Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou
Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou | |
Cover art depicting a girl in a pink apron holding her hands on a shorter boy's shoulders, who looks at her while blushing. Volume 1 cover, featuring Aki (left) and Ayaka | |
すのはら荘の管理人さん (Sunohara-sō no Kanrinin-san) | |
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Genre | Romantic comedy[1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Nekoume |
Published by | Ichijinsha |
Magazine | Manga 4-Koma Palette |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | 2014 – present |
Volumes | 3 |
Audio drama | |
Studio | Ichijinsha |
Released | July 22, 2016 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by |
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Produced by |
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Written by | Fumihiko Shimo |
Music by | Ruka Kawada |
Studio | Silver Link |
Original network | AT-X, Tokyo MX, BS11 |
Original run | July 5, 2018 – present |
Episodes | 12[2] |
Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou (Japanese: すのはら荘の管理人さん, Hepburn: Sunohara-sō no Kanrinin-san) is a four-panel romantic comedy manga series by Nekoume. It follows Aki Shiina who, wanting to reaffirm his identity as man after being teased for his feminine looks, moves to the Sunohara-sou lodging house in Tokyo to enroll in a new school. He forms a crush on Ayaka, Sunohara-sou's proprietor, and is frequently teased by her and the other girls living there. The series is serialized in Ichijinsha's seinen manga magazine Manga 4-Koma Palette since 2014, and has also been collected in three tankōbon volumes. An audio drama was released on July 22, 2016, and an anime television series adaptation by Silver Link premiered on July 5, 2018.
Synopsis
The series follows Aki Shiina, a shy boy whose feminine looks often cause him to be mistaken for a girl. As he is about to enroll in Tanamachi school, he moves into the lodging house Sunohara-sou in Tokyo, run by the motherly caretaker Ayaka Sunohara, whom he forms a crush on. The other residents of Sunohara-sou are three girls from the Tanamachi student council: Yuzu Yukimoto, Sumire Yamanashi, and Yuri Kazami. Although he moved to Tokyo because he was being teased for his feminine looks and wanted to reaffirm his identity as a man, he keeps being mistaken for a girl, and Ayaka and the girls frequently tease him and make him wear women's clothes.
Characters
- Aki Shiina (椎名 亜樹, Shiina Aki) is a shy boy who moves into Sunohara-sou and forms a crush on Ayaka. He is voiced by Eri Kitamura.[3]
- Ayaka Sunohara (春原 彩花, Sunohara Ayaka) is the motherly proprietor of Sunohara-sou, who treats Aki like a child. She is voiced by Rina Satō.[3]
- Nana Sunohara (春原 菜々, Sunohara Nana) is Ayaka's younger sister, and a ganguro fan. She is voiced by Ayane Sakura.[3]
- Yuzu Yukimoto (雪本 柚子, Yukimoto Yuzu) is the student council president, and is an assertive girl who wears a plush chicklet-topped hair loop on her head out of insecurity over her height. She is voiced by Natsumi Takamori.[4]
- Sumire Yamanashi (月見里 菫, Yamanashi Sumire) is the student council vice-president, a tall girl who has a crush on Yuzu. She is voiced by Asami Seto.[4]
- Yuri Kazami (風見 ゆり, Kazami Yuri) is the student council secretary and Yuzu's childhood friend, who wants to dress Aki in women's clothing because of his feminine looks. She is voiced by Yume Miyamoto.[4]
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- Matsuri Shiina (椎名 茉莉, Shiina Matsuri) is Aki's doting older sister. She is voiced by Ai Kayano.[5]
- Maiko Osonoi (小薗井 舞子, Osonoi Maiko) is one of Nana's schoolmates, and is a cheerful girl interested in younger men. She is voiced by Megumi Nakajima.[6]
- Mea Uchifuji (内藤苺愛, Uchifuji Mea) is one of Nana's schoolmates, and is described as a "perverted" girl interested in younger men. She is voiced by Juri Nagatsuma.[6]
Production and release
Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou is written and illustrated by Nekoume, and is serialized as a four-panel manga by Ichijinsha in their seinen manga magazine Manga 4-Koma Palette since 2014.[1] The manga has been collected in three tankōbon volumes in Japan,[7] the second of which included an audio drama.[3]
Volume list
No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
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1 | June 22, 2015[7] | 978-4-7580-8238-9 |
2 | July 22, 2016[7] | 978-4-7580-8268-6 |
3 | November 22, 2017[7] | 978-4-7580-8299-0 |
Anime
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An anime television series adaptation of the series is produced by Silver Link, and is directed by Mirai Minato, with Shin Ōnuma as chief director, Fumihiko Shimo in charge of series composition, and Kazuya Hirata designing the characters. The music is composed by Ruka Kawada at FlyingDog.[8] The series premiered on July 5, 2018 on AT-X, Tokyo MX, and BS11,[6] and is planned to run for 12 episodes.[2] The opening theme song is "Bitter Sweet Harmony" by Megumi Nakajima,[6] and the ending theme song is "Sonna no Boku Ja Nai" (そんなの僕じゃない。, "I'm Not That Kind of Person") by Shino Shimoji.[5] The voice cast from the audio drama reprised their roles.[3]
The anime was announced in a promotional video for the third manga volume in November 2017,[1] and an event was held to promote it in June 2018, prior to the series' premiere, where the show received blessings at the Kanda Shrine in Tokyo;[9] a theme café was also held from June to July.[10] A life-size figure of Ayaka was additionally created to promote the show; the design was chosen through a Twitter poll for fans of the series, between two drawings by Nekoume,[3] and the figure was shown off for the first time at the Kanda Shrine event.[9]
The series is planned to be released across four DVD and Blu-ray volumes in Japan from September 28 to December 21, 2018, with three episodes per volume; limited editions will also be released, which will include acrylic figures of characters from the series.[2] The ending theme was released on a single on August 1, 2018.[11]
Episode list
No. | Title | Original air date[12] |
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Reception
By May 2018, the manga had passed a total of 350,000 copies sold.[13]
References
- ^ a b c Loo, Egan (November 16, 2017). "Miss caretaker of Sunohara-sou 4-Panel Dorm Life Manga Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
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suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d e f Loo, Egan (December 28, 2017). "Silver Link Animates Miss caretaker of Sunohara-sou for Summer Broadcast". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 28, 2017. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
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suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d "Miss caretaker of Sunohara-sou Anime's Video Reveals More of Cast, Opening Song, July 5 Debut". Anime News Network. June 5, 2018. Archived from the original on July 21, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
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suggested) (help) - ^ a b Trlica, Martina (July 3, 2018). "Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou Gets Blessings from Kanda Shrine for Hit Anime". MANGA.TOKYO. Gradus Inc. Archived from the original on July 5, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
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suggested) (help) - ^ Grainger, Jennifer (May 22, 2018). "Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou Releases New Visual". MANGA.TOKYO. Gradus Inc. Archived from the original on July 29, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
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External links
- Official anime website Template:Ja icon
- Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia