- Tona-Gura!
Infobox animanga/Header
name = Tona-Gura!
caption = Right to Left: Hatsune and Yuuji; Kazuki and Marie
ja_name = となグラ!
ja_name_trans =
genre =Romantic comedy Infobox animanga/Manga
title =
author =Hidetaka Kakei
publisher = flagicon|Japan Jive
demographic =Shōnen
magazine =Comic Rush
first =December 7 2004
volumes = 7Infobox animanga/Anime
title =
director =Tatsuya Abe
studio = Domu
network = flagicon|Japan Various Japanese Broadcast Networks
first =July 8 2006
last =September 30 2006
episodes = 13
episode_list = #Episodesnihongo|"Tona-Gura!"|となグラ! is the title of a fictional
Japan ese comedy/romance story created byHidetaka Kakei centering around four childhood friends and the romantic relationship between two of them."Tona-Gura!" originally began as a
manga series and was released on December 7, 2004. Theanime is based on this manga and was released July 8, 2006.Plot
A childhood friend, Yuuji, is coming home after a 10-year absence and Kazuki is eager to meet him again, hoping that he has become a handsome, romantic boy. But it seems to her that he has become a lecherous teenager. In spite of her disappointment, she begins to realize that despite Yuuji's lewd (
ecchi ) ways, he values their long friendship. Kazuki's kind older sister, Hatsune, tries to help their relationship along. Meanwhile, Yuuji’s little sister, Marie, punishes his lustful outbursts by shooting him with a painful, but non-lethal, automatic air rifle.Characters
;Nihongo|Kazuki Arisaka|有坂香月|Arisaka Kazuki anime voices|Akemi Kanda: She is the first main
protagonist of the story. Basically, she had an unrequited love for Yuuji Kagura when they were young. She's always dreamed that Yuuji would one day grow up to be a handsome, suave young man. When she finally meets him again ten years later she is disappointed to find that's he has become obnoxiously lewd and perverted. Kazuki is a skilled member of her school's swimming club. Her cooking skills leave much to be desired, however; although she can make her dishes look very good, she tends to add ingredients that end up turning innocuous food into culinary disasters capable of dropping the person eating it where they stand.;Nihongo|Yuuji Kagura|神楽勇治|Kagura Yūji anime voices|Hiroyuki Yoshino: The second main
protagonist of the story. Yuuji was once a sweet innocent little boy who Kazuki Arisaka was in love with. He was somewhat lecherous when he was little, but Kazuki doesn't remember. That is until he left for 10 years only to come back as a naughty girl-chaser. He is constantly finding himself in situations where Kazuki is half-dressed, constantly has lewd fantasies, and sometimes ends up touching girls where he shouldn't be touching them. Despite this, it seems that he does have a nice, kind side, and actually values Kazuki's friendship.;Nihongo|Niina Isokawa|磯川ニーナ|Isokawa Nīna anime voices|Ayumi Tsuji: Niina is a blond-haired girl who goes to the same class as Marie. She has an American mother, a Japanese father, and a great deal of energy. She's very
busty for her young age and is physically very active and extremely friendly, quickly attaching herself to Marie to the latter's initial displeasure.;Nihongo|Marie Kagura|神楽まりえ|Kagura Marie anime voices|Erino Hazuki: Yuuji's younger sister. Kazuki described her as being a crybaby when she was younger. Now that she has grown up she isn't quite the crybaby she used to be. Now she can be found pelting her older brother with air guns hidden in her teddy bear Seiyū and her other puppets when her brother is acting vulgar. Marie is mortally afraid of cats and insects. She is able to flee bugs yet is nearly paralyzed by the presence of cats, though they are drawn to her.
;Nihongo|Kousuke Machida|町田洸介|Machida Kōsuke anime voices|Shinji Kawada: President of Yuuji's class.
;Nihongo|Chihaya Suzuhara|鈴原ちはや|Suzuhara Chihaya anime voices|Misaki Sekiyama: Kazuki's friend who apparently likes to spy on people. She speaks with a
Kansai dialect and is much more receptive to Yuuji's bawdy nature than Kazuki, claiming 'all boys are like that'. She also doesn't object to being the object of his attention and even goes so far as to give minor underwear displays. At one point she tells Kazuki if she didn't want Yuuji, she would take him instead. She is just joking but it causes Kazuki to get depressed, especially seeing how well the two got along.;Nihongo|Miu Serizawa|芹沢美宇|Serizawa Miu anime voices|Shizuka Itou: Vice-president of Yuuji's class. She uses any and all excuses to hit the class president. Even go so low as to hit him between the legs (
low blow ).;Nihongo|Hatsune Arisaka|有坂初音|Arisaka Hatsune anime voices|Sayaka Ohara: Kazuki's older sister, who is constantly trying to get Kazuki and Yuuji together and inadvertently puts them both into embarrassing and lascivious situations. There are some indications that she considers the mishaps (and the arguments following them) funny. Hatsune is good at everything she does, from cooking to sports, and is extremely well-endowed. She likes to tease her sister by showing her how infatuated Yuuji is with her
breasts . Hatsune frequently engages in cosplay around the house and can, from time to time, be quite frightening to the people around her. Unlike her younger sister and Marie, Hatsune is perfectly unafraid of insects - or anything else. Although it's implied that Hatsune's true weakness is worrying about her sister's health. When Kazuki fell ill with a cold, Hatsune became comically uncoordinated and unskillful in cooking. She occasionally (and sarcastically) appears to have an attraction to her younger sister.;Nihongo|Kazuki's Mother|香月のお母さん|Kazuki no okāsan anime voices|Eri Nakao: Kazuki's and Hatsune's mother.
;Nihongo|Arisaka-san|有坂さん anime voices|Kenta Miyake: Kazuki's and Hatsune's father, a professor of
cultural anthropology .;Nihongo|Kagura-san|神楽さん anime voices|Keiji Fujiwara: Marie's and Yuuji's father. Told Marie to shoot her brother with paint balls every time he does something indecent. Apparently he is a hunter, although this is questionable. It has been stated in the anime that he is a
press photographer as his day job, with a side job astreasure hunter . Marie and Yuuji note his treasure hunting job always felt more like his main occupation, as it caused the family to relocate time and again, whenever Kagura-san got bored with one site and started looking for the next.Manga
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December 7 2004 -- ISBN 978-4861760549
#June 7 2005 -- ISBN 978-4861761591
#January 7 2006 -- ISBN 978-4861762666
#July 7 2006 -- ISBN 978-4861763113
#January 7 2007 -- ISBN 978-4861763649
#September 7 2007 -- ISBN 978-4861764295
#March 15 2008 -- ISBN 978-4861764981Anime
Episodes
Theme songs
*Opening Theme: "DRAMATIC☆GIRLY" by Akemi Kanda, Sayaka Ohara, Erino Hazuki, Misaki Sekiyama & Ayumi Tsuji
*Ending Theme: "Aitai Kimochi Kara~Placid Time~" by Akemi Kanda and Sayaka Ohara
External links
* [http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/tonagra/ Tonagura! Official Anime Website]
*ann manga|id=6677|title=Tona-Gura!
*ann anime|id=6676|title=Tona-Gura!
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