Himouto! Umaru-chan

Himouto! Umaru-chan (干物妹!うまるちゃん, Himōto! Umaru-chan)[lower-alpha 1] is a Japanese manga series by Sankaku Head. It began serialization in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump on March 14, 2013. It has been collected in twelve tankōbon volumes. An alternative version was serialized for two chapters in Shueisha's monthly magazine Miracle Jump in 2012. An anime television series adaptation aired in 2015. A second season titled Himouto! Umaru-chan R aired from October to December 2017, while a sequel series titled Himouto! Umaru-chan G was released in November 2017.

Himouto! Umaru-chan
Cover of Himōto! Umaru-chan volume 1 featuring Umaru Doma.
干物妹!うまるちゃん
(Himōto! Umaru-chan)
GenreComedy, slice of life[1]
Manga
Written bySankaku Head
Published byShueisha
English publisher
MagazineWeekly Young Jump
DemographicSeinen
Original runMarch 14, 2013 – November 9, 2017
Volumes12
Manga
Himouto! Umaru-chan S
Written bySankaku Head
Published byShueisha
MagazineTonari no Young Jump
DemographicSeinen
Original runMarch 20, 2014 – present
Volumes1[2]
Anime television series
Directed byMasahiko Ohta
Written byTakashi Aoshima
Music byYasuhiro Misawa
StudioDoga Kobo
Licensed by
Medialink
Animatsu Entertainment
Original networkABC, Tokyo MX, BS11, AT-X, Anime Network
Original run July 9, 2015 – September 24, 2015
Episodes12
Game
Himōto! Umaru-chan: Himōto! Ikusei Keikaku
DeveloperConnect Wizard
PublisherFuRyu
GenreLife simulation game
PlatformPlayStation Vita
ReleasedDecember 3, 2015
Manga
Akita Imokko! Ebina-chan
Written bySankaku Head
Published byShueisha
ImprintYoung Jump Comics
MagazineTonari no Young Jump
DemographicSeinen
Original runDecember 7, 2015 – September 19, 2017
Volumes2
Original video animation
Directed byMasahiko Ohta
Written byTakashi Aoshima
Music byYasuhiro Misawa
StudioDoga Kobo
Released October 24, 2015 – April 19, 2017[3]
Episodes2
Anime television series
Himouto! Umaru-chan R
Directed byMasahiko Ohta
Written byTakashi Aoshima
Music byYasuhiro Misawa
StudioDoga Kobo
Licensed by
Medialink
MVM Films
Original networkABC, Tokyo MX, BS11, AT-X, Anime Strike, Anime Network
Original run October 8, 2017 – December 24, 2017
Episodes12
Manga
Himouto! Umaru-chan G
Written bySankaku Head
Published byShueisha
MagazineWeekly Young Jump
DemographicSeinen
Original runNovember 30, 2017 – April 19, 2018
Volumes1

Plot

Umaru Doma is a high school girl, living with her older brother Taihei. At school, Umaru appears to be the ideal student with good looks, top grades and many talents. However, at home she transforms into a kid-sized layabout and spends time with hobby addiction, much to Taihei's dismay. Throughout the series, Umaru uses her alternative personality to make friends with others.

