Natsuiro Kiseki

Plot

At a Shinto shrine in Shimoda, there is a large rock. It is said that if four close friends gather around the rock and all wish for the same thing, that wish will come true. As four friends, Natsumi, Saki, Yuka and Rinko, gather around the rock like they used to in their childhood, they soon find the rock can indeed grant people's wishes. With only a short amount of time before Saki is due to transfer schools, the girls spend a summer filled with magic.

Main characters

Natsumi Aizawa (逢沢 夏海, Aizawa Natsumi)

Voiced by: Minako KotobukiThe member of her school's tennis club, who is often quite stubborn but cares deeply about her friends, especially Saki.

Saki Mizukoshi (水越 紗季, Mizukoshi Saki)

Voiced by: Ayahi TakagakiNatsumi's best friend and next door neighbor who is to transfer schools due to her parents moving to Tokyo. She doesn't tend to believe in supernatural things. Has dreams of entering the tennis championship.

Yuka Hanaki (花木 優香, Hanaki Yuka)

Voiced by: Haruka TomatsuA hyperactive girl who admires idols, especially the idol group Four Season. She constantly beckons everyone to work towards the goal of becoming an idol group together. She works at her family's hot spring inn.

Rinko Tamaki (環 凛子, Tamaki Rinko)

Voiced by: Aki ToyosakiA laid back girl with simple thoughts who is often supporting Yuka. She works as a shrine maiden at a shrine where the magical rock lies. Whenever she has a fever, she sees whales flying around.

Supporting characters

Suzuka Aizawa (逢沢涼夏, Aizawa Suzuka)

Voiced by: Miyuki SawashiroNatsumi's mother.

Daiki Aizawa (逢沢大樹, Aizawa Daiki)

Voiced by: Kei ShindoNatsumi's younger brother.

Yūsuke (祐介)

Voiced by: MakoOne of Daiki's friends. He has allegedly seen Natsumi and her friends flying in the sky, believing them to be witches.

Keita (啓太)

Voiced by: Mikako KomatsuOne of Daiki's friends.

Takashi Sano (佐野 貴史, Sano Takashi)

Voiced by: Mamoru MiyanoYuka's cousin and a member of the school baseball team who occasionally makes deliveries to the inn Yuka works at. Yuka has a crush on him, but he himself has a thing for Saki.

Koharu Okiyama (沖山 小晴, Okiyama Koharu)

Voiced by: Yuka TerasakiA boyish looking girl who lives with her twin sister, Chiharu, on an island in Tokyo where Saki is due to move. She is a bit hostile towards outsiders as Saki's parents are replacing the doctor she admired so much.

Manga

A manga adaptation, based on the anime and illustrated by Tatsuhiko, was serialized in Square Enix's Young Gangan magazine between January 20, 2012 and March 15, 2013. Three tankōbon volumes were released between May 25, 2012 and March 25, 2013.

Anime

The anime television series is produced by Sunrise and directed by Seiji Mizushima. The screenplay was written by Tatsuhiko Urahata, and the chief animator Yuichi Tanaka based the character design used in the anime on Hidari's original concept. The sound director is Hiromi Kikuta, and the soundtrack is composed by Nijine and Masumi Itō. The series aired on MBS between April 6 and June 29, 2012. A short original video animation episode was released on August 29, 2012. The respective opening and ending themes, both performed by Sphere are "Non stop road" and "Ashita e no Kaerimichi" (明日への帰り道, Tomorrow's Road Home). Sphere also performs the insert songs used throughout the series, such as "Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareru Yōni" (優しさに包まれるように, To Be Wrapped in Tenderness) used in episode one.