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Stark700 · 2017-07-21, 06:24

Harukana Receive is receiving a TV anime.

Plot Summary

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The story takes place in Okinawa, where Haruka forms a beach volleyball pair with Kanata. Kanata, who couldn't handle the pressure put on her by her short height, had given up on beach volleyball already, but is convinced by Haruka to step back on the sand once again and aim for the junior tournament.

Based on this series:
https://myanimelist.net/manga/100450/Harukana_Receive

Source:
https://twitter.com/earlbox/status/888354433192542208

AP24 · 2017-07-21, 08:11

Another Manga Time Kirara series, we've been getting them a lot recently.

Random Wanderer · 2017-07-21, 21:08

Never heard of this one. Looks like at least a bit of it is translated... I'll take a look.

Eisdrache · 2017-07-21, 23:01

The 6 scanlated chapters were pretty cute. Didn't know this had enough material for an anime but I am certainly not complaining.

Flower · 2017-07-21, 23:12

Hrm ... well ... I only read a few chapters of this one some time ago and ... what little I read didn't really catch my interest at the time - volleyball is not really interesting for me, I guess.

Also seemed to be a bit more fanservice'y than many series from Kirara that I remember.

Ah well.

Eisdrache · 2017-07-21, 23:36

Actually there's zero fanservice in this. You can't really play beach volley without swimsuits.

kanoguti · 2017-07-21, 23:41

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Originally Posted by Eisdrache

Actually there's zero fanservice in this. You can't really play beach volley without swimsuits.

It's still fanservice.

Eisdrache · 2017-07-21, 23:45

By that logic any anime with a sport is fanservice. What's next, SoL is fanservice because sometimes they're wearing school uniforms? Ridiculous.

kanoguti · 2017-07-21, 23:48

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Originally Posted by Eisdrache

By that logic any anime with a sport is fanservice. What's next, SoL is fanservice because sometimes they're wearing school uniforms? Ridiculous.

If it services the fans, it is fanservice (fan + service = fanservice).
The author could have easily made this about normal volley, not beach.

Eisdrache · 2017-07-22, 00:03

That makes absolutely no sense at all. The type of sport has no influence over what is fanservice and what isn't. Free! wasn't fanservice because they were wearing swimsuits but because they had impossibly ripped perfectly built males. Keijo wasn't fanservice because they were wearing swimsuits but because they were using their assets to smack each other into the water. And the list goes on.

Point being clothing doesn't equal fanservice, presentation does. The Harukana manga hardly ever goes into fanservice territory unless you're a guy who goes off whenever he sees a female in a swimsuit.

kanoguti · 2017-07-22, 00:17

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Originally Posted by Eisdrache

That makes absolutely no sense at all. The type of sport has no influence over what is fanservice and what isn't. Free! wasn't fanservice because they were wearing swimsuits but because they had impossibly ripped perfectly built males. Keijo wasn't fanservice because they were wearing swimsuits but because they were using their assets to smack each other into the water. And the list goes on.

Point being clothing doesn't equal fanservice, presentation does. The Harukana manga hardly ever goes into fanservice territory unless you're a guy who goes off whenever he sees a female in a swimsuit.

I don't want to derail this thread, but.

1. The body types in Free! are not impossible. Most low body fat vegan males who swim look like the boys in Free!

2. I do agree clothing doesn't equal fanservice, and that presentation does. And that is my whole point. The creator of Harukana Recieve presented volleyball taking place at the beach, in swimsuits (Contrary to your belief, beach volleyball can be played in something other than a swimsuit, much less skimpy ones).

3. The type of sport does have an influence on fanservice. Keyword is influence.

Random Wanderer · 2017-07-22, 00:20

I would say that Hinako Note has more fanservice than this. So the girls here wear swimsuits. The camera angles don't really focus on servicey shots, and in fact there are several occasions when they could have given us more significant fanservice shots but chose not to do so.

Yes, it's girls playing beach volleyball, which means they're wearing swimsuits. If you consider a girl in a swimsuit to automatically be fanservice regardless of context, then there's nothing we can say. But having just read through it I didn't get the impression that the series was going out of its way to provide fanservice.

Of course, an adaptation could easily turn that all on its head: all they have to do is change the camera focus in the volleyball matches and we could be inundated with suggestive imagery. But IMO it isn't there yet.

Marcus H. · 2017-07-22, 01:29

Kinda off-topic, but are Kirara Forward serials mostly composed of characters that look older than other Kirara magazines?

Stark700 · 2017-11-23, 10:20

Site is live now.

http://www.harukana-receive.jp/

videoman190 · 2017-11-23, 11:01

visual

Stark700 · 2017-11-23, 11:43

Staff:

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Toshiyuki Kubooka (Berserk: The Golden Age Arc) is directing the anime at C2C and Touko Machida (A Centaur's Life, Wake Up, Girls!) is handling the script and series composition. Takeshi Oda (Onee-chan ga Kita, Tenchi Muyo! Ryo Ohki 4) is designing the characters and serving as chief animation director).

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...-staff/.124417

Cloudedmind · 2017-11-23, 20:05

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Originally Posted by Random Wanderer

I would say that Hinako Note has more fanservice than this. So the girls here wear swimsuits. The camera angles don't really focus on servicey shots, and in fact there are several occasions when they could have given us more significant fanservice shots but chose not to do so.

Yes, it's girls playing beach volleyball, which means they're wearing swimsuits. If you consider a girl in a swimsuit to automatically be fanservice regardless of context, then there's nothing we can say. But having just read through it I didn't get the impression that the series was going out of its way to provide fanservice.

