To commemorate the start of the anime in April 2022, we're releasing a monthly special, "Monthly Memory ✨ Voice Drama" with a newly written script and illustrations. The fifth voice drama will be called "Memory". The fifth voice drama is "Setsubun no mamemaki" (bean throwing for Setsubun). The fifth voice drama is "Setsubun no Mamemaki (Bean-throwing)," a scene from the February memories of Shikimori-san, Izumi-kun, and their good friends. Monthly Memory✨ Voice Drama #5: Setsubun no Mamemaki ＜Appearance Shikimori: Saori Onishi Izumi: Shuichiro Umeda Nekozaki: Misato Matsuoka Hachiman: Rina Hidaka Inuzuka: Nobuhiko Okamoto Introduction The best looking girlfriend ever! Izumi-kun, a high school boy with an unhappy constitution, has a girlfriend, Shikimori, a classmate. She has a beautiful smile, is kind, and always seems happy when she's with Izumi. She's pretty, cute, and full of love, but when Izumi is in a pinch, she transforms into ...... the coolest "handsome girlfriend" ever! It's not just the cute and cool, but also the fun daily life of Shikimori, Izumi and her good friends! The love comedy with 1000% preciousness is finally starting! The first 11 volumes of the manga have sold a total of over 2.6 million copies, and the popular romantic comedy "Shikimori-san, Who's Not Just Cute" (currently being serialized in Kodansha Magazine Pocket) has received over 3 million likes on Twitter. The production is being handled by UDIGA KOBO, with a large gathering of notable staff! The director is Ryota Itoh of "Senpai ga Danku Junpai no Hanashi" (The Story of an Annoying Senior), the series composition is Yoshimi Narita of the "Pretty Cure" series, and the character design and chief animation director is Ai Kikuchi of "New Game! and "How Many Kilos of Dumbbells Can You Hold? I can't take my eyes off "Handsome Girlfriend"! Staff Original Story: Shinki Hotarugo (serialized in Kodansha's "Magazine Pocket") Director : Ryota Ito Assistant Director：Shohei Yamanaka Series Composition: Yoshimi Narita Character Design: Ai Kikuchi Animation Production: Animation Studio Cast Shikimori: ONISHI Saori Izumi: UMEDA Shuichiro Nekozaki: MATSUOKA Misato Hachiman: HIDAKA Rina Inuzuka: Okamoto Nobuhiko Original Story Serialized in Kodansha's "Magazine Pocket Comics volume 1-11 now on sale Written by Hotarugo Maki (C) Hotarugo Maki, Kodansha / Shikimori-san Production Committee
【Background】
・Graduated from Kyoto University with a major in Japanese Culture Studies, Faculty of Letters
・After graduation, worked 4 years as editor and proofreader for a print magazine specializing in traditional performing arts and culture
・Became a freelance journalist in 2021 and launched japanculturean.com in 2022
【Expertise】
・Pop-Culture Fusion Analysis
Analytical commentary on how modern pop-culture media (anime, film, fashion) incorporates and reinterprets traditional Japanese motifs.
