Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl

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Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl

Kashimashi logo.
かしまし ～ガール・ミーツ・ガール～
(Kashimashi ~Gāru Mītsu Gāru~)
Genre Romantic comedy, Sci-fi, Yuri
Manga
Author Satoru Akahori
Illustrator Yukimaru Katsura
Publisher Flag of Japan MediaWorks
English publisher Flag of the United States Seven Seas Entertainment
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Dengeki Daioh
Original run May 21, 2004 – March 21, 2007
Volumes 5
Light novel
Author Mako Komao
Illustrator Yukimaru Katsura
Publisher Flag of Japan MediaWorks
Demographic Male
Published January 10, 2006
Volumes 1
TV anime
Director Nobuaki Nakanishi
Studio Flag of Japan Studio Hibari
Licensor Flag of the United States AnimeWorks
Network Flag of Japan TV Tokyo
Original run January 11, 2006 – March 29, 2006
Episodes 12
Game: Kashimashi ~Girl Meets Girl~ The First Summer Story
Developer Vridge
Publisher Marvelous Interactive
Genre Visual novel
Rating Ages 12 and up
Platform PlayStation 2
Released March 30, 2006 (limited/regular)
November 16, 2006 (Best)
OVA
Director Nobuaki Nakanishi
Studio Flag of Japan Studio Hibari
Licensor Flag of the United States AnimeWorks
Episodes 1
Released October 27, 2006
Runtime 27 minutes

Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl (かしまし ～ガール・ミーツ・ガール～ Kashimashi ~Gāru Mītsu Gāru~?)[a] is a Japanese romance manga series written by Japanese author Satoru Akahori and illustrated by Yukimaru Katsura centering around the lives of a group of friends and the relationships they share through life-altering changes. Hazumu Osaragi is a normal, albeit effeminate high school boy who is seriously injured when an alien spaceship crash lands on him, only to be restored to health as a girl. A common theme throughout the series is the same-sex relationships that Hazumu finds herself in with two of her best female friends. The original character design is by Sukune Inugami and the school uniform design was created by the company Cospa.[1] The manga was adapted into a twelve-episode anime television series plus a single original video animation sequel by Studio Hibari.

Both the manga and anime versions were licensed for English distribution. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga for US distribution and released the five volumes between December 2006 and March 2008.[2] The anime was licensed by Media Blasters, and was released in English between June and October 2007 in three volumes; the final DVD volume also contained the single episode original video animation. The manga has been given positive reviews by the popular anime and manga magazine Newtype USA, and at other online resources as Anime News Network and IGN.[3] The anime has been likened to Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma ½, though this only goes as far as the transgender themes in both works.[4]

The title of the series loosely translates as "noisy, boisterous, or clamorous" and is derived from the Japanese phrase, "When three women gather, it is noisy" (女三人寄れば姦しい Onna sannin yoreba kashimashii?).[5] The subtitle, "Girl Meets Girl", comes from the traditional English phrase "boy meets girl" and is slightly altered to reflect the nature of the relationships that appear in the series. The main title was originally romanized as Kasimasi in accordance with Kunrei-shiki Rōmaji, but this was later changed in the English adaptations to Kashimashi in accordance with Hepburn romanization.

Contents

[edit] Plot

Kashimashi revolves around the lives of a group of friends in high school and how they cope with the dramatic change of their friend, Hazumu Osaragi, the main character. The story is set in the fictional town of Kashima-shi (鹿縞市?) in Tokyo Prefecture;[6] this is not to be confused with two other real cities in Japan both named Kashima-shi. One is in Ibaraki Prefecture (Kashima, Ibaraki - written as 鹿嶋市) and the other is in Saga Prefecture (Kashima, Saga - written as 鹿島市). Hazumu is a timid young man who does not have much confidence in himself and does not have many close friends. One day after school, Hazumu declares his love to Yasuna Kamiizumi, one of his classmates and a close friend, but is summarily rejected, much to his dismay. In a heart broken state, he climbs Mt. Kashima (鹿縞山 Kashima-yama?), a tall mountain that overlooks the city in which the story takes place, to find peace among his beloved plants and think on what to do next.[6] After climbing to the summit, Hazumu looks up to the stars and sees a shooting star. Not wanting to waste the chance, Hazumu begins to make a wish on the shooting star, and is surprised to see it still in the sky a few moments later. Little does he know that the star is in fact an alien spacecraft on a crash course heading straight for him. By the time he realizes that something is wrong, it is already too late, and the spacecraft crashes into him, killing him instantly. In order to rectify the accident, the alien in the ship brings Hazumu back to life, but in the process inadvertently turns him into a female.[6] Afterwards, the plot often revolves around whether Hazumu's new female body changes or does not change her relationships with her friends and loved ones.

