After that, Yūji's father, Gen'ichiro Hanabishi, took Kaoru under his wing and began educating him for the eventual succession. Kaoru's father died when he was five years old. His mother, Kumi Honjō, and his father never married, making life difficult for both him and his mother.

Kaoru Hanabishi, a university student, is the eldest son of Yūji Hanabishi, the head of the Hanabishi Zaibatsu, and was set to take over the zaibatsu after his father retired. See also: List of Ai Yori Aoshi characters

Four visual novels were also released for the PlayStation 2 and Windows 98. The anime was released in North America by Geneon and the manga was released in English by Tokyopop. There are 37 episodes total, counting an alternate-continuity Christmas special. A second season titled Ai Yori Aoshi: Enishi ( 藍より青し～縁～) was set two years later and aired in 2003. The anime was broadcast on Fuji TV in 2002. It is a love story between two characters who have not seen each other in years, but were once childhood friends.Īn anime television series adaptation was animated by J.C.Staff and directed by Masami Shimoda, with Kenichi Kanemaki handling series composition, Kazunori Iwakura designing the characters and Toshio Masuda composing the music. The manga was serialized in Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine from 1998 to 2005 and the chapters collected into 17 tankōbon volumes. Ai Yori Aoshi ( 藍より青し, 'Bluer Than Indigo') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kou Fumizuki.

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