Yuria 100 Shiki
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is a Japanese manga
series written by Shigemitsu Harada and illustrated by Nobuto Hagio. It has been serialized in Young Animal
from 2006 to January 22, 2010. The individual chapters are collected and released in tankōbon
volumes by Hakusensha
with the twelfth and final volume released on March 29, 2010.
In December 2006, the Kanagawa Prefecture
labelled the book as harmful to minors per the prefectural youth protection laws.
A drama CD was released in 2008. A live-action adaptation was announced starring Shelly Fujii
which was released in 2009.
and the movie is directed by Hideo Jojo (Gachi-ban).
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...
series written by Shigemitsu Harada and illustrated by Nobuto Hagio. It has been serialized in Young Animal
Young Animal
is a magazine in Japan that features seinen manga and scantily clad women. It is published by Hakusensha and issued on the second and fourth Friday of each month in saddle-stapled B5 format, selling for 310 yen...
from 2006 to January 22, 2010. The individual chapters are collected and released in tankōbon
Tankobon
, with a literal meaning close to "independently appearing book", is the Japanese term for a book that is complete in itself and is not part of a series , though the manga industry uses it for volumes which may be in a series...
volumes by Hakusensha
Hakusensha
is a Japanese publishing company. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo.The company mainly publishes manga magazines of various genres and is involved in certain series' productions in their games, original video animation, musical and their animated TV series....
with the twelfth and final volume released on March 29, 2010.
In December 2006, the Kanagawa Prefecture
Kanagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of Japan. The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area.-History:The prefecture has some archaeological sites going back to the Jōmon period...
labelled the book as harmful to minors per the prefectural youth protection laws.
A drama CD was released in 2008. A live-action adaptation was announced starring Shelly Fujii
Shelly Fujii
-Life and career:Fujii was born on February 18, 1990 in Tokyo, Japan, daughter of a Japanese mother and an American father. The stage name "Fujii" was chosen for her resemblance to singer Lena Fujii...
which was released in 2009.
Plot
Dr. Akiba, a perverted scientist, developed a series of sex robots, and Type 100 is his newest creation. She has highly advanced artificial intelligence, so advanced that she refuses to become Dr. Akiba's sex slave as he had designed and escapes from his lab. She meets college student Shunsuke Kubo and decides to stay at his apartment. However, as she is designed to be a sex robot, she interprets everything Shunsuke says in a sexual manner. Yuria on multiple occasions attempts to seduce Shunsuke into having sex with her, and to turn herself into Shunsuke's life long Dutch wife, but fails because Shunsuke already has a girlfriend, Maria.Main characters
- , simply called Yuria – Yuria is a humanoid Dutch wife (love doll). A female android designed with the sole purpose of being the sex slave of her master. But she has one flaw, she does not want to be a Dutch wife. After escaping from her creator, she meets Kubo Shunsuke, who gives her a place to stay. Hilarity is bound to ensue as she battles her programming, which draws her towards him, and pretty much any other man she comes across.
- - a hardworking young man with a hobby in pro-wrestling, Shunsuke takes in Yuria thinking she is a runaway, and does his best to treat her somewhat like a little sister despite her strange physical advances on him, which he retaliates with different grappling holdGrappling holdA grappling hold is a grappling, wrestling, judo or other martial arts term for a specific grip that is applied to an opponent. Holds are principally used to control the opponent, and to advance in points or positioning...
s to keep her at bay.
Supporting characters
- , called Juria/Julia – 2nd Dutch Wife made and escaped like Yuria. Now she lives as a life size doll for Yoshio.
- , called Yurin – 3rd Dutch Wife created and escaped like Yuria and Juria. Yurin is a loliLolicon, also romanised as lolikon or rorikon, is a Japanese portmanteau of the phrase "Lolita complex". In Japan, the term describes an attraction to underage girls or an individual with such an attraction...
type Dutch wife who is currently staying with Ippei. - – Creator of the Yuria series sex dolls
- – Maria is the daughter of a wealthy family from Kubo Shunsuke's home town and his girlfriend.
- – Yoshio is a 17 year old high school student who lets Juria stay with him.
- – A university student studying to be elementary teacher who somehow ends up "kidnapping" Yurin.
- , simply called Lucy – American humanoid Dutch Wife and rival of the Yuria series. Unlike the Yuria series, Lucy is designed for the American and European market, and is specialized engage in "hardcore" sex.
- , called Louie/Louis – American humanoid Dutch Wife with the top half of a woman and the bottom half of a man. Was created this way due to budget cutbacks as a merge of the 3 and 4 series of Lucy.
Live Action Adaptation
A live action adaptation was released on November 20, 2009 in Japan. Yuria is played by Shelly FujiiShelly Fujii
-Life and career:Fujii was born on February 18, 1990 in Tokyo, Japan, daughter of a Japanese mother and an American father. The stage name "Fujii" was chosen for her resemblance to singer Lena Fujii...
and the movie is directed by Hideo Jojo (Gachi-ban).