Suzuka, a shounen series with theme of romance and high-school track team. The hero of the story is Yamato Akatsuki and the horine is Suzuka Asahina. The anime covers the story up to chapter 72.Volume 1Suzuka 00 涼風 The arrival of Yamato in Tokyo and encounter with SuzukaSuzuka 01 大和 Yamato went shopping with Suzuka and ate croquet at the shrineSuzuka 02 服部 Yasonobu visited Yamato and Yamato praised SuzukaSuzuka 03 萌果 First day of school and Honoka approached YamatoSuzuka 04 見舞 Honoka visited Yamato who was sick. [1st collapse (egg)]Highlights: Volume 2Suzuka 05 片鱗 Yamato impressed everyone with his track speedSuzuka 06 春嵐 Yamato walked Suzuka home in the rain. She held onto Yamato accidentally [1st hug]Suzuka 07 秘密 Suzuka told Yamato not to tell people about the hug. [2nd collapse (egg)]Suzuka 08 空轉 Honoka, Yasonobu & Yamato went to karaoke. Miyamoto tried recruiting Yamato.Suzuka 09 自覚 Suzuka approached Yamato due to a blackout. [2nd hug]Suzuka 10 恋患い Yamato realized that he has fallen in love with Suzuka and wanted to tell herSuzuka 11 約束 Suzuka invited Yamato to the amusement park after he lost his couponsSuzuka 12 告白 Yamato and Suzuka had fun at the amusement park and Yamato confessed to herSuzuka 13 失恋 Suzuka rejected Yamato and Yamato cried back in his roomHighlights: Volume 3Suzuka 14 出発 Saotome encouraged Yamato and he proclaimed that he would not give up.Suzuka 15 決意 Yamato approached Miyamoto and wanted to join the track teamSuzuka 16 距離 Yamato first day at the track practice and met Miki.Suzuka 17 片想い Honoka and Saotome had a chat. She told Yamato that she wanted to join the track teamSuzuka 18 焦心 Honoka became the manager of the team. Suzuka acted cold towards YamatoSuzuka 19 拒絕 Yamato achieved 10:98s in 100m dash. Yamato confronted Suzuka on her attitudeSuzuka 20 相似 Yamato practiced hard. Miyamoto commented that Yamato was like KazukiSuzuka 21 写真 Yamato accidentally saw Kazuki and Suzuka photograph. He went to YokohamaSuzuka 22 恋敵 Suzune brought Yamato to Kazuki grave where Suzuka was paying respect to Volume 4Suzuka 23 和輝 Suzuka and Kazuki’s pastSuzuka 24 馬鹿 Suzuka confronted Yamato who had been absent from practice and argued. [1st slap]Suzuka 25 挑撥 Arima made Suzuka cried with his sarcastism and Yamato confronted ArimaSuzuka 26 矛頭 Yamato realized his opponent’s time record while Yasonobu talked to SuzukaSuzuka 27 勝負 Yamato overtook Arima after hearing a shout from SuzukaSuzuka 28 決着 Yamato slipped and lost. Suzuka attended to his injury and told him to go to practiceSuzuka 29 好轉 Honoka tried to find moments with Yamato. Suzuka helped Yamato with strecthingSuzuka 30 視線 Honoka invited Yamato to swimming. Miki wanted to join and asked Suzuka as wellSuzuka 31 花火 A day at the swimming lagoon. Yamato and Suzuka stunned by fireworks at night Volume 5Suzuka 32 宣戦 Honoka told Suzuka that she has fallen in love with YamatoSuzuka 33 口唇 The track team went to Hiroshima for competition. Honoka kissed Yamato [1st kiss]Suzuka 34 揺動 Honoka apologized the next day while Yamato felt saddened by Suzuka’s rejectionSuzuka 35 目撃 Yamato kissed Honoka and Miki saw the scene [2nd kiss]Suzuka 36 発覚 Yamato asked Honoka to go out with him. Miki told Suzuka about Honoka and YamatoSuzuka 37 祝福 Honoka told Yamato that she loved him. Suzuka asked Yamato if he was dating HonokaSuzuka 38 霹靂 Yamato and Suzuka failed to board the bullet trainSuzuka 39 二人 Yamato’s father came to fetch them and he told Suzuka to stay over at their residenceSuzuka 40 実家 Yamato argued with Suzuka and later she agreed to stay for one more nightHighlights: Volume 6Suzuka 41 蛍袋 Yamato brought Suzuka to