Throughout the series, a love triangle emerges between the three female main characters of Hazumu, Yasuna, and Tomari, Hazumu's childhood friend. This mainly consists of the characters unsure whether to act on their feelings due to them being the same sex. Another conflict arises between Yasuna and Tomari who fight for Hazumu's affection while she is still unable to choose between them. The drama that ensues between the three is often quite melodramatic.

[edit] Series chronology

A timeline for the series can be extrapolated by taking advantage of canonical references from the manga and the well-defined structure of the Japanese school year.[7] In the first manga chapter, the characters are already wearing summer uniforms, indicating it is June or later.[6][8] By chapter thirteen, Hazumu is shown briefly at the school's end-of-term ceremony marking the beginning of summer vacation, putting the time of year between mid and late July.[7][8][9] In chapter eighteen, Hazumu remarks that the summer is almost over, around the end of August,[7][10] and in chapter nineteen Hazumu's mother remarks that a new school semester has begun, making it early September.[11][12] In chapter twenty, the characters have their annual sports day which falls on the second Monday of October in a given year.[13] From the end of chapter twenty to the end of chapter thirty-four, one month has passed in the series' internal chronology, putting the time of year near mid-November.[14][15] At the beginning of the final chapter, chapter thirty-five, it is explicitly stated that one month has passed after the conclusion of chapter thirty-four, however, the date is cited to be December 24, making it slightly longer than one month.[16]

