Anime He Studied Martial Arts in the Mountain for 17 Years

Japanese manga serial

明日のよいち! ( Asu no Yoichi! )
Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi
First English volume of Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi as published by Tokyopop
Genre	Harem, martial arts, romantic comedy^[1]
Manga
Written past	Yū Minamoto
Published past	Akita Shoten
English publisher	^NA Tokyopop
Magazine	Monthly Shōnen Champion
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	October 6, 2006 – March 8, 2011
Volumes	xv (List of volumes)
Anime idiot box series
Directed by	Rion Kujo
Written by	Hideyuki Kurata
Music by	Tomoki Kikuya
Studio	AIC
Licensed by	^NA Sentai Filmworks ^{United kingdom} MVM Entertainment
Original network	TBS, CBC, Dominicus Television, BS-i
Original run	Jan eight, 2009 – March 26, 2009
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)

Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi ( 明日のよいち! , Asu no Yoichi! , lit. Tomorrow's Yoichi) is a Japanese manga serial written and illustrated by Yū Minamoto. Information technology was serialized in Monthly Shōnen Champion from Oct 2006 to March 2011. The manga is licensed and released in Chinese by Sharp Betoken Press. The manga was formerly licensed in North America by Tokyopop equally Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi!.

Information technology has been adjusted into an anime television series by AIC and was broadcast in Japan on TBS between January eight, 2009 and March 26, 2009.

Plot [edit]

Afterwards learning martial arts in the mountains for 17 years nether his father'due south teachings, Yoichi Karasuma's male parent orders Yoichi to proceed his training to strengthen his spirit with the Ikaruga family unit in the city, equally he has nothing left to teach him (simply really considering Yoichi has become stronger and far more than skilled than him). The current assistant caput of the Ukiha Divine Wind Mode Swordplay school of martial arts in the urban center, Ibuki Ikaruga, and her siblings gradually accept Yoichi as a freeloader at their dojo. In addition to domestic bug, Yoichi deals with local bad-boy Washizu'due south jealousy of Ibuki and Yoichi's supposed human relationship, his schoolhouse life and various attempts past other martial arts schools to assassinate him or destroy the Ikaruga dojo.

Characters [edit]

From superlative left to bottom right: Torigaya, Washizu, Angela, Ibuki, Ayame, Tsubasa, Kagome, Yoichi and Chihaya

Yoichi Karasuma ( 烏丸与一 , Karasuma Yoichi ): Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto; A loftier school sophomore who is also a young swordsman and has moved away from his mountain life to live with the Ikarugas in the city to continue his preparation. He is a very active person who actively enjoys martial arts with swordsmanship in item; he has a catchphrase "de gozaru" subsequently each statement he uses. Due to his early on childhood in the mountains with his father, he does not know the current customs in Nippon or how to human action around a girl. He is very honorable, which is shown when he addresses everyone with the dono ( 殿 , lit. lord/chief) honorific. Yet, due to abiding misunderstandings, Ibuki, in particular, constantly attacks him under the assumption that he had done something perverted. He is normally seen wearing a Japanese martial arts compatible and a wooden sword. He is a freeloader at Ikaruga Dojo and is a educatee of the Ukiha Kamikaze Swordplay (Soaring Wing, Divine Wind Manner). He attends the private school Yoku-Ryou Gakuen with Ibuki and Ayame, and he's in the same grade as Ibuki and Washizu. He was convinced to join the Interim Club and was initially paired with Ibuki to play the principal hero and heroine of a love-play, just Ayame took over Ibuki'southward role afterwards then she could get closer to Yoichi. He always gets nosebleeds after unintentionally doing or seeing something perverted, usually the latter, but likewise when Ibuki has hitting him with his own sword considering of a supposed lecherous human action on his part. His grooming in swordsmanship has left him with greatly advanced fighting skills; i of the primal factors in his coming to the city was to earn experience to add to his knowledge (only really, although he doesn't know it, because he had become stronger and meliorate than his father). He is besides oblivious to the fact that Ayame, Ibuki, and Angela are in beloved with him.