the fireflies location and showed his first confessionSuzuka 42 彼女 Honoka went to fetch Yamato at the station [3rd kiss]Suzuka 43 衝動 Honoka cooked for Yamato and he tried to advance the relationship furtherSuzuka 44 後悔 Yamato apologized and they reconciled. Yamato promised not to hurt her anymoreSuzuka 45 秋雨 Suzuka waited and gave her umbrella to Yamato.Suzuka 46 白川 Honoka introduced Yamato to Nana at a karaoke centreSuzuka 47 彼氏 Nana had a talk with Yamato regarding HonokaSuzuka 48 相談 Yamato asked around for a birthday present suggestion.Suzuka 49 新宿 Suzuka and Yamato went to pick Honoka’s present. Honoka saw them while shoppingHighlights: Volume 7Suzuka 50 贈物 Yamato gave the present to Honoka but she rejected it after he talked too muchSuzuka 51 無視 Honoka ignored YamatoSuzuka 52 別離 Yamato confronted Honoka and ended breaking up but she accepted the gift [4th kiss]Suzuka 53 最低 Yamato lied to Suzuka about the break-up reason and Suzuka despised himSuzuka 54 決心 Honoka regained her composure and decided to confess to Yamato again in futureSuzuka 55 応援 Miki confronted Yamato and Yamato told her the real reasonSuzuka 56 本心 Miki helped Yamato with his relay practice and suggested that he told Suzuka the truthSuzuka 57 仲直 Yamato told Suzuka the truth and later Suzuka told him to work hard on the relay raceSuzuka 58 洗濯 Yamato encountered Suzuka at launderette and realized he still liked herSuzuka 59 覚悟 Miyamoto told Yamato about Kazuki and Yamato proclaimed his ambitionHighlights: Volume 8Suzuka 60 成果 Yamato achieved 10:81s in his raceSuzuka 61 本気 Suzuka congratulated Yamato but he replied that he only got the second place.Suzuka 62 彷徨 Nana asked Honoka to spend a day with herSuzuka 63 加速 Suzuka got agitated and emotional with Yamato’s effort and ambitionSuzuka 64 激励 Yamato got pissed with Suzuka’s attitude but she apologized afterwardsSuzuka 65 落穴 Yamato failed to qualify in the preliminary round with his 11:70sSuzuka 66 誤算 Suzuka went to console Yamato. Yamato got emotional and confessed to her againSuzuka 67 失踪 Yamato reminded Suzuka of what Kazuki had said. Honoka found her at the shrine stepsSuzuka 68 喪失 Suzuka reminisced Kazuki’s death and his confessionSuzuka 69 本心 Honoka approached Suzuka and told her that Yamato had been waiting for her all the timeHighlights: Volume 9Suzuka 70 相思 Yamato found Suzuka and kissed her by force. Suzuka slapped him [5th kiss + 5 slaps]Suzuka 71 墓参 Yamato confronted Suzuka and she asked him to follow herSuzuka 72 相愛 Suzuka remarked that she liked Yamato in front of Kazuki’s grave. They started datingSuzuka 73 岐路 Yamato didn’t check his phone and Suzuka ended up waiting 2 hours for himSuzuka 74 光輝 Honoka & Yasonobu learnt of the dating. Nana told Honoka of the modeling opportunitySuzuka 75 重圧 Suzuka was tense before her competition and Yamato got her the wrong charSuzuka 76 船出 Yamato was worried and went to visit Honoka. She told him about the modeling chanceSuzuka 77 名前 Yamato wanted to call Suzuka by her name rather than Asahina but failedSuzuka 78 横浜 Suzuka needed to return to Yokohama and Yamato tagged alongHighlights: Volume 10Suzuka 79 夜景 They decided to go sightseeing but in vain. They ended enjoying night scene togetherSuzuka 80 看病 Miho was sick and wanted Yamato to attend her. He cooked okonomiyaki for herSuzuka 81 信頼 Megumi asked Yamato to accompany her. Suzuka was selected for intensive trainingSuzuka 82 肩幅 Suzuka hugged Yamato to get his shirt sizeSuzuka 83 大切 Yamato and Suzuka agreed to celebrate Christmas on the 21st due to her trainingSuzuka 84 計画 Yamato thought of the Christmas plan. He tried to get a kiss but was