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is a Japanese light novel
series by Akinari Matsuno, with illustrations by QP:flapper. Twelve novels were published by Media Factory
under their MF Bunko J
imprint between February 2007 and September 2010, including two side story
volumes. The author died on April 18, 2011, leaving the series unfinished. The novels are also published by Tong Li Publishing in Taiwan. A manga
adaptation by Issei Hyoju started serialization in the September 2008 issue of the seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive
. A drama CD adaption was released by Edge Records on March 24, 2010 and its first-press limited edition came with a bonus CD. A 12-episode anime
adaptation produced by Xebec aired between October and December 2010. A Twitter
account for the character Mio Isurugi began on May 27, 2010. The protagonist has a sexual fetishism of masochism. Sentai Filmworks has licensed the anime.
Tatsukichi. Because Taro wants to be cured of his masochism so that he can confess his love to Tatsukichi, he goes to the Second Voluntary Club to get help. There he meets Mio Isurugi, a self-proclaimed god, and Arashiko Yuno, the girl who made him a masochist in the first place, however, she has androphobia. Also, there is the club advicer, and school nurse, Michiru, and Arashiko's best friend, Yumi, and the president of the Inventors Club, Noa Hiragi, and her lolicon assistant, Himura.
Light novel
A is a style of Japanese novel primarily targeting junior high and high school students . The term "light novel" is a wasei-eigo, or a Japanese term formed from words in the English language. Light novels are often called or for short...
series by Akinari Matsuno, with illustrations by QP:flapper. Twelve novels were published by Media Factory
Media Factory
is a Japanese publisher. It was founded on December 1, 1986, and its headquarters are situated in Shibuya, Tokyo. It is a subsidiary of Recruit Co., Ltd...
under their MF Bunko J
MF Bunko J
is a publishing label affiliated with the Japanese publishing company Media Factory. It was established in July 2002 and is a light novel label that is aimed at young adult males.Label names "J" is for "Japan" and "Juvenile" have meaning.-0-9:-A:-B:-C:...
imprint between February 2007 and September 2010, including two side story
Side story
A side story is a story that occurs alongside established stories set within a fictional universe. As opposed to a prequel, sequel, or interquel, a side story takes place within the same time frame as an existing work....
volumes. The author died on April 18, 2011, leaving the series unfinished. The novels are also published by Tong Li Publishing in Taiwan. A manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
adaptation by Issei Hyoju started serialization in the September 2008 issue of the seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive
Monthly Comic Alive
is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Media Factory. The first issue was released on June 27, 2006.-Serialized titles:*Asobi ni Ikuyo!*Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai*Bone Crusher*Chaos;Head -Blue Complex-*D-Frag...
. A drama CD adaption was released by Edge Records on March 24, 2010 and its first-press limited edition came with a bonus CD. A 12-episode anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
adaptation produced by Xebec aired between October and December 2010. A Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
account for the character Mio Isurugi began on May 27, 2010. The protagonist has a sexual fetishism of masochism. Sentai Filmworks has licensed the anime.
Plot
Taro Sado is a masochist and goes to a high school with his male friend Tatsukichi Hayama. Taro falls in love for the first time with a girl, who is in fact cross-dressingCross-dressing
Cross-dressing is the wearing of clothing and other accoutrement commonly associated with a gender within a particular society that is seen as different than the one usually presented by the dresser...
Tatsukichi. Because Taro wants to be cured of his masochism so that he can confess his love to Tatsukichi, he goes to the Second Voluntary Club to get help. There he meets Mio Isurugi, a self-proclaimed god, and Arashiko Yuno, the girl who made him a masochist in the first place, however, she has androphobia. Also, there is the club advicer, and school nurse, Michiru, and Arashiko's best friend, Yumi, and the president of the Inventors Club, Noa Hiragi, and her lolicon assistant, Himura.
