Tawawa on Monday

Tawawa on Monday (Japanese: 月曜日のたわわ, Hepburn: Getsuyōbi no Tawawa) is a collection of illustrations (most containing no dialogue) by Kiseki Himura (比村奇石, Himura Kiseki). Himura has posted an illustration on his Twitter account every Monday starting from February 2015.[1]

Tawawa on Monday
月曜日のたわわ
(Getsuyōbi no Tawawa)
Original net animation
Directed byKōsuke Murayama
Produced byKazuhiro Kanemitsu, Keisuke Fukunaga, Mitsutoshi Ogura, Yūma Ōgami
Written byKōsuke Murayama
Music byYoshiaki Dewa
StudioPine Jam
Released October 10, 2016 – December 26, 2016
Runtime4 minutes
Episodes12 + 2

Conception

This project was initially called Getsuyō Asa no Shachiku Shokei ni Tawawa o Otodokeshimasu (月曜朝の社畜諸兄にたわわをお届けします, "I shall offer tawawa to our brothers in corporate slavery on Monday mornings")[2] before Himura give its current name after the 46th illustration,[3] and has since posted more than 200 illustrations. These illustrations are famous for being colored in blue monochrome theme. The initial purpose of these illustrations was to provide a positive motivation towards workers and students alike on Monday mornings, as the role of students and workers are reflected through the characters Ai and the salaryman, respectively.[4] Besides Ai, the stories of other various girls and men are also illustrated every Monday. So far, the first volume illustration compilation book that also includes comic was released on December 31, 2015 at Comic Market 89. The second volume was released at Comic Market 90 and the third volume was released at Comic Market 91,[5] all has been published by Himura himself.

Adaptation

Twelve 4-minute episodes began airing on October 10, 2016 and were streamed online for free on NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan's official YouTube account[6] for episode 1 and Niconico channel for episode 2 onwards every Monday, following the routine of the original illustrations. Kōsuke Murayama directed the anime, Hiroyuki Yoshii adapted Kiseki Himura's original design, and Pine Jam produced the series. Sayaka Harada sung the ending theme song titled Otome no Tawawa (乙女のたわわ) under her character name[7] and is digitally released via iTunes Store, Amazon, Oricon Music Store, mora, and Recochoku starting November 14, 2016.[8]

A Blu-ray and DVD, compiling all 12 episodes, were released at Comic Market 91 (December 29–31, 2016) at NBCUniversal's booth. The DVD includes 2 new special episodes, with each episode focusing on Junior and Ai.[9]

Takedown

A day after NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan posted the first episode, the video was taken down by YouTube, stating that the video violates its Community Guidelines.[10] The author Kiseki Himura apologized to fans on Twitter and that said that the anime will not be reuploaded on YouTube.[11] 2 days later, he announced via his Twitter account that the first episode has been restored and uploaded via the same channel, now under the YouTube account NBCUniversal Anime/Music.[12][13] Starting from episode 2, the anime is uploaded via Niconico Channel along with the reuploaded first episode.[14][15]

Cast
  • Sayaka Harada as Ai (アイちゃん, Ai-chan)[16] - A high school student who is self-conscious of her height. She works as a part timer at a bakery. Ai's nickname comes from the fact that her bra size is I.
  • Junji Majima as Salaryman (お兄さん, Onii-san, Older Brother)[16] - Salaryman who 'protects' Ai from the crowded train every Monday morning. Every week, Ai gives him a weekly charm, which are mostly buttons popped off from her shirts.
  • Ai Kayano as Junior (後輩ちゃん, Kōhai-chan)[16] - A clumsy, but reliable office woman.
  • Yasuaki Takumi as Senior (先輩, Senpai)[16] - Junior's colleague.
  • Minami Tsuda as Trainer (トレーナーさん, Torēnā-san)[16] - A gym trainer who occasionally accompanies Chief Manager at the gym.
  • Kōichi Sōma as Chief Manager (課長, Kachō)[16] - Salaryman's boss
  • Shizuka Ishigami as Volley club member (バレー部ちゃん, Barē-bu-chan)[16] - Ai's best friend, who is popular with both boys and girls. She often teases Ai-chan about her breasts.
  • Yō Taichi as School Nurse (保健室の先生, Hoken-shitsu no sensei)
  • Lynn as Female employee (女性社員, Josei shain)
  • Mamiko Noto as Dentist (歯科衛生士さん, Shika eiseishi-san)[16]
  • Minami Shinoda as Dentist Assistant (歯科助手, Shika joshu)
  • Ryūnosuke Watanuki as Male Dentist (男性歯科医師, Dansei shika ishi)
  • Hisako Kanemoto as Ms. Tokumori (徳森さん, Tokumori-san)[16] - A worker at a minimarket.

