Sakura Trick

Sakura Trick
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Yuu (center left) and Haruka (center right)
桜Trick
(Sakura Torikku)
Genre
Manga
Written byTachi
Published byHoubunsha
MagazineManga Time Kirara Miracle!
Original runMarch 17, 2011August 16, 2017
Volumes8
Anime television series
Directed byKenichi Ishikura
Produced by
  • Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Junichirō Tanaka
  • Nobumitsu Urasaki
  • Masashi Takatori
  • Eriko Aoki
Written byKenichi Ishikura
Music byRyosuke Nakanishi
StudioStudio Deen
Licensed by
Original networkTBS, MBS, CBC, TBS Channel 1, BS-TBS
Original run January 9, 2014 March 27, 2014
Episodes12

Sakura Trick (Japanese: 桜Trick, Hepburn: Sakura Torikku) is a Japanese yuri manga series written and illustrated by Tachi. The four-panel manga was serialized in Houbunsha's seinen manga magazine Manga Time Kirara Miracle! from March 2011 to August 2017, with its chapters collected in eight tankōbon volumes. The series follows Haruka Takayama and Yū Sonoda, two girls who decide to make their relationship special by kissing each other in secret.

A 12-episode anime television series adaptation directed by Kenichi Ishikura and produced by Studio Deen aired between January and March 2014. For the adaptation, Ishikura focused on depicting the kissing scenes with particular detail, as well as keeping tight pacing in line with the original four-panel manga. He also evaluated the voice actors' performances and ability to portray character pairings, and had the opening and ending theme songs feature character imagery based on the lyrics.

Critics generally praised the anime adaptation's characters and production value. The show's representation of lesbian relationships, visual portrayal of its characters, and overall story received more mixed reviews.