Dusk Maiden of Amnesia
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| 黄昏乙女×アムネジア (Tasogare Otome × Amunejia) | |
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| Genre | Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Drama |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Maybe |
| Published by | Square Enix |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Monthly Gangan Joker |
| Original run | April 22, 2009 – November 22, 2013 |
| Volumes | 10 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Shin Ōnuma |
| Produced by |
Hayato Kaneko Masatoshi Ishizuka Takashi Tachizaki Tatsuhiro Nitta |
| Written by | Katsuhiko Takayama |
| Music by | Keigo Hoashi, Ryuuichi Takada |
| Studio | Silver Link |
| Licensed by | |
| Network | Tokyo MX, CTC, tvk, SUN |
| Original run | April 8, 2012 – June 24, 2012 |
| Episodes | 13 |
Dusk Maiden of Amnesia (黄昏乙女×アムネジア Tasogare Otome × Amunejia) is a 2009–2013 manga series, written and illustrated by Maybe. It was published by Square Enix and serialized in the Monthly Gangan Joker magazine. An anime adaptation by Silver Link aired between April and June 2012. It has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks in North America.
Plot
Story
The story revolves around a first-year middle school student, Teiichi Niiya who had just enrolled at Seikyou Private Academy. When he gets lost in one of the school's old buildings, he meets a girl named Yuko Kanoe who reveals herself as a ghost with no memories. Teiichi then decides to investigate her death by looking through the school's seven mysteries revolving around her. Throughout the story, Teiichi and Yuko discover the truth about these ghost stories and help those who are troubled.
Characters
- Teiichi Niiya (新谷 貞一 Niiya Teiichi)
- Voiced by: Tsubasa Yonaga (Japanese), Clint Bickham (English)
- The main protagonist. He joins the Paranormal Investigations club made by Yuko in order to find more information on Yuko's death. As he interacts with Yuko, the two eventually fall in love with each other.
- Yuko Kanoe (庚 夕子 Kanoe Yūko)
- Voiced by: Yumi Hara (Japanese), Emily Neves (English)
- Mainly known as "Yuko-san" from the ghost stories in the school, she is the infamous ghost of Seikyou Academy and the President of the Paranormal Investigations club. She is cheerful and enjoys tricking people, but gets very jealous and angry when a girl tries to get close to Teiichi. She is flirtatious towards Teiichi, often teasing him and does not mind to have her "body" being seen by him, except her skeleton. The various ghost stories of the school are related to Yuko in some ways.
- Momoe Okonogi (小此木 ももえ Okonogi Momoe)
- Voiced by: Misato Fukuen (Japanese), Brittney Karbowski (English)
- A member of the Paranormal Investigations Club. She is indebted to Teiichi for saving her from the Underground demon legend (which was fabricated by Yuko) and looks for many ghost stories in the school to help the club. She is the only member of the club that cannot see Yuko despite learning of her existences. She admires Teiichi and likes him.
- Kirie Kanoe (庚 霧江 Kanoe Kirie)
- Voiced by: Eri Kitamura (Japanese), Jessica Boone (English)
- A member of Paranormal Investigations club and Yuko's grandniece. She is the only character other than Teiichi and her own grandmother to be able to see Yuko and has a fear of ghosts. She originally believed that Yuko was an evil spirit until she learns the truth that she wasn't. Kirie resembles Yuko albeit with short hair as her grandmother is Yuko's younger sister. She has some feelings for Teiichi.