Ikaruga family [edit]

Ibuki Ikaruga ( 斑鳩いぶき , Ikaruga Ibuki ): Voiced by: Rina Sato; Ibuki is a high schoolhouse sophomore who became the de facto caput of the Ikaruga family later on their parents went overseas (in the manga it is explained that this is due to a curse placed on their male parent and he and their mother are searching for a way to remove it). She is popular at school due to her beauty and scholastic/sports power; she is President of her grade at school and is good at studies, sports and martial arts. She secretly likes Yoichi only is the offset to attack him whenever he becomes embroiled in a state of affairs, usually involving other girls, whether he is at mistake or not. In the absence of her father she is the Assistant Teacher of Ikaruga Dojo, which teaches Ukiha Kamikaze Swordplay but there are only five students in her dojo due to her trigger-happy nature; however, she treats children in a maternal manner. It is revealed in chapter 19.5 of the manga that her violent nature developed when her parents left Ibuki to expect after her siblings at an early on age. As the story progresses, after coming to terms with the hardships that cruel to her subsequently her parents left, thanks to Yoichi and her sisters, she realizes she is in love with him.

Ayame Ikaruga ( 斑鳩あやめ , Ikaruga Ayame ): Voiced by: Haruka Tomatsu; Ayame is a freshman in high schoolhouse and Ibuki's younger sis. She has a shy, tsundere personality, has a highly-developed sense of style and is well-nigh always acutely aware of her small breast size when compared to those of her siblings; a revelation about Kagome's own chest size in Chapter 9 leaves Ayame totally stunned. It took a while for her to come to similar Yoichi romantically and she tries to help him at times while protesting that information technology is for no particular reason. She is bad with household chores in general and dislikes being compared to Ibuki, whom she feels completely overshadows her, to the point where she has decided to non even effort to compete with Ibuki; however, Yoichi's arrival and stay with them has acquired Ayame to not just try and overcome her self-consciousness and brand improvements in her life and outlook but also to become more open about her love for her family unit (Ibuki herself notes that Yoichi has "given [Ayame] back her smile"). She has kissed Yoichi twice (while he was unconscious during the performance of a school play - the offset unintentionally just the second kiss was intentional). Unfortunately, due to a series of misunderstandings, everyone thinks that she and Washizu are condign a couple, to both her and Washizu's common badgerer. Despite her apparent disdain towards kendo, she is quite knowledgeable about the Ukiha Kamikaze style and since Yoichi's ariival has returned to practicing at the Ikaruga dojo (also to be closer to Yoichi), at times acts as an instructor (usually to Washizu, who would prefer that Ibuki be his instructor).

Chihaya Ikaruga ( 斑鳩ちはや , Ikaruga Chihaya ): Voiced past: Yukari Tamura; Chihaya is a 15-year-old, 3rd year junior high school educatee and the second youngest (and most sexually frank) of the Ikaruga family unit. She is also a professional manga creative person who uses her siblings and Yoichi as inspiration for her manga past manipulating events to bring about more satisfying resolutions. She likewise seems the most knowledgeable of the sisters about relationships as she flirts with Yoichi while poking fun at the others. She is the only person in the Ikaruga family to clothing glasses. It is revealed towards the end of the manga that she really witnessed the incident that caused her parents to get out, only the circumstances were then terrifying that she deliberately blocked out everything. Her signature pilus antennae are reminiscent of Naru Narusegawa'due south from Dearest Hina.

Kagome Ikaruga ( 斑鳩かごめ , Ikaruga Kagome ): Voiced past: Kana Hanazawa; Kagome is the youngest of the Ikaruga family and an uncomplicated schoolhouse pupil. She is 10 years erstwhile in the anime. Kagome is uncommonly adept at household chores and cooking, specially for someone her historic period. While she is generally clumsy at sports and martial arts (much to Ibuki's dismay), she is an excellent swimmer and in Chapter 25 she learns how to successfully do a back-flip for Parents Visitation Mean solar day at her school, to the please of her attending sisters and Yoichi. She has a shy personality and because her breasts are already bigger than Ayame'due south, she binds them to spare her sis's feelings. She is close friends with Masashi, ane of the Ikuraga Dojo's students.

