But soon, Kaoru's friends, who all just happen to be attractive females, took residence in the house, and it quickly became a dormitory. This would prevent a scandal, much like the one that had made Kaoru's life difficult, as the two would be living separately. Aoi and Miyabi would live together in a grand western-style summer house owned by the Sakuraba family and Kaoru would live in a house for servants next to it. Miyabi Kagurazaki, who had been looking out for Aoi, offered the two a way.
The Sakuraba family had already been searching for someone else that was suitable, but Aoi was unwilling to marry someone else and walked out as well, chasing Kaoru.īoth were freed from their families' affairs, but did not know how to make their living. Both families had a friendly relationship and Aoi had been in love with Kaoru from the very start, which Kaoru was unaware of. Kaoru's family and Aoi's family had accepted for Kaoru to marry Aoi, but after Kaoru walked out, the arranged marriage was canceled.
Aoi is the only daughter of the owner of the Sakuraba Kimono (Dry Goods in the manga) Store (later renamed the Sakuraba Department Store). There was, however, a person who loved Kaoru so much that she had to do whatever was necessary to be with him. Day by day, he felt alone, thinking that he was living life with no reason pushing him on. Yet Kaoru never felt at home in the Hanabishi family and left to live alone in self-imposed exile after his mother died. Since then, Yūji's grandfather, Gen'ichiro Hanabishi, took Kaoru under his wing and began educating him for the eventual succession. Kaoru's father died when he was five years old. His mother, Kumi Honjō, and his father never married, making life difficult for both him and his mother. Pengungkapannya tidak hanya mengejutkan tetapi juga mengingatkan bagian terdalam dari ingatan Kaoru mengapa dia meninggalkan keluarga Hanabishi sejak awal.Kaoru Hanabishi appears to be an average university student, but in reality, he's the eldest son of Yūji Hanabishi, the head of the Hanabishi Zaibatsu, and was set to take over the zaibatsu after his father retired. Ternyata gadis di depannya adalah Aoi Sakuraba sendiri, tunangannya yang datang jauh-jauh ke Tokyo untuk menikah dengannya.
Dia memberinya foto dua anak yang segera diidentifikasi oleh Kauru sebagai dirinya sendiri dan Aoi Sakuraba, teman masa kecilnya. Tidak tahu apa yang harus dilakukan selanjutnya, Kaoru mengundang gadis yang hancur itu ke apartemennya dan meminta petunjuk tambahan ke tujuannya. Dia menawarkan diri untuk memandu jalannya ke alamat yang dia cari, yang kebetulan berada di lingkungannya, tetapi ternyata itu adalah tanah kosong. Menceritakan Kaoru Hanabishi, seorang mahasiswa yang tinggal sendirian, bertemu dengan seorang gadis cantik tapi bingung mengenakan kimono di stasiun kereta api. Ini adalah kisah cinta antara dua karakter yang belum pernah bertemu selama bertahun-tahun, tetapi pernah menjadi teman masa kecil. Manga ini diserialkan di majalah Young Animal Hakusensha dari tahun 1998 hingga 2005 dan bab-babnya dikumpulkan menjadi 17 volume tankōbon.
Ai Yori Aoshi atau dikenal Bluer Than Indigo adalah serial manga Jepang yang ditulis dan diilustrasikan oleh Kou Fumizuki.