Harukana Receive

• Name — Harukana Receive • Ja Kanji — はるかなレシーブ • Ja Romaji — Harukana Reshību • Genre — Sports (Beach volleyball)

• Type — manga • Author — Nyoijizai • Publisher — Houbunsha • Magazine — Manga Time Kirara Forward • First — August 24, 2015 • Last — September 24, 2020 • Volumes — 10 • Volume List — #Manga

• Type — tv series • Director — Toshiyuki Kubooka • Producer — Shintarō Yoshitake Hiroyuki Kobayashi Hidehisa Nagasawa Noritomo Isogai Mitsuhiro Ogata • Writer — Touko Machida • Music — Rasmus Faber • Studio — C2C • Licensee — Crunchyroll • Network — AT-X, Tokyo MX, TVA, Sun TV, RBC, KBS, TVQ, BS11 • First — July 6, 2018 • Last — September 21, 2018 • Episodes — 12 • Episode List — #Anime

• Portal — yes Harukana Receive is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nyoijizai. It was serialized in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Forward issues from October 2015 to November 2020. The manga has been licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment in North America, with the first two volumes released in July and October 2018, respectively. An anime television series adaptation by C2C aired from July to September 2018.

In Okinawa, attractive high school city girl Haruka Ozora has an extreme complex about her tall height, while her cousin Kanata Higa (an Okinawan native) is very self-conscious about her short height and flat chest. She also begins to have second thoughts about quitting volleyball all together. However, with help from their experiences, the two girls decide to form a volleyball club at their school.

Originally, the club consisted of the Thomas Twins, Emily and Claire; only being recognized as an extension of Uruma High School's Indoor Volleyball Club; much to Claire's annoyance due to her sister's by-the-book demeanor; meaning the club could not be its own official club until the club gets a minimum of five members. After witnessing Haruka and Kanata's rematch with Narumi and Ayasa, they are inspired to recruit them to the club; with Haruka being excited to join, while Kanata being apprehensive about accepting. After a local Junior tournament, Akari is inspired to join the club and after being challenged by Kanata, the sport inspires her to join the club, thus being the fifth member to make the club official. Despite not having a partner, Akari's demeanor inspires Kanata to nominate her as the club's Manager. After a talk with Claire, Claire and Emily's mother, Marissa, joins the club as the team's coach during her offseason. Unofficially, Haruka and Kanata's grandmother acts as the team's mascot.

The pairing of maternal cousins, Haruka Ozora and Kanata Higa. Kanata was originally partnered with Narumi and hoped to become National Champions as a team. But, due to her parents' death and her short height complex, their team disbanded with Narumi reteaming with Ayasa Tachibana, and Kanata leaving the sport. As for Haruka, she is still technically a rookie to the sport, but has a natural talent for picking up the game. • Haruka Ozora: • Kanata's first cousin through her mother's side. She comes to Okinawa because of her parents' employment, and although initially Kanata is distant from her, they quickly become friends thanks to beach volleyball. Haruka is a rather light-headed and open person, so she often emotionally reacts to people and events around her. She also tends to admire Kanata and from time to time give her ambiguous compliments, but this trait was removed in the anime. • Kanata Higa: • Kanata is Haruka's first cousin, through her mother, and partner in beach volleyball. She got into beach volleyball through her mother's motivation and wanting to befriend Narumi. Although she is already an experienced volleyball player, several years ago she was forced to leave this sport because of her parents' death and psychological trauma. Kanata is a rather shy, quiet and reserved girl, but in unusual situations she can behave eccentrically. Like Narumi, she is in a long depression because of the breakdown of their volleyball pair, which is why Ayasa and later Haruka compare them to the ex-girlfriends. Nevertheless, in the future, she regains confidence in her abilities thanks to her ever-strengthening bond with Haruka. She is a believer in "No Such Thing as Aces", as she believes that it takes a team to win rather than playing alone; a belief that was passed to her former partner, Narumi.