Classmates [edit]

Ryo Washizu ( 鷲津涼 , Washizu Ryō ): Voiced by: Kazuya Nakai; Washizu (also known as "Wa-san") is Ibuki's classmate and a famous runaway who originally trained as a boxer and is very expert at street fighting. At the beginning of the manga, Washizu was depicted every bit a loner and the only friend he had was Torigaya; he fought Yoichi twice and was defeated both times (in the 2nd fight, he tried to apply a switchblade [in the anime, spiked iron knuckles], but Yoichi shattered it with his bare hands). Equally the manga progressed, Washizu kept his fearsome reputation only started being friendly to other people around him. Washizu has a crush on Ibuki and joined the classes at the Ikuraga Dojo in gild to get closer to her, and because of his misunderstanding of the human relationship betwixt Yoichi and Ibuki, he despises Yoichi and sees him equally a perverted pimp who plays around with many girls, including Ibuki; however, he occasionally teams upwardly with Yoichi to fight a common enemy. Every effort on his part to tell or bear witness Ibuki his truthful feelings somehow ends disastrously, and Instead of confessing his true feelings to her, he accidentally confessed to Ibuki'due south sister Ayame, and they started acting as a comic relief of the manga. They usually think together how they could get close to their respective love interests: Ibuki for Washizu, Yoichi for Ayame. The "Washizu Fantasy Channel" in the manga and "Washizu Vision" in the anime are all Washizu's misinterpretations of the situation, usually concerning Ibuki; they can also exist Washizu's fantasies. In spite of all the misunderstandings and mishaps, Washizu tin at times be very understanding and sensitive.

Keita Torigaya ( 鳥谷恵太 , Torigaya Keita ): Voiced by: Shintaro Asanuma; Torigaya is Washizu's just friend until Washizu started opening himself to other people. She usually acts self and arrogant when she is with Washizu and is very fond of children. Both in the anime and manga she started looking like a male, merely chapter after chapter she obviously shrinks in size and shows more feminine traits. In the anime, her actual gender is suddenly revealed in the final chapter, while in the manga the change is much more gradual, having the first hint towards her bodily gender when she dresses equally a maid in chapter 37. This modify seems to be noticed only by Washizu.

Tsubame Benten Ryuu Dojo [edit]

Tsubasa Tsubame ( 燕つばさ , Tsubame Tsubasa ): Voiced by: Yui Makino; Tsubasa is the side by side heir of the Tsubame Tenryu Ryouge, a martial arts school threatening to collapse due to lack of funds, and was originally hired by Ukyou Sakinomiya to assassinate Yoichi. She is a clumsy and shy girl who dreams of having a normal life. She insisted to her subordinate Angela that she should get to the aforementioned schoolhouse as Yoichi so she would have a good opportunity to electrocute him, although her true motive was to be a normal high schoolhouse girl. In 1 incident, she instinctively slices a soccer ball heading towards her in front end of her classmates and becomes depressed when anybody is awed by her. Yoichi so compliments her abilities and Ibuki chastises everyone else for being as well inquisitive, which eases the tension of the scene. She later develops a shell on Washizu because he was the first person to care for her ordinarily (even though she considers Yoichi to be her get-go friend due to his deportment in the soccer ball incident), but she is injure deeply after hearing Washizu saying that he hates martial arts. Later on school, Angela ripped Tsubasa's clothes off in public, causing her to turn into a deadly martial artist in a trance-similar land due to her embarrassment and attacks Yoichi at Angela's orders. However, when Washizu interrupted their fight, Tsubasa bankrupt out of her trance and fled the scene crying in humiliation. Later, she told Angela that she hates both martial arts and Angela. Subsequently that evening, she forgives Angela and the post-obit day they start working at a ramen shop together. After, Yoichi convinces her to return to her family and explicate her feelings to them, specially her wish not to go the heir; after they accept her conclusion, she happily returns with Angela to her life and friends in the city. Similar Washizu, she has her own version of the Washizu Fantasy Channel/Washizu Vision chosen the Tsubame Fantasy Aqueduct ("Tsubame Vision" in the anime). Her full proper name translates to "Sparrow's Wings" or "Wings of a Sparrow" in Western order.

