Shomin Sample
| Shomin Sample | |
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Cover of I Was Abducted by an Elite All-Girls School as a Sample Commoner volume 1 published by Ichijinsha. | |
| 俺がお嬢様学校に「庶民サンプル」として拉致られた件 (Ore ga Ojōsama Gakkō ni "Shomin Sanpuru" Toshite Rachirareta Ken) | |
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| Genre | Romantic comedy[1] |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Takafumi Nanatsuki |
| Published by | Ichijinsha |
| Demographic | Male |
| Imprint | Ichijinsha Bunko |
| Original run | December 2011 – ongoing |
| Volumes | 9 + 1 short novel |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Takafumi Nanatsuki |
| Illustrated by | Risumai |
| Published by | Ichijinsha |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Comic Rex |
| Original run | July 2012 – ongoing |
| Volumes | 6 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Masato Jinbo |
| Written by | Kento Shimoyama |
| Music by | Hiromi Mizutani |
| Studio | Silver Link |
| Licensed by | |
| Network | AT-X, Tokyo MX, SUN, KBS, BS Fuji |
| English network | |
| Original run | October 7, 2015 – December 23, 2015 |
| Episodes | 12 |
Shomin Sample (庶民サンプル Shomin Sanpuru), short for Shomin Sample: I Was Abducted by an Elite All-Girls School as a Sample Commoner[2] (Japanese: 俺がお嬢様学校に「庶民サンプル」として拉致られた件 Hepburn: Ore ga Ojōsama Gakkō ni "Shomin Sanpuru" Toshite Rachirareta Ken), is a Japanese light novel series by Takafumi Nanatsuki. The light novel has been published by Ichijinsha since December 2011. As of July 2014, seven volumes have been published. A manga adaptation began serialization in Ichijinsha's Comic Rex magazine in July 2012. A drama CD was released on February 20, 2013. An anime television series adaptation, produced by Silver Link, began airing in October 2015.[1]
Plot
Kimito Kagurazaka is an ordinary high school student. One day, he is forcefully enrolled in All-Girls School Seikain, where its noble female students are cut off from the rest of the world to preserve their innocence. However, this deep isolation leaves a large number of school graduates unable to cope with the outside world. To deal with this problem, the school has decided to kidnap a male commoner, Kimito, hoping that his "common man's" influence will be a gentle way to introduce the girls to the realities of life outside. Unfortunately for Kimito, the school only considered him a candidate for this project because they thought that he was a homosexual with a muscle fetish. Therefore, the school concluded that Kimito is no threat to the innocent girls' chastity. Once he learns that he either will face castration or exile should this be proven otherwise, he has no choice but to cooperate. Soon after his enrollment, he has a fateful meeting with Aika Tenkūbashi. Aika is a student who can alternately be shy, stubborn, and/or pretentious. She is also innocently fascinated by the outside world.
Characters
- Kimito Kagurazaka (神楽坂 公人 Kagurazaka Kimito)
- Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa (drama CD), Atsushi Tamaru (anime) (Japanese), Dallas Reid (English)[3][4]
- The main protagonist of the series; a commoner who is forced to enroll at Seikain after being kidnapped. Kimito immediately notices how detached the girls are from the outside world; his first informal speech at the commencement ceremony leaves them flabbergasted, and seeing a cell phone for the first time excites them far more than it should. The staff has falsely announced to the school that he is a homosexual with a muscle fetish to protect the girls' pride (and chastity). To help offset the strain of living up to his false credentials, his room in the school dormitory is renovated to look exactly like his bedroom at his family's home. He and Aika often chat in his room, where he enjoys trolling her with jokes about real-life topics that exploit her tendency for pretension as well as her very real innocence.
- Aika Tenkūbashi (天空橋 愛佳 Tenkūbashi Aika)
- Voiced by: Asami Seto (drama CD), Yū Serizawa (anime) (Japanese), Sarah Wiedenheft (English)[3][4]
- The primary heroine of the series; she is childish, naïve, and shy about talking to others. This distances her from them even though she wishes to be popular among her peers. Aika is strongly fascinated of the outside world; things like the PSP, ramen, and manga are but a few of her interests. She asks Kimito to teach her how to be a commoner, and declares the establishment of the Commoner Club with Kimito as the master. She seems to have feelings for Kimito beyond that of master and disciple, however; it is shown in a flashback to her childhood that a boy (Kimito) once helped her escape to see the wonderful things the outside world had to offer.