[edit] Principal characters

The girls of Kashimashi: Tomari (left), Hazumu (center), and Yasuna (right).
The girls of Kashimashi: Tomari (left), Hazumu (center), and Yasuna (right).
Main article: List of Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl characters
Hazumu Osaragi (大佛 はずむ Osaragi Hazumu?)
Voiced by: Kana Ueda
Hazumu is a student, born male, at Kashima high school in the fictional setting of Kashima ward in Tokyo, Japan near Mt. Kashima, and is the main character in the series.[6] As a child, Hazumu grew up with his close friend Tomari who would often protect him from bullies that would tease him and make him cry.[17] As Hazumu grew up, he came to love floriculture and other disciplines of horticulture. In high school, Hazumu joins the gardening club, but despite his vast knowledge is not the club leader.[18] When he entered high school, there was only a small flowerbed on the school's roof,[19] but by the next school year, the roof was covered in plants, such as trees, vegetables, and flowers.
One day early in his second year of high school, Hazumu confesses his love to Yasuna, but she rejects him, which hurts Hazumu heavily.[6] He goes up to Mt. Kashima to be around the plants he loves so much, but while up there an alien spacecraft crash-lands on him, seriously injuring him. In order to rectify this mishap, and in accordance with his own laws, the alien resurrects Hazumu, but in the process unexpectedly changes his gender to be completely female,[6] right down to the DNA level.[20] Shortly after Hazumu's transformation, she is unsure on how to live life as a girl and is initially very clueless about typical female matters.[20][21] Despite Hazumu's physical change, there is not much change in her personality, as she still scares very easily, and has always been rather effusive, expressive and quite sensitive,[17] which makes her fit well as a Japanese girl after the change.
Yasuna Kamiizumi (神泉 やす菜 Kamiizumi Yasuna?)
Voiced by: Yui Horie
Yasuna is a student at Kashima high school and has been Hazumu's classmate since their first year of high school. Ever since she was born,[22] Yasuna has had a unique affliction which makes her incapable of seeing males, and instead to her males are covered in a gray, hazy blur, which makes it extremely difficult for her to tell one male apart from another except through the sound of their voice.[22] After first meeting Hazumu and realizing she can at least partially see him minus his face, Yasuna starts hanging out with Hazumu more and falls in love with him. Yasuna initially rejected Hazumu since he was still a boy then, and she was afraid that he too would one day disappear from her vision.[22] After Hazumu's transformation into a girl, Yasuna wastes no time trying to rectify her mistake and confesses her love to Hazumu finally, but Hazumu is very confused by this and does not know what to do, especially since her physical change.[20] She has been practicing the flute for many years and is very good at it, so naturally she joins her school's music ensemble when she enters high school. While initially cold and distant from others, Yasuna gradually changes and becomes much easier to approach, at least when it comes to girls.[23] Yasuna has shown herself to be very devoted to Hazumu, and in a conversation to Tomari, Yasuna tells her that she wants Hazumu all to herself.[24]
Tomari Kurusu (来栖 とまり Kurusu Tomari?)
Voiced by: Yukari Tamura
Tomari is a student at Kashima high school and is a classmate of Hazumu's in their second year. Tomari is Hazumu's childhood friend, so the two know a lot about each other and have many memories from the past. After Hazumu's initial transformation, Tomari does not know what to do. Ayuki observes that Tomari liked Hazumu more as a boy, due to the fact that she has had affections for Hazumu for some time.[20][25] At first, she is very annoyed that everyone around Hazumu is trying to make her more feminine, but ultimately realizes that while Hazumu has changes physically, her personality is still the same, therefore still the same person inside.[17] Tomari is very athletic and competitive, so in high school she joined the track and field club. In contrast to Hazumu and Yasuna who are not athletes and rather feminine, Tomari is a tomboy who does not often partake in traditionally feminine things such as clothing, shopping, or cosmetics. Unlike Yasuna, Tomari has a lot of difficulty when it comes to her affection towards Hazumu.

[edit] Media

Kashimashi manga volume 1.
Kashimashi manga volume 1.

[edit] Manga

See also: List of Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl chapters

The Kashimashi manga is written by Satoru Akahori and illustrated by Yukimaru Katsura. The original character design was conceived by Sukune Inugami and the school uniform design was created by the company Cospa.[1] It was serialized between May 21, 2004 and March 21, 2007 in the manga magazine Dengeki Daioh with a new chapter monthly.[26][27] Five bound volumes have been released in Japan published under MediaWorks' Dengeki Comics label, concluding the series at thirty-five chapters. The anime follows close to the manga for the first nine episodes. In episode ten, it starts to deviate from the manga and after that, the storyline in the anime has no connection with the manga.

The manga has since been licensed by the Los Angeles-based company Seven Seas Entertainment with the first volume released December 25, 2006 using the revised Hepburn romanization of the title, Kashimashi, unlike the traditional name of Kasimasi.[28] The second volume went on sale on April 25, 2007 while the third came out on July 25, 2007. The fourth volume was released on November 29, 2007, and the final volume was released on March 18, 2008.[2]

[edit] Internet radio shows

There have been two Internet radio shows based on the Kashimashi series. Between September 30, 2005 and October 27, 2006, Beat Net Radio hosted the first show called Kana, Yui, Yukari no Kashima Radio (佳奈・由衣・ゆかりのかしましらじお?). As its name suggests, the show was hosted by Kana Ueda, who voiced Hazumu Osaragi, Yui Horie, who voiced Yasuna Kamiizumi, and Yukari Tamura, who voiced Tomari Kurusu. This show contained fifty-six episodes. Guests would appear on the show, such as Yūmao, who sung the ending theme "Michishirube" to the anime version, or other voice actors from the anime such as Ryoko Shintani, who voiced Jan Pu, and Daisuke Ono, who voiced Asuta Soro. The theme song to the first show was "Compass ~Egao no Yukue~" sung by Kana Ueda, Yui Horie, and Yukari Tamura. An audio CD containing the episodes between September 2005 and early 2006 went on sale on May 24, 2006.