Media
Manga
The manga began serialization in Monthly Gangan Joker on April 22, 2009, and ended on June 22, 2013, with the July issue of the magazine.[1] Ten compiled volumes have been released between August 22, 2009, and November 22, 2013.[2][3] Additionally a volume 8.5 "Official Guidebook" and an anthology by several authors were published on November 22, 2012.[4][5]
| No. | Title | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dusk Maiden of Amnesia 1 Tasogare Otome × Amnesia 1 (黄昏乙女×アムネジア 1) | August 22, 2009[2] | ISBN 978-4-7575-2655-6 |
| 2 | Dusk Maiden of Amnesia 2 Tasogare Otome × Amnesia 2 (黄昏乙女×アムネジア 2) | January 22, 2010[6] | ISBN 978-4-7575-2779-9 |
| 3 | Dusk Maiden of Amnesia 3 Tasogare Otome × Amnesia 3 (黄昏乙女×アムネジア 3) | July 22, 2010[7] | ISBN 978-4-7575-2939-7 |
| 4 | Dusk Maiden of Amnesia 4 Tasogare Otome × Amnesia 4 (黄昏乙女×アムネジア 4) | January 22, 2011[8] | ISBN 978-4-7575-3128-4 |
| 5 | Dusk Maiden of Amnesia 5 Tasogare Otome × Amnesia 5 (黄昏乙女×アムネジア 5) | July 22, 2011[9] | ISBN 978-4-7575-3293-9 |
| 6 | Dusk Maiden of Amnesia 6 Tasogare Otome × Amnesia 6 (黄昏乙女×アムネジア 6) | March 22, 2012[10] | ISBN 978-4-7575-3530-5 |
| 7 | Dusk Maiden of Amnesia 7 Tasogare Otome × Amnesia 7 (黄昏乙女×アムネジア 7) | April 21, 2012[11] | ISBN 978-4-7575-3569-5 |
| 8 | Dusk Maiden of Amnesia 8 Tasogare Otome × Amnesia 8 (黄昏乙女×アムネジア 8) | November 22, 2012[12] | ISBN 978-4-7575-3792-7 |
| 8.5 | Dusk Maiden of Amnesia 8.5 Official Guidebook Tasogare Otome × Amnesia 8.5 Kōshiki Gaidobukku (黄昏乙女×アムネジア 8.5 公式ガイドブック) | November 22, 2012[4] | ISBN 978-4-7575-3721-7 |
| Dusk Maiden of Amnesia Anthology Tasogare Otome × Amnesia × Anthology (黄昏乙女×アムネジア×アンソロジー) | November 22, 2012[5] | ISBN 978-4-7575-3793-4 | |
| 9 | Dusk Maiden of Amnesia 9 Tasogare Otome × Amnesia 9 (黄昏乙女×アムネジア 9) | June 22, 2013[13] | ISBN 978-4-7575-3989-1 |
| 10 | Dusk Maiden of Amnesia 10 Tasogare Otome × Amnesia 10 (黄昏乙女×アムネジア 10) | November 22, 2013[3] | ISBN 978-4-7575-4091-0 |
CD
A drama CD of the manga was published by Frontier Works and released on July 22, 2010.[14]
Anime
An anime adaptation by Silver Link was announced in the January issue of Square Enix's Monthly Gangan Joker and aired in Japan between April and June 2012 with 12 episodes[15][16] with a 13th episode included in the 6th DVD and Blu-ray Disk volumes.[17] It was also simulcasted by Crunchyroll.[18] The opening theme is "Choir Jail" by Konomi Suzuki whilst the ending theme is "Karandorie" (カランドリエ) by Aki Okui with a special version sung by Yumi Hara in episode 11.[18] In episode 12 the insert song is "Requiem" by Nao Hiiragi. The anime has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks in North America and released a dubbed version of the anime on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on June 4, 2013.[19][20][21] MVM Films have licensed the anime for the United Kingdom for release on DVD on February 10, 2014.[22]
Episode list
| No. | Title | Original airdate |
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| 1 | "Ghost Maiden" "Yūrei Otome" (幽霊乙女) | April 8, 2012 |
| In the school's Paranormal Investigations Club, Momoe Okonogi does her work, blissfully unaware of the presence of the club's ghost president, Yuko Kanoe, who can only be seen by the two other club members Teiichi Niiya and Kirie Kanoe. After investigating an allegedly "haunted" food elevator, which is revealed to be Yuko's doing, Momoe brings everyone to the top of a hill where a memorial to Yuko is found. After Momoe and Kirie leave, Teiichi finds a bell underneath the memorial grave. | ||
| 2 | "Maiden of a Chance Meeting" "Kaikō Otome" (邂逅乙女) | April 15, 2012 |
| It all began when Teiichi finds himself lost in one of the school's old buildings, where he stumbles upon Yuko whom introduces herself as the ghost of the school. While he tries to understand how she came to be, they decided to start the Paranormal Investigations Club. Momoe asks him to help her with a paranormal problem, later explaining she played a strange game called "hide-and-seek" which only ends if you reveal the doll you use, but the doll mysteriously disappeared and she fears she will be killed. In truth, the doll was actually taken by Yuko, but she warns Teiichi that Momoe's paranoia will kill her if they do not solve it. In order to end her fear, Yuko and Teiichi play pretend where the latter performs an exorcism on the possessed doll in front of Momoe. | ||
| 3 | "Maiden of Dusk" "Konkoku Otome" (昏黒乙女) | April 22, 2012 |
