Girl gets excited for her first visit to the Beach and goes for swim #anime
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Harukana Receive (はるかなレシーブ, Harukana Reshību) 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.[1] An anime television series adaptation by C2C aired from July 6 to September 21, 2018.[1]
Plot
In Okinawa, high school city girl Haruka Ozora has an extreme complex about her tall height comparison, 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.
Characters
Umuru High Beach Volleyball Club
Originally, the club consisted of the Thomas Twins, Emily and Claire; only being recognized as an extension of Urumu 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.
Team Harukana
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; their team disbanded with Narumi reteaming with Ayase 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[2] (大空 遥, Ōzora Haruka)
Voiced by: Kana Yūki[3] (Japanese); Tia Ballard[4] (English)
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 (比嘉 かなた, Higa Kanata)
Voiced by: Saki Miyashita[3] (Japanese); Sarah Wiedenheft[4] (English)
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, a former US 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 Ayasa'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 (トーマス 紅愛, Tomasu Kurea)
Voiced by: Atsumi Tanezaki[5] (Japanese); Amber Lee Connors[6] (English)
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