The High School Life of a Fudanshi
The cover of the first volume featuring Ryō Sakaguchi.
腐男子高校生活
GenreComedy
Manga
Written byMichinoku Atami
Published byIchijinsha
English publisherSeven Seas Entertainment
ImprintZero-Sum Comics
MagazineZero-Sum Online
DemographicShōjo
Original runSeptember 25, 2015 – September 7, 2018
Volumes5
Anime television series
Directed byTokoro Toshikatsu
Written byFujimoto Saeka
Music byAbe Nobuyuki
StudioEMT Squared
Original networkAT-X, KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, Television Kanagawa, Television Saitama
Original run July 5, 2016 – September 20, 2016
Episodes12

The High School Life of a Fudanshi (腐男子高校生活, Fudanshi Kōkō Seikatsu) is a Japanese yonkoma manga series written and drawn by Michinoku Atami. The manga is published online in Ichijinsha's Zero-Sum Online with first tankōbon format released on September 25, 2015. The manga is licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. This work parodies BL's cliche and fandom, but is more focused on the genre, than other elements.

An anime adaptation was produced by EMT Squared and broadcast in Japan from July 5, 2016, with each episode 4 minutes long.

Plot

Ryo Sakaguchi has a deep, dark secret: he is a fudanshi straight boy obsessed with boys' love (BL), the genre of stories revolving around the romance between two men. While he has trouble understanding how others do not find the same bliss he does from his unusual hobbies, that does not make it any easier for Ryo to buy his precious manga from the "girls" section of the store, or any simpler, explaining the world of boys’ love, shipping wars, and doujinshi circles to his best friend Nakamura. Will Ryo find other fanboys to share his hobby with, or is he doomed to sit alone on his throne of BL romance?

Characters

Ryō Sakaguchi (坂口 亮, Sakaguchi Ryō)
Voiced by: Wataru Hatano[1]
The series' protagonist. He is nicknamed Gucchi (グッチ). He really likes BL to the point that he gets excited over everything that resembles BL in real life, but is too shy to buy BL doujinshi by himself because of his sex. Despite his hobby, he is straight.
Toshiaki Nakamura (中村 俊明, Nakamuara Toshiaki)
Voiced by: Kenji Nojima[1]
Sakaguchi's friend who doesn't like BL, but still understands his friend's hobby even though he sometimes questions Sakaguchi's real sexual orientation.
Rumi Nishihara (西原 ルミ, Nishihara Rumi)
Voiced by: Aya Suzaki[1]
At first glance she is a normal high school girl, but is actually a fujoshi. By chance she becomes friends with Sakaguchi, and becomes the one who introduces Sakaguchi to the whole new level of BL love by taking him to the Comiket. The work implies that she has something for Ryo, but so far it has not developed.
Yūjirō Shiratori (白鳥 勇次郎, Shiratori Yūjirō)
Voiced by: Tatsuhisa Suzuki[1]
Sakaguchi's friend who is a cross-dressing homosexual and president of the Cooking Club. Even though he acts completely like a woman, his strength is similar to a delinquent.
Akira Ueda (上田 アキラ, Ueda Akira)
Voiced by: Toshiki Masuda[1]
Shiratori's servant who will do anything for him. Akira is not gay though,[a] which parodies BL-bait fan-service in anime and manga.
Daigo (台後)
Voiced by: Kōtarō Nishiyama[1]
A fudanshi whose class is next to Sakaguchi's and apparently a BL doujinshika.
Keichi (圭一)
Voiced by: Katsuhiro Tokuishi
A cooking club member who joined the club because his childhood friend always says meals cooked by Keichi are bland.
Reiji (レイジ)
Voiced by: Norihito Hase
Keichi's childhood friend. He's so close and jealous of Keichi that Ryo regularly comments that their friendship looks like a BL-subtext manga.
Kana-chan (かなちょん)
Voiced by: Yuiko Tatsumi
Rumi's (normal) friend.
Yukari (ゆかり)
Reiji's younger sister. A shrine maiden who likes Keiichi but who is continuously blocked by her brother.

Media

Manga

The yonkoma manga was written and drawn by Atami Michinoku and published online in Ichijinsha's Zero-Sum Online. The series so far has been compiled into five tankōbon as of September 2018. Seven Seas Entertainment announced that it had licensed the manga in North America on August 5, 2016.[2]

Volume List

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 September 27, 2015 [3]978-4-7580-3115-8May 30, 2017 [4]978-1-626925-31-1
2 April 25, 2016 [5]978-4-7580-3179-0September 19, 2017 [6]978-1-626925-53-3
3 November 25, 2016 [7]978-4-7580-3239-1January 9, 2018 [8]978-1-626926-79-0
4 September 25, 2017[9]978-4-7580-3314-5November 27, 2018[10]978-1-626927-87-2
5 September 25, 2018[11]978-4-7580-3385-5October 29, 2019[12]978-1-642756-92-0

Anime

The anime is directed by Toshikatsu Tokoro at EMT Squared with Chinatsu Ishida adapting Michinoku's original design. Nobuyuki Abe as sound director while DAX Production handled the sound production. Dream Creation handled the production. The theme song titled "Sekai wa Boy Meets Boy ♂" (SEKAIはボーイミーツボーイ♂) is sung by Ryō Sakaguchi's voice actor Wataru Hatano.

