Oreshura
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| Oreshura | |
 The cover for the first light novel volume, featuring the main characters Eita Kidō and Chiwa Harusaki | |
| 俺の彼女と幼なじみが修羅場すぎる (Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Harem, Romantic comedy |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Yūji Yūji |
| Illustrated by | Ruroo |
| Published by | SoftBank Creative |
| Demographic | Male |
| Imprint | GA Bunko |
| Original run | February 15, 2011 – ongoing |
| Volumes | 7 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yūji Yūji |
| Illustrated by | Nanasuke |
| Published by | Square Enix |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Gangan Joker |
| Original run | July 2011 – ongoing |
| Volumes | 6 |
| Manga | |
| Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru 4-koma | |
| Written by | Yūji Yūji |
| Illustrated by | Marimo |
| Published by | Square Enix |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Young Gangan |
| Original run | October 21, 2011 – ongoing |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Manga | |
| Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru+H | |
| Written by | Yūji Yūji |
| Illustrated by | Shinya Inase |
| Published by | Square Enix |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Big Gangan |
| Original run | October 25, 2011 – October 25, 2012 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Manga | |
| Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru Ai | |
| Written by | Yūji Yūji |
| Illustrated by | Mutsutake |
| Published by | Square Enix |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Big Gangan |
| Original run | December 25, 2012 – ongoing |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Kanta Kamei |
| Studio | A-1 Pictures |
| Licensed by | |
| Network | Tokyo MX, tvk, Chiba TV, TVS, TV Aichi, RKB |
| Original run | January 6, 2013 – March 31, 2013 |
| Episodes | 13 |
Oreshura (俺修羅), short for Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru (俺の彼女と幼なじみが修羅場すぎる, lit. My Girlfriend and Childhood Friend Fight Too Much), is a Japanese light novel series written by Yūji Yūji, with illustrations provided by Ruroo. SoftBank Creative has published seven novels since February 2011. There have been four manga adaptations and an anime adaptation by A-1 Pictures aired from January to March 2013.
Plot
Eita Kidō enters high school with the aim to attend medical school. Due to his parents getting divorced and his intention to maintain his grades, he shuns anything to do with romance or love. One day, the school beauty Masuzu Natsukawa invites him to walk home with her, though he initially refuses. After she continues to do this for several days, he gives in and walks home with her. Masuzu is tired of constantly getting confessed to by boys, so she suggests that she and Eita become a fake couple. Although Eita tries to refuse, Masuzu blackmails him into becoming her boyfriend in name only. News spreads fast within the school of the new couple and Eita's childhood friend Chiwa Harusaki begins to confront Masuzu for Eita's affections.
Characters
- Eita Kidō (季堂 鋭太 Kidō Eita)
- Voiced by: Junji Majima (drama CD), Ryōta Ōsaka (anime)
- Eita is the main character who aims to attend medical school after graduating from high school. He is very smart and always places at the top of the school exams. He has a strong distrust for love and romance because of his parents divorcing, finding new lovers, and abandoning him when he was in junior high school, thus calling himself "anti-romance". Despite this, he eventually fell in love with Masuzu. It is revealed that during his junior high school, he had teenage delusions, addressing himself as "Burning Fighting Fighter". However, his parents' divorce and Chiwa's accident caused him to abandon his delusions and reject romance, wanting to become a doctor to find a way to fully cure Chiwa's injury. Despite his teenage delusions being "gone", he shows some of them if he gets too emotional.
