Citrus (manga)

Main characters

• Yuzu Aihara (藍原 柚子)
• Yuzu is a self-proclaimed and Mei Aihara's older stepsister. Her father died when she was very young. She dyes her hair blonde, and has green eyes. She is a daring, outspoken, and often shameless only child who transfers to Aihara Academy, an all-girls school, after her mother gets remarried. She enjoys dressing up, wearing makeup and customizing her school uniform in ways that clash with her school's code of conduct, often leading to altercations with the student council. Although her former friends believed her to be quite experienced in dating and relationships, she confesses she has never had a boyfriend. Her maiden name is Okonogi (小此木)

• Mei Aihara (藍原 芽衣)
• Mei is the beautiful and serious Student Council President, honor student, school chairman's granddaughter, and Yuzu's younger stepsister. She is stern, cold and composed, but has a short temper. Although greatly respected by the student body, she may on occasion act or speak cruelly. This trait, as well as the fact that Mei often makes sexual advances toward her simply to manipulate her, greatly frustrates Yuzu.

Aihara Academy

• Harumi Taniguchi (谷口 はるみ)
• Often referred to as "Harumin" (はるみん), she befriends Yuzu on her first day of school, calling herself a " in disguise" and showing Yuzu the ropes at her new school. Although she has adapted to fit in at the school, Harumi was also a transfer and is quite different from the conservative girls around her, taking no interest in fawning over Mei. She often breaks the school rules by taking her phone to school and going out after school hours. She is perky, kind, perceptive, humorous, easy-going and an overall good friend towards Yuzu, often lending her comfort and aide in the wake of the ups and downs of Yuzu's life. She often packs many items within her cleavage, and she has an older sister whom she is slightly fearful of.

• Himeko Momokino (桃木野 姫子)
• Himeko is the Student Council vice-president and Mei's childhood friend and current right hand. She is from a very wealthy family, having a chauffeur and at least one butler. On weekends she can be seen wearing lolita fashion. She is stern, forward and jealous, and has quite a volatile personality. She is in love with Mei and is very possessive of her, becoming jealous when Yuzu enters her life. She has a small dog named Pucchi.

• Kayo Maruta (丸田 加代)
• A member of the Student Council, a shy second-year student who is very close to Harumi's sister Mitsuko, being the original vice-president before Mitsuko left the school. She is the only one bold enough to talk to Mitsuko casually, even referring to her as "Micchan" (みっちゃん). She was shown to constantly mock Mitsuko for being immature and scaring Harumi away, but ultimately has a crush on Mitsuko.

• Chairman (理事長)
• Shō's father and Mei's grandfather, who disliked Yuzu at first due to her breaking his school's rules and briefly expelled her after walking in on Mei sexually assaulting Yuzu, assuming Yuzu was the one attacking. He later pardons her after she saves his life by calling him an ambulance after she finds him collapsed from a heart attack. Mei temporarily had taken over duties as Chairman until he returns from the hospital.

• Nene Nomura (野村 寧音)
• Nene is an energetic first year who looks to Yuzu as a role model; an inspiration to become braver and speaking up. It is later revealed that she is also an intense yuri shipper, specifically of Yuzu and Harumi. She is grateful of Yuzu and the others for having accepted her, even after all of the trouble she unintentionally caused them.

• Suzuran Shiraho (白帆 鈴蘭)
• Suzuran is an extremely observant and unflappable third-year of Aihara Academy. She has an immense infatuation for Mei, for she is the only person that she cannot read. Consequently, she spends all of her free time observing her, thus why she is in need of summer supplementary lessons. Suzuran comes from a rich family who refrain from expressing emotions in order to not be taken advantage of by others. She also has an older stepbrother.

• Sayaka Hikami (氷上 さやか)
• Sayaka is a strict yet calm first-year student and member of the student council. She dislikes the new rules at the academy, believing that people take advantage of them and questions Mei's leadership. She is close friends with fellow first-year Miyabi Sakuraba. She struggles to believe that two girls can fall in love with each other.

• Miyabi Sakuraba (桜庭 雅)
• Miyabi is a kind first-year student council member who compassionately listens to her friend Sayaka, who she had known from middle school. She is a warm and friendly person open to trying new things such as falling in love. She does not mind the new school rules and does not think love between two girls is impossible, contrary to her friend Sayaka.

