Summer Wars
サマーウォーズ
Kenji Koiso is a high school student with a crush on a kendo club beauty, Natsuki Shinohara, and a knack for mathematics. His aptitude with numbers earns him a part-time working maintenance on the global virtual reality world, OZ.
One day, right before summer vacation, Natsuki asks Kenji to do her a favor -accompany her to her great-grandmother's 90th birthday celebration deep in the Japanese countryside. As Kenji tries to find his footing amongst the boisterous and tightly-knit Jinnouchi clan, receives a mysterious email with a long code and the message: "Solve me." Little does Kenji know what solving that code could lead to...
(Source: Kodansha USA)
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池沢佳主馬
MAINKazuma Ikezawa (池沢 佳主馬 Ikezawa Kazuma) is the deuteragonist of Summer Wars, whose avatar is King Kazma, a renowned program/martial artist in OZ. He is a second cousin of Natsuki Shinohara. Kazuma is also a hikikomori who seldom leaves his room and uses his talents to win every game in OZ. But it's hinted that he does have friends, as more a spin-off manga made after Summer Wars telling about how he was able to become King Kazma.
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Mitsuki Tanimura
篠原夏希
MAINNatsuki Shinohara (篠原 夏希 Shinohara Natsuki) is the tritagonist of Summer Wars. She is a spirited and popular 3rd year high school student (12th grade) and a close friend of Kenji Koiso whom she hires to meet her large extended family for Sakae Jinnouchi's (Natsuki's great-grandmother) 90th birthday.
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Nanami Sakuraba
小磯健二
MAINKenji Koiso (小磯 健二 Koiso Kenji) is the main protagonist of Summer Wars. He is a math-savvy 2nd year high school student (11th grade) and a moderator of the interactive computer world OZ along with Takashi Sakuma (Kenji's close friend). Kenji is less skilled in dealing with people. Kenji is invited by Natsuki Shinohara (Kenji's friend and the girl of his dreams) for Sakae Jinnouchi's 90th birthday with him being her fake fiance for the family reunion. After receiving a cryptic code on his cell phone and cracking it, he becomes a primary suspect for hacking into OZ.
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Ryuunosuke Kamiki
陣内栄
MAINSakae Jinnouchi (陣内 栄 Jinnouchi Sakae) is the indomitable matriarch (a woman who is the head of a family or tribe/an older woman who is powerful within a family or organization) of the Jinnouchi family and the 89-to-90-year-old great grandmother of Natsuki Shinohara who holds the family together and she also has connections in the highest ranks of political and financial circles, despite her advanced age.
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Sumiko Fuji
陣内侘助
MAINWabisuke Jinnouchi (陣内 侘助 Jinnouchi Wabisuke) is a handsome and sardonic 41-year-old computer expert, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University and the uncle of Natsuki Shinohara. Wabisuke is the illegitimate son of Tokue (Natsuki's great-grandfather) and was raised by Sakae Jinnouchi, whom he cares for deeply.
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Voiced by
Ayumu Saitou
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- What is Summer Wars about?
- Kenji Koiso is a high school student with a crush on a kendo club beauty, Natsuki Shinohara, and a knack for mathematics. His aptitude with numbers earns him a part-time working maintenance on the global virtual reality world, OZ. One day, right before summer vacation, Natsuki asks Kenji to do her a
- Is Summer Wars still ongoing?
- Summer Wars is currently finished. It has 13 chapters.
- Who are the main characters in Summer Wars?
- The main characters are Kazuma Ikezawa, Natsuki Shinohara, Kenji Koiso, Sakae Jinnouchi, Wabisuke Jinnouchi.