The pairing of the Thomas Twins, Claire and Emily; who are daughters of Marissa Thomas, an American former pro player and current coach. Their team name is a play on éclair. They are ranked as the second best pairing behind Narumi and Ayasa. Originally, when Kanata and Narumi were a team, the pair was defeated by them, with Claire declaring them their rivals (and friends); eventually, their mother became Narumi and Kanata's coach, with the Thomas Family becoming close with Kanata's family. However, when Kanata's parents died, they noted Kanata's broken spirit as the twins noticed this was not the fiery Kanata that defeated them prior. Marissa offers herself as Kanata's parental figure upon learning Kanata's return to the sport. • Claire Thomas: • An American exchange student at Uruma High School who, along with her twin sister Emily, is one of the top junior beach volleyball players in the world. Claire combines the personality traits of Haruka and Ayasa, demonstrates the carelessness and cheerfulness of the first, and the playful teasing of the second. She quickly becomes close with Haruka because of the similarity of their personalities and they can often be seen together if Kanata is not around. • Emily Thomas: • Claire's younger twin-sister and beach volleyball partner. She is also the club's leader and part of the Student Body Council. Although they often argue with each other and Emily regularly berates her childish antics, they still remain a good pair and Emily refuses to play with anyone other than Claire.

• Akari Ōshiro: • Nicknamed "Shii-Chan" by Haruka and Claire, much to her embarrassment, Akari is a new girl who originally wanted to play beach volleyball to become popular as an idol after being inspired by Narumi and Ayasa's photo magazine, but eventually decides to become a beach volleyball club manager. Akari is a tsundere, so she is constantly embarrassed and nervous when other girls call her their friend or when Claire remember her participation in the drink's advertising in the past as the Shequasar Girl. Being more of a rookie than Haruka, she still trains with the team in drills. Her strength in Beach Volleyball is her high endurance and stamina despite being a rookie, which she attributes to her stint as an idol. She is the one who gives a hibiscus scrunchy to each of the club members, which symbolizes their friendship despite fellow club members will face off against each other in competition. • Marissa Thomas: • Claire and Emily's mother, and Kanata and Narumi's former coach. She is a former American beach volleyball player and current coach in the Pro Circuit in the states; but during the off season, she decides to become the Club's Coach at Claire's request, Kanata's return to the sport, and a special interest in Haruka. She surprises Haruka, as she is much taller and stronger. Akari comes to admire her due to her perfect body. She also calls Akari, "Shii-Chan", but shows frustration towards Claire for telling her that. She becomes a parental figure towards Kanata even more after finding out she returned to the sport.

• Ai Tanahara: • Mai Sunagawa: • Youna Aragaki: • Kanna Aragaki:

• Sora Higa: • Haruka and Kanata's grandmother. She and her husband adopted Kanata, after her parents' died. She then takes in Haruka when her parents have to leave due to work. She is supportive of both her granddaughters and acts as a mascot of sorts for their club. • Grandpa Higa • Haruka and Kanata's grandfather, and Sora's husband. His face is unseen the entire time. He tends to be absent minded as Sora has to continue to look for him. His hobby is fishing. • Kamekichi • Kanata's pet turtle, who seems to be shy around Haruka as he hides when she tries to pet him. There is an implication that he somewhat might be smarter than Haruka. • Akane Ozora • Nao Fujita • Haruka's mother and Kanata's aunt.

Harukana Receive is a manga series written and illustrated by Nyoijizai. It began serialization in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Forward with the October 2015 issue, and it ended in the November 2020 issue on September 24, 2020. The chapters were collected and released in the tankōbon format by Houbunsha. As of October 12, 2020, ten volumes have been released. Seven Seas Entertainment have licensed the manga for a North American release.

An anime television series adaptation by C2C, aired from July 6 to September 21, 2018, on AT-X and other channels. The series was directed by Toshiyuki Kubooka, with series composition by Touko Machida and character designs by Takeshi Oda. The opening theme is "FLY two BLUE" by Haruka Ozora (Kana Yūki) and Kanata Higa (Saki Miyashita), while the ending theme is "Wish me luck!!!" by Ozora (Yūki), Higa (Miyashita), Claire Thomas (Atsumi Tanezaki), and Emily Thomas (Rie Suegara). Crunchyroll simulcast the series with English subtitles, while Funimation streamed an English dub. Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the dub was moved to Crunchyroll. The series ran for 12 episodes.

Characters from the series appear alongside other Manga Time Kirara characters in the 2018 mobile RPG, Kirara Fantasia.