Hidamari Sketch

Sunshine Sketch
ひだまりスケッチ
HidaSke

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ComedySlice of LifeCGDCTIyashikeiSchoolVisual Arts

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Synopsis

Accepted to a high school specializing in the arts, Yuno moves into a nearby apartment complex to make her commute easier. Just a few days into her new routine, she quickly discovers that creativity doesn't end with the art school bell! Her neighbors—Sae, Hiro, and Miya—are all fellow students, and each has her own hilarious quirks. And eccentricity clearly rules this school; Yuno's homeroom teach is a cosplay otaku and the principal is just...weird. Will the quiet Yuno be able to handle this creatively kooky cast of characters? (Source: Yen Press)

Publication notes

Hidamari Sketch has been published in English as Sunshine Sketch by Yen Press since June 17, 2008, and digitally since December 17, 2013.

Published

Feb 28, 2004 to ?

Authors

Aoki, Ume

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Main characters

Miyako953 fan favorites
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Height: 165cm Birthday: October 10 Age: 15/16 (Hidamari Sketch-365), 16/17 (Hoshimittsu-Honeycomb) Yuno's classmate and good friend. She's very strange, but a very likable person. She has very good ears and is good at imitating other people. She is notorious for her appetite and love for food.
Yuno739 fan favorites
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Height: 144 cm Birthday: May 5 Age: 15 (Hidamari Sketch-365) 16 (Hoshimittsu-Honeycomb) Yuno, sometimes called Yunocchi by Miyako, is a young, playful girl and main protagonist of the story. She lives in the Hidamari apartments, along with her close friends and neighbors Miyako, Hiro, and Sae. Her friends think of her as a very nice person. Yuno dreams of being a great artist someday. Although she is a skilled artist overall, she considers painting and drawing her specialties.
Sae97 fan favorites
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Height: 167cm Age 16 (Hidamari Sketch-365) 17 (Hoshimittsu-Honeycomb) Sae is an upperclassman and good friends with Hiro. In the anime version, she has a younger sister, Chika. Her artistic specialtity is fiction writing; she writes fiction professionally under the pseudonym "Aya Tachibana" and enrolled at the school specifically so she could learn how to illustrate her own work. Sae, who is tall, athletic, and generally mature, has a playful side that can be at the same time enigmatic and cunning; she has a habit of giving Yuno just enough warning about potential problems for the younger girl to fail to avoid them. She also has a fondness for playing detective when faced with such anomalies as Miyako's apartment. She tends to get upset when Miyako refers to her as having masculine qualities. She also gets very uncomfortable when asked about her love life, frequently inventing a history for herself that even cursory examination would show to be absurd, while blushing furiously. Sae is also very shy about her feelings towards her friends and especially her sister. She is much more comfortable chiding and scolding her little sister, Chika, whenever she comes to visit. However when she expresses genuine concern for her sister, her face will turn beet-red.
Hiro86 fan favorites
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Height: 155cm Age 16 (Hidamari Sketch-365) 17 (Hoshimittsu-Honeycomb) Hiro is a year older than Yuno and Miyako, living directly under Yuno's apartment. Although she tries to be a supportive senpai to the girls, she tends to worry excessively about her weight, causing her to go on diets for periods while occasionally binging on sweets. She met Sae in the first year of High School, and is one of her neighbor's principal sources of support when she's involved with a deadline or other crisis.