- Masuzu Natsukawa (夏川 真涼 Natsukawa Masuzu)
- Voiced by: Chiwa Saitō (drama CD), Yukari Tamura (anime)
- Masuzu is Eita's "girlfriend". Masuzu is Eita's classmate who spent nine years overseas. She is considered to be the school beauty and is constantly confessed to by male students, but always shoots them down. However, just like Eita, she hates romance, and used Eita's notebook filled with embarrassing things to blackmail him to form a faux romantic relationship with her. She forms a club called "Maiden Society For Performing Your Own Life" where how to become popular. She eventually fell in love with Eita without actually realizing, and often shows jealousy when he interacts with other girls. When she is not together with Eita, she is bold and cold; but when she is, she acts more evil and very devious, and loves to use words to trick him. Her family was in Sweden and also has complicated relationship, especially with her father, what made her form her twisted personality. Like Chiwa, she is a terrible cook. Masuzu likes to quote scenes from the manga JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Being Eita's official girlfriend, Chiwa, Himeka, and Ai often join forces against her when battling for him. In the past, Masuzu's father took her off from her mother to use her so the higher society would accept him. However, because of this, she had to act, and soon, she has since then suffered from an identity crisis.
- Chiwa Harusaki (春咲 千和 Harusaki Chiwa)
- Voiced by: Aki Toyosaki (drama CD), Chinatsu Akasaki (anime)
- Chiwa is Eita's tomboy childhood friend. She is usually called "Chiwawa" (chihuahua) by her friends because of her petite physique and pair of twintails that resemble puppy's ears. She used to be in the Kendo Club starting from elementary school, but had to stop it due to a critical injury in a car accident the year before they entered high school, which prompts Eita to pursue a medical career in order to have her fully recovered. She does not give up easily and constantly fights Masuzu for Eita's affections. She loves to eat and especially likes meat, but is a terrible cook. However, in the light novels she starts improving her cooking skill for Eita. She has romantic feelings for Eita but was too shy to confess until Masuzu's interference, and finally confessed to Eita at the end of the fourth light novel, but was quickly interrupted by Masuzu and other girls. She dislikes seeing girls getting close to Eita but becomes fast friends with the other girls.
- Himeka Akishino (秋篠 姫香 Akishino Himeka)
- Voiced by: Hisako Kanemoto
- Himeka is Eita's "ex-girlfriend", who has a one-sided crush for him. Himeka is a girl who has teenage delusions, believing her ex-life was "Burning Princess Saint Dragon Lady of Dawn". After she saw Eita lose control of himself and revealed some of his teenage delusions, she believed that Eita and she were a couple from her ex-life. However, while not being a delusional teen, Himeka is really quiet and answers usually only by nodding. Other girls often call her "princess" (姫 hime). After heard of Ai's fake story of boyfriend, she refers Ai as the master of love.
- Ai Fuyuumi (冬海 愛衣 Fuyuumi Ai)
- Voiced by: Ai Kayano
- Ai is Eita's "fiancée" and childhood friend who moved ten years ago, whom he met one year before Eita met Chiwa, but returned recently. As a member of student committee, she attempted to stop Chiwa's and Masuzu's club activity due to it breaking rules, but later decided to join the club to win Eita back. During kindergarten, she confessed to Eita and the two even signed a makeshift marriage registration, making them engaged. However, nobody else except Kaoru knows about this. She often has delusion of herself and Eita being a couple. Ai has lied about having a boyfriend in college, and also keeps a notebook like Eita's.
- Saeko Kiryū (桐生 冴子 Kiryū Saeko)
- Voiced by: Kaori Nazuka
- Saeko is Eita's aunt who lives with him. She started to take care of him when his parents split up. She works in a gaming company that makes mostly bishōjo games, is an expert with such games and always makes analogies of the real world to them with respect to girls. She is a workaholic who can survive long periods of time without sleep. Despite their insistence, she knew immediately that Eita and Masuzu were not really a couple just by inspecting. She also advise Eita to be careful in his relationship with girls, to the point that telling him how to separate with the other girls in case he has chosen one of them.
- Kaoru Asoi (遊井 カオル Asoi Kaoru)
- Voiced by: Risa Taneda
- Kaoru is Eita's classmate and close friend. He has a rather feminine appearance, and various hints in the story questions his true gender. In the 6.5 light novel, he managed a date for Eita with a girl that looks exactly like himself, and states that she is Kaoru's twin sister. Kaoru is also a close childhood friend of Ai Fuyuumi.