Angela Takatsukasa ( 鷹司アンジェラ , Takatsukasa Anjera ): Voiced past: Hitomi Nabatame; Angela is a 16-year-old daughter (in the anime she seems older) and Tsubasa'southward subordinate, who Yoichi describes as beingness "as tall as a model with a dynamic torso". Angela was hired past Ukyou Sakinomiya to assassinate Yoichi and she has been observing Tsubasa because she thought that the adjacent heir of Tsubame Tenryu Ryouge should assassinate Yoichi. After she witnesses Tsubasa'south lack of interest in proceeding with the job, she ripped off Tsubasa'south clothes and then she would plough into a mortiferous weapon, but the fight between Tsubasa and Yoichi was interrupted past Washizu. After Tsubasa left because of the embarrassment, Angela followed her and was in deep shock later on hearing Tsubasa say that she hates both martial arts and Angela. She and then attempted to assassinate Yoichi that night past herself. In the manga she was scared by Ibuki'southward sisters whom she mistook for ghosts. Later she reached Yoichi's room, she attempted to assassinate him, but thanks to his intense preparation (which included staying on guard even during sleep) Yoichi avoided all of her attacks even while fast comatose. Angela was taken off baby-sit and was sexually harassed by Yoichi while he was still sleeping, but was saved by Ibuki and her sisters. Afterward Yoichi woke up, she explained everything to the Ikarugas about the bump-off plot and her bump-off endeavor (this happened in the manga). Yoichi lectured her about her mercenary ways and that she should use her martial art skills with pride as a member of the Tsubame Tenryu Ryouge also for the revival of her martial arts school. In the anime, there are no ghosts and her attack occurs outdoors, but it also ends with Yoichi foiling the assail and lecturing her. Afterward, in both versions, she leaves the dojo and encounters Tsubasa, who has already forgiven Angela for her previous actions. The following mean solar day, Yoichi and Ibuki find that Angela and Tsubasa are working at a ramen shop, determined to revive their style on their own merits. In the manga, Angela grows to like Yoichi romantically but struggles on how to deal with her feelings because she is torn between them and her duty to the Tsubame Tenryu Ryouge. The first kanji in her family name ways "hawk" ( 鷹 , taka ), in referenced to her watchful nature towards Tsubasa and the finger talons she uses as weapons.

Embi "Envy" Tsubame: The younger sister of Tsubasa.

Lucifelle "Lucy" Takatsukasa: Lucifelle is Angela'south older sis and acts as Enbi's bodyguard. She is seen to respect Yoichi's martial arts skills and convinces Tsubasa to return to the Tsubame Benten Ryuu with Yoichi's help. In terms of skill, she is shown to exist much stronger than Angela. Like Angela, Lucifelle is frequently seen wearing a cheongsam.

Saginomiya clan [edit]

Ukyo Saginomiya ( 鷺ノ宮右京 , Saginomiya Ukyō ): Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi; Ukyo is the head of the Saginomiya clan and the head of the Heron's Temple, Azure Sky School. He has a beat on Ibuki (acquired by various misunderstandings between him and Ibuki from when they starting time met as children) and originally attempted to kill Yoichi and later on kidnap Ibuki. While he has become less obsessed that he used to be, his 1-sided passion for Ibuki remains unabated, causing him to create a robot version of Ibuki, but he tin can besides be very understanding; when Ibuki is defeated past Nuezume Aruko in Affiliate 36 and loses both the Ikaruga dojo and her family, Ukyo trains with her to assist her regain her cocky-confidence. He now has great respect for Yoichi (who defeated him in their first run into) both as a warrior and as a person. After his defeat by Yoichi, He is followed and helped by his younger sis, Sakon.

