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Tsunami Channel is a manga-style web comic authored by Akira Hasegawa that updates 5 days a week. It launched on June 26, 2001.At the moment, it appears to be on hiatus while Akira Hasegawa works on some projects; if the reader looks at the most recent strips, they will see a notice that he put up stating that he will attempt to resume the comic in late September 2004.
The name Tsunami Channel is actually a group header for Akira and his sister Romy's various works, especially the ongoing series Experimental Comic Kotone and Magical Mina.
1 Experimental Comic Kotone
Experimental Comic Kotone (or ExCoKo) follows the story of Kotone, a young android girl designed by Professor Hasegawa, who is attempting to fit into society and does so very well.
The comic originally started as a series of 14 scripts in a semi-interactive format created between June 26 and September 14, 2001, designed in such a way as to resemble a dating game. The comic now has more than 300 strips.
1.1 Main Characters
- Kotone is the lead protagonist in the comic (as stated by Hasegawa himself, and hinted at by the name of the comic). She claims to be 18 years old, but is generally considered 12 by most of the other characters in the comic, due to both her apparent mental age, as well as her appearance. She has an extensive collection of stuffed animals that she enjoys playing with.
- Onii-chan or Player is the secondary protagonist in the comic (it often appears as if he is the true lead character in many of the comics), and is well known for his powers of quick healing, his clueless nature around girls, and his "Love Sim Syndrome", which causes him to attract girls to him without his knowledge. He currently attends Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, majors in computer science, and works on projects for Professor Hasegawa.
- Laika is a Japanese girl who is an expert swordswoman. In earlier comics, she was extremely violent. She is part oni, causing her to occasionally lose control and potentially go on a murderous rampage if not kept in check with an oni seal on her arm, and she works on the same projects that Onii-chan does for Professor Hasegawa. Her incentive for doing so, however, is a promise by Professor Hasegawa to remove her Oni genes following the successful completion of the project, thus fueling her continual insistence that Onii-chan help her complete the project as quickly as possible.
- Konstantin, one of two characters in the comic with real-life equivalents, is well-known for his bishounen appearance and hentai personality. He is often quoted for his attraction to "anything that moves." His weakness, however, is catgirls, eternally causing problems with his relationship with Anya. It is because of Konstantin and his comrade-in-arms Professor Hasegawa that Tsunami Channel has a large cliquish following of hentai-lovers.
- Haruna is the daughter of two beatnikBeatnik can refer to two different things: A member of the Beat Generation An esoteric programming language The Beatnik Stereotype The term " Beatnik" was coined by Herb Caen of the San Francisco Chronicle on April 2, 1958 as a derogatory term, a referencs, but was raised by her traditional Japanese grandmother, owner of the large JapanJapan (, Nippon/Nihon literally "the origin of the sun") is a country in East Asia situated on a chain of islands east of the Asian continent on the western edge of the Pacific Ocean. The largest of these islands are, from north to south, Hokkaido , Honshese conglomerate Kurahashi Corporation. Because of Professor Hasegawa's desire for funding while in Japan, he barters with the Kurahashi family for Onii-chan to marry Haruna in exchange for money. Haruna is extremely traditional and cannot speak EnglishThe English language is a West Germanic language, originating from England. It is the third most common "first" language (native speakers), with around 402 million people in 2002. English has lingua franca status in many parts of the world, due to the mil. This does not cause any problems with Onii-chan any more however, despite the fact that he knows no JapaneseThe Japanese language is a spoken and written language used mainly in Japan. The Japanese name for the language is Nihongo . History and classification Historical linguists do not all agree about the origin of the Japanese language; there are several comp. Initially, Haruna fell in love with Onii-chan due to his similarity to her dead fiancé Mamoru, but she now loves him for who he is, and not for who he resembles.
- Anya is a catgirlA catgirl is a woman or girl with cat ears and a cat tail, but an otherwise human body; they are found semi-commonly in anime and manga either as a form of cosplay or actual body parts, as well as in a few videogames. Catgirls wishing to look especially c who, after having been saved by Konstantin from being run over by a truck, has now fallen helplessly in love with Konstantin. Konstantin's fear of catFor alternative meanings see cat (disambiguation). The cat (also called domestic cat or house cat is a small feline carnivorous mammal. Its scientific name is Felis silvestris catus or Felis silvestris domesticus but the species is sometimes referred to as, however, has repeatedly caused problems with their relationship, and he often must make a quick escape when she appears.
- Lisa, Anya's sister, is a kitsune, and true to form, she is a trickster, often playing tricks on various characters, particularly Onii-chan, who must be careful to avoid her occasional attacks. She often shapeshifts into other forms, but has recently become rather confused, as most of the characters have been able to identify who she is, despite her being in a different form. This has caused problems, due to an old animal-people legend that states that one's true lover can tell who the animal-person is regardless of the form they take.
- Alex is a young boy who also loves stuffed animals, and in this fashion has quickly become one of Kotone's good friends. He often has problems asserting his manhood, as he looks quite androgynous.
- Shion is a ghost girl who Professor Hasegawa sent to the United States to haunt Onii-chan as another potential girlfriend. She first met Onii-chan in the Carnegie Mellon anime club and has her own fan club consisting of many of its members. While Onii-chan does not know that she is a ghost, Konstantin may suspect something.
- Professor Hasegawa is the not-often-seen force behind the scenes, often causing problems for Onii-chan, such as leaving Kotone behind upon his leaving the United States for Japan, sending Haruna to marry Onii-chan, and other similar things. Professor Hasegawa is based on the real-life author, except that he is much more hentai than the real Akira is.
- Tsunami, who is Professor Hasegawa's computer, is not only the namesake of Tsunami Channel, but she also serves as a "computer fairy" who helps him design computer programs and other projects. Together with Konstantin, the Professor seeks to corrupt Tsunami, and she constantly hammers the Professor with mallets for his ecchi and otherwise meddling behavior.