Between December 2005 and April 2006, the second show, which was available via podcasts, was entitled Masumi Ryoko no Kashima Radio PC (真澄♥良子のかしましらじおPC?). The show was hosted by Masumi Asano, who voiced Ayuki Mari, and Ryoko Shintani, who voiced Jan Pu.

[edit] Books

A Kashimashi light novel, written by Mako Komao and illustrated by Yukimaru Katsura, was published by MediaWorks under their Dengeki Bunko label on January 10, 2006.[29] The novel is told from a first person perspective alternating between Hazumu, Yasuna, and Tomari between chapters.[30] There is a prologue, four chapters, and an epilogue in the novel; the prologue and the first chapter are told from Hazumu's perspective, then Yasuna's for chapter two, followed by Tomari's for chapter three, and finally back to Hazumu for chapter four and the epilogue. The last three pages of the book contain an afterword written by the author.

A 112-page artbook entitled Kashimashi Official Fan Book (かしまし公式ファンブック Kashimashi Kōshiki Fan Bukku?) was released by MediaWorks on March 27, 2006. The book, which is the same size as a manga bound volume, is printed in full-color for the first forty-eight pages which consists of a compilation of promotional art from the separate media types, character profiles with original sketches and comments on the characters, plus interviews from the voice actors of Hazumu, Yasuna, Tomari, Ayuki, and Jan Pu, and lastly original concept drawings of the school uniforms in the series. The middle of the book, which is printed in black-and-white, contains a brief overview of the first twenty-one chapters of the manga, and interviews from the manga author and illustrator, anime director and scenario writer, and the light novel author. There is also a brief explanation of the PlayStation 2 visual novel, of two figurines of Hazumu, and of three audio CDs for the anime version. The last sixteen pages are again in full-color and consist of the anime's first episode in manga format.

[edit] Anime

Kashimashi English DVD volume 1.
Kashimashi English DVD volume 1.
See also: List of Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl episodes

The anime series of Kashimashi, which was aired on TV Tokyo in Japan from January 11, 2006 to March 29, 2006, ended with twelve regular episodes.[31] The anime's tagline was: Even though I became a girl, I still love her (女の子になっても、僕は彼女が好きです Onna no ko ni natte mo, boku wa kanojo ga suki desu?). An OVA was released with the final DVD on October 27, 2006 which changed the ending from the original television broadcast.

The series contains some suggestive references and some mild fan service that was not present in the original manga. An example of this is when Hazumu is transported back to Earth after having been transformed into a girl; in the manga she was fully clothed, but in the anime she was completely naked.[32] Also, there was a small additional portion during the bra shopping scene in episode two that was considered adult enough to be censored out of the television broadcast, but which was included in the DVD release.[33]

The anime series has since been licensed by Media Blasters as of November 2006.[34] The episodes were not dubbed into English, but still included subtitles in English. This brought the price of the three DVD compilations down to a retail price of US$19.95.[35] The first DVD went on sale on June 12, 2007 and contained the first five episodes. Extras on the disc included two ten-minute talks between the voice actresses for the three main female characters, a small collection of Japanese television advertisements, and textless opening videos.[36] The second DVD went on sale on August 21, 2007, and the third and final DVD went on sale on October 23, 2007; the last two DVDs contain four episodes each, including the OVA episode. The first episode of the series was included with the June 2007 issue of Newtype USA.[37]

[edit] Audio CDs

Main article: List of Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl albums