rejected [7th slap]Suzuka 85 結衣 Suzuka was late due to a meeting. Yasonobu dragged him to a gathering and met YuiSuzuka 86 喧嘩 Suzuka saw Yui hugging Yamato. Suzuka and Yamato had an argumentSuzuka 87 返信 Yamato kept sending sms to Suzuka and waiting for her replyHighlights: Volume 11 Suzuka 88 接近 Yasonobu, Yamato, Yui and a friend went to the Fantasy LandSuzuka 89 回想 Yamato and Yui watched the night procession. Both mentioned their past experiencesSuzuka 90 本音 Yamato went to see Suzuka. Yamato made her a promise [6th & 7th kiss + 8th slap ]Suzuka 91 初詣 Yamato and Suzuka went for New Year shrine visitSuzuka 92 先輩 Saotome dragged Yamato to meet SasaokaSuzuka 93 子供 Saotome told Yamato of her past with SasaokaSuzuka 94 特注 Sasaoka went to visit Suzuka at schoolSuzuka 95 再戦 Miho gave her chocolate to TsuyoshiSuzuka 96 秘密 Yamato found out that Suzuka wanted to go overseasHighlights: Volume 12Suzuka 97 留学 Yamato decided to let Suzuka and said that he will support herSuzuka 98 面接 Yamato went to find a casual job and met Yui againSuzuka 99 和解 Yui visited Suzuka and Suzuka agreed to let Yamato work at Amami caféSuzuka 100 初日 Yamato first day at Amami caféSuzuka 101 腕前 Yamato working at Amami café and showed his okonomiyakiSuzuka 102 安心 Miyamoto took over the captainship and Suzuka comforted in YamatoSuzuka 103 将来 Suzuka and Miki visited Yamato at Amami caféSuzuka 104 洗濯 Yui returned Yamato’s clothes and realized Yamato has a girlfriendSuzuka 105 擦違 Suzuka had a date with exhausted Yamato and ended in displeaseSuzuka 106 不满 Suzuka not happy with Yamato pushing himself to limits and had an quarrelHighlights: Volume 13Suzuka 107 追打 Yamato promised to reduce his working commitment but Yui was hospitalizedSuzuka 108 病院 Yamato went to visit Yui at the hospitalSuzuka 109 隙間 Yamato tried to make up with Suzuka but she shunned him offSuzuka 110 明日 Yamato found out that Suzuka would move out the next daySuzuka 111 最後 Suzuka remembered Yamato’s birthday and took him out for a dateSuzuka 112 沈黙 Suzuka initiated a break upSuzuka 113 公园 Yamato told Miki about their break up and criedSuzuka 114 空港 Yamato went to airport and told Suzuka that he didn’t want a break upSuzuka 115 浴衣 Yui went to visit depressed Yamato in her yukata. She tried to comfort himSuzuka 116 鼓動 Yui threw herself at Yamato but was rejectedHighlights: Volume 14Suzuka 117 再会 Yamato gave away his salary as offering and met HonokaSuzuka 118 洗練 Honoka visited Yamato after school and had a talkSuzuka 119 主将 Yamato encouraging Honoka for her interviewSuzuka 120 決断 Yamato was informed as the next captain and Sasaoka visited YamatoSuzuka 121 归国 Suzuka return from USSuzuka 122 友達 Honoka asked how Yamato felt towards her at the beachSuzuka 123 質問 Yamato found out Suzuka had returned to her roomSuzuka 124 夕飯 Both Honoka and Suzuka asked Yamato outSuzuka 125 悔恨 Honoka told Yamato that she has a boyfriend and Suzuka burnt a fishSuzuka 126 咲希 Yamato childhood friend, Saki came to TokyoHighlights: Volume 15Suzuka 127 爆弾 Saki exposed Yamato’s confession to herSuzuka 128 推薦 Yamato received two university recommendationsSuzuka 129 一緒 Yamato and Saki visited Taidou universitySuzuka 130 理由 Suzuka told Yamato why she went abroad and Saki told him to choose SeijouSuzuka 131 兄妹 Saotome had another failure confessing to SasaokaSuzuka 132 返答 Yamato brought Saotome to airport and Sasaoka said that he has engagedSuzuka 133 咄嗟 Yamato confessed to Suzuka again (2nd confession)Suzuka 134 暗雲 Suzuka was happy to hear the confession but rejected YamatoSuzuka 135 不意 Suzuka told Yamato the reason but he couldn’t accept it. He hugged her [3rd hug]Suzuka 136 