A Town Where You Live

Haruto Kirishima (桐島 青大, Kirishima Haruto)

Haruto is a high school student in Shōbara, Hiroshima. He has an earnest personality and chastises others when they are in the wrong. Because he often cooks for his family and friends, Haruto is skilled at cooking and considers it as a possible career. His older sister Aoi[Jp 1]^{Ch. 19} lives in Tokyo in the dorm room next to the Akitsukis from Suzuka.^{Ch. 80} He has a long-time crush on classmate Nanami Kanzaki, but his feelings shift towards Yuzuki as the series progresses. At the end of the series, he marries Yuzuki, has a son named Daiki, and opens up his own restaurant.^{Ch. 261} In both Tatsunoko Production's and Gonzo's anime, he is voiced by Yoshimasa Hosoya.[2][3]

Yuzuki Eba (枝葉 柚希, Eba Yuzuki)

Years prior to the series, Yuzuki attends a summer festival in Shōbara where she befriends Haruto. There, Haruto tells her to return if she is ever troubled.^{Ch. 23} Since then, she grew fond of Haruto and plans to visit him one day.^{Ch. 162} After her father's remarriage, Yuzuki feels estranged by her family and decides to attend school in Shōbara.^{Ch. 29} Due to Haruto's intervention, Yuzuki is able to mend her relationship with her step-family, prompting her to return to Tokyo.^{Ch. 50} There, the terminally ill Kyousuke Kazama asks Yuzuki to be his girlfriend for the remainder of his lifespan.^{Ch. 92} Following Kyousuke's death, Yuzuki decides to stop seeing Haruto out of guilt.^{Ch. 100} Reunited two years later, the two reaffirm their love, and begin dating. At the end of the series, she married Haruto and they have a son named Daiki.^{Ch. 141} In both Tatsunoko Production's and Gonzo's anime, she is voiced by Megumi Nakajima.[2][3]

Hiroshima characters

• Takashi Yura (由良 尊, Yura Takashi) is Haruto's childhood friend. He is unpopular with women and faces rejection regularly.^{Ch. 79} In college, he begins dating Kiyomi Asakura,^{Ch. 166} whom he later marries when she becomes pregnant.^{Ch. 225} In both Tatsunoko Production's and Gonzo's anime, he is voiced by Toshiki Masuda.[2][3]
• Akari Kaga (加賀 月, Kaga Akari) is Haruto and Takashi's childhood friend. She is half Russian and half Japanese which gives her blond hair and blue eyes.^{Ch. 78.5} After her father becomes ill, Akari drops out of university and returns to Hiroshima for work.^{Ch. 187} She marries Nanami's brother Narumi, but beforehand, confesses her love to Haruto one last time to settle her feelings for him.^{Ch. 219} In both Tatsunoko Production's and Gonzo's anime, she is voiced by Nana Kouno.[2][3]
• Nanami Kanzaki (神咲 七海, Kanzaki Nanami) is Haruto's classmate since middle school. She has an older brother named Narumi[Jp 2]. Due to Yuzuki's efforts, Haruto is able to become close with Nanami and earns her affection. However, she postpones and rejects Haruto's confession as she sees Haruto's love towards Yuzuki.^{Ch. 39} At Seijo University, she eventually dates another guy.^{Ch. 208} In Tatsunoko Production's anime, she is voiced by Saori Hayami.[2] In Gonzo's anime, she is voiced by Yuki Takao.[3]
• Shiho Amagi (天城 紫歩, Amagi Shiho) is a girl Haruto meets during his summer job in a restaurant.^{Ch. 63} She aspires to be a chef and is highly skilled and devoted to that profession; because of this, she is strict towards her co-workers. Three years later, she runs her own restaurant in Tokyo where Haruto works during his university years.^{Ch. 190}