The opening theme for the anime "Koisuru Kokoro" by Eufonius was released the same day as the main ending theme "Michishirube" by Yūmao on January 25, 2006 in Japan by Lantis. The anime had actually five different versions of the ending theme sung by four of the voice actors. Masumi Asano as Ayuki Mari sung the song for the ending theme in episode eight, and the next episode Kana Ueda as Hazumu Osaragi sung the song. Episode ten's ending theme featured Yui Horie as Yasuna Kamiizumi singing the song and in episode eleven it was Yukari Tamura as Tomari Kurusu. Additionally, the opening theme "Koisuru Kokoro" was used as the ending for the first episode while the song "Kimi no Tame ni Dekiru Koto" (キミのためにできること lit. Something I Can Do For You?) by Yūmao was used as the ending theme in the final twelfth episode. There were three insert songs in the anime as well. In episode seven, the song "Hanaemi to Kasumisō" sung by Kana Ueda was used while in episode nine, the song "Compass: Egao no Yukue" sung by Kana Ueda, Yui Horie and Yukari Tamura was used; these two songs were from the "Compass: Egao no Yukue" image song single released on December 21, 2005. The last insert song, "Hanbun" (半分? lit. Half) sung by Yukari Tamura, was used in the twelfth episode and was featured in the image song album Norte Amour released on April 5, 2006. The album also featured other songs by Kana Ueda, Yui Horie, Yukari Tamura, Masumi Asano, and Ryoko Shintani, who voiced Jan Pu. The Kashimashi original soundtrack for the anime version was released on April 26, 2006 by Lantis. Finally, a drama CD based on the anime version was released on May 18, 2006 featuring the voice actors from the anime.[38]

Kashimashi ~Girl Meets Girl~ The First Summer Story video game.
Kashimashi ~Girl Meets Girl~ The First Summer Story video game.

[edit] Visual novel

A visual novel based on the series named Kashimashi ~Girl Meets Girl~ The First Summer Story (かしまし ～ガール・ミーツ・ガール～ 初めての夏物語 Kasimasi ~Gāru Mītsu Gāru~ Hajimete no Natsu Monogatari?)　was first released on the PlayStation 2 on March 30, 2006 in Japan with the tagline: But I'm already a girl so... (だって僕もう女の子だから。。。 Datte boku mō onna no ko dakara...?). The game was developed by Vridge, published by Marvelous Interactive,[39] and released in two editions, limited and regular, which were released on the same day.[40] The limited edition came in a specially made box with an original drama CD called "Kashimashi Triangle Letter", and a music CD featuring songs from the game in piano arrange versions. The game was later re-released in a Best Collection edition on November 16, 2006, which sold at less than half the price of the original game.[41] Kashimashi ~Girl Meets Girl~ The First Summer Story received a total review score of 26/40 (out of the four individual review scores of 7, 6, 7, and 6) from the Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu.[42]

The game's story begins with summer vacation about to begin. Hazumu's homeroom teacher Namiko Tsuki suggests that Hazumu and her friends take a one week trip to a small mountain village with a hot spring resort. It just so happens that Hazumu's grandparents reside in this town, and are two new characters to the story. Three other female characters are introduced into the game as possible love interests for Hazumu; two are the same age as Hazumu and the third is the older landlady of the hot spring resort.[43] The goal of the game is to pair Hazumu up with one of the female cast of characters, five choices in all. The gameplay's main system comes from Hazumu's personality of being indecisive. In this way, if the player shows more interest in a particular character, the other characters will get annoyed that Hazumu is ignoring them which is displayed in a tension meter on the screen. The more Hazumu ignores a particular character, the higher the tension between that character becomes. This ensures that Hazumu stays good friends with the possible love interests. In order to view the ending of a particular character, a certain amount of tension will have to be between the other characters, but this cannot be too great or the ending will not show.[44]

The gameplay follows the typical visual novel style that gameplay requires little interaction from the player as most of the duration of the game is spent on simply reading the text that will appear on the screen; this text represents dialogue between the various characters. Every so often, the player will come to a "decision point" where he or she is given the chance to choose from options that are displayed on the screen, typically two to three at a time. During these times, gameplay pauses until a choice is made that furthers the plot in a specific direction, depending on which choice the player makes. In order to view every available ending, the player will have to replay the game multiple times and choose different choices during the decision points in order to further the plot in an alternate direction.

