Nanaka 6/17

The story focuses on the cold and distant seventeen-year-old Nanaka Kirisato, a girl who cares only about studying and getting accepted into a good college. Her childhood friend Nenji Nagihara does not care much about school and often gets into fights. At the start of the story, Nanaka berates Nenji for fighting and tells him he needs to grow up. After Nenji tells her that he never wants to see her again, Nanaka is devastated and later falls down a flight of stairs. She loses her memories and suffers from regression, acting as though she is six years old. She also believes that Nenji made a wish to become an adult like her. Nenji ends up having to watch over her as she attends high school, leading to trouble and comedic situations. ==Characters==

Main • : :Satsuki is Jinpachi's younger sister who is often seen with a wooden sword. She initially perceives Nanaka as a hussy for making Jinpachi act all weird around her, so she tries to attack Nanaka, but Nanaka unintentionally dodges her attacks easily. After Nanaka "saves" her from a falling wooden piece, she begs for her forgiveness and wants to be her disciple and she can address Nanaka as "onee-sama" (big sister). She then "trains" Jinpachi harder so he can be a worthy suitor for Nanaka. Her attack catchphrase is "You're wide open!" • : :Kuriko is a kindergartner with blonde twin-tailed hair. She has a major crush on Nenji because he rescued her from some bullies and because he resembles her older brother who is away for school. She often fights with her rival Nanaka. • : :Taizo is Nanaka's father. Although he is sad that Nanaka is hurt, he is glad to have a chance to be close with his youthful daughter again. • : :Yoshida is Nanaka's classmate and an avid collector of anime merchandise. He befriends Nanaka after noticing the Magical Domiko toy that she brings to school. Nobody knows who he is until he helps take care of Nenji when he is sick. • : :Chie is Nanaka's classmate and one of the mean girls who make up rumors about Nanaka. She has brown hair that she wears in twin tails and regularly converses with classmate Mari Tsuyuki who has a ponytail. Towards the end of the series, she has a change of heart at the events leading to the class play where Nanaka replies that she values her feedback and then chooses her to play its starring character. Magical Domiko characters • : :Magical Domiko is the magical girl heroine and title character of a very popular children's anime. She uses magic to transform herself into a grown-up and assumes different professions to save the day. Nanaka is a big fan of this anime. Each Nanaka 6/17 episode features a vignette about how she finds the true way to use magic, but Pikota never takes her seriously. Her real name is revealed to be . • : :Chemical Kemiko is a green-haired magical girl and Magical Domiko's main rival. She is older and bigger than Magical Domiko and rides on an upright vacuum cleaner. In one of Magical Domiko's short scenes at the end of the episode, she says she has a new anime where she is a future queen of a magical land, and that the evil spirit of Magical Domiko is hurting her kind spirit, but Magical Domiko and Pikota do not believe her. ==Media==

Manga is a 12-tankōbon manga series created by Ken Yagami. The manga was published by Akita Shoten in 2001. The manga was initially licensed by Studio Ironcat for publication in North America but all plans on release were dropped with the company's bankruptcy. Anime The manga series was adapted into 12-episode anime television series that was broadcast in Japan on TV Tokyo in 2003. An additional OVA "episode 13" was also produced but not broadcast with the original TV series. ADV Films produced an English language version and released the 12-episode TV series and the OVA episode in three DVD volumes in 2006 and as a complete DVD collection of all episodes in 2008. • Nanaka 6/17 - Not So Magical Mishap, DVD volume 1, episodes 1–4, release date:2006-05-23 • Nanaka 6/17 - Reality! Rivalry! Ridicule!, DVD volume 2, episodes 5–8, release date:2006-07-18 • Nanaka 6/17 - Nanaka vs Nanaka!, DVD volume 3, episodes 9-12 and OVA episode 13, release date:2006-09-12 • Nanaka 6/17 - Complete Collection, episodes 1-12 and OVA episode 13, release date:2008-12-23 The North American license is now held by Section23 Films. All 13 episodes of the ADV Films English version (only) are posted on the Anime Network website for online streaming. Theme songs Opening Sunao na Mama (素直なまま) by Funta Ending Taisetsu na Negai (大切な願い) by CooRie Episode list ==References==