- Mana Natsukawa (夏川 真那 Natsukawa Mana)
- Voiced by: Nao Tōyama
- Mana is Masuzu's little sister, who is seen with her bodyguard at all times. She wants her older sister to come back to Sweden, and even reports her activities to their father. Even if it seems like her and Masuzu's relationship is complicated, she seems to love her sister.
- Miharu Misora (美空 美晴 Misora Miharu)
- Miharu is a character in the Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru+H spin-off manga. She's the daughter of a middle school principal, who tries to capture Eita's affections. It is later revealed, she has a childhood friend named Keita Fujinami, whom she sees as a brother and sister relationship to extreme love cases. However, when Keita tried having Masuzu accept his love letter to her, she rejected him cruelly. Since then, he had not been the same, and transferred away to another school leaving Miharu behind depressed. When Miharu heard Masuzu now has a boyfriend, she seeks revenge for her beloved Keita by stealing Eita away from Masuzu, unaware that Masuzu and Eita are not really dating. After learning Miharu's motives, Eita confronts about her feelings for Keita and she gives up on revenge. She later transfers to Tokyo hoping reunite with Keita; Masuzu gives her an envelope filled with her previous rejected love letters to encourage her, and a sign-in sheet to join their club when Miharu returns.
Media
Light novels
Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru began as a light novel series written by Yūji Yūji, with illustrations by Ruroo. The first volume was published on February 15, 2011 under SoftBank Creative's GA Bunko imprint;[1] as of February 16, 2013, seven volumes have been released.[2]
Manga
A manga adaptation, illustrated by Nanasuke, began serialization in the July 2011 issue of Square Enix's Gangan Joker manga magazine.[3] The first tankōbon volume was published on December 15, 2011;[4] the sixth volume was released on October 22, 2013.[5] A four-panel comic strip manga, illustrated by Marimo and titled Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru 4-koma (俺の彼女と幼なじみが修羅場すぎる4コマ), began serialization in Square Enix's Young Gangan magazine on October 21, 2011. The first volume for Marimo's manga was released on July 14, 2012[6] and as of January 12, 2013, there have been two published.[7]
A third manga, illustrated by Shinya Inase and titled Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru+H (俺の彼女と幼なじみが修羅場すぎる+H), was serialized in Square Enix's Big Gangan between October 25, 2011 and October 25, 2012. Two volumes for Inase's manga were released: the first on July 14, 2012[8] and the second on December 22, 2012.[9] A fourth manga, illustrated by Mutsutake and titled Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru Ai (俺の彼女と幼なじみが修羅場すぎる 愛), began serialization in Big Gangan on December 25, 2012. Square Enix published an anthology volume on March 22, 2013.[10]
Drama CDs and radio show
Hobirecords released two drama CDs in 2011: the first on July 29 and the second on October 28.[11] An Internet radio show, titled Shuraba Radio and hosted by Chiwa Saitō and Junji Majima, started irregular broadcasts on April 28, 2011 and is produced by Hobirecords. A second radio show will begin broadcasting in December 2012 hosted by Chinatsu Akasaki and Ai Kayano.
