- —Bofurin's sign at the entrance of Makochi
Haruka Sakura claims he only wants to be on the top and has no interest in mingling with weaklings. Having spent most of his life being an outcast due to having a peculiar form of heterochromia that not only means he has differently colored eyes, but his hair is also split into black and white, as well as having a kinda girly name, leads him to embrace fighting and strength as the only things that matter to him. In the Makochi town exists Furin High School, known outside only as a den of delinquents, which seems to be the perfect place for the young Blood Knight.
But then, once he gets into a fight with a local gang while protecting a caffe waitress, he is shocked to learn that Furin High School is actually seen as a force of order in Makochi, with the Bofurin being the main enforces of that order. Even more shockingly for Haruka, not only are the locals not bothered by his appearance, but they flat out thank him and praise him for his efforts, even offering him first aid and showering him with gifts.
From that point onward, the flustered Haruka continues to maintain his Jerkass Façade only to mellow out a bit, with his Blood Knight tendencies being channeled into a more productive direction. However, while Bofurin have Umemiya Hajime to keep them in line, the other gangs don't exactly share the same values.
WIND BREAKER is ongoing manga written and drawn by Satoru Nii, beginning its serialization on Kodansha's Magazine Pocket manga website in January 2021. It eventually got its a Animated Adaptation in April 2024, produced by CloverWorks.
Has nothing to do with the cycling manhwa of the same name.
Provides examples of:
- Big Good: Umemiya Hajime is pretty much the main reason why Bofurin firmly stays a force of good, unlike the other gangs, with the majority of Bofurin students seeing him as a bonafide Bunny-Ears Lawyer.
- Call to Agriculture: Hajime partialy converted the school roof into a vegetable garden.
- Cast Full of Pretty Boys: Haruka, despite of his superficial deformity. Then there is Clumsy Cutie Akihito Nirei, the goofy yet dashing Umemiya Hajime, the elegant and level-headed Hayato Suo,... basically 85% of the male cast. Even several one-shot villain characters are drawn as Bishounen.
- Establishing Character Moment: The opening theme neatly conveys the main fighting styles and personalities of the main characters:
- Haruka jumps above a group of opponents, then chains multiple agile strikes to quickly outmaneuver several foes at once. Mixing agile strike and gymnastics is pretty much his go-to strategy.
- Hiragi makes a break mid-brawl to take his medication, hinting at a softer side of him beneath his Face of a Thug.
- Suo uses smooth and quick kempo-like movements, all while keeping a friendly smile on his face as he pummels his opponents.
- Sugishita mostly uses his large physique to overwhelm his opponents with brute force, without a hint of mercy or hesitation on his face.
- And Nirei just enthusiastically writes down notes from the whole mayhem.
- Fitness Nut: Taiga Tsugeura spends most his screentime exercising, unless he is fighting.
- Generic Graffiti: Played With. The entirety of Furin High School is filled with graffiti. On the other hand, this is only tolerated in the school - with the Makochi residents implicitly giving the students giving autonomy over the school decorum. At the same time, Bofurin members regularly paint over/remove graffiti drawn elsewhere, especially by non-Bofurin members, such as vandals who draw their graffiti on public/private property.
- Non-Action Guy: Unlike the rest of the Bofurin, Nirei himself isn't much of a fighter - something that he acknowledges from the get-go. However, his ability to quickly memorize a lot of information and quickly write down the data about other fighters comes in handy.
- One Cast Member per Cover: The first nine volumes have a different character on each cover. Starting from Volume 10, multiple characters show up on the covers.
- One-Man Army: Haruka Sakura can fight and defeat several opponents at once. Most of Bofurin's named members count as well.
- Running Gag:
- Haruka being unable to handle unexpected kindness, leading to him making very obvious Tsundere faces.
- Tiger Versus Dragon: Haruka is the Tiger to Sugishita's Dragon. Made very blatant by the Tiger Versus Dragon drawing on the chalkboard behind them.
- Tsundere: Haruka maintains a Jerkass Façade but is a legit Blood Knight. However, at the end of the day, he is a love-starved kid who is comically unable to process the sudden praise and kindness the Makochi residents shower him with, regularly blushing red like a tomato, all while futilely trying to deny it.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Defied. At the end of each episode, a detail that got glossed over is usually acknowledged and at least given a Hand Wave.
