Natsu no Arashi!

The action takes place around a young guy named Hajime. During the summer holidays, he meets Arashi-san, a seemingly young and old-fashioned girl who is actually the spirit who died during World War II . Between Arashi and Hajime, a special energy connection is established with which they can travel in time, the only danger is not to collide with yourself, or you will disappear. So, with the help of Hajime’s strength, Arashi begins to go to the distant past to try to save his family and friends, while the main characters get to work in a local restaurant, where they meet other main characters, such as a reckless mistress who has extensive experience in love affairs , a girl who wears a boy’s costume, and later Arasi’s best friend, is a German from Nazi Germany who died with her and became the same spirit 70 years ago.

According to the plot of anime and manga, there is a special type of perfume that can materialize and possess the same properties as people, that is, eat, wear clothes, feel the heat and cold, although like perfumes they are able to soar in the air, pass through walls. Perfumes are also able to travel in time. However, this requires tremendous energy, and for this the spirit draws strength from a living being, but it also depletes itself. The loss of the energy of the spirit or the so-called "power of being" is dangerous for its existence, since having lost all power, the spirit disappears. However, living beings are able to reproduce the energy of their souls, and therefore, in order not to disappear, the spirit from time to time must receive a dose of energy from the living being. If a person draws out almost all the energy, it is not dangerous for his life, but he will be very tired and will be scattered. Perfumes can exist physically only in the summer, and in the winter take a different form. However, with the beginning of next summer, all the people who communicated with this spirit in the past forget about it and perceive it no more than a dream.

Hajime Yasaka ( 八 坂 一 Yasaka Hajime ) is the protagonist of the story, funny, quick-tempered and short-sighted. He is 13 years old. Arashi accidentally meets with Hajime and quickly learns that she is a spirit. He is fond of technology, in particular video games, new and old. Also makes experiments on berries, making them super-sharp. He lives with his grandfather. Later he falls in love with Arashi-san and goes to the distant past, where Arashi is still 13 years old to help her win the fight with the hooligans. She took away his glasses as collateral and from that moment fell in love with him, for a long time not suspecting that it was Hajime.

Seiyu : Yuko Sampei

Arashi (Sayeko Arashiyama) ( 嵐山 小 夜 子 Arashiyama Sayeko ) is the main character of the story. She is a spirit and died during the bombing in 1942. Originally from a noble family. At present, she met Hagzime and with the help of his energy traveled many times to the past to try to save relatives and friends from the bombing of American raiders. Very cheerful and cheerful, however, she amazes those around her with the ideal behavior of an old-fashioned Japanese woman. In the second season, it was shown that the girl was brought up in strict rules and, in particular, she was taught never to show that she was hot. If Arashi gets too hot, she falls into madness and can lead to devastating consequences. As a child, she met Hajime (who jumped in time) and thanks to him he dealt with a gang of teenagers who drove the locals into fear. After that, she fell in love with an uninvited guy, but much later realized that it was Hajime.

Seiyu: Ryouko Shiraishi

Kaya Bergmann ( カ ヤ バ ー グ マ ン Kaya Ba: humane ) is Arasi's best friend. She died with her during the bombing. Originally from Germany, but spent all her childhood in Japan. Despite this, she is very familiar with Japanese culture and traditions, better, even than modern Japanese girls. She loves sweets and falls into despair and rage when someone eats them. Before dying, she fell in love with a teacher from her school, and having returned to the past, she saved his life by changing the course of events. Kaya the first to learn about the secret of Jun and faithfully keeps it. Can only communicate with girls.

Seiyu: Kaori Nadzuka

Jun Kamigamo ( 上 賀 茂 潤 Kamigamo Jun ) - works in a cafe and has a heterogeneous relationship with Hajime. Although she dresses like a boy, she is actually a girl, and Kaya is the first to know about it. Hajime, not knowing about the feminine beginnings of Jun, is rude to her from the point of view of a girl, in particular, she teases because of her weakness, or “unusual character”. Hajime very often catches naked Jun, knowing that she is a girl, causing great embarrassment in the second. Later, Arashi also learns about the secret of Jun. Jun has a strange habit of not paying attention to what she wears after a shower, even if it’s a wedding dress. Jun is terrified of spiders and cockroaches. Hajime has never been aware of Jun’s secret throughout history.

Seiyu: Chiaki Omigawa

Sayaka (mistress) ( さ や か ) - mistress of the restaurant where the main characters work. She is very different from the main characters, and calls them jokingly Yamato nadeshiko , she herself is a typical modern woman. Strong, independent, rude, at the same time wears revealing clothes and does not disdain loving relationships with unfamiliar men. She is primarily interested in money, is also very stingy and painfully spoils spoiled products, trying to come up with ways to “save” them. Spends most of the time watching TV. Often gives useful advice to Arashi and Kai, how it is appropriate to take yourself to a fashionable girl in modern society.

