My Love Story!!

My Love Story!!

Cover of the first volume of My Love Story!! as published by Shueisha
俺物語!!
(Ore Monogatari!!)
Genre Romantic comedy
Manga
Written by Kazune Kawahara
Illustrated by Aruko
Published by Shueisha
English publisher
Demographic Shōjo
Magazine Bessatsu Margaret Sister
Bessatsu Margaret
Original run October 2011 – present
Volumes 11
Anime television series
Directed by Morio Asaka
Written by Natsuko Takahashi
Music by S.E.N.S.
Studio Madhouse
Licensed by
Animatsu Entertainment
Network NTV, TVA, BS Nittele, MMT, SDT, RNB, TSB, Nittele Plus, HTV
English network
Original run April 8, 2015 – September 23, 2015
Episodes 24
Live action film

My Love Story!!, also known in Japan as It's My Story!! (Japanese: 俺物語!! Hepburn: Ore Monogatari!!), is a Japanese romantic comedy manga series written by Kazune Kawahara and illustrated by Aruko. The manga is currently being serialized in Shueisha's Bessatsu Margaret magazine and is published in English by Viz Media.[1] A television anime adaptation by Madhouse began airing in April 2015 and a live action film adaptation of the same name was released on October 31, 2015.

Story

The story follows Takeo Gōda, a tall and muscular student who doesn't have much luck with women, as every girl he likes ends up falling for his best friend, Makoto Sunakawa, who is charming and good-looking. This all changes when he saves Rinko Yamato, a petite shy girl who, above all other expectations, falls in love with Takeo, beginning a unique love story.

Characters

Takeo Gōda (剛田 猛男 Gōda Takeo)
Voiced by: Takuya Eguchi, Ren Katou (young)
Actor portrayal: Ryohei Suzuki
The protagonist of the story and a first-year student at Shuei High School. He is very tall and muscular, easily dwarfing everyone around him. Women tend to find his appearance off-putting or frightening, likening him to a bear or gorilla, but Takeo nevertheless has many friends due to his popularity among men, who are inspired by his strength, physique, and vitality. Despite his hulking appearance and strength, Takeo has an affable personality and is actually extremely kind and selfless, quickly helping others without a second thought throughout the story and never holding a grudge for things people say about him. Near the beginning of the story, he saves Rinko from a molester and quickly develops feelings for her, but mistakenly thinks that she likes Makoto.
Rinko Yamato (大和 凛子 Yamato Rinko)
Voiced by: Megumi Han
Actor portrayal: Mei Nagano
A girl whom Takeo saves from a molester on a train. After Takeo saves her, she immediately fell in love with him. Unlike most girls, who find Takeo frightening, Rinko admires his strength, confidence, and kindness, and she doesn't seem to pay any mind to his unusual size or appearance. She attends Koizumi Girls' Academy and is very skilled in baking and making sweets. Rinko is the first girl who has been called "a nice girl" by Makoto, presumably since she's the first to look past Takeo's appearance.
Makoto Sunakawa (砂川 誠 Sunakawa Makoto)
Voiced by: Nobunaga Shimazaki, Yuka Terasaki (young)
Actor portrayal: Kentaro Sakaguchi
Takeo's next door neighbor, childhood friend, and classmate, who he calls "Suna" for short. Compared to Takeo's boisterous personality, Makoto is level-headed, studious, and rational, though he will occasionally burst into stifled laughter upon witnessing Takeo's unique behavior. Because Makoto is so handsome, all of the girls Takeo liked ended up falling in love with Makoto instead. Despite his endless stream of admirers, however, Makoto remains single, as he rejected every girl that's confessed to him because of insulting comments they made about Takeo. Though not nearly as outgoing as Takeo, he nevertheless values his friendship, noting that his life would be "boring" if Takeo were not around. Makoto is always watching out for Takeo and is willing to sacrifice his own happiness for his friend.
Ai Sunakawa (砂川 愛 Sunakawa Ai)
Voiced by: Kikuko Inoue
Makoto's older sister and a college student. Takeo mentions that she, like her brother, is a great and kindhearted person. She has had a secret crush on Takeo ever since he compared her to a flower when they were children. Only her brother and her colleague Oda knew about her feelings until she eventually told Takeo how she felt.
Yuriko Gōda (剛田 ゆり子 Gōda Yuriko)
Voiced by: Kazuyo Aoki
Actor portrayal: Sawa Suzuki
Takeo's mother, who always works hard for her family. Takeo is extremely protective of her, though she insists he worries for no reason as she was once an amateur wrestler and when she was giving birth to Takeo she actually helped carry another woman into the maternity room when she went into labour first.
Yutaka Gōda (剛田 豊 Gōda Yutaka)
Voiced by: Tesshô Genda
Actor portrayal: Yasufumi Terawaki
Takeo's father, who has a rather handsome appearance. He fell in love with Takeo's mother when he saw her put herself in harms way to protect someone else and decided he wanted to be the one to protect her.
Hayato Oda (織田 隼人 Oda Hayato)
Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa
An acquaintance at Ai's university who has a crush on her, but keeps getting turned down because of her feelings for Takeo.
Osamu Kurihara (栗原 オサム Kurihara Osamu)
Voiced by: Junya Enoki
A friend and classmate of Takeo. He has an afro hairstyle.
Mariya Saijō (西城 まりや Saijō Mariya)
Voiced by: Rena Maeda
A classmate of Takeo. She begins to call Takeo "shishō" (師匠 teacher) after he trains her for a sports day relay race at their school. She had a crush on Takeo and confessed but was politely declined and she moved on. She even gave obligatory/friendship chocolate to Suna and Takeo on Valentine's Day and is the second girl who has been called "a nice girl" by Makoto.
Nanako (奈々子 Nanako)
Voiced by: Rina Kitagawa
A friend and classmate of Rinko. She was confessed to by Takeo's friend, Osamu Kurihara.
Ayu (アユ Ayu)
A friend and classmate of Rinko.
Yukika Amami (天海悠紀華 Amami Yukika)
Voiced by: Ai Kayano
A girl from Takeo's and Suna's childhood. She has a crush on Suna after he blocked a ball from hitting her during dodgeball in their childhood. She has given anonymous valentine letters to Suna every year since and when she confessed to him; she was rejected by him; although, both are in good terms (as friends). Unlike the other girls rejected by Suna, Suna felt bad and guilty for seeing her cry.
Kouki Ichinose (一の瀬後期 Ichinose Kouki)
Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama
A confectioner that works in the shop where Yamato works as a maid. He falls in love upon seeing Yamato and considers her his inspiration. When he discovers that Takeo is Yamato´s boyfriend, he asks him break up with Yamato so he can date her, causing an inner dilemma in Takeo´s mind over whether he is really the one who can make Yamato happy.

