Ooi Masakazu | Himawari Youchien Monogatari Aiko Desho!

Japanese: ひまわり幼稚園物語あいこでしょ!
Synonyms: Aiko Desho!
Type: Manga
Volumes: 7
Chapters: 53
Status: Completed
Published: 2001 to ?
Genres: Comedy, School, Slice of Life, Shounen
Authors: Ooi Masakazu (Story & Art)
Serialization: Dengeki Comic Gao!

Synopsis: Hanatori Suimei, a ronin, came to his aunt's house to study for the next university entrance exam. Turn out the place he will be living in is a kindergarden ran by his aunt. There, he meets Aiko, a 4 year-old girl, Haru, a teacher there, and many other children. How will his relationship with Aiko, with Haru turn out?

Groups Scanlating

Dark Murmur

NCIS

Phoenix-Scan

Source: MAL Manga info, Baka updates

Side notes: You might roll your eyes again 'cause this seems to have nothing to do with music.XDDD Well that might be partially truth here 'cause this is almost only manga left from my original idea to collect "Himawari" (Sunflower) themed mangas.XDDD Well it might be better to forget that totally after this. But this manga cover had musical notes drawn in it and that gave me new idea about start looking for music themed mangas. So that way I landed on today's theme.^-^b

Soo how about this manga? Art isn't that good if thinking the level that is preferred today. It's more like traditional shounen manga style and the time when it was published (beginning of the 2000) really shows. Story is pretty typical shounen plot with normal gender type charas set on just in a bit different environment.

Main characters

Aiko, Kindergarten
She's pretty pro-active and smart

 Hanatori Suimei, 18, a ronin,
has pretty bad sense of direction.
He's also a bit clumsy/ forgetful
(family trait)

Supporting

Yuuko, Hanatori Suimei's aunt, Kinder-
garten director. 30 +

Haru, Kindergarten teacher

Other kindergarten teachers,
Kisaragi, Kagurazaka and Fumi.
(From left to right)