Tsuredure Children

Tsuredure Children

The cover of the first volume featuring Saki Kanda (left) and Haruhiko Takase (right) from the first chapter
徒然チルドレン
(Tsurezure Chirudoren)
Genre Romantic comedy[1]
Manga
Written by Toshiya Wakabayashi
Published by Kodansha
English publisher

[2]

Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Original run 2014 – present
Volumes 8
Anime television series
Directed by Hiraku Kaneko
Produced by NAS
Written by Tatsuhiko Urahata
Music by Tenmon
Studio Studio Gokumi
Licensed by
Original network Tokyo MX, SUN, BS11
Original run July 4, 2017 – present
Episodes 6

Tsuredure Children (徒然チルドレン, Tsurezure Chirudoren) is an ongoing Japanese 4-koma web manga written and illustrated by Toshiya Wakabayashi. An anime adaptation by Studio Gokumi began airing on July 4, 2017.[3][4] Funimation has licensed the series in North America.

Plot

Tsurezure Children tells various romantic stories about how it is so hard to say "I love you" between young male and female high school students in an omnibus format. Some of the stories are loosely connected to each other.

Characters

Second year

Haruhiko Takase (高瀬 春彦, Takase Haruhiko)
Voiced by: Kentarō Kumagai[5]
Class 2-1, Haruhiko is a soccer club member who is interested with his classmate Saki Kanda, and waits for her to actually confess her feelings.
Saki Kanda (神田 沙希, Kanda Saki)
Voiced by: Haruka Miyase[5]
Class 2-1, Saki is a member of soft tennis club. She is in love with Haruhiko Takase and attempted to confess. She often consult with her classmate Yuki Minagawa.
Jun Furuya (古屋 純, Furuya Jun)
Voiced by: Kōhei Amasaki[5]
Class 2-1, Jun is a member of broadcasting club. He was confessed by his classmate Yuki Minagawa, but due to her easy going personality, he is never be able to tell whether Yuki is serious.
Yuki Minagawa (皆川 由紀, Minagawa Yuki)
Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa[5]
Class 2-1, Yuki is a member of soft tennis club. A girl with a lot of friends with impression of being a playgirl, Yuki confessed to her classmate Jun Furuya.
Takurō Sugawara (菅原 卓郎, Sugawara Takurō)
Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa[6]
Class 2-4, Takurō is a member of soccer club who is nicknamed "Sugayan". He is in love with his classmate Chizuru Takano. After helping her walk to a bus stop in the middle of a rain, he attempts to confess to her but backs out at the last minute.
Chizuru Takano (高野 千鶴, Takano Chizuru)
Voiced by: Inori Minase[6]
Class 2-4, Chizuru is a girl who thinks herself as unfun and gloomy. When her classmate Takurō Sugawara helps reach a bus station after a rain hits the school and attempted a confession, Chizuru thinks that Takurō just wanted to make her feel better. Although she is unaware of his feelings, she is still grateful for what he did for her.
Takeru Gōda (剛田 武, Gōda Takeru)
Voiced by: Tomoaki Maeno[6]
Ayaka Kamine (上根 綾香, Kamine Ayaka)
Voiced by: Yui Ogura[6]
Chiaki Uchimura (内村 千秋, Uchimura Chiaki)
Voiced by: Seiichirō Yamashita[7]
Kana Iijima (飯島 香菜, Iijima Kana)
Voiced by: Akari Kitō[7]
Ayane Matsuura (松浦 彩音, Matsuura Ayane)
Voiced by: Ayumi Mano
Chiyo Kurihara (栗原 ちよ, Kurihara Chiyo)
Voiced by: Ai Kakuma
Takao Yamane (山根 隆夫, Yamane Takao)
Voiced by: Hiro Shimono

Third year

Masafumi Akagi (赤木 正文, Akagi Masafumi)
Voiced by: Kenshō Ono[6]
The student council president who caught Ryōko smoke red handed and blackmailed her to becomes his girlfriend in order to keep his mouth shut. In reality, he has been interested with her long time ago.
Ryōko Kaji (梶 亮子, Kaji Ryōko)
Voiced by: Ayane Sakura[6]
A girl with deliquent look, who often separate herself from her classmate and smoke after school. Despite of her appearance, Ryōko is actually a very innocent girl.
Sen'ichi Katori (香取 慎一, Katori Sen'ichi)
Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa[5]
Class 3-5, a guy with narcissism.
Satsuki Sasahara (笹原 さつき, Sasahara Satsuki)
Voiced by: Maaya Uchida[7]
A pink-haired girl with twin buns and has a hyperactive personality. Despite having no interest with astronomy, she only joined the club because she has a crush on Hideki. After he graduated, Satsuki became the only member in the club.

First year

Hotaru Furuya (古屋 ほたる, Furuya Hotaru)
Voiced by: Haruka Tomatsu[5]
Jun's younger sister with a brother complex. She hates everyone who gets closer with her brother, and Yuki Minagawa's easy going personality totally annoys her.
Yūki Kaga (加賀 優樹, Kaga Yūki)
Voiced by: Yuki Hashimoto
First-year student who was forced to join the astronomy club by Satsuki, ended up having crush to her.
Kaoru Nanase (七瀬 薫, Nanase Kaoru)
Voiced by: Nana Inami
Yūki's childhood friend who is in love with him but has tsundere tendency. She followed him and joined the astronomy club.

