Love For Venus
ビーナスは片想い (Venus Wa Kataomoi)
Genre	Romance/Comedy/Drama
Manga
Authored by	Yuki Nakaji
Publisher	Hakusensha Chuang Yi Publishing Madman Entertainment Manga )   (pl. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... Hakusensha (白泉社 Hakusensha) is a Japanese publisher that was originally founded by Shueisha, one of Japans biggest publishers. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Singapore. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Madman Entertainment is an Australian company that specialises in the distribution of Japanese anime and manga to Australia and New Zealand. ...
Serialized in	LaLa
Original run	5 November 1999 – 5 July 2004
No. of volumes	12

Love For Venus (ビーナスは片想い, Venus Wa Kataomoi^?) is a shōjo manga by Yuki Nakaji. The series revolves around the lives of a group of students at Koutou University in Hyōgo Prefecture and primarily around the relationships of the main characters, Suzuna Ashihara and Eichi Uozumi. Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... Lala VC (b. ... Tankōbon ) is the Japanese term for a compilation volume of a particular series (such as a manga or a novel series, magazine articles, essays, craft patterns, etc. ... Shōjo or shoujo (少女 lit. ... Manga )   (pl. ... Hyōgo Prefecture (兵庫県 Hyōgo-ken) is located in the Kinki region on Honshu island, Japan. ...

Characters

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Major Characters

• Suzuna Ashihara

Suzuna is an 18 year old freshman at Koutou University. She lives in apartment 206 of Apartment Shugesou, next door to Eichi Uozumi. She quickly becomes friends with Eichi and they become very close. Suzuna immediately develops a huge crush on Fukami after meeting him but this soon fades as her feelings for Eichi grow. Her birthday is September 10th.

• Eichi Uozumi

Eichi lives next door to Suzuna, in apartment 207. He is the best friend of Fukami and has been since they met in high school. It is revealed late in the first volume that he has a crush on Fukami and thus becomes Suzuna's love rival. This doesn't seem to dampen their friendship in the least and his feelings for her gradually change into something more romantic. His birthday is March 31st.

• Shinya Fukami

Fukami is the initial love interest for Suzuna and Eichi, as well as most of the female population, although he seems to be oblivious to this. He also attends Koutou University and is a first year majoring in English Literature. His birthday is June 19th.

• Hikano Kaji

Hikano is the friend of Suzuna as well as Fukami and Eichi, whom she has known since high school when she had a crush on him, although her advance was flatly rejected. She is in love with Mr. Hokari, her Greek professor. Her birthday is August 5th.

• Honoka Kashiwagi

Honoka is a second year student majoring in fashion design. She and Fukami meet on the train and run into each other several times after that, always in situations which are embarrassing for Fukami (usually involving him being drunk). After a few of these run ins they agree to go out and start a relationship. Her birthday is June 15th.

Minor Characters

• Satoru Ashihara.

Satoru is the younger brother of Suzuna. He is 16.

• Tomoki Uozumi

Tomoki is the younger brother of Eichi, who he resembles a great deal - even to the extent that upon first meeting with Suzuna she mistook him for Eichi and thought he dyed his hair black. Tomoki attends Koto Junior High. His birthday is May 5th.

• Shizuka Uozumi

Shizuka is the older sister of Eichi and Tomoki. She was killed in an accident whilst on holiday in Hawaii. The nature of the accident is not in the manga. Her birthday is October 4th.

• Kohei Kawauchi.

Kohei is Suzuna's first neighbor on the right, in apartment 205. He is a huge fan of Miracle Mako, an anime character, whom he believes Suzuna resembles.