- Reiko Arisugawa (有栖川 麗子 Arisugawa Reiko)
- Voiced by: Ai Kayano (drama CD), Rika Tachibana (anime) (Japanese), Mikaela Krantz (English)[3][4]
- Reiko is considered the most innocent, polite, and cheerful girl in the school. Because of his earnest attempts to help her and the other girls with learning the Commoner Way, she quickly grows fond of Kimito and falls in love with him. She is someone who always acts positive. However, her personality drastically changes when she learns about Aika's idea for helping her reconcile with her friends and classmates after a certain uncharacteristic outburst. She does not want to accept Aika's help and bitterly confronts her for her actions. In the end, the situation is resolved amiably, but in turn this breeds a rivalry for Kimito's affections. Reiko joins the Commoner Club to stay close to Kimito and interfere with the advances of other girls.
- Hakua Shiodome (汐留 白亜 Shiodome Hakua)
- Voiced by: Rina Hidaka (drama CD), Yūki Kuwahara (anime) (Japanese), Jeannie Tirado (English)
- A short, soft-spoken, extremely youthful girl genius who is very antisocial, until she grows attached to Kimito (which shocks her maids). Hakua is an expert in mathematics and the sciences, and habitually documents new equations on any convenient walls. She goes into a strange daze at such times, and wriggles out of her clothes as she writes. Her family owns a cellular phone company. Hakua's maids tend to get her and Kimito into intimate moments.
- Karen Jinryō (神領 可憐 Jinryō Karen)
- Voiced by: Sachika Misawa (drama CD), Chitose Morinaga (anime) (Japanese), Skyler Davenport (English)
- A girl from a samurai family who carries a katana, even on school grounds. Her fear of insects causes her to reflexively slash others nearby (though their clothes are often the primary casualties). After Karen inadvertently experiences a humiliating defeat at the hands of Kimito, she believes herself to have become weak and swears to stick closely by his side - determined to kill him whenever a chance presents itself. She has a sexual arousal with Hakua. There came a point where Karen felt overexcited for displaying her full potential, for the first time, when invading Reiko's wedding arrangement.
- Miyuki Kujō (九条 みゆき Kujō Miyuki)
- Voiced by: Aoi Yūki (drama CD), Saori Ōnishi (anime) (Japanese), Mallorie Rodak (English)[3][4]
- Kimito's personal head maid (in name only). She is a very sadistic person, often carries out severe punishment whenever Kimito commits a blunder, yet she secretly kisses him in the morning to wake him up. Miyuki knows Kimito because he switched places with her older brother when they were young.
- Eri Hanae (花江 恵理 Hanae Eri)
- Voiced by: Yumi Hara (anime) (Japanese), Jad Saxton (English)[3][4]
- Kimito's childhood friend and an idol voice actress. She claims to be his girlfriend and is upset about his sudden transfer away from home. In middle school, she was bullied for voice, but a boy (Kimito) told her that she could become a voice actress. Due to a misunderstanding, she believes that Kimito would not reciprocate her feelings, and so she lied wildly about Kimito being homosexual just to have him to herself, which unintentionally led him to be chosen to enroll at Seikain. She later becomes the second commoner sample as part of a deal after coming to Seikain in the hopes of bringing Kimito back.
- Sayuri Kimachi (来待 早百合 Kimachi Sayuri)
- Voiced by: Takako Honda (anime) (Japanese), Heather Walker (English)[3][4]
- Principal of Seikain Girls Academy.
- Maya Mibu (壬生マヤ Mibu Maya)
- Voiced by: Risae Matsuda (anime) (Japanese), Alexis Tipton (English)[3][4]
- Mizuho Suehiro (末広みずほ Suehiro Mizuho)
- Voiced by: Shiori Sugiura (anime) (Japanese), Megan Shipman (English)[3][4]
- Kae Toujou (東城 香絵 Tōjō Kae)
- Voiced by: Yuka Aisaka (anime) (Japanese), Felecia Angelle (English)[3][4]
- Sumire Kiryuu (霧生 菫 Kiryū Sumire)
- Voiced by: Yuuki Kaneko (anime) (Japanese), Dawn M. Bennett (English)[3][4]
- Reiko's personal maid.
