town live town live japanese hepburn manga series serialized february series licensed october plot follows daily life story arc town live adapted original video animation called town live twilight intersection later adapted series anime manga anime resulted radio program drama image song reception manga mixed reviewers praising plot realism predictable cliché plot years prior befriends asks return hometown hiroshima troubled present transfers step family helps develop friendship ultimately falls love helps reconcile family encourages return tokyo begin long distance relationship suddenly cuts ties transfers tokyo learns begun dating sympathy terminal illness response declares prompting risky surgery order compete love fairly following death stop seeing guilt years later dating reunites realize love ends relationship order causes friends father objects relationship attempts relocate begins living eventually earn father approval friends graduating university takes job unable sustain relationship break years later transferred tokyo reunites waiting return married shortly characters high school student hiroshima earnest personality wrong family friends skilled cooking considers possible career older sister lives tokyo room long time crush classmate feelings shift series progresses end series marries son named opens restaurant production anime voiced years prior series attends summer festival befriends tells return troubled grew fond plans visit day father feels estranged family decides attend school intervention able relationship step family prompting return tokyo ill asks girlfriend remainder lifespan death decides stop seeing guilt reunited years later love begin dating end series married son named production anime voiced hiroshima characters childhood friend unpopular women faces rejection regularly college begins dating later marries pregnant production anime voiced childhood friend half russian half japanese gives blond hair blue eyes father ill drops university returns hiroshima work marries brother confesses love time settle feelings production anime voiced classmate middle school older brother named efforts able close earns affection rejects confession sees love eventually dates guy production anime voiced anime voiced girl meets summer job restaurant chef highly skilled devoted profession strict workers years later runs restaurant tokyo works university years tokyo characters step sister personality enjoys flirting learning sex realizes loves feels revelation production anime voiced neighbor classmate transfer tokyo following death decision stop seeing begin dating end series pitcher japan national baseball team anime voiced senior school friends uses terminal illness girlfriend learning relationship decides undergo risky surgery cure win love fairly surgery results death anime series voiced high school classmate tokyo learning tickets event school accompanies causes believe date reappears member college circle joins comes believe couple later ends supposed relationship man appears anime voiced childhood friend originally relationship works try split apart confesses love undergoes surgery begins dating marry pregnant appears anime voiced business student stages situation order blackmail taking class notes despite family opposition decides pursue dream manga artist neighbor university years friends university gone girls high school interacting social studies abroad student school job develops crush decides pursue high school student moves old apartment release town live authored announced issue premiered issue released final chapter released issue released february stated wanted create love story set hometown inspiration series characters inspired friends october launched included town live library english translation series published languages french chinese created guide book titled town live official love love navigation released august anime adaptations production town live twilight intersection episode original video animation series produced collaboration city directors script music series theme song lit twilight intersection theme song later released single episodes bundled limited edition manga volume released march june respectively series covers class trip tokyo separates classmates search town live anime series director script music announced issue promote radio program consisting anime voice cast broadcast july july anime premiered july september broadcast available streaming networks channel series uses theme songs opening theme sentimental love ending theme lit town live episodes alternate version final episode song remaining episodes ending theme dear friend sentimental love released single dear friend released right inc announced english subtitled release north_america july produced original video animation episodes bundled limited editions manga volume anime resulted drama image song release episode list reception japan town live manga volumes frequently appeared weekly sales charts week release praised town live mature tone wrote audiences like series realism criticize slow mundane praised series introduction realistic author previous work plot described later volumes criticized plot predictable encompassing cliché aspects genre dragging story panned characters behavior calling inconsistent returned positive reviews volumes involving praised story arc introducing new setting breaking away usual surprising readers time series following returned negative reviews echoing previous points similar reactions initially positive praising realistic protagonist reviews repeated criticisms japanese notes terminology
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