Seiyu: Hitomi Nabatame

Hideo Murata (Gura-san) ( 村田 英雄 Murata Hideo ) is a private detective and a regular in the restaurant where the main characters work. He has big problems with money, which is why the apartment turned off water, telephone and electricity. When Hajime and Arashi set off in the 80s, they meet little Hideo, who pushes rudely Arashi to play a slot machine and that day it turns out that he is the grandson of the fisherman whom Arashi saved from death by jumping over backwards. Later, she agrees to energize Yayoi and Kanako, but was very exhausted, losing her ability to concentrate, and later Yayoi found a new “donor” for herself.

Seiyu: Hiroki Yasumoto

Yayoi Fushimi ( 伏 見 や よ ゐ Fushimi Yayoi ) - like Arashi, she is a spirit who died during World War II. However, for a long time due to mental trauma, she was paralyzed and could not walk. Being a spirit, together with Kanako she never received energy and was on the verge of extinction. During life, she played the piano. She tried to make friends with Kanako, but she rejected her. After a forced time move with Hajime, she witnessed how Kanako was threatened with life during a raid by American pilots and sacrificing herself saved Kanako's life from the past. After this incident, I came to my senses. Later she got a job in a restaurant, and chose a St. Bernard dog as a “donor".

Seiyu: Ai Nonaka

Kanako Yamazaki ( 山崎 加奈 子 Yamazaki Kanako ) - Yayoi’s best friend, is the exact opposite of her. Very cruel and quick-tempered, for the sake of the goal is ready to kill a person. During her life, she had to work a lot, as she was from a poor family. She hated Arashi because she was from a wealthy family and accordingly studied in the best classes, and for a long time did not want to communicate with Yayoi, who tried to make friends with her. After Yayoi from the future saved her life, she abruptly changed her attitude towards her and decided to protect her at all costs. After death, Kanako and Yayoi lived in a mansion and until now were on the verge of exhaustion and decided that having absorbed all the energy of Arashi, they would extend their life. So Kanako attacked Arashi, and tried to kill Hajime and later Hideo. However, after understanding her feelings, she decides to regain Arashi's strength and almost disappeared, however, with her and Yayoi they share the energy of Jun and Hajime. So later learning about the energy of the living, she begins to take the power of Hideo. During the second season he works in a restaurant. Wearing glasses, like a maho-shojo, transforms into a witch girl, but is afraid of her second form.

Seiyu: Yui Horie

Sioia ( 塩 谷 谷 ) is a regular in the restaurant who always asks for salt, but the main characters at this time are always busy with discussions and quarrels and ignore the request of the person. This lasts for the first and second season. At the end of the second season, he receives the long-awaited salt.

Seiyu: Tomokazu Sugita

Season One

Season Two

The anime adaptation was first announced in November 2008 ^[2] , anime director - Akiyuki Simbo , scriptwriter - Katsuhiko Takayama, character design - Kazuhiro Ota. The series was released by Shaft ^[3] and began broadcasting on April 5, 2009, 13 anime episodes ^{[3] [4] were released} .

In the first season, 4 musical accompaniments are used:

Opening

• Atashi dake ni kakete ( Japanese あ た し だ け に か け て Atashi dake ni kakete ) performed by: Omokage Laki Hall (1-5, 7-10, 12 and 13 series)

Ending

• Kirari Futari ( Japanese キ ラ リ フ タ リ Kirari Futari ) performed by Ryoko Shiraishi (1-5, 7-13 series)
• Hitonatsu no Keiken ( Japanese ひ と 夏 の 経 験 Hitonatsu no Keiken ) performed by Ryouko Shiraishi ( Episode 6)
• Kassai ( Japanese 喝采 Kassai ) performed by Yui Horie ( Episode 11)

The announcement of the second season called Natsu no Arashi! Akinai-chū ( Japanese 夏 の あ ら し! 春夏 冬 中 Natsu no Arashi! Akinay-chu , Summer Storm! Open all year) was held in June 2009 ^[5] .

In the second season, 2 musical accompaniments are used:

Opening

• Oyasumi Paradox ( Japanese お や す み パ ラ ド ッ ク ス Oyasumi Paradokkusu ) performed by: Etsuko Yakushimaru

Ending

• Otome no Junjo ( Japanese 乙 女 の 順序 Otome no Junjo ) performed by: Ryoko Shiraishi , Kaori Nadzuka , Ai Nonaka and Yui Horie .

Both anime seasons were dubbed into English and are available on the Crunchyroll website ^{[6] [7]} .

• Official manga website (jap.)
• Official Anime Website (Japanese)
• Natsu no Arashi! (in Japanese) on the website of TV Tokyo
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• Anime "Natsu no Arashi!" In the encyclopedia of Anime News Network
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