Others

• Kana (カナ)
• Kana is Yuzu's friends since middle school. She lost contact with Yuzu when Yuzu transferred schools, but she met her again while working part-time back in her old city.

• Manami (まなみ)
• Manami is Yuzu's friends since middle school. She lost contact with Yuzu when Yuzu transferred schools, but she met her again while working part-time back in her old city.

• Shō Aihara (藍原 翔)
• He is Mei's divorced father and Yuzu's stepfather.

• Ume Aihara (藍原 梅)
• She is Yuzu's widowed mother and Mei's stepmother. Her maiden name is Okonogi (小此木)

• Amamiya (雨宮)
• A homeroom teacher at Aihara Academy. He was Mei's fiancé until he gets fired from the school after Yuzu revealed his behavior in front of the entire school.

• Matsuri Mizusawa (水沢 まつり)
• Matsuri is the older sister of Inori, whose parents are always working and do not really pay attention to them. She is Yuzu's childhood friend who lived close to her before she moved to the Aihara residence, and a second-year in middle school. Matsuri is precocious and smart for her age, and does not mind her words. She can be mischievous at times and she enjoys teasing people, especially Yuzu and Harumi. Like Mei, she tends to be manipulative. She sells masturbation videos she finds on the Internet to old men through a phone app, pretending they are hers, as a means of income. She eventually develops feelings for Harumi, even claiming to be her girlfriend.

• Sara Tachibana (タチバナ・サラ)
• Sara is a student from a different school. She falls in love with Mei at first sight, but after finding out about her relationship with Yuzu, she gives up on Mei in order to support their love. Sara is very superstitious and ardently believes in things such as luck and destiny. She is very short, and has a younger twin sister named Nina.

• Nina Tachibana (タチバナ・ニナ)
• She is Sara's younger twin sister, who happens to be much taller. She is a skeptical and does not believe in fate. She worries very much for her Sara, so she tried to help her and Mei getting together, and tried to prevent Yuzu from getting in their way.

• Mitsuko Taniguchi (谷口 みつ子)
• The older sister of Harumi Taniguchi. She is the former Student Council President of Aihara Academy. She was very close to Kayo, who still remains a part of the student council to this very day, when she was still in the academy.

• Ichika (イチカ)
• A school friend of Nina and Sara. She seems to have been the one to introduce Nina to Momoiro Shimai, and is also the school's Student Council President, being the complete opposite of Mei at that.

• Udagawa (宇田川)
• The manager of the café where Yuzu worked part-time for some time in order to buy her a ring. Despite not knowing who is Yuzu's lover, he supports their relationship. It is revealed that he was Mei's fiancé, for a short time.

• Inori Mizusawa (水沢 いのり)
• Inori is Matsuri's younger brother.

Manga

Written and illustrated by Saburouta, Citrus was serialized in Ichijinsha's bimonthly magazine Comic Yuri Hime from November 17, 2012 to August 18, 2018.[7][8][9] Ichijinsha published ten volumes from July 18, 2013 to October 31, 2018. To advertise the third volume of the manga, a PV covering the story up to that point was uploaded to Ichijinsha's YouTube channel on November 18, 2014.[6] A drama CD was released with the fourth manga volume on July 18, 2015.[10] The manga is licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment, who published the series from December 16, 2014 to July 23, 2019.[11][12] It has also been licensed in Germany,[13] Thailand,[14] and Taiwan.[15]

A sequel manga series, Citrus Plus (stylized as citrus+), launched on December 18, 2018.[16] The series is also licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment.[17]

Volumes

Citrus

Citrus Plus

Anime

An anime television series adaptation, directed by Takeo Takahashi and animated by Passione, aired on AT-X from January 6 to March 24, 2018.[65] Naoki Hayashi oversaw the scripts, while Izuro Ijuuin was in charge of designing the characters. Lantis produced the music, while Infinite was credited with producing the anime.[4] The opening theme is "Azalea" (アザレア) by Nano Ripe, while the ending theme is "Dear Teardrop" by Mia Regina.[66] Crunchyroll streamed the series with original Japanese audio and English subtitles, while Funimation premiered an English dub.[67] Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the dub was moved to Crunchyroll.[68] The series was released on Blu-ray Disc in North America on January 22, 2019 and in Australia on May 8, 2019.[69][70]

Episodes