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| type = manga

| title =

| author = Shūzō Oshimi

| illustrator =

| publisher = Kodansha

| publisher_en =

| demographic = Seinen, shōnen

| imprint =

| magazine = Weekly Young Magazine(2004)Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine(2011)'

| magazine_en =

| published =

| first = 2004 (original) May 2011

| last = August 2011 (re-serialized) | volumes = 1 | volume_list = }}

is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Shūzō Oshimi. It was first serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine in 2004, and later re-serialized in Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine'' from May to August 2011.

Sweet Poolside

It was adapted into a live action film that was premiered theatrically in Japan on June 14, 2014. In March 2022, Kodansha USA announced they licensed the series for English publication, with the one compiled volume releasing on January 17, 2023.

Sweet Poolside

Plot

Toshihiko Ota (Kenta Suga) is a first year junior high school student. He is a member of the school's swimming club. He also suffers from not having enough body hair. Meanwhile, Ayako Goto (Yuiko Kariya) is also a fellow first year junior high student and member of the same swimming club. She suffers from having too much hair. She confides to Toshihiko Ota about her "hairy" problem. A relationship soon develops as Toshihiko begins to shave her arm and leg hair.

Sweet Poolside

Characters

Toshihiko Ōta - Kenta Suga

Ayako Gotō - Yuiko Kariya

Mitsuhiko Ota (Toshihiko's older brother) - Shota Matsuda

Satoko Hokuyu (Mitsuhiko's girlfriend) - Mitsuki Tanimura

Teacher Takakura - Takayuki Kinoshita

Shigeo Goto - Go Riju

Senior Ninomiya - Motoki Ochiai

Mai Sakashita - Moe Arai

Taka Mimura - Taiga

Senior Nakayama - Kai Inowaki

References

External links

2004 manga

Films directed by Daigo Matsui

Kodansha manga

Live-action films based on manga

Manga adapted into films

Seinen manga

Shūzō Oshimi

Vertical (publisher) titles

Japanese romance films