The light novel will also receive a manga adaptation, drawn by Shiori Teshirogi.
Kouji Ohji started writing the light novel in 2011, and it is illustrated by Futoshi Nishiya. The two volumes of the light novel are published under Kyoto Animation. The novel won an honorable mention award in the Kyoto Animation Award contest in 2011.The Free! TV anime series, which received two seasons, was later created based on the novel, but the characters are depicted as high school students rather than junior high school students as in the novel. The original light novel is about the time when Haruka Nanase and the others are in junior high school.
Source: Dechisoku (Movie), Official site (Manga)
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