Media

Manga

The series debuted as a 100-page special in Bessatsu Margaret Sister in October 2011 before becoming serialised in Bessatsu Margaret.[2] The first volume was released by Shueisha on March 23, 2012 and the eleventh volume was released on February 25, 2016.[3][4] Viz Media has licensed the series and released the first volume on July 1, 2014.[5] The eighth translated volume was released on April 5, 2016.[6]

No.Japanese release dateJapanese ISBNEnglish release dateEnglish ISBN
1 March 23, 2012[3]ISBN 978-4-08-846756-6July 01, 2014[5]ISBN 978-1-42-157144-7
2 August 24, 2012[7]ISBN 978-4-08-846817-4October 7, 2014[8]ISBN 978-1-42-157145-4
3 February 25, 2013[9]ISBN 978-4-08-846896-9January 6, 2015[10]ISBN 978-1-42-157146-1
4 August 23, 2013[11]ISBN 978-4-08-845086-5April 7, 2015[12]ISBN 978-1-42-157147-8
5 February 25, 2014[13]ISBN 978-4-08-845169-5July 7, 2015[14]ISBN 978-1-42-157148-5
6 June 13, 2014[15]ISBN 978-4-08-845229-6October 6, 2015[16]ISBN 978-1-42-157914-6
7 November 13, 2014[17]ISBN 978-4-08-845295-1January 5, 2016[18]ISBN 978-1-42-158213-9
8 March 25, 2015[19]ISBN 978-4-08-845362-0April 5, 2016[20]ISBN 978-1-42-158449-2
9 June 25, 2015[21]ISBN 978-4-08-845401-6July 5, 2016ISBN 978-1-42-158629-8
10 October 13, 2015[4]ISBN 978-4-08-845465-8October 4, 2016ISBN 978-1-42-158868-1
11 February 25, 2016[22]ISBN 978-4-08-845526-6——
12 May 25, 2016[23]ISBN 978-4-08-845578-5——

Anime

In November 2014 it was announced that the series was being adapted into an anime series.[2] The anime was directed by Morio Asaka at Madhouse, with Natsuko Takahashi as the scriptwriter and Kunihiko Hamada as the character designer.[24] The anime began airing on NTV from April 8, 2015 and is being simulcast by Crunchyroll.[25] The opening theme is "Miraikei Answer" (未来形 Answer lit. Futuristic Answer) by Trustrick while the ending theme is "Shiawase no Arika" (幸せのありか lit. "Happiness' Hiding Place") by Local Connect. The soundtrack is composed by S.E.N.S. Project. The final episode of the series, originally scheduled for September 16, 2015, was delayed to September 23.[26]