Anime
An anime TV series adaptation, produced by A-1 Pictures and directed by Kanta Kamei,[12][13] aired in Japan from January 6 to March 31, 2013. The anime was simulcast by Crunchyroll, subtitled in English.[14] The opening theme is "Girlish Lover" by Chinatsu Akasaki, Yukari Tamura, Hisako Kanemoto and Ai Kayano, and the ending theme is "W:Wonder Tale" by Yukari Tamura.[15]
Episode list
| No. | Title | Original airdate[16] |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | "The Start of My High School Life is a Battleground" "Kōkō Seikatsu no Sutāto wa Shuraba" (高校生活のスタートは修羅場) | January 6, 2013 |
| A young boy called Eita enters high school aiming for the National University School of Medicine. Because of his parents' divorce and his goal, he shuns anything to do with romance or love. One day Masuzu, the school beauty with the silver hair, who is just returned to the country, enters his life in a most unexpected way. Chiwa, his childhood friend since elementary school, will not let this go without a fight. | ||
| 02 | "Starting a New Club is a Battleground" "Atarashii Bu o Kessei Shite Shuraba" (新しい部を結成して修羅場) | January 13, 2013 |
| Chiwa confronts Eita about his new girlfriend, Masuzu. Chiwa tells Eita that she will be popular in no time and get a boyfriend. Masuzu makes a school club to help Chiwa become popular and ends up embarrassing Chiwa in front of other students. Masuzu tells Eita that she wants him to be only her boyfriend. | ||
| 03 | "A Battleground Over the Tears of a Childhood Friend" "Osananajimi no Namida de Shuraba" (幼なじみの涙で修羅場) | January 20, 2013 |
| The new plan to make Chiwa popular is to expand on her past life, but how long can she keep up the ruse. | ||
| 04 | "Fighting over a Guy is a Battleground" "Otoko no Tatakai wa Shuraba" (男の戦いは修羅場) | January 27, 2013 |
| Eita gets up early to spy on Chiwa's first date with Sakagami. Masuzu having the same idea but she is there to watch something else unfold. | ||
| 05 | "The Truth of the Love Letter is a Battleground" "Rabu Retā no Shinsō wa Shuraba" (ラブレターの真相は修羅場) | February 3, 2013 |
| A new love letter every day is placed in Eita's shoebox, but before he can deal with it a new girl, Himeka Akishino, shows up and hugs him in front of Masuzu and Chiwa. | ||
| 06 | "A Battleground of a Broken Gray World" "Haiiro no Sekai o Kirisaku Shuraba" (灰色の世界を切り裂く修羅場) | February 10, 2013 |
| Eita and the others are forced to clean the pool after being caught by the hall monitors. Mana shows up once again and so does a red haired hall monitor, named Ai. | ||
| 07 | "A Battleground Despite Summer Classes" "Kaki Kōshū nanoni Shuraba" (夏期講習なのに修羅場) | February 17, 2013 |
| The club is shut down by Ai. Eita attends summer classes, along with Ai and her childhood friend Kaoru. Masuzu orders Eita to confirm that Ai's boyfriend that she talked about is fake. | ||
| 08 | "Movie Theater Double Dates are a Battlefield" "Eigakan W Dēto de Shuraba" (映画館Wデートで修羅場) | February 24, 2013 |
| In order to expose Ai's weaknesses, Eita and Chiwa joins Kaoru and Ai in a movie double dates. Chiwa and Ai ends up arguing with each other as they supports opposing love rival in the movie they watched. | ||
| 09 | "Promises That Come Back are a Battlefield" "Yomigaeru Yakusoku wa Shuraba" (よみがえる約束は修羅場) | March 3, 2013 |
| Eita read Ai's delusions note by accident. As apologies, Eita accompany Ai to the local festival. Ai reveals herself to be Eita's childhood friend in kindergarten. However, much to Eita's surprise, they are also engaged to each other as their childhood promise. The club is reopen with Ai joining the club as club adviser. | ||
| 10 | "Summer Training Camp Meetings are a Battlefield" "Natsu Gasshuku no Kaigi de Shuraba" (夏合宿の会議で修羅場) | March 10, 2013 |
| The club decides to go to the beach for their summer club activity. Chiwa asks Eita to accompany her to buy a swimsuit. Masuzu steps in to interfere with Chiwa and Eita's date, while Himeka and Ai follow Eita in secret. All of them end up spending time together. On their way home, they meet Eita's aunt, Saeko, who realizes that Masuzu and Eita's relationship is fake, and questions Eita about which girl he likes the most. | ||
| 11 | "The Excitement The Night Before a Trip Is A Battlefield" "Gasshuku Zen'ya no Wakuwaku wa Shuraba" (合宿前夜のワクワクは修羅場) | March 17, 2013 |
