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Dear Brother (おにいさまへ…, Oniisama e...) is a Japanese manga series by Riyoko Ikeda. The manga lasted for three volumes and was published by Shueisha in Margaret magazine, for shojo manga. It was published from March 17th 1974 to the 22nd September of the same year. Its genre is drama and slice of life, however it is most notable for it's lesbian characters and relationships, making it a staple of early Yuri and Girls' Love genres. The manga has never been officially released in English, though it has been translated into French, Italian and Polish.
It was adapted into an anime series by director Osamu Dezaki that aired on the channel NHK-BS2 from July 14, 1991 to May 31, 1992 for 39 episodes, with additional scenes, character background and plotlines. On the team of Tezuka Productions, it was produced by Hirotaka Matsumoto and Masakazu Shioura, written by Hideo Takayashiki and Tomoko Konparu, and it's score was written by Kentarō Haneda. It is worth noting that Dezaki also directed the anime adaption of Ikeda's most famous manga, The Rose of Versailles (ベルサイユのばら, Versailles no Bara).
The series was dubbed and released in Italy, Spain, Arabia and France, though it was pulled after seven episodes in France, due to strong adult content. A Greek version is also known to have existed, with its broadcast halted between the commercial breaks in the third episode. The anime series is available online to viewers in the United States through Viki.com, Hulu, and YouTube. Anime Sols has successfully crowdfunded the entire the show for North American DVD. Under the title Dear Brother, three DVD box sets were released between July 29, 2014 and April 7, 2015. Retrocrush started streaming in United States and Canada from October, 2020 via streaming app and website under the title Dear Brother. Discotek Media has re-licensed the series.
Though the series is not as well-known as others, it has received both praise and controversy within discussion between fans online, particularly for it's depictions of lesbianism, suicide, incest, cancer, drug abuse, bullying, divorce and mental illness.[1]
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Nanako Misonoo is a young high school freshman at the exclusive girls' school Seiran Academy. When she begins her first year at this school, she falls into a world of female rivalry, love, chaos, and heartbreak. She narrates the story of the series in a chain of letters to a young man named Takehiko Henmi, who she calls "Oniisama" (Brother). In reality, Henmi was her teacher at the cram school she used to attend. She feels such a strong bond with Henmi that she asks to continue corresponding with him. Henmi agrees, and soon Nanako begins addressing him as "brother" in her letters. When Nanako starts her new school year at the all-girl Seiran Academy, she is unexpectedly inducted into the school's Sorority despite having none of the looks, talents, or background needed to become a member. As the series progresses, she becomes involved in the lives of the "Magnificent Three", the three most popular girls in the school.
As Nanako interacts with these girls, she becomes attached to and falls in love with the troubled Rei Asaka, whom she wants to help, but cannot get close to due Rei's obsession with Fukiko Ichinomiya, the beautiful but cold Sorority president. Nanako also becomes friends with Mariko Shinobu, who is determined to get into the Sorority and make Nanako her best friend at all costs. Meanwhile, Nanako has problems of her own; she is constantly being bullied by her peers due to her unlikely membership in the Sorority, especially by one Aya Misaki who feels that she should have been the one chosen for it. Throughout these problems Nanako is supported by her childhood friend Tomoko Arikura, the athletic but secretly ailing Kaoru Orihara, the passionate Mariko and the correspondence with her "brother", who just happens to have some secrets of his own. The series chronicles her first year at Seiran Academy as she uncovers the past of some of the most popular girls in school, learning of love, loss, and her own family's secrets, including her true relation with Henmi.
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