Yi Ren Zhi Xia
| Yi Ren Zhi Xia | |
|---|---|
| 一人之下 | |
| Genre | Fantasy, Action, Comedy |
| Author | Dong Man Tang |
| Illustrator | Mi Er |
| Publisher | ac.qq.com (China Tencent) |
| Original run | February 26, 2015 – present |
Yi Ren Zhi Xia (一人之下, literally: "Under One Person") with subtitle The Outcast is a Chinese webcomic by Dong Man Tang (Chinese: 动漫堂), illustrated by Mi Er (Chinese: 米二), and published by Tencent. It was first published under the title 异人 (Yi Ren, literally: "Weirdo") and with subtitle King of the Weirdo in February 2015.
A collaboration Chinese/Japanese anime television series adaptation titled Hitori no Shita: The Outcast (一人之下 The Outcast) began airing on July 9, 2016 and is simulcast in Chinese and Japanese.
Plot
Chou Soran was a normal college student until he gets caught up in a terrible incident in a small village, while visiting his grandfather's grave. He is told by officer Song that he met a girl saying that she was the other daughter of his father. While walking through the graveyard, Soran is assaulted by zombies until a mysterious girl wielding a knife and a meat knife suddenly saves him. After encountering again with the girl, Soran's life suddenly change, he was then forced to join Houhou's company and many clans has come after him stating that he is the heir of Ketaigen style a power that was probably use by his late grandfather but Soran has no idea on what is going on with them.
Characters
- Zhang Chulan / Chō Soran (張楚嵐)
- Voiced by: Atsushi Tamaru, Yuko Iida (child)
- Feng Bao Bao / Fū Hōhō (馮宝宝)
- Voiced by: Saori Hayami
- Xu San / Jo San (徐三)
- Voiced by: Kenji Nojima
- Xu Si / Jo Yon (徐四)
- Voiced by: Shinnosuke Tachibana
- Yuan / Saru (猿)
- Voiced by: Kappei Yamaguchi
- Liu Yanyan / Ryu Kenken (柳妍妍)
- Voiced by: Ayaka Asai
- Zhang Xilin / Chō Shakurin (張錫林)
- Voiced by: Tadashi Miyazawa
- Zhang Yude / Chō Yotoku (張予徳)
- Voiced by: Kanehira Yamamoto
- Xia He / Natsuka (夏禾)
- Voiced by: Yoko Hikasa
- Lu Liang / Lo Ryo (呂良)
- Voiced by: Marie Miyake
- Feng Shayan / Fuusaen (風沙燕)
- Voiced by: Yumi Hara
- Zhang Lingyu / Chō Reiyu (張霊玉)
- Voiced by: Kousuke Toriumi
Anime
| Hitori no Shita: The Outcast | |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Wang Xin |
|---|---|
| Written by | Shin Watanabe |
| Studio |
Pandanium Namu Animation Haoliners Animation League |
| Network | Tokyo MX, bilibili |
| Original run | July 9, 2016 – September 24, 2016 |
| Episodes | 12 |
An anime adaptation, titled Hitori no Shita: The Outcast (一人之下 The Outcast), is produced by Emon Animation Company, the Japanese branch of Shangai-based Haoliners.[1] The series is directed by Wang Xin with assistant directors Kazuhiro Toda and Mitsuo Mori, and the animation is produced Pandanium and Namu Animation. Tokyo MX broadcast on July 2 a special "episode 0", and the first episode aired on July 9.[1] An English-subtitled version premiered on Crunchyroll on July 9.[2] The opening theme is "ARCADIA" by Lilith while the ending theme is "In the Dawn" by Affective Synergy.
Episode list
| No. | Title | Original airdate[3] |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Chou Family's Secret?" "Chō Ya no Himitsu?" (張家の秘密?) | July 9, 2016 |
| After the grave of Chou Shakurin is violated, a girl named Houhou appears claiming to be the granddaugther. Meanwhile, Chou's grandson, Soran, arrives from the college and is informed about the violation and about his alleged sister. At night, Soran finds Houhou digging up a grave, but is knocked out by her. When he wakes up, she is killing zombies and denies being his sister. She eventually abandons him among the zombies and meets her partner, Jo San; they see a lightning and return to see if Soran is well. They find the zombies electrocuted but not Soran. In the next day, Houhou goes to the same college Soran attends and meets him. In a brief sequence, a pair is shown interested in Chou Shakurin's corpse, as Houhou and Jo San are also revealed to be. | ||
| 2 | "Master and Servant" "Shujin to Geboku" (主人と下僕) | July 16, 2016 |
| After a class, Houhou defies Soran to show his powers by attacking him. Soran is reluctant because his grandfather said he should avoid using it, and his father, Yotoku, beat him every time he used it. Soran realizes Houhou is one of the "outsiders" his grandfather allowed him to use his powers against. However, he is defeated by Houhou, who says he will be a servant to her from now on. Meanwhile, the zombie master who took Shakurin's corpse delivers it to the young boy-like Ro Ryou and the beautiful Natsuka. As Shakurin's body is of no use, Ro Ryou does not allow the zombie master to join the organization but promises to do so if they capture Shakurin's grandson. | ||
| 3 | "Lie" "Uso" (嘘) | July 23, 2016 |
| Soran disobeys Houhou's order to meet her as he receives a date invitation from a girl. After a dinner they go to her apartment, where she blocks Soran's powers and reveals to be the zombie master who dug Shakurin's grave. She brings Soran to Ro Ryou and Natsuka and is accepted as a Zensei member. When Ro Ryou is trying to use his power to get information, Houhou and Jo San arrives. | ||
| 4 | "Chaos" "Konton" (混沌) | July 30, 2016 |
| During the clash, Soran remembers his grandfather said that after bad things happen, good things happen too. However, he does not observe it even when Houhou and Jo San rescue him. As reinforcement arrives, Natsuka departs on a motorcycle, and Ro Ryou and the zombie master, Kenken, go away on a car. In a forest, Ro Ryou abandons Kenken, who is the only of the three to be captured. In the following day, Houhou brings Soran to meet the place where she and Jo San work—an express delivery system. | ||
| 5 | "Welcome to Express Delivery" "Youkoso Sokutatsu e" (ようこそ速達へ) | August 6, 2016 |
| 6 | "Thunder God" "Raijin" (雷神) | August 13, 2016 |
| 7 | "Soran's Feelings" "Soran no Omoi" (楚嵐の想い) | August 20, 2016 |
| 8 | "Infiltration" "Sen'nyū" (潜入) | August 27, 2016 |
| 9 | "Secret Arts" "Hijutsu" (秘術) | September 3, 2016 |
| 10 | "Houhou" "Hōhō" (宝宝) | September 10, 2016 |
| 11 | "1944" "Ichi Kyū Shi Shi" (一九四四) | September 17, 2016 |
| 12 | "To the Future" "Mirai e" (未来へ) | September 24, 2016 |
References
- 1 2 "Chinese/Japanese Anime Hitori no Shita the outcast Announced". Anime News Network. June 9, 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
- ↑ "Crunchyroll Adds B-Project, New Game!, Bananya, Hitori no Shita the outcast (Updated)". Anime News Network. July 1, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
- ↑ "一人之下 the outcastの放送情報｜アニメ" (in Japanese). Tokyo MX. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
External links
- Manhua official website (Chinese)
- Anime official website (Japanese)
- Yi Ren Zhi Xia (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia