Masamune-kun's Revenge

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Masamune-kun's Revenge
The cover of the first volume featuring the character Aki Adagaki.
政宗くんのリベンジ
(Masamune-kun no Ribenji)
GenreRomantic comedy[1]
Manga
Written byHazuki Takeoka
Illustrated byTiv
Published byIchijinsha
English publisher
MagazineMonthly Comic Rex
DemographicShōnen
Original runOctober 27, 2012 – present
Volumes8 (List of volumes)
Light novel
Written byHazuki Takeoka
Illustrated byTiv
Published byIchijinsha
ImprintIchijinsha Bunko
DemographicMale
PublishedDecember 20, 2013
Volumes1
Anime television series
Directed byMirai Minato
Produced byShinobu Yoshinuma
Takashi Okada
Hiroyuki Saita
Mika Shimizu
Yōhei Kisara
Shunsuke Matsumura
Fukuda Jun
Shioya Yoshiyuki
Ito Yukihiro
Written by
Music byTatsuya Kato
StudioSilver Link
Licensed by
Original networkTokyo MX, KBS, SUN, AT-X, BS Fuji
Original run January 5, 2017 – March 23, 2017
Episodes12

Masamune-kun's Revenge (Japanese: 政宗くんのリベンジ, Hepburn: Masamune-kun no Ribenji) is a Japanese manga series written by Hazuki Takeoka and illustrated by Tiv. The series is published by Ichijinsha in Japan and by Seven Seas Entertainment in the United States. An anime television series adaptation by Silver Link aired from January to March 2017.

Plot

Masamune Makabe was a chubby boy who had a close relationship with Aki Adagaki, a beautiful wealthy girl, until one day she cruelly rejected him and gave him the nickname "Pig's Foot". Seeking revenge against his tormentor, Masamune changed his name, began dieting and working out everyday to become a fit and handsome, albeit vain, high school student. When he encounters Aki once again, she doesn't recognize him and he commits to seduce her into falling in love with him and embarrassingly reject her to exact vengeance. Masamune ends up allying with Aki's classmate and servant Yoshino Koiwai, who seems to know Masamune's nickname as well.

Characters

Main characters

Masamune Makabe (真壁 政宗, Makabe Masamune)
Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae[3] (Japanese); Josh Grelle (English)[4]
Masamune Makabe is the main protagonist of the series. He is a handsome boy, but he was once a chubby kid that people liked to make fun of. In his childhood, he befriended Aki Adagaki but was brutally rejected by her after he confessed and nicknamed him "Piggy" (豚足, Tonsoku, Pig's foot), causing him to undergo several diets and training and also changed his family name thanks to his grandfather. He's also committed to getting revenge on Aki; planning to make Aki fall in love with him then cruely reject her - calling this his "Dead or Love" plan. When Yoshino confesses that she was the real culprit, Masamune is torn to how he should reconcile with Aki.
Aki Adagaki (安達垣 愛姫, Adagaki Aki)
Voiced by: Ayaka Ohashi[3] (Japanese); Morgan Garrett[4] (English)
Aki comes from a well off family and is known for her brutal treatment of men. As a result, she has gained the nickname "Cruel Princess" (残虐姫, Zangyaku Hime) from her classmates. She allegedly rejected Masamune-kun and gave him the nickname "Piggy" when the two were children leading to his transformation and commitment to revenge. It was later revealed though that her hatred towards men is because her childhood crush Masamune left without saying anything which left her heartbroken. When Masamune finally confronts her about the past she tells him that she never gave him the nickname "piggy" in the first place, and never heard of that nickname before. As Aki learns Masamune's identity and situation, she attempts to make him the same chubby boy he used to be. Aki mentions that she found his chubbiness "cute" and overall as a symbol of wealth, implying that chubby guys are her type.
Yoshino Koiwai (小岩井 吉乃, Koiwai Yoshino)
Voiced by: Inori Minase[3] (Japanese); Monica Rial[4] (English)
Yoshino is Aki's maid and follower. She seems to be a clumsy girl. However, beneath her clumsy and shy appearance she is actually extremely deceptive and cold, able to deceive and hurt Aki without a second thought. Unlike Aki, Yoshino easily gained weight from sweets. Later it was revealed that Yoshino had disguised herself as Aki eight years before, rejected Masamune, and gave him the nickname "Piggy" due to jealously towards Aki's affection to him, but soon realized that her actions caused Aki to become estranged towards men. She has been regretting this and attempted to repay what she has done after Aki and Masamune reunited in high school.
Neko Fujinomiya (藤ノ宮 寧子, Fujinomiya Neko)
Voiced by: Suzuko Mimori[3] (Japanese); Megan Shipman[5] (English)
Neko is a frail girl who comes from a wealthy family. She transferred to the school that Masamune is attending in the second manga volume and confessed her love soon afterwards. Masamune rejects her feelings but she continues to support his choices. It is later revealed that Neko also used to be chubby, and that she had fallen in love with him when they were children. Neko confronts Masamune with this info that he had forgotten when he starts doubting his feelings towards Aki. She tells him that she has also fallen in love with the person "that he is now". Due to her habit of not wearing any panties, Aki and Yoshino nicknamed her "Pantie-less Woman".
Tae Futaba (双葉 妙, Futaba Tae)
Voiced by: Azusa Tadokoro[3] (Japanese); Caitlin Glass (English)[4]
Masamune's class rep who loves BL and claimed to have confessed her feelings to Masamune once, but got rejected. Due to her hobby, she kind of loves pairing Masamune to Kojūrō.
Kojūrō Shuri (朱里 小十郎, Shuri Kojūrō)
Voiced by: Saori Hayami[3] (Japanese); Justin Briner (English)[4]
Masamune's best friend who looks like a girl, but is actually a guy. He has a small crush on Neko.
Kanetsugu Gasō (雅宗 兼次, Gasō Kanetsugu)
Voiced by: Mitsuki Saiga[6] (Japanese); Ryan Reynolds (English)
A chubby guy who claimed to be "Masamune" - Aki's childhood friend in the past. Gasō turns out to be a female pretending to be a male, who disguise herself as Masamune so she could get into Adagaki family, due to a money problem that her family face and her sick younger sister. After Gasō's true gender is exposed, she takes a part-time job at the school.