Of course, an adaptation could easily turn that all on its head: all they have to do is change the camera focus in the volleyball matches and we could be inundated with suggestive imagery. But IMO it isn't there yet.

The problem isn't that they're wearing swimsuits, but the wrong type of swimsuit. If you actually check out pictures of semi/professional female beach volleyball players the majority of them aren't wearing bisected bikini tops. Not only do they not provide adequate support for the types of moving around they'd need to do, if you're as large as these girls are drawn they're boobs are also viable to pop out of the cup during some intense movement. Not to mention most semi/professional female beach volleyball players aren't that large in the chest. They're usually very fit, and have low body fat, which generally means they're boobs just aren't going to be that big. So while I have no problems with fanservice, the general appearance of the girls is definitely what some of this is.

Haak · 2017-11-23, 20:16

Kuroageha · 2017-11-23, 21:16

ÎHope they don't go overboard with the fanservice.

videoman190 · 2018-01-24, 08:33

New info
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...ashita/.126838

Manga covers

2017-07-21, 21:08	Link #3
Random Wanderer Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007	Never heard of this one. Looks like at least a bit of it is translated... I'll take a look. __________________

2017-07-21, 23:12	Link #5
Flower Blooming on the mountain Join Date: May 2010 Location: Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light....	Hrm ... well ... I only read a few chapters of this one some time ago and ... what little I read didn't really catch my interest at the time - volleyball is not really interesting for me, I guess. Also seemed to be a bit more fanservice'y than many series from Kirara that I remember. Ah well. __________________

2017-07-22, 00:20	Link #12
Random Wanderer Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007	I would say that Hinako Note has more fanservice than this. So the girls here wear swimsuits. The camera angles don't really focus on servicey shots, and in fact there are several occasions when they could have given us more significant fanservice shots but chose not to do so. Yes, it's girls playing beach volleyball, which means they're wearing swimsuits. If you consider a girl in a swimsuit to automatically be fanservice regardless of context, then there's nothing we can say. But having just read through it I didn't get the impression that the series was going out of its way to provide fanservice. Of course, an adaptation could easily turn that all on its head: all they have to do is change the camera focus in the volleyball matches and we could be inundated with suggestive imagery. But IMO it isn't there yet. __________________

2017-07-22, 01:29	Link #13
Marcus H. Princess or Plunderer? Join Date: May 2009 Location: the Philippines	Kinda off-topic, but are Kirara Forward serials mostly composed of characters that look older than other Kirara magazines? __________________ Continuing: White Sand Aquatope (6/24) and Vanitas S2 (0/12), The Vampire Dies in No Time S2 and Bofuri S2 (3/12). 2021: Restaurant to Another World S2 (3/12), takt Op. Destiny (1/12) and Taisho Maiden Fairy Tale (1/12). 2022: Yuusha Yamemasu (1/12), Kaguya-sama S3, Mob Psycho 100 III (Oct06), Bleach: 1000 Year Blood War (2/13) and Chainsaw Man (6/12). Spring 2023: Yamada-kun to Lv999 no Koi wo Suru, Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Punch! (4/12), Skip to Loafer, Tonikaku Kawaii S2 (1/12), Otonari ni Ginga (5/12) and Kimi wa Houkago Insomnia (3/13). Contact me on Wikia and MyAnimeList. Anime List Status ~ Watching: 33. Completed: 468. Plan to watch: 39.

2017-11-23, 10:20	Link #14
Stark700 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Somewhere on Earth	Site is live now. http://www.harukana-receive.jp/ __________________

2017-07-21, 08:11	Link #2
AP24 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011	Another Manga Time Kirara series, we've been getting them a lot recently.

2017-07-21, 23:01	Link #4
Eisdrache Part-time misanthrope Join Date: Mar 2007	The 6 scanlated chapters were pretty cute. Didn't know this had enough material for an anime but I am certainly not complaining.

2017-07-21, 23:36	Link #6
Eisdrache Part-time misanthrope Join Date: Mar 2007	Actually there's zero fanservice in this. You can't really play beach volley without swimsuits.

2017-07-21, 23:45	Link #8
Eisdrache Part-time misanthrope Join Date: Mar 2007	By that logic any anime with a sport is fanservice. What's next, SoL is fanservice because sometimes they're wearing school uniforms? Ridiculous.

2017-07-22, 00:03	Link #10
Eisdrache Part-time misanthrope Join Date: Mar 2007	That makes absolutely no sense at all. The type of sport has no influence over what is fanservice and what isn't. Free! wasn't fanservice because they were wearing swimsuits but because they had impossibly ripped perfectly built males. Keijo wasn't fanservice because they were wearing swimsuits but because they were using their assets to smack each other into the water. And the list goes on. Point being clothing doesn't equal fanservice, presentation does. The Harukana manga hardly ever goes into fanservice territory unless you're a guy who goes off whenever he sees a female in a swimsuit.

2017-11-23, 11:01	Link #15
videoman190 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Washington DC	visual

2017-11-23, 20:16	Link #18
Haak Me, An Intellectual Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: UK Age: 33	__________________ MAL \| AnimeSuki Choice Awards 2020 Winners

2017-11-23, 21:16	Link #19
Kuroageha Mystic Musician Join Date: Jul 2015	ÎHope they don't go overboard with the fanservice.

2018-01-24, 08:33	Link #20
videoman190 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Washington DC	New info https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...ashita/.126838 Manga covers