| Teiichi receives a letter referring to Yuko, which leads him to meet Kirie. She warns him that Yuko might be an evil spirit planning to spirit him away. As Kirie points out what is thought to be Yuko's true form, a walking corpse, she reveals that Yuko is her grandmother's late sister. Kirie tries to target Yuko's remains but is scared off by Yuko. Afterwards, Teiichi overcomes his fear and manages to reform Yuko in his desired image. He then joins Kirie in inspecting Yuko's corpse for clues of her past, finding a shrine near her corpse. Realizing the evil spirit is not Yuko but something else, Kirie decides to join the Paranormal Investigations Club to get to the bottom of the mystery. | ||
| 4 | "Maiden of Dawn" "Futsugyō Otome" (払暁乙女) | April 29, 2012 |
| The Paranormal Investigations Club have a summer break sleepover at the old school building to investigate another ghost story. In truth, Kirie wants to find the evil shadow ghost she saw before. Teiichi and Yuko spend the night together exploring the building, while she reveals two of the ghost stories of the school, the Ghost of the Old Night Duty Room and the Stone of Curses, were actual pranks by her. She later brings Teiichi to her favorite spot when seeing the sunrise, and is glad they are spending time together. Meanwhile, the shadow ghost appears before a sleeping Kirie. | ||
| 5 | "Maiden of Longing" "Shōkei Otome" (憧憬乙女) | May 6, 2012 |
| As the club prepares a haunted house for the school culture festival, Kirie becomes annoyed with Teiichi and Yuko's friskiness and storms out with Momoe, only to get the both of them lost. As they look around the building, Momoe gets to know more about Kirie's sensitive side, and together they decide to explore the festival. Later, Kirie gets roped into a cosplay café and proves to be a hit. After the festival ends, as Kirie becomes frustrated after comparing herself to Yuko, she enters the haunted house and sees her fears of not being able to love herself. However, she becomes relieved after she learns Teiichi's reasons for liking Yuko and how he also sees Kirie as a girl. | ||
| 6 | "Maiden of Vengeance" "Fukushū Otome" (復讐乙女) | May 13, 2012 |
| As the school festival continues, the Paranormal Investigations Club learns about a rumor about Akahito, a masked blood-covered monster that kills anyone who stays late during school as a sacrifice. But the rumor turns out to be fact when Akahito is spotted during the festival. A student named Yuko Kirishima claims she was attacked by Akahito, which sends the superstitious students hysteric. However, Teiichi discovers Kirishima was behind the Akahito story, as she wants to destroy ghosts stories, because the students bully her for having the same name as the ghost Yuko. Kirishima makes a claim to her superstitious friends that the only way to stop Akahito from killing them is to sacrifice Yuko the ghost, but paranoid and hysteric, they intend to sacrifice Kirishima, believing she and Yuko are the same person. The club stops the superstitious students by having Yuko disguise herself as Akahito where she chases the students out for offering the wrong sacrifice. With her ordeal over, Kirishima leaves, but not before apologizing to Yuko. Meanwhile, Kirie and Momoe leave the bell tower after helping scare the superstitious students, until Kirie encounters the shadow ghost. | ||
| 7 | "Maiden of Oblivion" "Bōkyaku Otome" (忘却乙女) | May 20, 2012 |
| Teiichi notices Yuko has been acting strange, as she unknowingly keeps lashing out every time he spends time with Momoe. He confides this with Kirie, who tells him she saw the shadow ghost again and concludes the shadow ghost is actually the darker half of Yuko's literal split personality. Soon Kirie, Teiichi, and Yuko encounter the shadow ghost, who reveals to them she is the embodiment of Yuko's hatred and the painful memories she wanted to forget. Denying the truth, Yuko runs away toward the Stone of Curse, and Teiichi eventually catches up to her there. As it is revealed that it is actually a memorial stone dedicated to the townsfolk who died in a plague sixty years ago, it is explained that Yuko was offered as a living sacrifice to stop this plague. The shadow ghost makes a second appearance, unveiling that Yuko was made as a sacrifice against her will. The next day, Yuko continues to hang around with Teiichi, but is much more quiet. The shadow ghost possesses Yuko and pushes Teiichi off a stairway, much to her horror. When a healed and bandaged Teiichi returns to the club room, he encounters Yuko, who does not seem to recognize his face, much to his shock. | ||
| 8 | "Maiden of Recollection" "Tsuioku Otome" (追憶乙女) | May 27, 2012 |
