Wakaba Girl
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| Wakaba Girl | |
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| わかば＊ガール | |
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| Genre | Comedy[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yui Hara |
| Published by | Houbunsha |
| Imprint | Manga Time KR Comics |
| Magazine | Otome Tsūshin |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | 2010 – 2013 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Masaharu Watanabe |
| Produced by | Asuka Yamazaki Hiroyuki Kobayashi Kazuhiro Kanemitsu Kenji Yamaguchi Mitsutoshi Ogura Satoshi Fukao Yoshiki Usa |
| Written by | Jukki Hanada |
| Music by | Kenji Kawai |
| Studio | Nexus |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | AT-X, Tokyo MX, BS11 |
| Original run | July 3, 2015 – September 25, 2015 |
| Episodes | 13 |
Wakaba Girl (わかば＊ガール, Wakaba Gāru) is a Japanese four-panel manga series written and illustrated by Yui Hara and published by Houbunsha. An anime television series adaptation by Nexus aired in Japan between July and September 2015.
Plot[edit]
Wakaba Kohashi is a "a slightly out-of-tune super" daughter of a well-to-do family. She looks like an elegant rich daughter, but admires the trendy "gyaru" fashion subculture. Her friends are the pure, innocent, fairy-tale-like Moeko, the capricious Mao, and Nao who used to be an athletic type of girl, but now loves the boys-love genre. Most of the series takes place at Shirozume Girls High School.
Characters[edit]
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- Wakaba Kohashi (小橋 若葉, Kohashi Wakaba)
- Voiced by: Ari Ozawa[2]
- Moeko Tokita (時田 萌子, Tokita Moeko)
- Voiced by: Mikako Izawa
- Mao Kurokawa (黒川 真魚, Kurokawa Mao)
- Voiced by: Mao Ichimichi
- Nao Mashiba (真柴 直, Mashiba Nao)
- Voiced by: Rie Murakawa
Media[edit]
Manga[edit]
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Anime[edit]
An anime television series adaptation by Nexus aired in Japan between July 3, 2015[3] and September 25, 2015, and was simulcast by Crunchyroll.[1][4][2] Character designs were created by Kana Ishida and the scripts were written by Jukki Hanada.[4] The opening theme is "Hajimete Girls!" (初めてガールズ！) by Ray.
Episode list[edit]
| No. | Title | Original air date | |
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| 1 | "My Dream is to Become a High School Girl" "Yume wa Joshi Kōsei desu" (夢は女子高生です) | July 3, 2015 | |
| Upon starting high school, Wakaba Kohashi, a rich girl wishing to be a gyaru, makes friends with her classmates, Moeko Tokita, Mao Kurokawa, and Nao Hashiba. | |||
| 2 | "In a D-Cup, Please" "Dī-kappu de O-negaishimasu" (Dカップでお願いします) | July 10, 2015 | |
| Wakaba becomes excited about going to get ice cream with her new friends. | |||
| 3 | "The Road to Becoming a Gyaru is Long" "Gyaru e no Michinori wa Tōi" (ギャルへの道のりは遠い) | July 17, 2015 | |
| Wakaba buys a galge under the impression that it is a game for gyaru, with Nao lending her one of her own games. | |||
| 4 | "So This Is A Knife" "Kore ga Hōchō desu ka" (これが包丁ですか) | July 24, 2015 | |
| Wakaba and the others go to Moeko's house, where they decide to make some cupcakes, only for Moeko to do everything herself. | |||
| 5 | "Rich Girls Are Not Fair" "Ojō-sama wa Zurui" (お嬢様はずるい) | July 31, 2015 | |
| Mao feels downhearted when a boy she kind of has a crush on appears to be interested in a girl from a rich school, so she decides to observe Wakaba in order to pick up her rich girl mannerisms. | |||
| 6 | "The Area of Fabric is Too Small" "Nuno no Menseki ga Chīsasugimasu" (布の面積が小さすぎます) | August 7, 2015 | |
| The girls go to the pool together, with Wakaba borrowing a swimsuit from Moeko. Afterwards, Wakaba laments being unable to go to a summer festival due to her curfew, so the others come up with a plan. | |||
| 7 | "A Sniper, By Any Chance?" "Moshikashite Sunaipā" (もしかしてスナイパー) | August 14, 2015 | |
| The girls manage to convince Wakaba's mother to let Wakaba attend the festival with them, allowing them to enjoy the stalls and fireworks. | |||
| 8 | "Bang Bang Bang" "Dondokodokodoko" (ドンドコドコドコ) | August 21, 2015 | |
| Wakaba's class prepares a play for the upcoming culture festival while Nao sets her sights on the beauty pageant. | |||
| 9 | "Wakaba-chan Fever" "Wakaba-chan Fībā" (若葉ちゃんフィーバー) | August 28, 2015 | |
| Nao catches a fever on the day of the culture festival, so Wakaba takes her place in the beauty pageant, managing to win first place. | |||
| 10 | "That's Impossible" "Sore wa Muri desu wa" (それは無理ですわ) | September 4, 2015 | |
| Moeko attempts to overcome her struggles with sports by trying to perform a back hip circle on a bar. | |||
| 11 | "A Machine for Generating Lazy People" "Daraku Ningen Seizō Kikai" (堕落人間製造機械) | September 11, 2015 | |
| The girls have a sleepover at Moeko's place during New Year's so Wakaba can have her first shrine visit with her friends. | |||
| 12 | "Stop With Those Eyes" "Sono Me o Yamero" (その目をやめろ) | September 18, 2015 | |
| Wakaba enjoys her first snowfall by participating in a snowball fight with the others, though ends up catching a cold in the process. | |||
| 13 | "Regular Girl" "Futsū no Onnanoko" (普通の女の子) | September 25, 2015 | |
| Wakaba worries that she might be moving abroad with her family, so the others try and convince them to stay, soon learning it was just a misunderstanding on Wakaba's part. | |||
| 14 (OVA) | "I Want To Go to the Hot Springs" "Onsen Tsukaritai" (温泉つかりたい) | October 23, 2015 | |
| Wanting to go to a hot spring inn, the girls get a part-time job at a family restaurant run by Wakaba's older sister. | |||
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Wakaba Girl 4-Panel Comedy Manga by Kinmoza's Hara Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. March 17, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
- ^ a b "Wakaba Girl TV Anime's Main Cast Unveiled". Anime News Network. May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
- ^ "放送情報" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-04-12.
- ^ a b "Nexus Animates Wakaba Girl Comedy Anime". Anime News Network. March 21, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
External links[edit]
- Official anime website (in Japanese)
- Wakaba Girl (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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