Characters
- Taro Sado is the hero of the story, and a true masochist. He went to the same middle school as Yūno, who is at fault for turning him into a masochist. He is not sexually attractedSexual attractionSexual attractiveness or sex appeal refers to an individual's ability to attract the sexual or erotic interest of another person, and is a factor in sexual selection or mate choice. The attraction can be to the physical or other qualities or traits of a person, or to such qualities in the context...
to his relatives, though his mother and older sister are attracted to him and have an over-protective relationship for him. He is sometimes forced to perform cross-dressing (in the anime he was cross dressing because he was hypnotized by Mio, and fell in love with Tatsukichi, who tries to avoid Taro by cross dressing). Taro is known to have a ridiculous amount of "Pervert Energy" (over 30,000 units, compared to 5 units for average people) which was employed by Noa in one of her schemes. Despite the fact that he is a self-proclaimed "Super Masochist", Taro will not hesitate to help out his friends such as rushing Mio to a hospital when she collapsed during their mock-wedding on their date, trying to beat up the senior who attempted to sexually assaultSexual assaultSexual assault is an assault of a sexual nature on another person, or any sexual act committed without consent. Although sexual assaults most frequently are by a man on a woman, it may involve any combination of two or more men, women and children....
Arashiko way back despite being outmatched, acknowledging Tatsukichi's cross-dressing and telling him that he does not mind. His first kiss was with Mio. His surname Sado is probably a pun on sadomasochism which is particularly displayed in a wide array of scenarios throughout the series.
- Isurugi is Taro Sado's senior. She is the head of his school clubExtracurricular activityExtracurricular activities are activities performed by students that fall outside the realm of the normal curriculum of school or university education...
and is violent to Taro due to her superiority complexSuperiority complexSuperiority complex refers to an exaggerated feeling of being superior to others. The term was coined by Alfred Adler , as part of his School of Individual psychology...
. She is a self-proclaimed deity. She also has ailurophobiaAilurophobiaAilurophobia is a type of specific phobia: the persistent, irrational fear of cats. It comes from the Greek , "cat" and , "fear".Synonyms include felinophobia, elurophobia, and gatophobia.-Causes:...
. There is an implication that she has feelings for Taro (as a result of his kindness towards her, plus the fact that he treats her just as he does everybody else), although she does not admit to them. An episode suggested she is jealous when another girl makes advances towards Taro as in the case of her being more violent towards him when Noa gave him a mound of lilacs. She is an extreme tsundereTsundereis a Japanese character development process that describes a person who is initially cold and even hostile towards another person before gradually showing their warm side over time. The word is derived from the terms , meaning to turn away in disgust, and meaning to become 'lovey dovey'...
, and repeatedly attacks Taro, in an (unsuccessful) attempt to cure his masochism. She seems to be unaware of the fact that she has developed an attachment towards Taro, nor the fact that she has unconsciously developed feelings towards him, and constantly denies these facts whenever Arashiko has pointed it out. Her first kiss was with Taro. - Mio does not get along well with Tatsukichi when his alter-ego surfaces while cross-dressing, especially from the fact that Tatsukichi belittles Mio's bust size whenever his alter-ego comes out. She does not quite realize that she has an innate sadistic personality, which may explain why she constantly resorts to violent measures to cure his masochism. She is shown to be very athletic, but has been said by Arashiko to not be very good at studies.
- Yuno is Taro Sado's classmate. She has androphobiaAndrophobiaAndrophobia is an abnormal fear of men. The word is derived from the Greek άνδρας and φόβος .:)Androphobia may be related to traumatic events in the sufferer's past...
due to an attempted sexual assault by her former boyfriend in junior high school, and will attack any males who touch her, subconsciously feeling that she has to hit them before they hit her. She is also the one who caused Taro to become a masochist but despite her androphobia she develops a crush on Taro and is also hinted to be jealous as well when another girl is involved with Taro. - She occasionally gets into situations where she briefly forgets her androphobia in her eagerness to get closer to Taro (or is accidentally touched by him), and when she actually realizes what happens, she comically assaults Taro who, due to his masochism, enjoys it.