Characters
Umaru Doma (土間 埋, Doma Umaru)
Voiced by: Aimi Tanaka[5] (Japanese); Emily Neves[6] (English)
A high school girl with beautiful looks, top grades and excellence in everything. She reverts to a secret lifestyle at home,[7]Ch. 2 where she wears a hamster hoodieCh. 4 and becomes obsessed with otaku.[8] While at indoors, she is drawn in a chibi manner.Ch. 1 later calling herself Komaru (Umaru's sister) when Kirie catches her in that persona.Ch. 19 She lives with her brother Taihei. She wears a cap when she goes to the video arcade where she is a well-known gamer who goes by the initials UMR.Ch. 12 She wears a mask to hide her identity from Sylphynford.Ch. 51, 56
Taihei Doma (土間 大平, Doma Taihei)
Voiced by: Kenji Nojima[9] (Japanese); Adam Noble[10] (English)
Umaru's older brother working at the company.Ch. 14, 41 extra He lives in a 1DK apartment.Ch. 77, Ep. 2 The siblings move in a year before the series.Ch. 1 He is described as having a kind and methodical personality. He reprimands Umaru for being lazy.[9]
Nana Ebina (海老名 菜々, Ebina Nana)
Voiced by: Akari Kageyama[5] (Japanese); Sara Ornelas[11] (English)
Umaru's buxom classmate living in the ground floor apartment near the siblings. She is very shy,[8]Ch. 2, 8 and is originally from Akita Prefecture, occasionally reverting to dialect when she is nervous. Because of her breasts, she has a lack of confidence as people look at her. The first person to look her in the eyes is Taihei, whom she later has a crush onCh. 13 and gets flustered whenever he gives her compliments.Ch. 32 She later reveals to Taihei that her brother works at a restaurant in Tokyo. Taihei suspects he might have met him on his business trip.Ch. 98 She appears in the spin-off manga "Akita Imokko! Ebina-chan" (秋田妹！えびなちゃん, lit. Akita Native Little Sister Ebina), after having placed first in a Niconico Seiga poll among other characters.[12]
Sylphynford Tachibana (橘・シルフィンフォード, Tachibana Shirufinfōdo)
Voiced by: Yurina Furukawa[5] (Japanese); Christina Kelly[11] (English)
One of Umaru's classmates. She is very openly competitive and considers Umaru a rival in academics and sports.[8]Ch. 2, 16 She becomes friends with Umaru's video game persona UMR with hopes of beating her at school,Ch. 56, 65 and later gets along with her friends.Ch. 82-84 She is half-JapaneseCh. 77 and German.
Kirie Motoba (本場 切絵, Motoba Kirie)
Voiced by: Haruka Shiraishi[5] (Japanese); Jad Saxton[11] (English)
A classmate and a petite girl with frightening eyes to scare others.Ch. 18 She is also shy and has a great admiration for Umaru.[8] She becomes friends with Komaru, thinking she is her sister. She is a servant calling her Master.Ch. 18-20 She considers Ebina a rival for Umaru's affections.Ch. 25 She is a member of the swim club,Ep. 1, 3 and is good at other sports like tennis.Ep. 4 She aspires to be a picture book author.Ch. 93
Takeshi Motoba (本場 猛, Motoba Takeshi)
Voiced by: Hiroki Yasumoto[8] (Japanese); Jason Douglas[11] (English)
Kirie's brother with an afro.Ch. 34 His nickname is Bomber (ぼんば, Bonba).Ch. 14 He likes to slack off at work.Ch. 11 extra, 22, 41 extra He and Taihei became friends since high school, but he was not as studious.Ch. 57 He gets jealous when sees Taihei hanging out with the girls, but when he meets Komaru, he feels she is cute too. He tries to interact with Kirie, but she gets annoyed from him.Ch. 34 Later when he meets Umaru in her outdoor persona and Ebina, he becomes very nervous and shy. He thinks Komaru and Umaru are two different people, and cannot recognize his sister during the trip.Ch. 66-67
Alex Tachibana (橘・アレックス, Tachibana Arekkusu)
Voiced by: Tetsuya Kakihara[8] (Japanese); Scott Gibbs[11] (English)
Sylphynford's brother. He works in Taihei's department.Ch. 14 He is part German and has relatives from Europe.Ch. 15 He also enjoys playing video games.Ch. 51, 52 He knows of Umaru's dual personality.Ch. 71 He later reveals that when he was in middle school, he was a shut-in but was inspired by a long-haired girl (hinted to be Kanau) to move to Japan and enter high school in Japan.Ch. 111
Manager Kanau (叶課長, Kanau kachō)
Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu[13] (Japanese); Maggie Flecknoe[11] (English)
Kanau Kongou (金剛 叶, Kongō Kanau) is the boss of Taihei, Bomber and Alex, described in Young Jump magazine as beautiful and excellent.[13] She met Taihei and Bomber at high school ten years ago.Ch. 11 extra, 96 She is very fond with Taihei,Ep. 5 but gets annoyed by Bomber. During Christmas, it is revealed that she is still single and living on her own.Ch. 41 extra Umaru becomes upset of her. Taihei reveals that she is the daughter of the president, a year younger than Taihei, and that they attended different schools.Ch. 96 She has a younger sister Hikari.Ch. 125
Hikari Kongō (金剛 ヒカリ, Kongō Hikari)
Voiced by: Inori Minase[14]
A top student from the Gifted Youth Program with a hairpin[lower-alpha 2] and Kanau's sister.Ch. 125 It is hinted that she interacted with Taihei, before knowing the set of constellations that he tried to show Umaru.Ch. 107-108 She refers to Taihei as a big brother.Ch. 125
Kōichirō Ebina (海老名 公一郎, Ebina Kōichirō)
Nana's older brother and restaurant chef. He left home when the latter was seven.Ch. 98

