Gonna be the Twin-Tail!!
Ore, Twintail ni Narimasu. | |
俺、ツインテールになります。 | |
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Genre | Action, Romantic comedy, Supernatural |
Light novel | |
Written by | Yume Mizusawa |
Illustrated by | Ayumu Kasuga |
Published by | Shogakukan |
Demographic | Male |
Original run | June 19, 2012 – present |
Volumes | 6 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Hiroyuki Kanbe |
Written by | Naruhisa Arakawa |
Music by | Yasuharu Takanashi |
Studio | Production IMS |
Original network | TBS, BS-TBS |
Original run | October 10, 2014 – scheduled |
Episodes | 12 |
Ore, Twintail ni Narimasu. (俺、ツインテールになります。, I Will Become a Twintail), also known in short form as OreTwi (俺ツイ), is a Japanese light novel series written by Yume Mizusawa and illustrated by Ayumu Kasuga. Shogakukan has published five volumes under their Gagaga Bunko imprint since June 2012. An anime adaptation is in production.[1]
Plot
Sōji Mitsuka is an ordinary high school boy who has an obsession for twintail hair. One day, he encounters a mysterious girl named Thouars from a parallel world when monsters appear in his town who declare that all twintails in the world belong to them. These monsters feed off the "attribute power," the spiritual energy of humans. Thouars entrusted Sōji with Tail Gear, imaginary armor initiated by powerful Twin-Tail attributes. With the armor, Sōji transforms into Tail Red, a twintail warrior girl (ツインテイルズ関係者, tsuinteiruzu kankei-sha), to protect Earth.
Characters
Twintail warrior girls
- Sōji Mitsuka (観束 総ニ, Mitsuka Sōji) / Tail Red (テイルレッド, Teiru Reddo)
- Voiced by: Nobunaga Shimazaki / Tail Red: Voiced by: Sumire Uesaka
- A gentle-natured 15-year old freshman of Yōgetsu Private Academy who is obsessed with the twintail hairstyle. One day, he encounters a mysterious beautiful girl named Thouars, who appears before him from a parallel world. At the same time, monsters begin to appear in his town, and they start attacking the citizens. In the midst of the chaos, Thouars entrusted him with attribute power, thus suddenly transforming him into a twintail warrior girl, known as Tail Red. His weapon is Sword of Fire, Blazer Blade (炎の剣ブレイザーブレイド, Honō no Ken Bureizā Bureido).
- Aika Tsube (津辺 愛香, Tsube Aika) / Tail Blue (テイルブルー, Teiru Burū)
- Voiced by: Yūka Aisaka
- A 15-year old freshman of Yōgetsu Private Academy and childhood friend of Sōji. She sees Sōji like a little brother and is rather over protective of him. Aika has complex with her body, especially with her flat chest. She has a violent attitude toward Thouars who often teases her about her chest. In battle, Aika has an outstanding ability of fighting as she was raised by her grandfather with martial arts. She is known as Tail Blue when she transforms, and her weapon is Spear of Water, Wave Lance (水の槍ウェイブランス, Mizu no Yari Weibu Ransu).
- Erina Shindō (神堂 慧理那, Shindō Erina) / Tail Yellow (テイルイエロー, Teiru Ierō)
- Voiced by: Chinatsu Akasaki
- A 16-year old sophomore of Yōgetsu Private Academy and the Student Council President. Known as Tail Yellow in her transformed state, her weapon is Gun of Lightning, Vortex Blaster (雷の銃ヴォルテックスブラスター, Kaminari no Jū Vorutekkusu Burasutā).
- Thouars (トゥアール, Tuāru)
- Voiced by: Maaya Uchida
- A mysterious girl who came from a parallel world. She enjoys teasing Aika with her large bust and often end up in quarrels and fights. After Sōji defeated the first wave attack from the monsters, she decides to transfer into Yōgetsu Private Academy and incorporated with the school.
- Anko Isuna/Isna (善沙 闇子/イースナ, Isuna Anko) / Tail Black (テイルブラック, Teiru Burakku)
- Voiced by: Yōko Hikasa
- A girl from a different world, yet from the same village as Thouars. She is secretly a big fan of Thouars and stalks her often. After Thouars disappeared, she joined the Ultimegil organization in attempt to find Thouars. Once she found Thouars, she betrayed Evil Gill. In battle, she is known as Tail Black. Her weapon is Darkness Grave Moebius, and her weapon when she was in the Evil Gill was Sickle Grave of Darkness.
Other
- Miharu Mitsuka (観束 未春, Mitsuka Miharu)
- Voiced by: Hiromi Igarashi
- Sōji's 36-year old mother. A widow who runs her own cafe named Adolescenza (アドレシェンツァ, Adoreshentsa).
- Mikoto Sakuragawa (桜川 尊, Sakuragawa Mikoto)
- Voiced by: Mao Ichimichi
- Erina's 28-year old maid. She has an outstanding physical ability despite her work as a maid. At times, she works part time as a PE teacher for Yōgetsu Private Academy.
Ultimegil
Ultimegil (アルティメギル, Arutimegiru) is an organization of phantom-monsters called Eremerian that traverse different worlds, seeking a variety of "attributes". Having discovered Earth is rich in "attributes", they began to colonize and make plans to conquer the Earth.
- Lizadgildy (リザドギルディ, Rizadogirudi)
- Voiced by: Tesshō Genda
- Draggildy (ドラグギルディ, Doragugirudi)
- Voiced by: Tetsu Inada
Media
Light novels
Ore, Twintail ni Narimasu. began as a light novel series written by Yume Mizusawa, with illustrations by Ayumu Kasuga. Mizusawa originally entered the first novel in the series, originally titled Sore wa, Twintail no Isekai (それは、ついんてーるの異世界), into Shogakukan's sixth Shogakukan Light Novel Prize in 2011 and the novel won the judge's prize.[2] The first novel was published by Shogakukan on June 19, 2012 under their Gagaga Bunko imprint, and six novels have been released as of June 18, 2014.[3][4]
No. | Release date | ISBN |
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1 | June 19, 2012[3] | 978-4-09-451346-2 |
2 | November 20, 2012[5] | 978-4-09-451375-2 |
3 | March 19, 2013[6] | 978-4-09-451398-1 |
4 | July 18, 2013[7] | 978-4-09-451424-7 |
5 | December 18, 2013[8] | 978-4-09-451454-4 |
6 | June 18, 2014[4] | 978-4-09-451491-9 |
Anime
Maaya Uchida will perform the anime's opening theme song, titled "Gimme! Revolution". The single containing the song will ship in Japan on October 22, 2014. The ending theme single will be released on the same day, and will be performed by the voice actresses of the three main heroines, Tail Red (Sumire Uesaka), Tail Blue (Yūka Aisaka), and Tail Yellow (Chinatsu Akasaki).
References
- ^ "Ore, Twin Tail ni Narimasu Light Novels Get Anime". Anime News Network. December 16, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
- ^ "ガガガ文庫:小学館ライトノベル大賞" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
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