Fudanshi Kōkō Seikatsu
| Fudanshi Kōkō Seikatsu | |
 The cover of the first volume featuring Ryō Sakaguchi. | |
| 腐男子高校生活 | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Michinoku Atami |
| Published by | Ichijinsha |
| Magazine | Zero-Sum Online |
| Original run | September 25, 2015 – present |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Toshikatsu Tokoro |
| Written by | Saeka Fujimoto |
| Music by | Nobuyuki Abe |
| Studio | EMT Squared |
| Network | AT-X, KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, Television Kanagawa, Television Saitama |
| Original run | July 5, 2016 – September 20, 2016 |
| Episodes | 12 |
Fudanshi Kōkō Seikatsu (腐男子高校生活, lit, "High School Life of a Fudanshi") is a Japanese yonkoma manga series written and drawn by Michinoku Atami. The manga is published online in Ichijinsha's Zero-Sum Online with first tankōbon format released on September 25, 2015.
An anime adaptation is produced by EMT Squared and broadcast in Japan from July 5, 2016 with each episode 4 minutes long.
Plot
The terms "fudanshi" refers to males who likes boys' love genre and as the title suggests, the story revolves the daily life of Ryō Sakaguchi, a high school boy who loves yaoi even though his sexual orientation is straight.
Characters
- Ryō Sakaguchi (坂口 亮 Sakaguchi Ryō)
- Voiced by: Wataru Hatano[1]
- The series' protagonist. He is nicknamed Gucchi (グッ) and his height is 178cm. He really likes BL to the point that he will excited over everything that resembled BL in real life, but is too shy to buy BL doujinshi by himself because of his sex. Despite of his hobby, he is straight.
- Toshiaki Nakamura (中村 俊明 Nakamuara Toshiaki)
- Voiced by: Kenji Nojima[1]
- Sakaguchi's friend who doesn't like BL, but still understand his friend's hobby even though sometimes he questioning Sakaguchi's real sexual orientation.
- Rumi Nishihara (西原 ルミ Nishihara Rumi)
- Voiced by: Aya Suzaki[1]
- In first glance is a normal high school girl, but is actually a fujoshi. By some coincidence she becomes friends with Sakaguchi, she's becomes the one who bring Sakaguchi to the whole new level of BL lover by taking him to the Comiket.
- Yūjirō Shiratori (白鳥 勇次郎 Shiratori Yūjirō)
- Voiced by: Tatsuhisa Suzuki[1]
- Sakaguchi's friend who is a cross-dressing homosexual and president of the Cooking Club. Even though he acts completely like a woman, his strength is like a delinquent.
- Akira Ueda (上田 アキラ Ueda Akira)
- Voiced by: Toshiki Masuda[1]
- Shiratori's servant who will do anything for him; Akira is not a homosexual though.[lower-alpha 1]
- Daigo (台後)
- Voiced by: Kōtarō Nishiyama[1]
- A fudanshi whose class is next to Sakaguchi's and apparently a BL doujinshika.
- Keiichi (圭一)
- Voiced by: Katsuhiro Tokuishi
- A cooking club member who joined the club because his childhood friend always says meals cooked by Keiichi is bland.
- Reiji (レイジ)
- Voiced by: Norihito Hase
- Keiichi's childhood friend.
- Kana-chan (かなちょん)
- Voiced by: Yuiko Tatsumi
- Rumi's (normal) friend.
- Yukari (ゆかり)
- Reiji's younger sister. A miko who likes Keiichi but is continuously blocked by her brother.
Media
Manga
The yonkoma manga was written and drawn by Michinoku Atami and published online in Ichijinsha's Zero-Sum Online. The stories has been compilated into so far two tankōbon as of April 2016.
Volume List
- September 27, 2015 - ISBN 978-4758031158
- April 25, 2016 - ISBN 978-4758031790
Anime
An official website has been launched by Dream Creation to announce that Michinoku Atami's manga will get a TV anime for Summer 2016.[2] The anime is directed by Toshikatsu Tokoro with Chinatsu Ishida adapting Atami's original design. Nobuyuki Abe as sound director while DAX Production handled the sound production. Dream Creation handled the production. The theme song titled "Sekai wa Boy Meets Boy ♂" (SEKAIはボーイミーツボーイ♂) is sung by Ryō Sakaguchi's voice actor Wataru Hatano.
The BD and DVD will be releasd on October 14, containing all 12 episodes of the anime.
Episode List
| No. | Japanese title[lower-alpha 2] Official English title[lower-alpha 3] |
Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Daily Life of a Fudanshi High School Student" "Fudanshi Kōkōsei no Nichijō" (腐男子高校生の日常) | July 5, 2016 |
| 2 | "My Classmates" "Ore no Kurasumeito" (俺のクラスメイト) | July 12, 2016 |
| 3 | "There are Fujoshi Everywhere" "Sokokashiko ni Fujoshi wa Iru" (そこかしこに腐女子はいる) | July 19, 2016 |
| 4 | "My First Otaku Friend" "Hajimete no Otaku Tomodachi" (はじめてのオタク友達) | July 26, 2016 |
| 5 | "Troublesome Kōhai" "Nikuari na Kōhai-tachi" (難ありな後輩たち) | August 3, 2016 |
| 6 | "Summer for Otakus" "Otaku no Natsu" (オタクの夏) | August 10, 2016 |
| 7 | "Everyone's Fun Times" "Sorezore no Tanoshimi" (それぞれの楽しみ) | August 17, 2016 |
| 8 | "The Girl On My Mind" "Kininaru Joshi" (気になる女子) | August 24, 2016 |
| 9 | "Transformation Desires" "Henshin (sasetai) Ganbō" (変身（させたい）願望) | August 31, 2016 |
| 10 | "Worldly Desires of 801 (Yaoi)" "801 no Bon'nō" (８０１の煩悩) | September 7, 2016 |
| 11 | "Bittersweet Valentine" "Amakunai Barentain" (甘くないバレンタイン) | September 14, 2016 |
| 12 | "What Moves Me" "Ore wo Ugokasu Mono" (オレをうごかすモノ) | September 21, 2016 |
Web Radio
A web radio titled Radio Fudanshi Kōkō Seikatsu "Fu-Jinrui Mina Kyōdai!!" (ラジオ 腐男子高校生活「腐人類みな兄弟!!」)[lower-alpha 4] started airing from July 3, 2016 at Anitama for 30 minutes each episodes, with Wataru Hatano (Ryō Sakaguchi) and Aya Suzaki (Rumi Nishihara) as hosts.[3]
Notes
- ↑ The official manga website wrote "でもホモではない", which means "but not a gay" on his profile.
- ↑ All original title are taken from episode's title cards.
- ↑ All English titles are taken from Crunchyroll.
- ↑ The kanji of Fu-Jinrui combines the word "Fu" (rotten, also the same kanji used for fudanshi and fujoshi) and "Jinrui" (humanity).
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Fudanshi Kōkō Seikatsu TV Anime About Male Yaoi Fan Slated for July 5". Anime News Network. March 24, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
- ↑ "腐男子高校生活". Dream Creation (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ↑ ">ラジオ 腐男子高校生活「腐人類みな兄弟!!」：アニたまどっとコム". Anitama.com. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
External links
- Anime official website (Japanese)
- Manga official page (Japanese)
- Fudanshi Kōkō Seikatsu (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia