi's younger twin brother, Jun is ranked third in school. Because of his upbringing he loves music more than anything else: it's just that he has little to no talent for it. Jun, like Megumi, is fiercely protective of Ryuu because he's been kind to them since they were children and is always looking out for the two of them. Generally quiet and unassuming, whenever he's kissed by a girl, his Split Personality ("Dark Jun") comes out, giving him the ability to charm all women effortlessly. This was the result of a TV program he watched as a child. Jun is terrified of this because it caused the girl he was dating to dump him in disgust. And the reason he falls for Sakura is because she's willing to accept him despite this.

Megumi Yamamoto


Voiced by: Ayahi Takagaki


Jun's older twin sister, Megumi is ranked fourth in school. Like Jun, she values music more than anything else, and is a singer. She rarely speaks to preserve her voice (and her singing is ''quite'' powerful as a result. However, her voice is gorgeous when she sings in an open area.. Also like Jun, she's very protective of Ryuu for the same reasons her brother is (ie. during tests he's making sure they don't fall asleep, etc.) Later in the anime she develops a crush on Yahiro. In the manga, this is after pretending to like him to make sure he doesn't mess up Akira and Tadashi's relationship.

Tadashi Karino


Voiced by: Hiro Shimono


The cheerful son of the school's director, Tadashi is ranked fifth in school and is always goofing around. He has a tendency to just wander around and do what he wants to do. He has a penchant for sweet things and Akira's cooking. Because of his personality, he ends up being the character most comically attacked by Akira.

Akira Toudou


Voiced by: Hitomi Nabatame


Akira is ranked sixth in school and is the daughter of the owner of a famous airline company. She has a talent for cooking and is the one who whips up the group's afternoon snacks. She is very fond of Hikari and usually won't do anything unless Hikari agrees to it. She was good friends with Kei and Yahiro as a child, except that after Yahiro drove her only friend Sayo away she began hating him for it. She enjoys beating Tadashi up and they end up as the series' first Official Couple.

Ryuu Tsuji


Voiced by: Kazuma Horie


Seventh in their grade, Ryuu is the son of a sports car company's CEO. He is very good at handling children, animals, and plants. The twins adore him, primarily because the three of them have been together since childhood and since meeting them he's always been looking out for them.
             
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