Artist and Author: Hayashiya Shizuru
Genre: Action, Comedy, Martial Arts, School Life, Seinen, Shoujo Ai
Summary:
Tenchi Academy is an all girls' school that teaches regular classes as well as "Sword Arts". In Sword Arts, students attempt to perfect their combat skills by dueling each other. There are also Duels for Stars (星奪り Hoshitori), where students form a partnership with another and defeat other pairs to win rank and stars. There are 174 teams (348 students) that fight under the Hoshitori system. The administrator (also the student council president) of the school will give money to those with more stars, saying that "any wish will be granted, if you have enough stars."
Nagi Kurogane is a sword scholarship student of Tenchi Academy. However, she cannot go to school because she is undergoing rehabilitation. Therefore, her twin little sister, Hayate, disguises herself as Nagi to go to the school. In the school, the scholarship student must fight against other scholarship students to win higher ranks. But because Hayate's only interest is how to pretend to be Nagi, she is not interested in the mandatory fights. However, knowing that her old orphanage is in eight million yen in debt, and is being harassed by collectors, Hayate resolves her mind to take part in the fights. The participant gets 50,000 yen if she wins a bout, and she gets one million yen if she enters the next rank.
Since each participant must have her partner, Hayate asks Ayana Mudō to be her partner. Ayana is a talented swordsman, but she does not take part in the fighting because of her personal reasons. At first, Ayana thinks Hayate is annoying, but in order to face her ex-partner whom Ayana injured during the duels, she cooperates with Hayate. (Wikipedia.org)
Characters (from wikipedia):
Kurogane Hayate
The main character of the story. She attends Tenchi Academy in place of her twin sister. She is well-meaning, but very stubborn and clumsy.
Kurogane Nagi
Hayate's twin sister. She cannot attend school because of her rehabilitation, so she asks Hayate to pretend to be her and attend Tenchi Academy.
Mudō Ayana
One of the best students in Tenchi Academy, but at the beginning of the story she chooses not to fight. Hayate wants to be her partner, but Ayana finds Hayate to be annoying.
Amachi Hitsugi
The president of the student council, faculty director, and administrator. She cares very much about the academy's tradition of sword-fighting. As such, she is frustrated with Ayana's lack of desire to participate in the sword duels.
Miyamoto Shizuku
The partner of Hitsugi, Shizuku is also in charge of ringing the bell that signals the start and end of the hoshitori. She is always seen by Hitsugi's side, only leaving to ring the bell. She is also incredibly fast, though Hitsugi wonders who is faster-her or Hayate.
Kibi Momoka
Hayate's roommate, Momoka is an energetic girl who initially hides during the hoshitori due to not having a partner. She usually gives Hayate advice on how the system at Tenchi Academy works. She eventually pairs up with Isuzu.
Inugami Isuzu
A rather creepy girl originally resembling a yūrei who appears in volume two, she is first seen 'haunting' Momoka in order to become her shinyuu. After becoming partners with Momoka, she gets a makeover that makes her less frightening. She seems to have quite an interest in the occult.
Kuga Jun
Ayana's roommate, Jun is a rather playful girl who enjoys teasing Ayana though this usually earns her a beating. She cares very deeply for her shinyuu Yuho Shizuma, her half-sister.
Mikado Akira
A rather cool and proactive girl, she is Inori Sae's sister-in-arms who seems to have some plans regarding the hoshitori duels, and wants to defeat Hitsugi Amachi with her own hands. She seems to be easily annoyed when other people get too close to her, and appears to be insensitive (as Sae describes her), but actually is the opposite as shown in later volumes. She seems to care deeply for others, but does not show it and even denies it. She seems to be as powerful as the student council president, Hitsugi.
Inori Sae
A rather calm and cool girl, who is actually very skilled and very fast, and is often compared to Shizuku (Hitsugi's shinyuu). She is Akira's shinyuu or sister-in-arms. Though they are often seen together, she actually likes to tease Akira a lot. She is actually engaged to one of Akira's relatives. She is Akira's partner in her plan of defeating the student council president and her shinyuu, so that they can 'change' things the way it was meant to be.
(And others)
(Top: Hayate, Under: Ayana)
(From Left: Shuzuki*, Inugami Isuzu, Kibi Momoka, Someya Yukari, Amachi Hitsugi, Miyamoto Shizuku, Koga Jun, Tatewaki)
(From Left: Koga Jun, Shizuma Yuho, Mikado Akira (White Uniform), Inori Sae (White Uniform), Kurogane Hayate, Mudo Ayana)
(Kurogane Nagi) {Cool isn't she?!}
I'll be post the other characters and the characters that I've been post in my point of view. Bye~~~
