title_name=Kasimasi ~Girl Meets Girl~
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Cast of Kasimasi, from left to right, Tomari, Hazumu and Yasuna
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かしまし ～ガール・ミーツ・ガール～
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Kasimasi ~Girl Meets Girl~
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Comedy, Shōjo ai
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Satoru Akahori
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is a
Romance Manga written by
Satoru Akahori and illustrated by
Yukimaru Katsura . The manga is currently still being published in
Japan in the
Seinen manga magazine
Dengeki Daioh . An
Anime series based on it started airing
11 January 2006 in Japan, with the .
Hazumu, then-male and a highschool student, declares his love to Yasuna, a classmate, but is rejected. In shame, he climbs Mt. Kashimayama to find peace among his beloved plants. Little does he know that his excursion up the trail will lead to a number of changes, not the least of which being his physical sex, which takes place after his accidental and somewhat tragic
First Contact with a
UFO . The plot often revolves around the way Hazumu's new
Female Body changes or doesn't change his relationships with his friends and loved ones.
Throughout the manga and anime, a
Love Triangle emerges between Yasuna (right), Tomari (left) and Hazumu (center), the male-turned-female. The drama between the three is often quite melodramatic.
;Hazumu Osaragi: The main character Hazumu was a boy, and always seemed to have a crush on his friend Yasuna. Aliens inadvertently
Change His Physical Sex at the end of the first episode. He has a
Personality that is very effusive, expressive and very sensitive. Because of this, he seems to fit well as a Japanese girl.
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;Yasuna Kamiizumi: Yasuna is a quiet and often lonely girl. Since her parents are rarely around, she seems to depend on Hazumu a lot for love and support. She met him on Mt. Kashimayama, where she found that they shared an interest in gardening. However, Yasuna rejected Hazumu's first confession of love for her (as a boy). Yasuna displays symptoms of
Androphobia : She apparently sees most men as covered in a grey blur. This may be why she finds it easier to love Hazumu when he is a girl.
: ''Seiyū:''
Yui Horie
;Tomari Kurusu: Hazumu's childhood friend. Her most obvious quality is that she is a . She shows a lot of interest in Hazumu and is horrified at first when he is transformed into a girl. Tomari has always put a lot of effort into supporting Hazumu and defending him whenever he is in despair. Though Hazumu has always been grateful for Tomari's support, at times Tomari seems jealous of Hazumu's sex change and new relationship with Yasuna.
: ''Seiyū:''
Yukari Tamura
;Ayuki Mari: Tomari's best female friend, much like Yasuna she is quiet and reserved. She serves to act as the voice of reason between the interactions of the other characters. It is heavily suggested that she too is interested in Hazumu but states that she prefers not to get involved with the developing love triangle and simply observe from the side.
;Asuta Soro: Hazumu's best male buddy before the UFO crash. Asuta is a good deal more "manly" than Hazumu ever was, and was trying to find Hazumu to give him some
Hentai Manga on the night of the Mt. Kashimayama incident. Asuta has found himself more and more attracted to Hazumu now that she's a girl, about which fact Hazumu is completely oblivious.
;Sora Hitoshi: Sora Hitoshi is an
Cultural Anthropologist and a
Space Alien . His research brought him to visit
Earth , and he is currently in disguise as the
Biology Teacher at Hazumu's high school. His unfamiliarity with human ways provides the series with an outside perspective on
Love , the focus of Sora's research. Additionally, his views on other subjects (such as friendly competition or war) provide a somewhat
Existentialist point of view.
;Tsuki Namiko: The homeroom teacher of Hazumu's class. She has an excessively cute style and is extremely clumsy. This gives rise to her being the butt of many jokes. She feels a strong love for Sora Hitoshi. Incidentally, in Japanese, "Tsuki-nami" means "commonplace." (Additionally, -ko is seen very much in Japanese women's name.)
;Jan Puu: An
Artificial Intelligence employed by Sora Hitoshi, previously as the automatic pilot of his ship. Though Jan Puu is very enthusiastic about new people, she seems to have few social skills and often acts like a human child. Her human body is modeled after Hazumu's female body.
;Hazumu's parents [Toru Osaragi (: The father loves taking pictures of Hazumu while the mother loves to buy new clothes for Hazumu to wear. Also, they both seem overjoyed to have a daughter in place of a son.
Kasimasi was aired on
TV Tokyo in
Japan .
A 13th episode OAV will be released with the final DVD in Japan.