Media

Manga

The manga first appeared in Shueisha's monthly magazine Miracle Jump in 2012 for two chapters: first in the 10th issue on August 16 and again in the 11th issue on October 16.[15][16] It was serialized in Weekly Young Jump[5] from March 14, 2013.[17] A total of Twelve tankōbon volumes were published. A spin-off focused on Nana Ebina, titled "Akita Imokko! Ebina-chan" (秋田妹！えびなちゃん, lit. Akita Native Little Sister Ebina) that is currently running on Niconico Seiga website and other platforms after ranked first on the website's popularity poll.[12] Seven Seas Entertainment released the manga in English.[18] The manga ended serialization on November 9, 2017.[19] A sequel manga titled Himōto! Umaru-chan G began serialization on November 30, 2017 and ended on April 19, 2018.[20][21]

No.Japanese release dateJapanese ISBNEnglish release dateEnglish ISBN
1 September 19, 2013[22]978-4-08-879706-9May 22, 2018[23]978-1-626928-81-7
2 December 19, 2013[24]978-4-08-879722-9July 17, 2018[25]978-1-626928-84-8
3 June 19, 2014[26]978-4-08-879861-5October 9, 2018[27]978-1-626929-32-6
4 December 19, 2014[28]978-4-08-890083-4January 8, 2019[29]978-1-626929-80-7
5 March 19, 2015[30]978-4-08-890175-6April 16, 2019[31]978-1-642750-28-7
6 June 19, 2015[32]978-4-08-890207-4July 9, 2019[33]978-1-642751-07-9
7 October 19, 2015[34]978-4-08-890268-5October 15, 2019[35]978-1-642757-18-7
8 March 18, 2016[36]978-4-08-890370-5January 14, 2020[37]978-1-64505-186-2
9 November 18, 2016[38]978-4-08-890479-5April 14, 2020[39]978-1-64505-235-7
10 April 19, 2017[40]978-4-08-890630-0July 14, 2020[41]978-1-64505-499-3
11 September 19, 2017[42]978-4-08-890740-6——
12 December 19, 2017978-4-08-890821-2——

Anime
See also: List of Himouto! Umaru-chan episodes

An anime television series adaptation by Doga Kobo was produced, starring Aimi Tanaka and Kenji Nojima in leading roles.[8] The series was directed by Masahiko Ohta and written by Takashi Aoshima, with character design by Aya Takano and sound direction by Yasunori Ebina.[8][43] It was broadcast on the Asahi Broadcasting Corporation in Japan from July 9 to September 24, 2015,[44][45] and was simulcast worldwide by Crunchyroll.[46] The opening theme is "Kakushin-teki Metamarufōze!" (かくしん的☆めたまるふぉ〜ぜっ！, lit. Core Basis: Metamorphosis!) performed by Aimi Tanaka, while the ending theme is "Hidamari Days" (ひだまりデイズ, Sunshine Days) performed by Tanaka, Akari Kageyama, Haruka Shiraishi and Yurina Furukawa. The series is licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks.[4] An original video animation was bundled with the manga's seventh volume on October 19, 2015, with another to be bundled with the tenth volume of the manga in Q2 2017.[47] In the Weekly Young Jump magazine's 20th issue of 2017, a second season of the anime series titled Himouto! Umaru-chan R was announced for fall 2017 with the same cast.[48] The opening theme is "Nimensei Ura Omote Life!" (にめんせい☆ウラオモテライフ！) performed by Tanaka. The ending theme is "Umarun Taisou" (うまるん体操) performed by Sisters (妹S), the voice actresses of the four main girls. The second season was simulcast on Anime Strike in the United States,[49] on Hidive outside of the US,[50] and on AnimeLab in Australia and New Zealand.[51] Sentai Filmworks has announced on September 27, 2017 that they have licensed Himouto! Umaru-chan R.[52] In the UK, MVM Films announced they had licensed Himouto! Umaru-chan R.[53] In the Philippines, Umaru-chan was broadcast in Tagalog on the Hero and Yey! pay TV channels.[54][55]

Video game

A PlayStation Vita sister-raising simulation game developed by FuRyu, titled Himōto! Umaru-chan: Himōto! Ikusei Keikaku (干物妹！うまるちゃん ～干物妹！育成計画～, lit. "Himōto! Umaru-chan: Himōto! Training Plan"), was released on December 3, 2015.[56]

Reception

The manga had sold 2.2 million copies in November 2015.[57] It had 2.7 million copies in March 2017.[58]

Works cited
  • ^ "Ch." is shortened form for chapter and refers to a chapter number of the Himouto! Umaru-chan manga by Sankaku Head.
  • ^ "Ep." is shortened form for episode and refers to an episode number of the Himouto! Umaru-chan anime.

Notes
  1. The "himōto" in the title is a portmanteau of himono (干物, lit "dried fish", used to describe someone who puts up an appearance in public but acts lazily at home) and imōto (妹, "little sister").[4]
  2. Kongou translates to "diamond" with the name and logo of the company.Ch. 125
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