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General Information:

To Heart 2 (Japanese:トゥハート２) is a Japanese romance visual novel developed by Leaf.
It was first released as a game for the PlayStation 2 which followed the release of the adult version on the Microsoft Windows.
To Heart 2 has since then been voted as third best bishoujo game in 2007.
The manga adaptation of To Heart 2 was written by Aquaplus and illustrated by Haruka Ogataya.
To Heart 2 was published in MediaWorks’ Dengeki Daioh magazine back in February 2005.
The manga ended with its chapters compiled into three volumes on January 2007.


It wasn’t long after its popularity boost that an anime adaptation of To Heart 2 was in the works.
To Heart 2 was directed by Yasuhisa Kato together with the staff from OLM Team Iguchi.
To Heart 2 premiered on Television Kanagawa on October 2005 and ended with 13 well-written drama episodes.

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Plot:

To Heart 2 follows Takaaki Kouno, a high school student who has an aversion to most girls around him.
Konomi Yuzuhara, a fresh graduate from middle school, has decided to enroll at the same high school as Takaaki.


As the new school year starts, they are later reunited with Tamaki Kousaka, also Takaaki’s childhood friend who also transfers to Takaaki’s school.
They also meet several new acquaintances; the timid and clumsy Manaka Komaki, the overly aggressive Yuma Tonami, the cheerful and energetic Karin Sasamori, the intelligent Sango Himeyuri and many more, most of which will sooner or later lead them to many memorable adventures together.


Characters:

Takaaki Kunou is the leading male character of To Heart 2 and the object of everyone’s affection. Takaaki is childhood friends with Konomi and Tamaki both of which he sees as a younger and older sister, respectively.


Yuzuhara Konomi is Takaaki’s next door neighbor and childhood friend. Konomi can be quite childish and overly energetic for her age.


Tamaki Kousaka is also a childhood friend of Takaaki and Konomi. Making good on her promise, she moves back home and transfers to the same school as Takaaki. Due to her rather strong and dominant personality, Takaaki has since then see her as an older sister of sorts.


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Update:

A total of nine OVAs (original video animation) were released since then by Aquaplus and Chaos Project.
Several spin-off manga series were also written and published by ASCII Media Works and a number of visual novel games across several platforms.


Romance visual novels are a common thing nowadays in the anime industry and the closest one in terms of similarity with To Heart 2 includes Ichigo 100%, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Da Capo.


source: Zerochan; written by carllustre87

Aliases

• Twinsisters Himeyuri