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Aki Sora (Japanese: あきそら) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masahiro Itosugi. It was first published in September 2007 by Akita Shoten. It started serialization in the ninth volume and was concluded in Volume 25 of Akita Shoten's seinen manga magazine Champion Red Ichigo. An OVA adaptation by Hoods Entertainment was released with the third volume of the manga on December 17, 2008. A second OVA adaptation, called Aki Sora ~Yume no Naka~ (あきそら~夢の中~) was released by Pony Canyon in two parts; the first part released on July 30, 2009, and the second part released on November 17, 2009. In April 2011, Itosugi announced that there will be no more printings of volumes 1 and 3 due to Bill 156.
Aki Sora | |
あきそら | |
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Manga | |
Written by | Masahiro Itosugi |
Published by | Akita Shoten |
Magazine | Champion Red Ichigo |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | September 2007 – April 2010 |
Volumes | 6 |
Original video animation | |
Directed by | Takeo Takahashi |
Produced by | Masanobu Arakawa Masaru Nagai |
Written by | Jukki Hanada |
Music by | Akira Asano |
Studio | Hoods Entertainment |
Released | December 18, 2009 |
Runtime | 25 minutes |
Original video animation | |
Aki Sora ~Yume no Naka~ | |
Directed by | Takeo Takahashi |
Produced by | Masanobu Arakawa Tatsuya Ishiguro |
Written by | Jukki Hanada Hideaki Koyasu |
Music by | C-Clays |
Studio | Hoods Entertainment |
Licensed by | |
Released | July 30, 2010 – November 17, 2010 |
Runtime | 25 minutes each |
Episodes | 2 |
Ever since he was a young child, Sora Aoi had always exchanged words of "I love you" with his attractive older sister Aki. Now, as he comes of age, he finds it much harder to exchange such comforts as they did in those simpler times. When Aki demonstrates her feelings toward him to go beyond a sister's love, Sora finds himself questioning his feelings for his sister. Realizing their affection for one another, they consummate their love in secret. In a society that would never understand, they must now keep their love a secret from their family and everyone they know. However, Sora soon finds himself exploring many forms of love with different kinds of women he met that is not accepted by society thus questioning his feelings for his sister.
The Aki Sora manga, written and drawn by Masahiro Itosugi, was serialized in Akita Shoten's Champion Red Ichigo magazine between September 5, 2008 and April 5, 2011. The individual chapters are collected and released by Akita Shoten in six bound volumes between December 19, 2008 and May 20, 2011.[2][3] The first and third volumes were no longer printed following July 2011 due to the Tokyo Youth Development Ordinance bill due to its depictions of incest.[4]
No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN | |
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1 | December 19, 2008[2] | 978-4-253-23451-1 | |
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Siblings Sora and Aki Aoi realize they have a sexual attraction and begin a secret relationship. Meanwhile, Sora's twin sister Nami is having trouble dealing with her feelings for her friend, Kana Sumiya, who has a crush on Sora. Sora also meets Runa Satsuki, who seeks thrills doing naughty things in public places. | |||
2 | July 17, 2009[5] | 978-4-253-23452-8 | |
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It is revealed that the Aoi family's mother is actually her twin sister, their real mother having died in a road accident, with Aki being the only one who knows the truth. Runa takes Sora to an orgy where she loses her virginity. Meanwhile, Nami snaps when she witnesses Kana pleasuring Sora, becoming jealous of Sora's "thing" and raping him. | |||
3 | December 18, 2009[6] | 978-4-253-18176-1 (with DVD) ISBN 978-4-253-23453-5 (without DVD) | |
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Sora goes to an amusement park with Aki and to a swimming pool with Runa. He later reluctantly ends up being a replacement for Miharu Mihara, whose impotency prevents him from pleasuring his girlfriend, Alice Himekawa. Nami, who cannot forget about the time she raped Sora, consensually has sex with him. | |||
4 | June 18, 2010[7] | 978-4-253-23454-2 | |