Episode list
No. English title[lower-alpha 1]
Original Japanese title[lower-alpha 2] 		Original air date
1"Tawawa on Monday"
"Getsuyōbi no Tawawa" (月曜日のたわわ)		October 10, 2016 (2016-10-10) (original)
October 13, 2016 (2016-10-13) (reuploaded)
October 17, 2016 (2016-10-17) (Niconico Channel)
One Monday morning, a high school girl named Ai who meets with a salaryman at a train station every Monday morning. The man somewhat acts as Ai's bodyguard, who protects her from the other passengers aboard the crowded train.
2"A Reliable Yet Clumsy Junior"
"Shikkarimono no Tsumori da ga Suki no Ōi Kōhai" (しっかり者のつもりだがスキの多い後輩)		October 17, 2016 (2016-10-17)
One Monday morning, a Junior office woman is helping her Senior working on his deadline.
3"Tawawa Sports"October 24, 2016 (2016-10-24)
One Monday morning, the Salaryman is getting scolded by his Chief Manager for not able to satisfy his quota. After seeing a pamphlet of a gym named Tawawa Sports, he opted to visit. Later in Sunday, a trainer at Tawawa Sports coaches a man who seems to be tired with his works, as well as giving advice that "result isn't everything, the progress is". The office worker is revealed to be the Chief Manager, while Salaryman himself stating to Ai that he's too lazy to go to gym.
4"Angel of Blue Monday"
"Burūmandē no Tenshi" (ブルーマンデーの天使)		October 31, 2016 (2016-10-31)
One Monday morning, Salaryman and Ai are talking about Ai's part time job and her popularity.
5"Ai and the Pivotal Check-Up"
"Ai-chan to Kessen no Shintai Sokutei" (アイちゃんと決戦の身体測定)		November 8, 2016 (2016-11-08)
One Monday morning, Ai telling Salaryman how tall she is and that she's on a diet due to a regular medical check up at her school.
6"The Not-so-invulnerable Junior"
"Mimochi no Katai Tsumori da ga Guard no Yurui Kōhai" (身持ちの堅いつもりだがガードの緩い後輩)		November 14, 2016 (2016-11-14)
A female employee asks if Junior wants to go on a blind date. When she refuses, the female employee mentions Junior's ex-boyfriend in front of the Senior. After a drinking party, Senior carries the drunk Junior on his back afterwards. However, while Senior carries Junior to her apartment, Junior reveals that she actually has no boyfriend from her hometown at all, and that she uses this lie to avoid any possible romantic advances from other men.
7"Summer Memory with Ai"
"Ai-chan to Hitonatsu no Omoide" (アイちゃんと一夏の思い出)		November 21, 2016 (2016-11-21)
One Monday morning in Summer, Ai tells Salaryman that she's going to spend her summer vacation with her cool and popular best friend while Salaryman complains that unlike students, workers barely get a day off.
8"Absolute Effective Painkiller"
"Zettai ni Yokukiku Chintsū-zai" (絶対によく効く鎮痛剤)		November 28, 2016 (2016-11-28)
One Monday morning, Ai notices that Salaryman has a toothache and advises him to go to the dentist.
9"Ai and the Bakery Uniform"
"Ai-chan to Pan-ya no Seifuku" (アイちゃんとパン屋の制服)		December 5, 2016 (2016-12-05)
One Monday morning, Salaryman visits Ai-chan at her part-time job as a waitress at a bakery. She arranges for a meeting afterwards and decides to give him her waitress uniform with some buttons off.
10"Ai and the Marathon Battle"
"Ai-chan to Maraton no Tatakai" (アイちゃんとマラトンの戦い)		December 12, 2016 (2016-12-12)
