Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko
Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko (Japanese電波女と青春男, dt " the radio wave girl and the young man ") is a written by Iruma Hitoma Light Novel series, whose illustrations were drawn by Buriki. She tells in a humorous way the story of a suffering from a mental disorder girl and the surrounding influences from the perspective of roughly the same student who helps them way back to a normal life.
The eight -volume series of novels published from January 2009 to April 2011 in ASCII Media Works Dengeki Bunko imprint under the. Based on the light novel of the same name was an adaptation as manga, as well as an anime television series that was produced by Shaft.
Action
The high school student Makoto Niwa (丹羽 真, Niwa Makoto ) has a habit to give themselves adolescence points, with which he tries to evaluate his own actions in this phase. As it comes it just right, that it due to family circumstances from now on with his aunt Meme Towa (藤 和 女 々, Towa Meme ) to live and thereby hoped various freedoms. His aunt does not correspond after his arrival at the train station but now his ideas. Meme it behaves more in spite of their age extremely childish and it looks even much younger than he bargained for. Keep people do not even really recovered, he sees lying at the entrance of the house one wrapped in a futon person. The more surprising it is the meme behaves for him as if that person did not exist.
For Makoto thus seems to be the dream burst a carefree time with his aunt to have. Above all, the question presses him on who this person is now sitting with them at the dinner table, but is always ignored by memes. When he can not hold back any longer and decides to bring to speeches by all means his aunt, this only gives him the hint to stay away from the futon wearer, as it would only mean trouble for him. However, it is also clear that this is the girl to Towa Erio Memes daughter (藤和 エリオ, Towa Erio ) and that although she had previously denied to have a daughter.
However, forced into this situation Makoto can not not also ignore hold back and Erio no longer. So he works outside his school days again and again with Erio, whose strange statements that she was abducted by aliens and that they have a mission, always return it to shame. What it generated the most oppressed, the situation is that he never gets to see them, because it is always wrapped in the futon and it does not drop even to eat; but the food leaves fall instead into the top opening. After it but still a little can communicate with her, he decides it on a trip to the supermarket take. These stuffs ' he in ET- style in the front mounted basket. When both are in the parking lot of the business before, he manages finally to get them to drop the futon. He is very surprised is to be found a good looking girl with silver blue long hair, which is similar in some respects to her mother.
While Makoto always penetrates further in the next few days the core of their trauma, the story employs parallel even closer with his new classmate Ryuko Mifune (御 船 流 子, Ryuko Mifune ) who is attracted in the later course more to it. However, it has many, not quite viewed as normal, peculiarities. It tends to be inferior to their conversations with very pronounced gestures and acoustic sounds while she is on her way to school, always on the go with bicycle helmet, reminiscent of a yellow construction helmet. Although it is actually called Ryuko, but is repeatedly raised as Ryushi because of the kanji of her name. Since this is her very displeased, she's strenuous efforts to punish any wrong pronunciation and correct. In addition, she is also a vegetarian. However, it describes itself as Fruitist ( Frutarian ).
To Ryuko is joined by a second school friend. This is the very long grown Maekawa (前 川, Maekawa ), which could be described by all the female main characters as normal, they would not have the habit to squeeze out of school in the strangest costumes, while always looking for work - the they usually pursues at night - the people shocked. Despite her athletic figure, however, is anything but sporty, which is solely due to the fact that you will quickly feel dizzy because of their size, as soon as she raises her arms above her head. At the same time it drives always like jokes with Ryuko, since it could make you her friend Makoto ' dispute. Finally, both frequently meet in the middle of the night when Makoto is in the process once again to ponder the future of Erio.
Erio can meanwhile partially take their trauma after Makoto can convince them in a bike accident the fact that they do not, may as claimed by her at first, fly. This flies a little concern Makotos that Erio could even take his own life in their delusion. Likewise, he manages to improve the relationship between memes and Erio so far that his aunt Erio recognizes again as her daughter. In this case, however, shall in no way memes from their partly childish behavior and uses every opportunity to Makoto and Erio to embarrass, by seeking to seduce him on a not very serious way again and again.
Nevertheless, the return to a normal life extremely difficult designed. Erio can not go to school that is because she has not taken part in this too long. In addition, it is very notorious in the locality to which it can also refused to accept her a job.
Formation and Publications
The Light Novel series Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko was written by Japanese authors Hitoma Iruma and is provided with illustrations by Buriki. The eight volumes of 10 January 2009 Published by April 10, 2011 by ASCII Media Works Dengeki Bunko imprint under the. In addition to these regular issues appeared on 10 April 2011, an extra band under the title Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko SF ( Sukoshi Fushigi ) Han (電波女と青春男SF (すこし ふしぎ)版).
- Vol 1: Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko, ISBN 978-4-04-867468-3 10 January, 2009
- Vol 2: Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko 2, ISBN 978-4-04-867810-0 10 May 2009 at
- Vol 3: Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko 3, ISBN 978-4-04-868138-4 10 November, 2009
- Vol 4: Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko 4, ISBN 978-4-04-868395-1 10 March, 2010
- Vol 5: Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko 5, ISBN 978-4-04-868596-2 10 June, 2010
- Vol 6: Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko 6, ISBN 978-4-04-868880-2 10 November, 2010
- Vol 7: Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko 7, ISBN 978-4-04-870125-9 10 December, 2010
- Vol 8: Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko 8, ISBN 978-4-04-870430-4 10 April, 2011
- Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko SF, ISBN 978-4-04-870470-0 10 April, 2011
Adaptations
Manga
Based on the novel of the same name originated Denpa Onna to Seishun manga adaptation Otoko, the G 's Magazine is also published by ASCII Media Works since the October 2010 issue of the Dengeki. The action of the light novel following manga is drawn by Masato Yamane.
Anime
The studio Shaft animated the light novel, directed by Akiyuki Shimbo. The first broadcast took place from April 15 to July 1, 2011 shortly after midnight (and thus on the previous TV day ) on TBS in the Kanto region (near Tokyo ), with one hour offset on CBC in the Chūkyō region (Greater Nagoya ) and MBS in the Kinki region. A nation- wide broadcasting by satellite took place from May 8 to July 24 also after midnight on BS- TBS.
Sent 12 episodes, wherein, after the character designer and artistic director Asako Nishida were originally planned 13 but this could not be completed on time because of the Tōhoku earthquake. The results were published from June 22 to December 22, 2011 on 6 DVDs and Blu- Rays. On 8 February, 2012, a Blu -ray or DVD was released with a non- broadcast 13th episode.
The series of NIS America under the title Ground Control to Psycho Electric Girl was released on January 8, 2013 on DVD and Blu -ray in the United States.
The header title Os - Uchūjin (Os -宇宙 人) was sung by Erio o Kamattechan, a collaboration of the pop band Shinsei Kamattechan who was also responsible for the composition and the text with Asuka Ogame, the spokeswoman of Erio, as a singer. The credits title Ruru (ルル) was sung by Etsuko Yakushimaru.