The Kabocha Wine

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsuru Miura. It was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1981 to 1984, and received the 1983 Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category. A one-shot sequel to the manga, was published by Seirindo on October 15, 2006 which is followed by a third series entitled  which is published by Akita Shoten. The anime adaptation was produced by Toei Animation for 95 episodes, followed by a sequel movie called which was released on July 14, 1984. A live-action movie adaptation of the third manga, called was released for video and DVD on October 26, 2007.

Plot
Shunsuke Aoba transfers to Sunshine Middle School only to find the premises empty. He was secretly gleeful to be the first to reach the school, oblivious to the fact that it was the school's Foundation Day today was a day off. At that moment, a big-sized girl named Natsumi Asaoka nicknamed “L-chan” appeared before him and the two hit off together regardless of their height difference. Shunsuke's mother runs a women's apparel business which is in need of manpower. L decides to step in and help out around the shop which pleases Shunsuke's mother. This is a romance story that shares the joys and woes of the "SL" couple between Shunsuke and L.