Media

Manga

Writer Hazuki Takeoka and Korean female artist Tiv began serializing the manga in the December 2012 issue of Ichijinsha's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Comic Rex on October 27, 2012.[7][1] Eight volumes have been released to date.

A spin-off titled "Masamune-kun's Re??? (Somehow))" (政宗くんのリ○○○（リなんとか）, Masamune-kun no Ri○○○ (Nantoka)) is drawn by Yūki Shinichi and is serialized on Gekkan ComicREX starting from November 2016 issue.[8]

North American publisher Seven Seas Entertainment announced their license to the series on September 4, 2015.[1][9]

Volumes

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 April 27, 2013[10]978-4-7580-6372-2June 14, 2016[11]978-1-626922-2-59
2 July 27, 2013[12]978-4-7580-6403-3September 13, 2016[11]978-1-626923-28-7
3 March 27, 2014[13]978-4-7580-6432-3December 6, 2016[11]978-1-626923-66-9
4 September 27, 2014[14]978-4-7580-6471-2March 7, 2017[11]978-1-626924-38-3
5 April 27, 2015[15]978-4-7580-6497-2July 13, 2017[11]978-1-626924-93-2
6 November 27, 2015[16]978-4-7580-6552-8October 3, 2017[11]978-1-626925-61-8
7 June 27, 2016[17]978-4-7580-6590-0January 23, 2018[18]978-1-626926-73-8
8 January 27, 2017[19]978-4-7580-6641-9——

Light novel

A light novel adaptation by Hazuki Takeoka, with art by Tiv, has been published by Ichijinsha in a single volume released on December 20, 2013.[20]

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 December 20, 2013978-4-7580-4509-4June 14, 2016[21]978-1-62-692225-9

Anime

On June 23, 2016, publisher Ichijinsha announced that the series would receive an anime television series adaptation.[22][23] The anime is produced by Silver Link and directed by Mirai Minato, with Michiko Yokote and Kento Shimoyama written the scripts, and Yuki Sawairi designed the characters.[24] Toshiki Kameyama is the series' sound director while Lantis produced the music.[3] The opening theme is performed by Ayaka Ohashi titled "Wagamama Mirror Heart" (ワガママMIRROR HEART, "Selfish Mirror Heart") and the ending theme is performed by ChouCho titled "Elemental World"[3] while AT-X's version is titled "Manazashi Silent" (まなざしサイレント, Manazashi Sairento, "Silent Gaze") sung by Ayaka Ōhashi and Mimori Suzuko under their respective character name Aki Adagai and Neko Fujinomiya.[25] The series aired from January 5 to March 23, 2017. It was broadcast on Tokyo MX, AT-X, and BS Fuji.[3] The anime ran for 12 episodes and released across six BD/DVD volumes.[26] While Funimation licensed the series in North America, it has not released it in either format.[27]

Episode list

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No. Official English title[a]
Original Japanese title 		Original air date

Notes

  1. ^ All English titles are taken from Funimation.

