is a Japanese

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series written and illustrated by Yumi Unita. It was serialized in

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's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''

Monthly Ikki was a monthly ''seinen'' manga magazine published by Shogakukan. It tended to specialize in underground or alternative manga, but it had its share of major hits as well. The magazine started in 2000 as a spin-off of Shogakukan's ''Weekly Big ...

'' from November 2001 to April 2003, and its ten chapters were published in a single ''

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'' volume in July 2003. It was adapted into a

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film that premiered in February 2015.

Characters

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Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Yumi Unita, ''Sukimasuki'' was serialized in

's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Spirits Zōkan Ikki'' (re-branded as ''

'' in 2003) from November 30, 2001, to April 25, 2003. Shogakukan released a compiled ''

'' volume on July 30, 2003.

Live-action film

A live-action film adaptation was announced in October 2014. The film is directed by

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and stars Exile's member

Keita Machida is a Japanese actor. He is a member of the theater group Gekidan Exile. Machida is represented with LDH. Biography Machida was born on 4 July 1990, in Higashiagatsuma, Japan. He has one younger and one older sister. Starting in elementary ...

as Heisaku and

Kokone Sasaki is a Japanese actress, singer-songwriter, ''tarento'' and gravure idol. As an actress, ''tarento'' and gravure idol Sasaki is represented with Cel World Entertainment. As a singer-songwriter she is represented with Ongaku Koubou You. Filmogra ...

as Fumio. The film premiered on February 7, 2015.

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