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{{Short description|Japanese manga}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image           = Sweet_Poolside,_Volume_1.jpg
| caption         = Cover of the first volume of manga.
| ja_kanji        = スイートプールサイド
| ja_romaji       = Suīto Pūrusaido
| genre           = <!-- Genres should be based on what reliable sources list them as and not on personal interpretations. Limit of the three most relevant genres in accordance with [[MOS:A&M]]. -->
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| title           = 
| author          = [[Shūzō Oshimi]]
| illustrator     = 
| publisher       = [[Kodansha]]
| publisher_en    = {{English manga publisher|NA=[[Kodansha USA]]}}
| demographic     = [[seinen manga|''Seinen'']], [[Shōnen manga|''shōnen'']]
| imprint         = 
| magazine        = [[Weekly Young Magazine]]<br>''(2004)''<br>[[Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine]]<br>''(2011)''{{sp}}
| magazine_en     = 
| published       = 
| first           = 2004 (original) <br>May 2011
| last            = August 2011 (re-serialized)
| volumes         = 1
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = live film
| director        = [[Daigo Matsui]]
| producer        = Toshihiro Takahashi
| writer          = Daigo Matsui
| music           = 
| studio          = 
| licensee        = 
| released        = {{Start date|2014|06|14}}
| runtime         = 103 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{Nihongo|'''''Sweet Poolside'''''|スイートプールサイド|Suīto Pūrusaido}} is a Japanese [[manga]] written and illustrated by [[Shūzō Oshimi]]. It was first serialized in [[Kodansha]]'s ''[[Weekly Young Magazine]]'' in 2004, and later re-serialized in ''[[Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine]]'' from May to August 2011.<ref name="liveaction"/>

It was adapted into a [[live action]] film that was premiered theatrically in Japan on June 14, 2014.<ref name="liveaction">{{cite web |url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-12/sweet-poolside-film-by-flowers-of-evil-creator-slated-for-june|title= Sweet Poolside Film by Flowers of Evil Creator Slated for June|date=2014-01-12|accessdate= 2014-01-13|work= [[Anime News Network]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-09-01/sweet-poolside-manga-by-flower-of-evil-oshimi-gets-live-action-film|title=  Sweet Poolside Manga by Flowers of Evil's Oshimi Gets Live-Action Film|date=2013-09-01|accessdate= 2014-01-13|work= [[Anime News Network]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://eiga.com/movie/79148/|script-title=ja:スイートプールサイド|accessdate= 2014-01-13|work= eiga.com|language= Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/wa-brings-japan-to-florence-and-milan|title= Wa! brings Japan to Florence and Milan|author= Stephen Cremin|date= 8 May 2014|accessdate= 12 May 2014|work= [[Film Business Asia]]}}</ref> In March 2022, [[Kodansha USA]] announced they licensed the series for English publication,<ref>{{cite web|title=Kodansha USA Licenses Kyoko Okazaki's River's Edge Manga, The Dawn of the Witch Novels|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-03-23/kodansha-usa-licenses-kyoko-okazaki-river-edge-manga-the-dawn-of-the-witch-novels/.183931|website=[[Anime News Network]]|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|date=March 23, 2022|access-date=March 24, 2022}}</ref> with the one compiled volume releasing on January 17, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sweet Poolside|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/719694/sweet-poolside-by-shuzo-oshimi/|publisher=[[Penguin Random House]]|access-date=July 7, 2022}}</ref>

==Plot==
Toshihiko Ota (Kenta Suga) is a first year junior high school student. He is a member of the school's swimming club. He also suffers from not having enough body hair. Meanwhile, Ayako Goto (Yuiko Kariya) is also a fellow first year junior high student and member of the same swimming club. She suffers from having too much hair. She confides to Toshihiko Ota about her "hairy" problem. A relationship soon develops as Toshihiko begins to shave her arm and leg hair.

==Characters==
*Toshihiko Ōta - [[Kenta Suga]]
*Ayako Gotō - [[Yuiko Kariya]]
*Mitsuhiko Ota (Toshihiko's older brother) - [[Shota Matsuda]]
*Satoko Hokuyu (Mitsuhiko's girlfriend) - [[Mitsuki Tanimura]]
*Teacher Takakura - Takayuki Kinoshita
*Shigeo Goto - [[Go Riju]]
*Senior Ninomiya - [[Motoki Ochiai]]
*Mai Sakashita - [[Moe Arai]]
*Taka Mimura - Taiga
*Senior Nakayama - [[Kai Inowaki]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|3158218}}
*{{Anime News Network|manga|15595}}

{{Weekly Young Magazine - 2000–2009}}
{{Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine}}
{{Shūzō Oshimi}}
{{Daigo Matsui}}

[[Category:2004 manga]]
[[Category:Films directed by Daigo Matsui]]
[[Category:Kodansha manga]]
[[Category:Live-action films based on manga]]
[[Category:Manga adapted into films]]
[[Category:Seinen manga]]
[[Category:Shūzō Oshimi]]
[[Category:Vertical (publisher) titles]]
[[Category:Japanese romance films]]


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