[edit] Reception

[edit] Manga

The manga version was the first media type from the Kashimashi series to be licensed for English language distribution; the Los Angeles-based company Seven Seas Entertainment obtained the license. In July 2007, Kashimashi was the company's best-selling title.[45] The first volume of the manga has since been given positive reviews from such sources as Newtype USA, a popular anime and manga magazine. The first volume was named as Newtype USA's Book of the Month for December 2006, and the review noted Seven Seas Entertainment's "fan-focused" translation, which retained the honorifics and much of the Japanese wordplay without efforts to localize the humor for the mainstream American market.[3] The review goes on to state that, "For fans of more mainstream romantic productions, it’s a neat twist on the traditional love-triangle formula, and a charming alternative to boys meeting girls."[3] In a review at Anime News Network, Carlo Santos had this to say: "The fast-moving events of this first volume combine to form a story of many moods: a gender-bending comedy, but with sci-fi touches, and most of all, a romance more touching than one might expect. The time has come to rethink the love triangle."[4] In a review at IGN, A. E. Sparrow had this to say: "There's plenty to enjoy in the first book, however. Hazumu attempting to buy his first bra is pretty humorous, as are the occasional visits from the aliens who put him in this situation in the first place."[46]

The second volume of the manga was positively reviewed at Anime News Network by Theron Martin, who had this to say: "With its second volume the title pushes fully into the realm of romantic comedy, liberally sprinkling its story with humorous asides, pratfalls, and anecdotes while still dealing head-on with the much more serious and involved love triangle springing up around Hazumu. For all its attempts to be funny, though, it is the story's more dramatic side that will keep you coming back."[47]

[edit] Anime

The anime version was the second, and only other, media type from the Kashimashi series to be licensed for English language distribution; Media Blasters obtained the license. The series has been compared with a similar series that involved gender swapping—Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma ½.[48][4] In a review of the anime at themanime.org, the reviewer wrote, "[the anime is] rather aggravating to watch at times, but seems to have no problem raising smiles whenever it wants to, either. The characters, as they are, bring much of the believability of the show, despite the alien elements. It's very much down to earth and pleasant to look at, if nothing else. The rather soft and detailed art style does help, of course, as does the generally great animation quality."[48] The conclusion of the anime was positively reviewed by Erica Friedman, who is the president of Yuricon, an anime convention geared towards fans of yuri anime and manga, and ALC Publishing, a publishing house dedicated to yuri. Friedman described the anime's conclusion as, "so normal - so much like a thing that might have actually happened in real life...that it kind of just went under the radar. So - after all these years of watching crappy unresolved restart endings we FINALLY get a real ending and it's a yuri ending where the girl remains a girl and get[s] the girl and...thud. Nothing." The anime was given an overall score of 7/10 by Friedman.[49]

The first DVD volume was reviewed by Anime News Network, in which the reviewer commented, "The series' skillful juggling of different characters' viewpoints puts the audience in a position to sympathize strongly with each one....Director Nobuaki Nakanishi guides the emotional content with a light, gentle touch—wisely forgoing extensive internal monologues, speeches, and emotional outbursts. Instead, he draws you in with soft, effortlessly evocative visuals and a simple, beautifully understated score, relying on subtly shifting facial expressions and meaning-laden actions to communicate the quietly affecting emotional states of his characters."[36] Anime News Network also reviewed the second DVD volumes, where they said, "Every element of the production, from the style of the artistry to the palette of colors used to the soundtrack, contributes wonderfully to the look and feel of the original story, and the anime script not only exactly duplicates many scenes from the manga but also does everything in its power to stay true to the spirit of the original writing."[50] Finally, the third volume was also reviewed by ANN, commenting, "...the writers make an ill-advised attempt to remove the "bitter" from "bittersweet" by tacking on some decidedly unconvincing plot developments [in the OVA, although]...it isn't as awful as it could have been. The third volume of Kashimashi...creat[es] a deeply satisfying conclusion with all of the vicarious emotional thrills you could possibly want.[51]

[edit] Notes and references

a^ : The title was originally romanized within Japan using Kunrei-shiki rōmaji as Kasimasi.[52]
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