| Yuko tells Teiichi to leave her alone, believing she has forgotten him for causing her painful memories. Kirie concludes every time Yuko experiences a painful memory, she has it removed from her mind and into her shadow. Unable to bear seeing Yuko not recognizing him, he starts spending time with Momoe to the point where he can no longer see Yuko. Kirie confronts him if he just going to forget Yuko like that, when she is mysteriously pushed away from him. After talking with Momoe and reading her logbook about the Paranormal Investigations Club, Teiichi begins to remember Yuko and his feelings for her. Wishing to bring her memories back, he rushes to the club room and drags Yuko to her favorite spot, telling her about the times they spend together and confesses his love for her. Yuko finally remembers who Teiichi is, and tells him she loves him as well. At the club room, Kirie finds an old picture of Yuko when the shadow ghost arrives, realizing it was the one that pushed her away from before. But in a sudden twist, the shadow ghost asks Kirie who she is. | ||
| 9 | "Maiden of Hatred" "Onnen Otome" (怨念乙女) | June 3, 2012 |
| The shadow ghost approaches Kirie but disappears thanks to the timely arrival of Momoe. She tells about her encounter with Teiichi and Yuko, but to Teiichi and Kirie's shock, Yuko tells them she has never met her shadow nor does she know about the school's mysteries. They soon realize Yuko has selectively pushed her negative memories into her shadow again, after noticing she has become more stubborn and embarrassed than before. As the Paranormal Investigations Club heads home, Yuko feels hurt and lonely without Teiichi, having a brief flashback of her past. The shadow ghost appears before Yuko, hating her for pushing their negative memories into her, bitterly jealous because Teiichi is in love with her. Teiichi save Yuko before the shadow ghost tries to force her to remember more of her past. They try to escape from school but Yuko cannot leave the school grounds. Teiichi manages to push Yuko away from her shadow when it tries to grab the latter, but he falls unconscious as a result. When he wakes up, Teiichi finds himself seeing Yuko's past from her body. | ||
| 10 | "Maiden of Defeat" "Sōshitsu Otome" (喪失乙女) | June 10, 2012 |
| Teiichi experiences Yuko's life sixty years ago, where she lived with her sister, Yukariko Kanoe, who is Kirie's grandmother. Despite a plague killing the townsfolk, Yuko continued taking care of Asa, a young girl whose family was killed by the plague, believing everything will get better. However, Yuko and Yukariko eavesdrop on a meeting between the sick town elders, whom believe the plague was punishment by the gods for building the school over a destroyed shrine. To appease the gods, the elders plan to sacrifice a young child and cover it up by claiming the child was another victim of the plague. Fearing for Asa's safety, Yuko and Yukariko bring her into their home, but Asa is kidnapped when the sisters went bathing, which Yuko runs to the school to save her. Asa, who is forced by the elders to play the role of Akahito to choose a sacrifice, unknowingly chooses Yuko. The hysterical elders grab Yuko and throw her into the underground shrine, sealing the entrance. As she slowly bleeds from a broken leg and her cries for help unanswered, Yuko dies peacefully, refusing to blame anyone for her fate, glad to know Asa and Yukariko were safe. However, this leads to the birth of Yuko's shadow, who hates her for not blaming anyone, including the elders for her death and herself becoming a ghost with no memories of her past. | ||
| 11 | "Maiden of Bitter Tears" "Kōrui Otome" (紅涙乙女) | June 17, 2012 |
| Teiichi wakes up from his dream of Yuko's past to find that almost no time has passed in the present. Upon touching Teiichi's hand, the memories he now has of her resurface, and Yuko is unable to see or hear him. Teiichi feels like giving up but is slapped by Kirie for trying to forget about Yuko. As he communicate with Yuko via the club's logbook, Teiichi gets an idea thanks to Momoe where he asks Kirie to let him see Yukariko, who is the chairman of the school. Yukariko reveals to Teiichi that she too can see the shadow ghost as well as the elders that died from madness after seeing it. Armed with this knowledge, Teiichi manages to make Yuko see him again by getting her attention by vandalizing the club room which also attracts the shadow ghost. Teiichi reveals to Yuko's shadow that he saw the past when he touched her, but she angrily confronts him on how can he understand the pain and suffering she had. Teiichi admits watching what happened to her and unable to do anything hurt him very much. Despite that, he accepts both the ghost maiden and her shadow as they are both the same girl he loves. Both personas reconcile with each other and become one, accepting both their good and bad memories. Later, Teiichi reveals, from what Yukariko told him, that Asa is his grandmother. With joy, Yuko declares that her sacrifice was not in vain because thanks to it, she could meet him. | ||