Reception

Reviewing the first volume, Rebecca Silverman of Anime News Network stated that the combination of revenge comedy and romance was "working thus far." She felt that Aki's servant was the most interesting character, but also enjoyed Masamune, especially how he had to "think about the correct response for each situation he finds himself in". She called Aki "utterly detestable", and noted that it would be difficult for the series to turn around and make her a romantic interest. She wrote that the art was attractive, but noted that the drawings of women were often anatomically incorrect.[28]

The anime series' first episode received poor reviews from Anime News Network's staff during the Winter 2017 season previews. Theron Martin enjoyed the series the most, stating that with the clichés he should have hated the first episode, but instead he found it quite entertaining. Other staffers weren't so positive. Nick Creamer called it a "fairly generic romcom premiere starring a very repugnant cast," while Bamboo Dong claimed it was "a plain piece of toast smeared with unresolved childhood memories of rejection" and complained about how males are portrayed as hapless victims of the heartless women. Jacob Chapman called the comedy "dehumanizing" and the episode was not engaging. Paul Jensen was more positive in that he found the story and characters were unusual enough to be interesting, but he had mixed feelings as he was not sure what the series wanted to be. Rebecca Silverman states that the episode walks a fine line between comedy and cruelty and her strong dislike of Aki is definitely coloring this episode for her.[29]

References

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  2. ^ "Crunchyroll Announces Winter 2017 Anime Lineup". Crunchyroll. January 20, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Masamune-kun's Revenge Anime's Main Cast, Song Artists, January 5 Premiere Revealed". Anime News Network. October 23, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Funimation Announces Masamune-kun's Revenge Anime's English Dub Cast". Anime News Network. February 6, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
  5. ^ http://www.funimation.com/blog/2017/01/03/official-winter-2017-simuldub-lineup/
  6. ^ "雅宗兼次役 斎賀みつきさんからのコメントが到着！". TVアニメ「政宗くんのリベンジ」公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  7. ^ TivのREX新連載、イケメンに生まれ変わり復讐する男を描く [Tiv's New Series in Rex Depicts a Man who has Been Reborn Handsome to Take Revenge]. Natalie. October 28, 2012. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
  8. ^ "結城心一が描く「政宗くん」スピンオフ、リベンジ以外のリ○○○に奮闘". MyNavi. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
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  17. ^ 政宗くんのリベンジ (7) [Masamune-kun's Revenge (7)]. Ichijinsha (in Japanese). Retrieved June 23, 2016.
  18. ^ "Masamune-kun's Revenge Vol. 7". Seven Seas. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  19. ^ "完全版 政宗くんのリベンジ NOVEL (REXコミックス)". Amazon.com. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  20. ^ 政宗くんのリベンジ (in Japanese). Ichijinsha. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  21. ^ "Masamune-kun's Revenge Vol. 1". Seven Seas. Retrieved May 30, 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  22. ^ "Masamune-kun's Revenge Manga Gets TV Anime Adaptation". Anime News Network. June 23, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
  23. ^ Luster, Joseph (June 23, 2016). ""Masamune-kun's Revenge" Anime Announced Along with Teaser Visual". Crunchyroll. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
  24. ^ "Masamune-kun's Revenge Anime's Staff, Visual, January Premiere Revealed". Anime News Network. September 23, 2016. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  25. ^ "政宗くんのリベンジ第1巻". TVアニメ「政宗くんのリベンジ」公式サイト. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  26. ^ "BD/DVD".
  27. ^ "Crunchyroll, Funimation to Stream Saga of Tanya the Evil, Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, Hand Shakers, More". Anime News Network. January 3, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  28. ^ Silverman, Rebecca (June 12, 2016). "Masamune-kun's Revenge GN 1". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
  29. ^ Martin, Theron; Creamer, Nick; Dong, Bamboo; Chapman, Jacob; Jensen, Paul; Silverman, Rebecca (January 5, 2017). "The Winter 2017 Anime Preview Guide: Masamune-kun's Revenge". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 8, 2017.

External links

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