| Saeko offers the girls a chance to save money on the trip by entering a marketing contest for her new game, but intentionally excludes Masuzu. She also explains why she thinks the relationship is fake. As everyone prepares for the trip to the beach, Eita realizes that Ai, Hime and Chiwa have become good friends while leaving Masuzu alone. Both Masuzu and Eita are also rattled by Saeko-san. | ||
| 12 | "The Result Following A Scheme Is A Battlefield" "Senryaku no Ketsumatsu wa Shuraba" (戦略の結末は修羅場) | March 24, 2013 |
| The club went to a trip to the beach. All of them had a quality time as a club. Chiwa, Ai, and Hime decided to have a key chain or a cellphone strap as a uniform or thing that symbolizes their club. This action made Masuzu realize that they are not like her. She also told Eita that she would not win the contest and thanks him for everything and she also told Eita that she would set him free after the contest. In the end of the episode, Eita got ran over accidentally by Mana. They have a short conversation and Mana realizes that Eita likes Masuzu and thanks him for that. Eita asks her if who could stand being with a liar, Mana hints him that only her accomplice would be able to do that. | ||
| 13 | "A Battlefield That Leads to a New World" "Atarashii Sekai e no Shuraba" (新しい世界への修羅場) | March 31, 2013 |
| The competition begins and goes through the contestants. When its Masuzu's turn for her speech, Eita confesses to her and that they have the worst personalities together and deserve each other. The couple share a kiss on stage as the other girls look on from the crowd. He has chosen the "battlefield route" instead of a "harem route". He attempts to make each of the girls except Masuzu hate him, so that they move on. Instead, Eita unintentionally makes all three girls inspired to fight back all the harder to win for his affection while trying to distance himself from them. Chiwa steals a kiss and Masuzu steps in immediately afterwards. The episode closes with Chiwa and Masuzu standing on opposite sides of Eita, indicating another love battle on the horizon, which included Ai and Himeka. | ||
References
- ↑ "俺の彼女と幼なじみが修羅場すぎる" [Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru] (in Japanese). SoftBank Creative. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
- ↑ "俺の彼女と幼なじみが修羅場すぎる 6.5" [Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru 6.5] (in Japanese). SoftBank Creative. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
- ↑ "「俺の彼女と幼なじみが修羅場すぎる」 人気ラノベのコミカライズ" [Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru Popular Light Novels Get Comic Version] (in Japanese). Mainichi Shimbun. June 24, 2011. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
- ↑ "俺の彼女と幼なじみが修羅場すぎる(1) (ガンガンコミックスJOKER)" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
- ↑ "俺の彼女と幼なじみが修羅場すぎる(6) (ガンガンコミックスJOKER)" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
- ↑ "俺の彼女と幼なじみが修羅場すぎる4コマ(1) (ヤングガンガンコミックス)" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
- ↑ "俺の彼女と幼なじみが修羅場すぎる4コマ(2) (ヤングガンガンコミックス)" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
- ↑ "俺の彼女と幼なじみが修羅場すぎる+H(1) (ビッグガンガンコミックス)" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
- ↑ "俺の彼女と幼なじみが修羅場すぎる+H(2) (ビッグガンガンコミックス)" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
- ↑ "俺の彼女と幼なじみが修羅場すぎる コミックアンソロジー" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
- ↑ "ドラマCD 俺の彼女と幼なじみが修羅場すぎる" [Drama CD Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru] (in Japanese). Hobirecords. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
- ↑ "OreShura Romantic Comedy Light Novels Get Anime". Anime News Network. July 6, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
- ↑ "OreShura Romantic Comedy TV Anime's Ad, Staff Unveiled". Anime News Network. September 16, 2012. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
- ↑ "Crunchyroll to Stream OreShura Anime". Crunchyroll. January 2, 2013. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
- ↑ "MUSIC｜TVアニメ「俺の彼女と幼なじみが修羅場すぎる」公式サイト" [Music | TV anime Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru official site] (in Japanese). A-1 Pictures. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
- ↑ "俺の彼女と幼なじみが修羅場すぎる" (in Japanese). Shoboi Calendar. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
External links
- Light novel official website (Japanese)
- Anime official website (Japanese)
- Oreshura (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
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