Tokyo characters

• Rin Eba (枝葉 懍, Eba Rin) is Yuzuki's step-sister. She has a mischievous personality and enjoys flirting with Haruto.^{Ch. 124} After learning that Haruto and Yuzuki had sex, she realizes that she loves Haruto and feels saddened by this revelation.^{Ch. 202} She later appears in Hitman, another manga by Kōji Seo, where is the CEO of a mobile game company. In Tatsunoko Production's anime, she is voiced by Aoi Yuuki. In Gonzo's anime, she is voiced by Saki Fujita.[2][3]
• Asuka Mishima (御島 明日香, Mishima Asuka) is Haruto's neighbor and classmate after his transfer to Tokyo.^{Ch. 81} Following Kyousuke's death and Haruto and Yuzuki's decision to stop seeing each other, she and Haruto begin dating.^{Ch. 106} At the end of the series, she is a pitcher on Japan's national baseball team.^{Ch. 261} She later appears in Hitman, where the protagonist is assigned to make a manga based on her life. In Gonzo's anime, she is voiced by Ayane Sakura.[3]
• Kyousuke Kazama (風間 恭輔, Kazama Kyōsuke) is Yuzuki's senior at school and becomes friends with Haruto. He uses his terminal illness to make Yuzuki his girlfriend.^{Ch. 92} Upon learning about Yuzuki's relationship with Haruto, Kyousuke decides to undergo a risky surgery to cure his ailment and to win Yuzuki's love fairly; the surgery results in his death.^{Ch. 100} In Gonzo's anime series, he is voiced by Daisuke Ono.[3]
• Mina Nagoshi (夏越 美奈, Nagoshi Mina) is Haruto's high school classmate in Tokyo. Learning that Mina has tickets for an event at Yuzuki's school, Haruto accompanies her which causes her to believe they are on a date.^{Ch. 85} She reappears as a member of the college circle that Haruto joins.^{Ch. 180} There, she comes to believe she and Haruto are a couple again;^{Ch. 181} she later ends this supposed relationship to be with another man.^{Ch. 243} She appears in Gonzo's anime and is voiced by Sayuri Yahagi.[3]
• Kiyomi Asakura (浅倉 清美, Asakura Kiyomi) is Kyousuke Kazama's childhood friend.^{Ch. 95} She originally despises Yuzuki for her relationship with Kyousuke, and works with Haruto to try to split them apart. She confesses her love to Kyousuke before he undergoes his surgery.^{Ch. 99} She begins dating Takashi and the two marry when she becomes pregnant.^{Ch. 225} She appears in Gonzo's anime and is voiced by Aya Endo.[3]
• Shiori Amaya (天谷 栞, Amaya Shiori) is a business student at Seijo University. She stages an incriminating situation in order to blackmail Haruto into taking class notes for her.^{Ch. 112} Despite her family's opposition, she decides to pursue her dream as a manga artist.^{Ch. 113} She later appears as a supporting character in Hitman.
• Miyu Hoshina (保科 美夕, Hoshina Miyu) is Haruto's neighbor during his university years. She does not have friends at the university and, because she has gone to an all-girls high school, has androphobia.^{Ch. 148} After interacting with Haruto and Yuzuki, she becomes more social and studies abroad.^{Ch. 222}
• Chisa Miyanaga (宮永 知沙, Miyanaga Chisa) is Yuzuki's student from her cram school job. She develops a crush on Haruto and decides to pursue him.^{Ch. 177} When she becomes a high school student, she moves into Miyu's old apartment.^{Ch. 230}

A Town Where You Live: Twilight Intersection (君のいる町～黄昏交差点～, Kimi no Iru Machi Tasogare Kōsaten) is a two episode original video animation series animated by Tatsunoko Production in collaboration with the city, Shōbara.[2][15] Yasuhiro Yoshiura and Hiroshi Kobayashi were the directors with script by Momoko Murakami and music by Keiichi Oku. The series' theme song was Tasogare Kōsaten (黄昏交差点, lit. 'Twilight Intersection') by Erina Mano;[2] the theme song was later released as a CD single by Hello! Project.[16] The episodes were bundled with the limited edition manga volume 17 and 18; they were released on March 16 and June 15, 2012, respectively.[17] The series covers Haruto Kirishima's class trip to Tokyo as he separates from his classmates to search for Yuzuki Eba.

A Town Where You Live was adapted into an anime television series animated by Gonzo. Shigeyasu Yamauchi was the director with script by Reiko Yoshida and music by Keiichi Oku.[3] It was first announced in Weekly Shōnen Magazine, issue 15, 2013.[18] To promote the show, a radio program consisting of the anime's voice cast was broadcast on Nippon Cultural Broadcasting between July 6 and July 27, 2013.[19] The anime aired on TXN between July 13 and September 28, 2013.[20] It was also broadcast on HOME and AT-X and was made available for streaming on networks such as Niconico and Bandai Channel.[21][22][23] The series uses four theme songs: The opening theme is Sentimental Love (センチメンタルラブ, Senchimentaru Rabu) by Mimimememimi.[3] The first ending theme is Kimi no Iru Machi (君のいる町, lit. "A Town Where You Live") which was used for the first six episodes while its alternate version, Answer Songs was used for the final episode; the song was done by Yoshimasa Hosoya.[3] The remaining episodes' ending theme was Dear Friend by Daisuke Ono.[24] Sentimental Love was released as a CD single by A-Sketch while Kimi no Iru Machi and Dear Friend were released by Universal Music Group.[25][26][27] Right Stuf Inc.'s Nozomi Entertainment announced an English subtitled release for North America in July 2015.[28] Each of the six limited edition DVD/Blu-ray volumes of the series included a bonus manga chapter that serves as an alternative chapter 200 and an alternative ending with other heroines.

Gonzo also animated two original video animation episodes which are bundled with the limited editions of manga volume 26 and 27.[29] Gonzo's anime adaptation resulted in a drama CD and an image song release.[30][31]