NO.340ANIMEOOTDNagisa Funami
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Nagisa Funami
Blue Box ↗ / 2021
Eimei High girls’ basketball team member
AI-assisted illustrations · Not official anime stills








Nagisa enters Kouji Miura’s Blue Box manga in 2021. Chapter 8, collected in volume 2, shows her talking with Chinatsu and their schoolmates at the gate. The work’s 2020 one-shot predates the 2021 serialization; its origin and Nagisa’s introduction are recorded separately here. In the early design used on this page, she is a second-year student on Eimei High’s girls’ basketball team.
The official profile describes Nagisa as straightforward and easygoing. She is relaxed with Chinatsu, but dismissive talk about her friend’s effort brings out a sharper response. In manga chapter 20, she reacts angrily to another team’s comments about Chinatsu. Her openness therefore includes a willingness to show when something feels unfair.
Early-story spoilers: on the night before the Inter-High second round, Chinatsu feels the pressure of facing the previous champion. Nagisa encourages her and helps her regain her resolve. Adapted in anime episode 14, this moment shifts attention from performance on court to the feelings before a match, giving a teammate’s support a clear place in Chinatsu’s story.
Relationship spoilers through anime episode 19: Chinatsu is Nagisa’s close friend in the basketball club, and their rapport continues beyond the court. At the school-festival café, Nagisa steps in when a boy asks Chinatsu for her number. The scene gives their friendship an everyday expression alongside the encouragement they share as teammates.
This page follows the official early high-school anime design: short brown hair with a long side-swept fringe, a turquoise blazer and pleated skirt, an open-collared white shirt, dark ankle socks and brown loafers. The official manga portrait preserves the same short-haired silhouette. Anna Nagase voices her in the anime. Page images are unofficial AI-generated fan art, not original manga drawings or anime stills.
Fan interpretation: Nagisa can be read as a friend whom even a strong athlete can lean on. She cannot win Chinatsu’s matches for her, but frank words and companionship can ease the pressure. This is an interpretation, not an author-declared theme. A verifiable naming detail: Shueisha’s first character-poll directory lists her as “Nagisa,” while the anime profile uses “Nagisa Funami.”