- Houko Arisugawa (有栖川 法子 Arisugawa Hōko)
- Voiced by: Ayumi Tsunematsu (anime) (Japanese), Colleen Clinkenbeard (English)
- Masaomi and Reiko's Mother.
- Masaomi Arisugawa (有栖川正臣 Arisugawa Masaomi)
- Voiced by: Kousuke Toriumi (anime) (Japanese), Austin Tindle (English)
- Reiko's older brother who is very protective of his sister, resulting in having a sister complex. He is firmly against Reiko's arranged marriage and turns to Kimito for help.
Media
Anime
A 12-episode anime television series adaptation, directed by Masato Jinbo and animated by studio Silver Link, began airing in Japan in October 7, 2015. The anime has been licensed by Funimation in North America and Madman Entertainment in Australia.
On November 11 2015, Funimation began streaming the English dubbed episodes as part of its Broadcast Dubs initiative.[5][6] The dub marks Aaron Dismuke's ADR directorial debut.
Episode list
| No. | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Welcome, Commoner" "Yōkoso shomin" (ようこそ庶民) | October 7, 2015 |
| 2 | "Reiko Is Who We Wish to Be Like" "Reiko-sama wa watashitachi no akogaredesu wa" (麗子様は私たちの憧れですわ) | October 14, 2015 |
| 3 | "It Was Like the Garden of Eden" "Eden no sono tte kanji datta" (エデンの園ってカンジだった) | October 21, 2015 |
| 4 | "The Tea Party Incident" "Ochakai jiken" (お茶会事件) | October 28, 2015 |
| 5 | "Just Friends" "Tomodachi dake" (友達だけ) | November 4, 2015 |
| 6 | "Step Outside" "Omote ni dero" (表に出ろ) | November 11, 2015 |
| 7 | "The Tsun-Pure In Her Element" "Tsunpyua-san no honryō" (ツンピュアさんの本領) | November 18, 2015 |
| 8 | "Aika-sama Has a Lot of Friends" "Aika-sama wa tomodachi ga ōi" (愛佳様は友達が多い) | November 25, 2015 |
| 9 | "Kagurazaka-sama Is Here" "Kagurazaka-sama ga kiteru no yo" (神楽坂様が来てるのよっ) | December 2, 2015 |
| 10 | "I've Been Curious About This For a While, But What is Gets?" "Mae kara ki ni natte ita ndakedo, gettsu tte nan'na no?" (前から気になっていたんだけど、ゲッツってなんなの？) | December 9, 2015 |
| 11 | "Is This Not the Sky That Kimito-sama Was Looking At?" "Kimito-sama no mite ita sora wa kōde wa arimasearimasen no?" (公人様の見ていた空はこうではありませありませんの？) | December 16, 2015 |
| 12 | "Inexperienced Though I Am, Please Accept Me Forever" "Futsutsuka-monodesuga, suenagaku onegaiitashimasu" (不束者ですが、末永くお願い致します) | December 23, 2015 |
References
- 1 2 "Silverlink Makes Ore ga Ojō-Sama Gakkō ni 'Shomin Sample' Toshite Usarareta Ken TV Anime". Anime News Network. January 17, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.gomanga.com/books/shomin-sample-i-was-abducted-by-an-elite-all-girls-school-as-a/732
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Fall Broadcast Dub English Cast Announcement – Shomin Sample!". Funimation. November 6, 2015. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Funimation Announces Shomin Sample Broadcast Dub Cast". Anime News Network. November 6, 2015. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.funimation.com/blog/2015/10/28/announcing-full-fall-broadcast-dub-dubbletalk-line-up/
- ↑ http://www.funimation.com/blog/2015/11/05/english-cast-announcement-shomin-sample/
External links
- Official website (Japanese)
- Official website (anime) (Japanese)
- Official website (anime) (USA)
- Ore ga Ojō-sama Gakkō ni "Shomin Sample" Toshite Rachirareta Ken (novel) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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