Template:InfoboxCharacterIttou Asanuma was a character who appeared briefly in the anime but had a larger role in the manga.
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Appearance
Biography
Manga
Asanuma appears first in Act 15. He is a student at the prestigious Moto Azabu school. The school is a combination of Junior High school and High School. Asanuma is a first year student in Junior High, while Mamoru is in High School at the beginning of the manga. He is very curious and has a special interest in the supernatural. He belongs to the Science Fiction club at his school, and reports and collects information on UFOs and other supernatural things. He often takes notes or pictures of anything unnatural that he sees.
Asanuma greatly admires Mamoru Chiba, and wants to be like him, often following him around. He once secretly sees Mamoru heal himself of a scratch, but decides not to mention the incident to anyone. He has also overheard Luna talking to Usagi. He begins to hypothesize the members of the group of friends are not human. One day, Makoto isn't feeling well, so he walks her home. He touches her arm, and static shocks him. She begins saying that she can manipulate thunder and lightning, but quickly stops herself and pretends to be delirious.
Curious, Asanuma questions Makoto about the strange events that occur around the group, but she denies everything. Eventually, when he reveals that he has heard Luna talking to Usagi, she reveals to him that she is Sailor Jupiter. She also tells him the identities of the other Senshi. He is amazed by this, and tells her that he has deep respect for their mission. He tells her that if he had the power, he would work to protect her.
Asanuma also appears briefly in the Infinity arc helping Mamoru with Chibiusa and her friends when they attend the amusement park next to the Infinity Academy.
He also appeared in the Stars arc briefly, where Usagi asks him if he knows Mamoru's phone number or apartment number in America. He replies that he doesn't, but offers to ask Mamoru's friends.
Anime
Asanuma in the anime
Asanuma appeared only briefly in episode 169 of the anime. Although he was not actually named during the course of the episode, his name did appear in the credits. He stopped by Mamoru's apartment one day because Mamoru missed an off-line meeting of their PC network members that they were supposed to attend together. After he rang the doorbell several times and called out to Mamoru to no avail, he left. Usagi saw him leave and referred to him as a "suspicious boy."
Trivia
- In the TokyoPop manga, he was just called Asanuma.
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