Sakon Saginomiya: Voiced by: Sayuri Yahagi; She faithfully follows her older brother around, and is very skilled in the arts of Disguise and "her skills with herbs are elevation notch." She disguised herself as a piffling old lady and afterwards as Ayame, although her "boobs were also big" to make the latter disguise believable.

Others [edit]

Yoichi's male parent: The electric current caput of the Karasuma Ukiha Kamikaze Way. He was the one that sent Yoichi to the Ikaruga Dojo claiming that a Samurai needs to exist strong at eye as well (in reality it is because Yoichi has greatly surpassed him).

Mr. and Mrs. Ikaruga: The parents of Ibuki, Ayame, Chihaya and Kagome. They left the family for martial arts training, but in reality it is because their father received a curse placed on him to kill his ain children then they left in order to find a way to remove the curse.

Media [edit]

Manga [edit]

Written and illustrated past Yū Minamoto, Asu no Yoichi! has been serialized in Monthly Shōnen Champion since information technology premiered in the October 2006 upshot. The private capacity are collected into 15 tankōbon volumes by Akita Shoten, which published the volumes betwixt October half dozen, 2006 and March viii, 2011.^[2] ^[3] The manga was formerly licensed in North America by Tokyopop as Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi!.^[iv] ^[5] The manga is licensed in Taiwan by Sharp Signal Press and in France by Kazé as High School Samurai: Asu no Yoichi!.^[6] ^[seven]

Anime [edit]

An anime adaptation began production on Baronial 6, 2008.^[8] The first episode premiered on TBS on January viii, 2009,^[ix] on Sun Television set on January 25, 2009, and on Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting and BS-i on January 29, 2009.^[10] ^[xi] On February 26, 2010, Section23 Films announced that Sentai Filmworks had licensed the serial for home video in Due north America and it was later released on DVD, on May xi, 2010.^[12]

The anime ran for 12 episodes.

The series used two pieces of theme music. "Egao no Riyuu" ( 笑顔の理由 ) past One thousand thousand Stone was used for the opening theme, while "Life and proud" past Aki Misato was the series' ending theme.^[thirteen]

Internet radio show [edit]

An Internet radio show to promote the anime serial called Asu no Yoichi Radio! ( 明日のよいちらじを! , Asu no Yoichi Rajio! ) was streamed online every Fri and aired 42 episodes until September 25, 2009 hosted by Lantis website.^[11] It had two hosts — Nobuhiko Okamoto and Rina Satō who played the voices of Yoichi Karasuma and Ibuki Irukaga respectively in the anime series.^[14]

Soundtracks [edit]

On January 21, 2009, Geneon released a single for Asu no Yoichi! 's opening theme, "Egao no Riyuu" ( 笑顔の理由 ) by Meg Rock.^[15] On Feb 4, 2009, Geneon released a single for Asu no Yoichi! 'south ending theme, "Life and proud" past Aki Misato.^[16]

Geneon released four grapheme song CDs for Asu no Yoichi!. The first two CDs were composed by Miki Fujisue and released on Feb 25, 2009. The first CD, graphic symbol song for Ibuki Ikaruga, is sung by Rina Sato.^[17] The 2nd CD, character vocal for Ayame Ikaruga, is sung past Haruka Tomatsu.^[18] On March 25, 2009, Geneon released the last two grapheme CDs, both composed past Masumi Ito. The third character CD, character song for Chihaya Ikaruga, is sung by Yukari Tamura.^[nineteen] The fourth and final CD, character vocal for Kagome Ikaruga, is sung by Kana Hanazawa.^[20]

Reception [edit]