我慢 Suzuka and Yamato reconciled and kissed [8th kiss + 9th slap]Highlights: Volume 16Suzuka 137 三人 Suzuka knew of the beach outing and wanted to go with Yamato next timeSuzuka 138 不安 Arima approached Suzuka to convey a message to YamatoSuzuka 139 先生 Suzuka gave tution to Yamato and ended sleeping side by sideSuzuka 140 選抜 Yamato went for Seijou selection competitionSuzuka 141 浪人 Yamato asked around for opinions on ronin. He was accepted by Seijou later.Suzuka 142 御祝 Suzuka brought Yamato to a baseball match. They met Mr. Asahina at a parkSuzuka 143 父親 Yamato visted Asahina residence. He told Mr. Asahina that he would take care of Suzuka.Suzuka 144 一歩 Yamato and Suzuka watched a video. Yamato tried to advance further but was rejected [10th slap]Suzuka 145 決裂 Yamato confronted SuzukaSuzuka 146 序章 Yamato apologized to Suzuka. Suzuka gave her consent at that moment.Highlights: Volume 17Suzuka 147 体温 Yamato and Suzuka had an intimate nightSuzuka 148 再始 Tsuyoshi gained championship. Suzuka remarked she wanted to witness Yamato’s achievementSuzuka 149 手製 Suzuka cooked a decent meal for Yamato except for the salad. [3rd collapse (salad)]Suzuka 150 計画 Yamato and Suzuka thought of a holidaySuzuka 151 口裏 Yamato and Suzuka asked Miki and Yasonobu to keep their secretsSuzuka 152 決行 Yamato and Suzuka went to Hakone. Mr Asahina came to fetch Suzuka later.Suzuka 153 断絶 Yamato scolded by Ayano. Suzuka was forced to move back to her house.Suzuka 154 谢罪 Yamato went to visit Suzuka. Mr Asahina was impressed with his action [4th hug]Suzuka 155 結実 Yamato was late but Mr Asahina forgave him. Suzuka found out she was pregnantSuzuka 156 無理 Both Yamato and Suzuka were troubled. Kinugasa invited Yamato to dinnerHighlights: Volume 18Suzuka 157 期待 Yamato confided in Arima and they ended up beating each otherSuzuka 158 願事 Yamato and Suzuka went for New Year shrine visit and he prayed for safe deliverySuzuka 159 吃驚 Suzuka told him of the difficulties ahead but also agreed with his decisionSuzuka 160 両親 Yamato and Suzuka conveyed the news to Akitsuki familySuzuka 161 家族 Yamato and Suzuka conveyed the news to Asahina familySuzuka 162 仲間 Yamato and Suzuka conveyed the news to the school and the track teamSuzuka 163 就活 Yamato had no luck in job finding. Suzuka asked Sasaoka to help YamatoSuzuka 164 卒業 Yamato and friends graduated from high school and they held a wedding party [9th kiss]Suzuka 165 求婚 Yamato and Suzuka moved in Ayano residence. Yamato proposed to SuzukaSuzuka 166 凉風 Finale. Yamato and Suzuka’s wedding an appearance of their daughter Fuuka [10th kiss]Highlights: Merchandises:Manga: JP Available at AJCH available at Yesasia or Bookcafe.Anime JP Available at Playasia or AJComments: EN version can eaily be found at Amazon.OST: OST 1 available at Playasia or YesasiaOST 2 available at Playasia or Yesasia or AJ.Comments: Some people argued that there're songs which are not heard in the anime. They have forgotten that there're usually character collection for anime. For Suzuka anime, instead of releasing in singles, character songs were compiled in the OST, making it more economical and convenient for Suzuka fans.FigureAvailable at AJComment: Please be aware that AJ does not ship figure outside Japan.Calendar Calendar 2006 Available at AJCalendar 2007:NAComment: Many thanks to Eric for his Suzuka calendar scans. Click on the picture to access Elitist Wannabe.Novel:Available at AJGuidebooks: Guidebook 1 available at AJ or YesasiaGuidebook 2 available at Yesasia or AJRelated Links:Kouji Seo websiteSuzuka Manga websiteSuzuka Anime website
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