History Manga / SakamichiNoApollon

* InSeriesNickname: Ritsuko is referred to by Kaoru as "Ricchan" and by Sentarou as "Rikko," and Sentarou refers to Kaoru as "Bon" (short for "Bonbon-dono"), which is the Kansai dialect for a green or naive man from a well-to-do family.

* AnimationBump: The Anime's musical sequences.

** [[spoiler:Kaoru gets jealous when he realizes Ritsuko has feelings for Sentarou.]]

* AnimationBump: The anime's musical sequences.

* SceneryPorn

* ThreeAmigos: Kaoru, Sentarou, and Ritsuko

* BeachEpisode: Chapter 5.

The series won the 57th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga and has recently been adapted to an anime for the Spring2012Anime season, airing on the {{noitaminA}} block. The anime adaptation is notable for being directed by ShinichiroWatanabe and music composed by the acclaimed YokoKanno.

* IndirectKiss: In Chapter 5, Sentarou asks Kaoru for a bite of the latter's ice cream. Kaoru declines, so Ritsuko offers hers; Kaoru, realizing that that would be an indirect kiss, hastily offers his ice cream instead.

* ThreeAmigos: Kaoru, Sentarou, and Ritsuko.

* LoveDodecahedron: [[spoiler:Kaoru has a crush on Ritsuko, who has feelings for Sentarou (but might be developing feelings for Kaoru), who develops feelings for Yurika, who is more interested in Junichi.]]

* LuminescentBlush: Kaoru towards Ritsuko.

** Sentarou has one during their beach trip when he [[RescueRomance rescues]] Yurika from boys who were harassing her.

** TechnicianVersusPerformer: Kaoru starts off with classical piano training but Sentarou slates his rendition of "Moanin'" as lacking "swing".

* MeetCute: Between Kaoru and Ritsuko. Sentarou has one during their beach trip when he [[RescueRomance rescues]] Yurika from boys who were harassing her.

** By the end of the first volume, Kaoru, who has feelings for Ritsuko, questions the nature of Sentarou's and Ritsuko's childhood friendship and suspects that there might be something between them or that one might like the other. He eventually comes to the conclusion that he was over-thinking things [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope until it's made apparent that Ritsuko does have feelings for Sentarou]].]]

** By the end of the first volume, Kaoru, who has feelings for Ritsuko, questions the nature of Sentarou's and Ritsuko's childhood friendship and suspects that there might be something between them or that one might like the other. He eventually comes to the conclusion that he's just over-thinking things, [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope up until he realizes that Ritsuko has feelings for Sentarou]].]]
** [[spoiler:In Chapter 7, Ritsuko comes to the conclusion that Kaoru's fall out with Sentarou was because Kaoru has feelings for Yurika too. In reality, Kaoru was provoked by Sentarou, who was blissfully unaware that his crush on Yurika is secretly causing Ritsuko pain.]]

** By the end of the first volume, Kaoru, who has feelings for Ritsuko, questions the nature of Sentarou's and Ritsuko's childhood friendship and suspects that there might be something between them. He comes to the conclusion that he's just over-thinking things, [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope up until he realizes that Ritsuko has feelings for Sentarou]].]]

Kaoru Nishimi (''Ryouhei Kimura'') constantly moves from town to town and school to school due to his father's job. Because of his [[IntelligenceEqualsIsolation intelligence]], his wealthy background, and his nausea problems, Kaoru has been alienated by his classmates and is subsequently seen as an outcast.

In the summer of 1966, Kaoru [[NewTransferStudent transfers]] to yet another school, this time in Kyushu, and he expects the same things to happen as they always do. However, this time his luck begins to change as he meets seeming {{delinquent}} Sentarou Kawabuki (''Yoshimasa Hosoya'') and pretty class president Ritsuko Mukae (''YuukaNanri''), and the [[ThreeAmigos trio]] begin bonding over {{jazz}} music.

Kaoru Nishimi (''Ryouhei Kimura'') constantly moves from town to town and school to school due to his father's job. Because of his [[IntelligenceEqualsIsolation intelligence]], his wealthy background, and his nausea problems, Kaoru has been alienated by his classmates and is subsequently seen as an outcast. In the summer of 1966, Kaoru [[NewTransferStudent transfers]] to yet another school, this time in Kyushu, and he expects the same things to happen as they always do. However, this time his luck begins to change as he meets seeming {{delinquent}} Sentarou Kawabuki (''Yoshimasa Hosoya'') and pretty class president Ritsuko Mukae (''YuukaNanri''), and the [[ThreeAmigos trio]] begin bonding over {{jazz}} music.