The 8th book of Asu no Yoichi! was ranked 26th on the Tohan charts betwixt 9th and 15 Dec 2008.^[21] The 10th volume of Asu no Yoichi! was ranked 12th on the Tohan charts between July half dozen–12, 2009.^[22] The eleventh volume of Asu no Yoichi! was ranked 30th on the Tohan charts betwixt Nov 2–eight, 2009.^[23] Coolstreak Comics' Leroy Douresseaux commends the manga by saying, "While it offers plenty of cleavage and panty shots, Samurai Harem is more than simply a fanservice manga. It'south also an energetic romantic comedy, fabricated all the nicer by the fact that each of the four sisters has a singled-out personality".^[24] A afterward review by Douresseaux comments that the manga "mostly avoids the martial aspects of having samurai and ninja populating a manga series. So far, this serial avoids the activeness, only does take plenty of comedy."^[25] Comics Worth Reading's Ed Sizemore criticises the manga'south "focusing on the pubic region of girls and women" and "sound result coming from the girl's ballocks" equally "shameless in its tastelessness" as well every bit "disturbing".^[26] Pop Culture Shock'southward Ken Haley criticises the manga's fine art every bit "bland" simply concedes the indicate that "it does a good job at depicting scantily clad underage girls in compromising positions."^[27]

The third DVD of Asu no Yoichi! was listed on the Oricon charts between May 18 and 24, 2009.^[28] THEM Anime Review'southward Tim Jones likens Yoichi and Ibuki with Tom and Jerry respectively from Tom and Jerry "where Tom always lost confronting Jerry".^[29] Jones compares Yoichi's honey rival, Ryo Washizu, equally "a mishmash of Kuno and Ryoga from Ranma ½".^[29] He'south part Ryoga in that he wants to trump Yoichi even if it means grooming himself to the bone, and office Kuno in that he's an idiot when it comes to women (especially effectually Ibuki, who he constantly fantasizes of, as well as worries that she'll hate him for something inane that happens to him)."^[29] Jones criticises the art with "often drab, uncreative scenery, and the blitheness is only acceptable save for a few fight sequences".^[29] He also comments that "the character designs are cute, but the Ikaruga sisters' hair and outfits (salve Ayame's) expect ridiculous."^[29] He also criticises the background music as "entirely forgettable", and the "opening & closing songs won't be staying in your caput anytime soon".^[29]

References [edit]

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^ "High Schoolhouse Samurai: Asu no Yoichi!" (in French). Kazé. Retrieved 2013-12-26 .
^ "Asu no Yoichi! Romantic Comedy Manga Gets Telly Anime". Anime News Network. 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2008-12-17 .
^ ｢明日のよいち｣公式ホームページ/最新情報 (in Japanese). TBS. Retrieved 2008-12-21 .
^ ｢明日のよいち!｣アフレコ取材 (in Japanese). Geneon. Retrieved 2009-03-27 .
^ ^a ^b 明日のよいちらじを! (in Japanese). Lantis. Archived from the original on November 29, 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-20 .
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^ "Asu no Yoichi! Intro Theme "Egao no Riyu"". cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-03-03 .
^ "Boob tube anime "Asu no Yoichi!" Outro Theme: Life and proud". cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-03-01 .
^ "Asu no Yoichi! Character Song Vol.1 Ibuki Ikaruga (Rina Sato)". cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-03-03 .
^ "Asu no Yoichi! Character Song Vol.2 Ayame Ikaruga (Haruka Tomatsu)". cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-03-03 .
^ "Asu no Yoichi! Character Song Vol.three Chihaya Ikaruga (Yukari Tamura)". cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-03-27 .
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^ Douresseaux, Leroy (June 17, 2009). "Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi Volume 1". Coolstreak Comics. Retrieved 2009-06-30 .
^ Douresseaux, Leroy (November 1, 2009). "Samurai Harem: Asu No Yoichi Volume 2". Coolstreak Comics. Retrieved 2009-11-13 .
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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^east ^f Jones, Tim. "Asu no Yoichi!". THEM Anime Reviews. Retrieved 2009-09-06 .

External links [edit]

Official TBS Asu no Yoichi! website (in Japanese)
Official Lantis Asu no Yoichi! website (in Japanese)
Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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