Kiyoku Yawaku

• Type — manga • Author — Ryo Ikuemi • Publisher — Shueisha • Magazine — Cookie • First — November 25, 2004 • Last — 2010 • Volumes — 13

• Type — live film • Director — Takehiko Shinjō • Writer — * Satomi Oshima • Sachiko Tanaka • Ryo Ikuemi • Music — Yoshihiro Ike • Studio — C&I Entertainment • Released — 2013 • Runtime — 127 minutes "Innocently, Softly", also known as Beyond the Memories, is a Japanese manga series by Ryo Ikuemi. It won the 2009 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo. Kanna and Roku's story arcs (acts 2, 6, and 10) were adapted into a live action film in 2013.

The series is told in ten vignettes from different characters. • Act 1: Yuma • Act 2: Kanna • Act 3: Hiroki • Act 4: Ai • Act 5: Ichie • Act 6: Roku • Act 7: Momoka • Act 8: Nene • Act 9: Asami • Act 10: Kanna

• Kanna Seto • Kanna works in the movie advertising company, Melon Works. While cheerful and friendly, Kanna uses her optimism to hide her true feelings. When she was 15 years old, her childhood friend and crush was killed in a car accident, which she feels guilty about. She appears in acts 2, 4, 5, 7, and 10. • Roku Akazawa • Roku is an editor at the publishing company, Pleasure, and is very kind and easygoing. During a school trip from when he was in 4th grade, he accidentally pushed his classmate, Nozomi Kakanouchi, onto the road, where she got run over by a car. He remains guilty over causing her death, but learns to fully accept and cope when visiting her death site with her older sister, Manami. He feels drawn towards Kanna because of their similar experiences, and keeps an eye out for her. He appears in act 6, 8, and 10.

• Masami Nagasawa as Kanna Seto • Masaki Okada as Roku Akazawa • Haru as Asami Kawaguchi • Aoi Nakamura as Toshikuni Mayama • Yuki Furukawa as Kiyomasa Komine • Kaoru Hirata as Momoka Senke • Ryosei Tayama as bar master • Toshihiro Wada as Yanagihara • Megumi as Chikako Nobara • Chizuru Ikewaki as Aimi Sakuraba (Kakinouchi) • Kengo Kora as Kazue Haruta • Aiyu Otaki as Mutsumi Sakuraba