Film

A live action film adaptation of the same name was released on October 31, 2015.[27][28]

Reception

It won the award for Best Shōjo Manga at the 37th Kodansha Manga Awards.[29] It was number one on the Book of the Year list of Female-Oriented Comics from January to June, 2013 by Da Vinci magazine[30] and number five in the annual list of 2012.[31] It was nominated for the 6th Manga Taishō.[32] In Takarajimasha's 2013 edition of the guidebook Kono Manga ga Sugoi!, a survey with more than 400 manga professionals, it was selected as the best series for female readers; in the 2014 edition, it was the 15th best.[33] The fifth volume was the 53rd best-selling manga volume of the first half of 2014.[34] It was also nominated for the 18th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize "Reader Award".[35] In 2016, the manga won in the Shōjo category at the 61st Shogakukan Manga Awards.[36]

References

  1. ↑ "Viz Media Releases New Romantic Comedy Manga Series My Love Story!!". Anime News Network. 2014-06-28. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
  2. 1 2 "My Love Story/Ore Monogatari!! Shōjo Manga Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. November 7, 2014. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
  3. 1 2 俺物語！！　　1 [Ore Monogatari!! 1] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  4. 1 2 俺物語！！　　10 [Ore Monogatari!! 10] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  5. 1 2 "My Love Story!!, Volume 1". Viz Media. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  6. ↑ "My Love Story!!, Volume 7". Viz Media. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  7. ↑ 俺物語！！　　2 [Ore Monogatari!! 2] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  8. ↑ "My Love Story!!, Volume 2". Viz Media. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  9. ↑ 俺物語！！　　3 [Ore Monogatari!! 3] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  10. ↑ "My Love Story!!, Volume 3". Viz Media. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  11. ↑ 俺物語！！　　4 [Ore Monogatari!! 4] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  12. ↑ "My Love Story!!, Volume 4". Viz Media. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  13. ↑ 俺物語！！　　5 [Ore Monogatari!! 5] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  14. ↑ "My Love Story!!, Volume 5". Viz Media. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  15. ↑ 俺物語！！　　6 [Ore Monogatari!! 6] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  16. ↑ "My Love Story!!, Volume 6". Viz Media. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  17. ↑ 俺物語！！　　7 [Ore Monogatari!! 7] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  18. ↑ "My Love Story!!, Volume 7". Viz Media. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  19. ↑ 俺物語！！　　8 [Ore Monogatari!! 8] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  20. ↑ "My Love Story!!, Volume 7". Viz Media. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  21. ↑ 俺物語！！　　9 [Ore Monogatari!! 9] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  22. ↑ 俺物語！！　　11 [Ore Monogatari!! 11] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  23. ↑ 俺物語！！　　12 [Ore Monogatari!! 12] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  24. ↑ "My Love Story!!/Ore Monogatari!! Casts Takuya Eguchi, Megumi Han, Nobunaga Shimazaki". Anime News Network. 2015-01-08.
  25. ↑ "放送局情報｜アニメ『俺物語!!』公式サイト". anime-ore.jp. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  26. ↑ "Final My Love Story!! Episode Delayed 1 Week". Anime News Network. September 9, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
  27. ↑ "Ore Monogatari!!/My Love Story!! Shōjo Manga Gets Live-Action Film (Updated)". Anime News Network. 2015-05-09. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
  28. ↑ "俺物語!!(2015)". allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  29. ↑ "Animal Land, Ore Monogatari!! Win 37th Kodansha Manga Awards". Anime News Network. 2013-05-09. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
  30. ↑ "Da Vinci Magazine Lists Top Manga in 1st Half of 2013". Anime News Network. 2013-06-08. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
  31. ↑ "Da Vinci Magazine Lists 2012's Top Manga Series". Anime News Network. 2012-12-06. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
  32. ↑ "Akimi Yoshida's Umimachi Diary Wins 6th Manga Taisho Award". Anime News Network. 2013-03-21. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
  33. ↑ "Top Manga Ranked by Kono Manga ga Sugoi 2014 Voters". Anime News Network. 2013-12-09. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
  34. ↑ "Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 2014 (First Half)". Anime News Network. 2014-06-03. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
  35. ↑ "18th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize 'Reader Award' Nominees Announced". Anime News Network. 2014-03-03. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
  36. ↑ "Haikyu!!, My Love Story!!, Sunny Win Shogakukan Manga Awards". Anime News Network. Retrieved 27 April 2016.

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