Gin's manga / #swimming(3)

High Speed!

Ongoing | OOJI Kouji,TESHIROGI Shiori | 2000 released

Nanase Haruka is a sixth-grade elementary school student who loves connecting with the water and feeling the water as he swims, and he attends a local swim club together with his childhood best friend Tachibana Makoto and Hazuki Nagisa, one year younger than the both of them. Then, one winter's day as graduation draws near, Matsuoka Rin transfers into Haruka and the others' school from another swim club. Through swimming, Haruka strengthens his bonds with Makoto and Nagisa, as well as with Rin at which point Rin, with his passion for the medley relay, suggests they form a team together and enter a tournament. This is the novel that the anime Free! is based on in manga form at last!

Oboreru Sakana

Complete | ogawa chise | 2013 released

Living in a house of constant fights, An has learned to drown his feelings in the water. He has never felt love, and doesn't desire it - people call him cold. Usami, the illegitimate son of a wealthy business man, is a player who dumps his girlfriends when they fall in love with him. He doesn't deserve to be loved... How can they love him, when he doesn't love himself? Will the fish be caught by the lonely net, or will each sink to the bottom weighed down by unrequited feelings? One shot included in book "Rakuda Tsukai To Ouji No Yoru"

Mizu No Kioku

Complete | Sakuragi Yaya | 2003 released

Series of oneshots: 1) The Memory of Water (Mizu no Kioku)- Shiina is an ex-swimmer who is now a chain-smoking high school teacher. He's tried to leave his swimming past behind him, but upright student Kadokura won't let that happen. 2) Forecast of Life's Springtime- Minori is the son of professional gardeners and he's sick to death of flowers! Gardening club student Shoutarou kills everything he touches, and Minori feels sorry for him. 3) A Child's Belongings (Kodomo no Mochimono)- Hiroto's parents died in an accident and then he is approached by a businessman who wants to buy him. But he's not interested in sex, he just likes to look at Hiroto in his school uniform. 4) Sweet Home, Bitter Brother- Atsuhiro and Yousuke were childhood friends who became brothers at a young age. They've always been together with the slightly older Atsuhiro leading Yousuke. But Yousuke's has feeling he can't tell his "brother" and resolves to go away to college. 5) Paradise Game- Hazuki Junya is a professional gamer who works for a video game company, but when he gets beaten by his new coworker and amatuer Hatanaki Ryouji he can't believe it. A friendly rivalry and friendship starts between the two.