Others

Hideki Yukawa (湯川 英樹, Yukawa Hideki)
Voiced by: Daisuke Ono[7]

Media

Manga

Wakabayashi originally started publishing the story online in 2012 without actually giving it a title; it became known simply as "Toshiya Wakabayashi's 4-koma comic collection". Afterward, it started serialization in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine in 2015[1] with entirely redrawn art. So far, 8 volumes have been released.[8] Kodansha USA has started digitally publishing an English version.[2]

Volume Release date ISBN Source
1 August 16, 2014 ISBN 978-4-06-395168-4 [9]
2 January 9, 2015 ISBN 978-4-06-395301-5 [10]
3 June 17, 2015 ISBN 978-4-06-395426-5 [11]
4 December 17, 2015 ISBN 978-4-06-395515-6 [12]
5 April 15, 2016 ISBN 978-4-06-395647-4 [13]
6 August 17, 2016 ISBN 978-4-06-395735-8 [14]
7 February 17, 2017 ISBN 978-4-06-395849-2 [15]
8 June 16, 2017 ISBN 978-4-06-395956-7 [16]

Anime

A TV anime adaptation was announced in February 2017. Studio Gokumi produced the anime with Hiraku Kaneko directing, series scripts being written by Tatsuhiko Urahata, and Etsuko Sumimoto as the character designer adapting Wakabayashi's original designs.[1] The anime aired starting from July 4, 2017 (feature 15-minute long episodes)[4] on Tokyo MX, Sun TV, and BS11.[6] NAS is producing the anime.[17] Inori Minase performs the opening theme titled "Ai Mai Moko" (アイマイモコ) while Yui Ogura performs the ending theme titled "Dear".[18] The anime episodes will be released as DVDs bundled with the limited edition of manga volume 9, 10, and 11, each contains 4 episodes.[19] Crunchyroll is streaming the anime.[20] Funimation has licensed the series in North America.[21]

Episode list

No. Official English title[lower-alpha 1]
Japanese title[22]		 Original air date
1 "Confession"
"Kokuhaku" (告白) 		July 4, 2017
Saki Kanda attempts to confess to Haruhiko Takase but she couldn't confess properly. Minagawa Yuki confesses to Jun Furuya but he is not sure about starting a relationship with her. The student council president Masafumi Akagi catches Ryōko Kaji smoking and asked her for a kiss in order to not report about her smoking which she accepts. Satsuki Sasahara and her senior Hideki Yukawa both from the astronomy club see the stars together for the last time as Hideki is graduating. She cries as he is going to graduate and confesses to him. 
2 "Spring"
"Haru" (春) 		July 11, 2017
3 "Point-Blank Relationships"
"shikin kyori renai" (至近距離恋愛) 		July 18, 2017
4 "Romantic Comedy"
"Rabu komedi" (ラブコメディ) 		July 25, 2017
5 "Watching You from Afar"
"Tōku kara kimi o miteru" (遠くから君を見てる) 		August 1, 2017
6 "We Don't Need Girls"
"Oretachi ni onna wa iranai" (に女はいらない) 		August 8, 2017
7 "It's All the Fever's Fault"
"Zenbu netsu no sei" (全部熱のせい) 

Notes

  1. ↑ All English episode titles are taken from Crunchyroll.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tsuredure Children 4-Panel Romance Manga Gets TV Anime This Summer". Anime News Network. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Kodansha USA to Publish DAYS, Tsuredure Children Manga Digitally". Anime News Network. April 20, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Tsurezure Children TV Anime Adaptation Announced for Summer – by Studio Gokumi". Otaku Tale. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Tsuredure Children Anime Premieres on July 4". Anime News Network. June 5, 2017. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Tsurezure Children Cast 2". Moetron. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Tsurezure Children Cast & Theme Songs". Moetron. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Tsuredure Children Anime's 4th Short Promo Video Previews New Cast". Anime News Network. June 21, 2017. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
  8. ↑ "徒然チルドレン". マガメガ MAGAMEGA. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  9. ↑ "徒然チルドレン（１）". 講談社コミックプラス (in Japanese). Kodansha Ltd. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  10. ↑ "徒然チルドレン（２）". 講談社コミックプラス (in Japanese). Kodansha Ltd. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  11. ↑ "徒然チルドレン（３）". 講談社コミックプラス (in Japanese). Kodansha Ltd. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  12. ↑ "徒然チルドレン（４）". 講談社コミックプラス (in Japanese). Kodansha Ltd. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  13. ↑ "徒然チルドレン（５）". 講談社コミックプラス (in Japanese). Kodansha Ltd. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  14. ↑ "徒然チルドレン（６）". 講談社コミックプラス (in Japanese). Kodansha Ltd. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  15. ↑ "徒然チルドレン（７）". 講談社コミックプラス (in Japanese). Kodansha Ltd. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  16. ↑ "徒然チルドレン（８）" (in Japanese). Kodansha Ltd. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  17. ↑ "『週刊少年マガジン』で連載中 『徒然チルドレン』今夏、TVアニメ化". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  18. ↑ "MUSIC". TVアニメ「徒然チルドレン」公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  19. ↑ "COMIC". TVアニメ「徒然チルドレン」公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  20. ↑ "Crunchyroll to Simulcast Aho-Girl, Elegant Yokai Apartment Life, Netsuzou Trap, Tsuredure Children Anime". Anime News Network. July 2, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  21. ↑ "Funimation to Simuldub Tsuredure Children, Convenience Store Boy Friends, Gamers!, My First Girlfriend is a Gal Anime". Anime News Network. July 13, 2017. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
  22. ↑ "STORY". TVアニメ「徒然チルドレン」公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 July 2017.
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