One Monday morning, Ai is having trouble while running at the school's marathon activity, and is confused with why her friend, who also has fairly large breasts, seems to be not bothered after running for a long time.
11"Reminiscing with Regret How I Completely Missed Seeing Her in Her Late Teens"
"Marumaru Minogashita Kanojo no Haitīn Jidai o Kōkai to Tomoni Sōzō suru Asobi" (丸々見逃した彼女のハイティーン時代を後悔と共に想像する遊び)		December 19, 2016 (2016-12-19)
One Monday morning, an office worker attends his junior high school reunion and meets a woman whom he missed his 'chance' with back in their student days.
12"Ai and the Stairs to Adulthood"
"Ai-chan to Otona no Kaidan" (アイちゃんと大人の階段)		December 26, 2016 (2016-12-26)
One Monday morning, Salaryman asked what Ai did during the Christmas day, which she initially refuses to answer. Later, she revealed that she 'has taken a step into adulthood', becoming from 'I-chan' to 'J-chan'.[lower-alpha 3]
13 (OVA)"The Careless but Loveable and Cute Junior"
"Ukkari-mono da ga Aisare Jōzu no Kawaii Kōhai" (うっかり者だが愛され上手の可愛い後輩)		December 29, 2016 (2016-12-29)
One Monday morning, Junior is preparing for her work and forgot to zip up her skirt, and only Senior tells her. Junior states that she can't marry anymore and Senior has to take "responsibility" if nobody wants her, which shocks him.
14 (OVA)"Ai and Private Film"
"Ai-chan to Puraibēto Firumu" (アイちゃんとプライベートフィルム)		December 29, 2016 (2016-12-29)
While cleaning Salaryman's room, Ai found an adult video which in the actress wears the same uniform as her part time job. Distracted with the uniform, Ai accidentally breaks one of his DVD's. Later, Ai states that she wants to apologize by wearing her part time job uniform for Salaryman.
gollark: Why would we rotate them with *Euler angles*?
gollark: I believe you've used some of them before.
gollark: Our standard is rotation matrices, really.
gollark: We don't really do those.
gollark: Not one of the ones we're using.

See also

Notes
  1. Literal translation
  2. Taken from the episode's title card
  3. Reference to the fact that she's called "Ai" due to her bra size

References
  1. "紙媒体だからこそ味わえる感動！サークル【比村乳業】が贈る『月曜日のたわわ』が登場です！！". Toranoana. TORANOANA Inc. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  2. "「月曜朝の社畜諸兄にたわわをお届けします」　Twitterの人気コンテンツ"月曜日のたわわ"はどうやって生まれたか、漫画家・比村奇石さんに話を聞いた". ねとらぼ. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  3. Himura, Kiseki. "Title Changing". Kiseki Himura on Twitter. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  4. Himura, Kiseki (December 31, 2015). Getsuyōbi no Tawawa. Himura Nyūgyō. p. 60.
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  8. "告知　その1". 月曜日のたわわチャンネル. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  9. "告知　その2". 月曜日のたわわチャンネル. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
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  11. "Tawawa on Monday's Creator Comments on Anime's Removal From YouTube". Anime News Network. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
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  13. "'Tawawa on Monday' Net Anime's 1st Episode Restored After Being Removed". Anime News Network. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
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