| 12 | "The Dusk Maiden" "Tasogare Otome" (黄昏乙女) | June 24, 2012 |
| Winter arrives and the Paranormal Investigations Club learns that Yukariko has found her sister's body and has given it a proper burial. With the club room shut down until the school can move the shrine out from the basement, Yuko has Teiichi go on date around the school with her. Teiichi wonders why Yuko is so insistent on this date until he learns the truth that because her hatred, the regret that kept her soul staying on Earth, has been resolved, her spirit is passing on to the afterlife. As they both spends their last moments together in the club room, Teiichi tearfully says goodbye and kisses Yuko before she finally departs. As the new school terms begins in the spring, the club learns the school's old building will not be demolished due to its historic value. Teiichi heads to the club room and much to his surprise and joy, Yuko returns as her last kiss with him made her regret having to leave him and she is now bound to him. | ||
| 13 | "Maiden of Exorcism" "Taima Otome" (退魔乙女) | November 28, 2012 (DVD Release) |
| Tired of Yuko's antics for causing more ghost stories to be spread amongst the students, Kirie challenges her to a series of games which if Yuko loses, she must behave. To Kirie's anger, Yuko wins the contest. Momoe shows an old letter she found which contains ghost stories which predate Yuko's enrollment in the school to the Paranormal Investigations Club. The club decides investigate the stories one by one which leads to many funny moments and embarrassments for everyone. After investigating the haunted bath story, the club discovers that the letter was written in invisible ink by the "Paranormal Investigations Club". Momoe then realizes that the stories were written by the original Paranormal Investigations Club for fun before they became the third newspaper club. Realizing that they are just like their predecessors, Teiichi and the girls decide to wear yukatas and set off fireworks on the school rooftops that night. | ||
References
- ↑ "Dusk maiden of amnesia Manga to End in June". Anime News Network. 2013-05-22. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "黄昏乙女×アムネジア 1 (ガンガンコミックスJOKER)" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "黄昏乙女×アムネジア (10)(完) (ガンガンコミックスJOKER)" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2013-11-28.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "黄昏乙女×アムネジア(8.5) 公式ガイドブック (ガンガンコミックスJOKER)" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "黄昏乙女×アムネジア×アンソロジー (ガンガンコミックスJOKER)" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
- ↑ "黄昏乙女×アムネジア 2 (ガンガンコミックスJOKER)" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
- ↑ "黄昏乙女×アムネジア 3 (ガンガンコミックスJOKER)" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
- ↑ 黄昏乙女×アムネジア(4) (ガンガンコミックスＪＯＫＥＲ) (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
- ↑ "黄昏乙女×アムネジア(5) (ガンガンコミックスJOKER)" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
- ↑ "黄昏乙女×アムネジア(6) (ガンガンコミックスJOKER)" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
- ↑ "黄昏乙女×アムネジア(7) (ガンガンコミックスJOKER)" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
- ↑ "黄昏乙女×アムネジア(8) (ガンガンコミックスJOKER)" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
- ↑ "黄昏乙女×アムネジア(9) (ガンガンコミックスJOKER)" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
- ↑ "ドラマCD 黄昏乙女×アムネジア" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
- ↑ "Dusk maiden of Amnesia Manga Gets TV Anime Next Spring". Anime News Network. 2011-12-20. Retrieved 2011-12-23.
- ↑ "Accel World, Natsuiro Kiseki, Zetman, Dusk maiden of Amnesia Premieres Listed". Anime News Network. 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
- ↑ "Dusk Maiden of Amnesia BD/DVD to Have Unaired Episode". Anime News Network. 2012-03-10. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Crunchyroll Adds Dusk maiden of Amnesia TV Anime". Anime News Network. 2012-04-09. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
- ↑ "Sentai Filmworks Licenses Dusk Maiden of Amnesia Anime". Anime News Network. 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
- ↑ "Dusk maiden of Amnesia - Complete Collection (DVD)". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
- ↑ "Dusk maiden of Amnesia - Complete Collection (Blu-Ray)". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
- ↑ "Dusk Maiden of Amnesia". MVM Films. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
External links
- Official Square Enix website
- Official Anime website
- Dusk Maiden of Amnesia (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Dusk Maiden of Amnesia (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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