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Nami encourages Sora to have sex with Kana, who are secretly filmed by Nami. Sora later gets close to discovering his "mother's" secret. Meanwhile, Sora has more sexual encounters with Aki, Alice and Runa. | |||
5 | December 20, 2010[8] | 978-4-253-23455-9 | |
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Sora, Kana and Nami attend a wedding photo shoot, where later as Nami speaks with Kana's younger sister Ria, Sora and Kana are having sex in the church. Runa helps her friend Yuna get over her fear of men by encouraging her to have sex with Sora. As Sora continues having relationships between Kana and Nami, Kana discovers Sora eloping with Nami and becomes bitter towards Nami. The two have threesomes with Sora, during one of which Nami's feelings for Kana are finally put across. | |||
6 | May 20, 2011[3] | 978-4-253-23456-6 | |
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Sora's father returns home and soon discovers Sora and Aki's forbidden relationship, taking Aki home with him. As Sora laments his loneliness, Runa allows him to pretend she is Aki whilst she has sex with him. Sora decides to go see Aki, but she refuses to go back with him as their father is dying with an illness, who reveals that he and their mother were siblings. After the father passes away, Aki and Sora say their goodbyes. The two later meet up again at their mother's grave, and the series concludes with an open ending on whether they will come back together or separate for each other's happiness. |
There are two OVA adaptations of Aki Sora, both produced by Hoods Entertainment, with Takeo Takahashi as director and storyboarder, Jukki Hanada as scriptwriter and Kazuya Kuroda as character designer and chief animation director.[1][9] The first OVA was released with the third volume of the manga on December 18, 2009.[1]
A second OVA adaptation, titled Aki Sora ~Yume no Naka~ (あきそら~夢の中~, Aki Sora ~In a Dream~) was released by Pony Canyon in two parts and features a different voice cast from the first OVA.[10][11] The first part was released on July 30, 2010 and the second part was released on November 17, 2010.[10][11] Pony Canyon released a Blu-ray of both OVAs on September 19, 2013.[12] The ending theme for this OVA is "Thx!" by Mai Kotouge. Media Blasters has licensed the second OVA under its Kitty imprint.[13]
No. | Episode title | Original release date | |
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1 | - | December 18, 2009[6][14] | |
Sora had become nervous around his older sister Aki, since he had started having lewd thoughts about her. While taking a bath together, Aki masturbates Sora, who runs off in disbelief. The next day, Sora cannot face Aki and runs off, inevitably getting locked in a store room. Aki eventually finds him and the two kiss, later returning home to make love. | |||
2 | "Aki Sora: In a Dream (Part 1)" "Aki Sora ~Yume no Naka~ (Jōkan)" (あきそら~夢の中~ (上巻)) | July 30, 2010[10] | |
Sora continues his incestuous relationship with his sister Aki, keeping it a secret from everyone else. Meanwhile, his twin sister Nami forces him to join the Fashion Research club which her friend Kana Sumiya, who has a crush on Sora, is a part of. While Sora looks after Aki, who catches a cold during one of their secret get-togethers, Nami, who is secretly in love with Kana, asks Kana to pretend she is Sora while they practice kissing. | |||
3 | "Aki Sora: In a Dream (Part 2)" "Aki Sora ~Yume no Naka~ (Gekan)" (あきそら~夢の中~ (下巻)) | November 17, 2010[11] | |
Nami persuades Kana to go on a date with Sora, but snaps when she witnesses Kana pleasuring Sora in the classroom while dodging from rain. The next day, Nami tries to confess her love to Kana, but she misinterprets it as about being best friends. Nami turns her anger towards Sora, slapping him to the floor and raping him. The two then reach to have consensual sex, with Nami ignoring Sora the next day on. |
Chris Beveridge commends the OVA for "good character designs, some good eroticism". He further comments, "While we get a fair bit of upper body nudity, there’s no genitalia involved for those that are looking for that aspect of it ... it’s not hiding the sex, but it’s also straddling the line in a way to try to appeal to more people while not going all hardcore."[15]
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