- Hayama is Taro Sado's classmate and close friend. He enjoys cross-dressing (which induces his female alter-ego to appear). He is troubled at the start when Taro, who does not know of Tatsukichi's hobby, becomes infatuated with his female alter ego. His alter-ego, "Tatsumi Antoinette XVI," has superiority complex while he is cross-dressing, and repeatedly argues with Isurugi (sometimes over Taro's affection) as well as repeatedly attacking verbally Mio's breast size. He was previously in a relationship with Yuno's best friend Yumi, but states that he is unsure how he now feels about her.
- Mamiya is a professional in massaging. She has light pink hair. She hates Taro Sado and loves Hayama, but does not know that Hayama is a cross-dresser. In certain scenes in the anime it is implied that she has lesbianLesbianLesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an...
tendencies when groping and fondling Arashiko and Mio.
- Onigawara is a school nurse and enjoys making people to perform cosplayCosplay, short for "costume play", is a type of performance art in which participants don costumes and accessories to represent a specific character or idea. Characters are often drawn from popular fiction in Japan, but recent trends have included American cartoons and science fiction...
. She is something of a sadist and has a close relationship to Mio Isurugi, to the point that Mio calls her "Michiru-nee". She is shown to enjoy taking pictures of pretty girls especially when they're wearing costumes she created for them. She also knows that Mio, Arashiko and Noa have feelings for Taro, and usually place competitions where he is the prize.
- As a character of the original novel series since Volume 5, Hiiragi is a senior of Taro, but her body looks like a girl of preadolescence. She is the president of the Invention Club at Taro's school, and is a genius with an IQ of over 200. Due to her insecurities at not being able to lead a normal life, she comes up with a scheme which would turn everyone in the world into perverts (if they were not already one). However, she is talked out of it by Taro, and is saved by him when the broken machine threatens to fall on her. She falls for Taro after that incident, and he happens to be her first love (she gave him a mound of lilacs which was, as stated by Arashiko, holds the meaning of first love in the language of flowers.) Like Mio, she dislikes people insulting her childish stature.
- He is Noa's Assistant who is quite handsome and is known to have a lolita complex and that is the sole reason for him joining the Invention Club aside from the fact that Himura loves Noa because of her body. As he personally stated in anime episode 5, he is not interested in females the same age or older than he is and even calls them "old hags/women" when fawned over due to Taro's Pervert Energy Blast.
- Shizuka is Taro Sado's elder sister with an extreme brother complex. She shows extreme love for Taro as an older sister and has a habit of treating him like a little baby. She is crazy when it comes to his love life and is joked to being in mild love with him. Despite looking like a middle-schooler, she is actually a college student.
- Tomoko is Taro Sado's mother who is very protective of her son to the point where she would conspire with Shizuka even though she is her "rival" to Taro's heart whenever a girl comes into his life besides them. She is obsessed with Taro in protecting him and comically sometimes joked to the point of being infatuated with him. She adds the "-san" suffix to both her children's names.
- As a character of the original novel series since Volume 6, Nanaha is Taro Sado's cousin. She is a junior high school student and sometimes visits Taro's room, making Shizuka and Tomoko angry. Although first cousins can marryCousin marriageCousin marriage is marriage between two cousins. In various jurisdictions and cultures, such marriages range from being considered ideal and actively encouraged, to being uncommon but still legal, to being seen as incest and legally prohibited....
under the family law in JapanFamily law in JapanThe main family law of Japan is Part IV of . have such provisions as on and notification to the public office.-Background:The Ie , or "household," was the basic unit of Japanese law until the end of World War II: most civil and criminal matters were considered to involve families rather than...
, however, Taro is not sexually attracted to Nanaha because he feels that she is a member of his family. Nanaha is hated by Shizuka and Tomoko, and they treat her very badly.
- The manager of the store in which Taro works at. He is known to have a fetish for 2D girls and is heard to have called his assorted merchandise of 2D beauties as his "wives".