The blu-ray and DVD were released on October 14, 2016, containing all 12 episodes of the anime.

Episode List

Japanese title[b]
Official English title[c] 		Original air date
1"The Daily Life of a Fudanshi High School Student"
Transliteration: "Fudanshi Kōkōsei no Nichijō" (Japanese: 腐男子高校生の日常)		July 5, 2016 (2016-07-05)
2"My Classmates"
Transliteration: "Ore no Kurasumeito" (Japanese: 俺のクラスメイト)		July 12, 2016 (2016-07-12)
3"There are Fujoshi Everywhere"
Transliteration: "Sokokashiko ni Fujoshi wa Iru" (Japanese: そこかしこに腐女子はいる)		July 19, 2016 (2016-07-19)
4"My First Otaku Friend"
Transliteration: "Hajimete no Otaku Tomodachi" (Japanese: はじめてのオタク友達)		July 26, 2016 (2016-07-26)
5"Troublesome Kōhai"
Transliteration: "Nikuari na Kōhai-tachi" (Japanese: 難ありな後輩たち)		August 3, 2016 (2016-08-03)
6"Summer for Otakus"
Transliteration: "Otaku no Natsu" (Japanese: オタクの夏)		August 10, 2016 (2016-08-10)
7"Everyone's Fun Times"
Transliteration: "Sorezore no Tanoshimi" (Japanese: それぞれの楽しみ)		August 17, 2016 (2016-08-17)
8"The Girl On My Mind"
Transliteration: "Kininaru Joshi" (Japanese: 気になる女子)		August 24, 2016 (2016-08-24)
9"Transformation Desires"
Transliteration: "Henshin (sasetai) Ganbō" (Japanese: 変身（させたい）願望)		August 31, 2016 (2016-08-31)
10"Worldly Desires of 801 (Yaoi)"
Transliteration: "801 no Bon'nō" (Japanese: ８０１の煩悩)		September 7, 2016 (2016-09-07)
11"Bittersweet Valentine"
Transliteration: "Amakunai Barentain" (Japanese: 甘くないバレンタイン)		September 14, 2016 (2016-09-14)
12"What Moves Me"
Transliteration: "Ore wo Ugokasu Mono" (Japanese: オレをうごかすモノ)		September 21, 2016 (2016-09-21)

Web Radio

A web radio titled Radio Fudanshi Kōkō Seikatsu "Fu-Jinrui Mina Kyōdai!!" (ラジオ 腐男子高校生活「腐人類みな兄弟!!」)[d] started airing from July 3, 2016, on Anitama for 30 minutes an episode, with Hatano Wataru (Sakaguchi Ryō) and Suzaki Aya (Nishihara Rumi) as hosts.[13]

Notes

  1. ^ The official manga website wrote "でもホモではない", which means "but not a gay" on his profile.
  2. ^ All original title are taken from episode's title cards.
  3. ^ All English titles are taken from Crunchyroll.
  4. ^ The kanji of Fu-Jinrui combines the word "Fu" (rotten, also the same kanji used for fudanshi and fujoshi) and "Jinrui" (humanity).

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Fudanshi Kōkō Seikatsu TV Anime About BL Fan Slated for July 5". Anime News Network. March 24, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  2. ^ "Exclusive: Seven Seas Licenses The High School Life of a Fudanshi Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Fudanshi Koko Seikatsu (ID Comics/ZERO-SUM Comics) Atami Michinoku BOOK". CDJapan.
  4. ^ Atami, Michinoku (30 May 2017). The High School Life of a Fudanshi Vol. 1. ISBN 978-1626925311.
  5. ^ "Fudanshi Koko Seikatsu 2 (ID Comics/ZERO-SUM Comics) Atami Michinoku BOOK". CDJapan.
  6. ^ Atami, Michinoku (19 September 2017). The High School Life of a Fudanshi Vol. 2. ISBN 978-1626925533.
  7. ^ "Fudanshi Koko Seikatsu 3 [Regular Edition] (ID Comics/ZERO-SUM Comics) Atami Michinoku BOOK". CDJapan.
  8. ^ Atami, Michinoku (9 January 2018). The High School Life of a Fudanshi Vol. 3. ISBN 978-1626926790.
  9. ^ "腐男子高校生活 4巻 (ZERO-SUMコミックス)". Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  10. ^ "Book: The High School Life of a Fudanshi Vol. 4". Seven Seas Entertainment. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
  11. ^ "腐男子高校生活 5巻 (ZERO-SUMコミックス)". Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
  12. ^ "Book: The High School Life of a Fudanshi Vol. 5". Seven Seas Entertainment. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
  13. ^ ">ラジオ 腐男子高校生活「腐人類みな兄弟!!」：アニたまどっとコム". Anitama.com. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

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