This review was taken from the old reviews system and was originally submitted by Lady Rushia.

Main Review
Suzuka is 26 episodes long and is adapted from the manga by the same name. The story centers around a boy named Yamato, who moves from Hiroshima to Tokyo to start a new life at a new high school. He gets a free room in his aunt’s all-female bath house/apartment complex. On his first day in Tokyo, he walks by his new school to see what it's like and finds Suzuka, the high jumping star of the track team, practicing alone. Yamato later discovers that not only does Suzuka hold the record for high-jumping from middle school, but she also lives right next door to him! Suzuka and Yamato become friends, but when Yamato develops feelings for her and decides to confess, things go downhill. Disappointed, Yamato tries his best to make Suzuka not hate him, but it doesn't seem to work. . .

As a female, this series tugged at my inner girly girl and left me dying to find out what happened next. There is much more to this series than high school romance as Suzuka's backstory reveals the rough past she had with a fellow track team member in middle school. I won't say what happened, but I wanted to cry. All of the characters have some good development, although there are some that are pushed to the side because the manga is much, much longer than the anime. Thus, the few characters who are introduced later in the anime don't see as much screen time as everyone else, but this doesn't happen in a way where the series feels incomplete. This is one of those series that really make you feel for the characters and writhe in pain whenever something goes wrong (at least, this happened to me). I found it particularly interesting that this is a high school love story told from the guy's perspective, which made it a little bit different, I think. Overall, I loved this series, and though the ending left room for a second season it was still satisfying.

Music
The opening is okay at best, but the background music is pretty.

Sub vs Dub
I watched most of it dubbed, but saw a few subbed episodes. The dub annoyed me a little bit at first, but it really isn't that bad. For the most part, the English voices seem to fit the characters well.

Manga
Suzuka was based off of a manga by the same name, but the manga is very VERY explicit in terms of nudity and things like that. I wouldn't recommend anyone under 18 reading it.

Related Movies
None.

Violence Details
Nothing more than dramatic face-slaps.

Language Details
Typical high school language. Nothing worse than d--- and h--.

Nudity Details
There's barbie doll nudity in the first episode, but other than that I can't remember anything besides maybe locker room changing. There might also be some fanservice.

Sexual Content Details
There are some rather awkward situations. In the first episode, Yamato accidentally falls on top of a girl. There's also an attempted sex scene later on in the series, but all the clothes stay on.

Religious Material Details
One character lives and works at a Shinto shrine and there are one or two times when the characters go there to pray. Other than that, religion doesn't play much of a role in the series.