Adachi and Shimamura

Adachi and Shimamura (安達としまむら) is a Japanese yuri light novel series written by Hitoma Iruma and illustrated by Non. The series began serialization in October 2012 in ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Bunko Magazine, with thirteen volumes and several spin-off works subsequently published under its Dengeki Bunko imprint. The story follows Sakura Adachi and Hougetsu Shimamura, two first-year high school students, as Adachi tries to express her romantic feelings for Shimamura, who treats Adachi as merely a friend.

A manga adaptation with art by Mani was serialized from April 2016 to December 2017, while a second manga adaptation with art by Moke Yuzuhara was serialized starting May 2019 in Dengeki Daioh. The light novels and the second manga adaptation are published in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment and Yen Press respectively.

An anime television series adaptation by Tezuka Productions aired from October to December 2020.

Plot

First-year high school students Sakura Adachi and Hougetsu Shimamura encounter each other one day while skipping class and become friends. Adachi gradually develops romantic feelings for Shimamura, which she struggles to express, while Shimamura feels like Adachi is merely a friend to her.

Characters

Sakura Adachi (安達桜)

A first-year high school student who often skips classes. She is a beautiful girl with a slender figure and black hair, and works part-time at a Chinese restaurant. Adachi is a deeply introverted individual who generally eschews relationships with others, as she finds them to be a significant burden.[5] This changes when she happens to meet Shimamura, who also skips classes. She has romantic feelings for Shimamura, and is intense jealous towards other girls who interact with her.

During summer break in their second year of high school, Adachi confesses her feelings to Shimamura at a festival, and becomes her girlfriend.[6]

Hougetsu Shimamura (島村抱月)

A first-year high school student who tends to skip classes, though not as much as Adachi. She has light brown colored hair and an innocent personality. Although she dislikes socializing, she has a talent for taking care of others.

During summer break in their second year of high school, Shimamura is confessed to by Adachi at a festival, and chooses to accept her feelings, thus becoming her girlfriend.[6]

Akira Hino (日野晶)

The youngest daughter of a wealthy family with four older brothers. She is short, has black hair, and behaves frivolously. She is not used to the refined atmosphere at home, often staying at Nagafuji's house. She became friends with Shimamura in high school.

Taeko Nagafuji (永藤妙子)

A high school girl as tall as Shimamura with large breasts and glasses. Her recent worry is being stared at by boys. She is a little careless and always teased by Hino. She has been friends with Hino since kindergarten.

Yashiro Chikama (知我麻社)

A self-proclaimed alien from the future who came to Earth in search of her lost compatriot from space. She looks like an elementary school girl, but claims to be around 670 years old. She likes Shimamura and often plays with Shimamura's younger sister at home. She usually wanders around the town.[9] Yashiro demonstrates telepathic abilities,[10] and is described in a flash-forward sequence set ten years after the main events of the series as having never physically aged.[11]

In the special novel stories included with the Japanese Blu-ray release of the anime, Yashiro is depicted thousands of years after the events of the series, still not having aged. She encounters reincarnations of Adachi and Shimamura (called Chito and Shima) on a post-apocalyptic planet that has been colonized by a since-degraded future human civilization, and it is revealed that she has committed herself to ensure that every version of Adachi and Shimamura continue to meet each other, having promised this to Shimamura in the past.[12]

Tarumi (樽見)

Shimamura's best friend in elementary school. She and Shimamura called each other "Shima-chan" and "Taru-chan", but became distant as a result of attending different junior high schools. The two happen to meet again in the winter of their first year of high school with the hope of restarting their friendship. She has a reputation as a delinquent because she often skipped school and wandered around in junior high. Tarumi's efforts to reignite her friendship with Shimamura upset Adachi, igniting extreme feelings of jealousy when she sees them together.[15]

type	tv series
director	Satoshi Kuwabara
producer	Junichirou Tanaka Atsushi Yoshikawa Tomoyuki Oowada Takaaki Nakanome Hiroshi Anami Rina Nakazawa
writer	Keiichirou Oochi
music	Natsumi Tabuchi Hanae Nakamura Miki Sakurai
studio	Tezuka Productions
network	TBS, BS11
licensee	Crunchyroll
first	October 9, 2020
last	December 25, 2020
episodes	12

Adachi and Shimamura

Plot

Characters

Media

Light novels

Manga

2016 series

2019 series

2016 series

2019 series

Anime

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