Blue Spring Ride (アオハライド Aoharaido, written Ao Haru Ride within Japan) is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Io Sakisaka. It began serialization in the February 2011 issue of Shueisha's Bessatsu Margaret. An anime television series, produced by Production I.G. and directed by Ai Yoshimura, premiered in Japan at midnight on July 7, 2014. A live-action film adaptation will be released in December 2014. A drama CD has been released as a tie-in with the 10th volume of the manga. An OAD is also slated for release tie-in with the 11th volume of the manga. Translations of manga volumes have been released in Germany, France, Italy, Taiwan and Poland. The Anime has been licensed for release in North America.
Plot
Futaba Yoshioka wants to "reset" her life. In junior high, girls ostracized Futaba because too many junior high boys liked her. The only boy Futaba liked, Kou Tanaka, moved away before she could tell him how she felt. Now in high school, Futaba is determined to be unladylike so her new friends will not become jealous of her. While living her new life contentedly, she meets Kou again, but he now uses the name Kou Mabuchi and has a cold attitude. He tells her that he liked her too in junior high, but feels differently now.
