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* {{nihongo|{{vanchor|Noa Takigawa}}|滝川 ノア|Takigawa Noa}}, a first-year student who causes trouble around the school with her three other friends. She is a witch with the ability to see a traumatic memory of the person she kisses. After Yamada sets her straight and helps her situation, she develops a crush on him. She is portrayed by Airi Matsui (former member of [[Sakura Gakuin]]) in the drama series.<ref name="caststaff"/>
* {{nihongo|{{vanchor|Noa Takigawa}}|滝川 ノア|Takigawa Noa}}, a first-year student who causes trouble around the school with her three other friends. She is a witch with the ability to see a traumatic memory of the person she kisses. After Yamada sets her straight and helps her situation, she develops a crush on him. She is portrayed by Airi Matsui (former member of [[Sakura Gakuin]]) in the drama series.<ref name="caststaff"/>


* {{nihongo|{{vanchor|Rika Saionji}}|西園寺 リカ|Saionji Rika}}, a mysterious "seventh witch" who is able to erase a person's memories regarding witches. Whenever a person learns about her name, she approaches them and gives them a memory wipe. She is able to use her powers without having to directly kiss someone. In her first appearance, she is shown carrying a parasol and wearing gloves for sun protection. Saionji claims to Yamada that she has perverted habits. Since a witch's powers do not effect Yamada, Saionji's memory erasure power reverses and instead erases the memories of Yamada's schoolmates regarding witches. Memories previously involving Yamada and the witches are rewritten with other people replacing Yamada's role. Later, Yamada discovers that Saionji cannot erase someone's memory more than once,{{gnr|ch|75}} and her origins at the school are unknown. She is portrayed by [[Yukie Kawamura]] in the drama series.<ref name="caststaff"/>
* {{nihongo|{{vanchor|Rika Saionji}}|西園寺 リカ|Saionji Rika}}, a mysterious "seventh witch" who is able to erase a person's memories regarding witches. Whenever a person learns about her name, she approaches them and gives them a memory wipe. She is able to use her powers without having to directly kiss someone. In her first appearance, she is shown carrying a parasol and wearing gloves for sun protection. Saionji claims to Yamada that she has perverted habits. Since a witch's powers do not effect Yamada, Saionji's memory erasure power reverses and instead erases the memories of Yamada's schoolmates regarding witches. Memories previously involving Yamada and the witches are rewritten with other people replacing Yamada's role. Later, Yamada discovers that Saionji cannot erase someone's memory more than once,{{gnr|ch|75}} and her power also erases her existence in others' memory, save for a few individuals. She is portrayed by [[Yukie Kawamura]] in the drama series.<ref name="caststaff"/>


====Supporting characters====
====Supporting characters====

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Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches
File:Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo vol01 Cover.jpg.png
Cover of the first volume of Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo as published by Kodansha
山田くんと７人の魔女
GenreDrama, Romantic comedy
Manga
Written byMiki Yoshikawa
Published byKodansha
English publisherCrunchyroll (digital)
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runFebruary 22, 2012 – present
Volumes9 (List of volumes)
Television drama
Directed byMamoru Hoshi, Masataka Takamaru
Produced byYukiko Yanagawa
Written byShin Ogawa
Original networkFuji Television
Original run August 10, 2013 – September 28, 2013
Episodes8 (List of episodes)

Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches (山田くんと７人の魔女, Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo) is an ongoing manga series written and illustrated by Miki Yoshikawa.[2] The series has been published by Kodansha in their Weekly Shonen Magazine since February 22, 2012. The series has been licensed in Chinese by the Taiwanese publishing company Tong Li.[3] It was adapted into a live-action television drama which aired on FujiTV from August-September 2013.[4] On October 26, 2013, Crunchyroll announced a partnership with Kodansha where it would distribute chapters digitally to 170 countries.[5]


Conception and development

Manga author Miki Yoshikawa's previous work, Yankee-kun to Megane-chan ran in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 2006-2011, with a total of 211 chapters.[6] Her editor suggested for her next project that she write a one-shot for Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine. She developed two stories: a prototype story for Yamada-kun and The Demon's Classroom. The second story was initially chosen, but became difficult to run because the main character was a grade school girl. The prototype Yamada story eventually became the first chapter for Yamada-kun.[7]

In the Natalie interview, Yoshikawa said that she had thought of the body swapping idea in the Yankee-kun days, and had researched some medical books on the differences between men and women, both physically and emotionally, but generally went with it because she liked the idea. "It just kind of came to me, but I was wondering how a guy finding himself in a girl’s body would react, and the reverse".[7] She treats a body-swapped character as an entirely different character.[8]

When it was noted that the main characters for both of her works were delinquents, Yoshikawa replied that those types of characters came easily for her, as she grew up in the lower end of Tokyo. The characters and their names are not based on her friends so that they can act crazy. She tries to vary each kiss, but mostly uses the side angle to make sure it comes through. With regards to kisses between members of the same gender, she replied that wasn't intended to target any specific demographic but just "an inevitable outcome."[7]


Plot

Ryū Yamada is known as a delinquent in his high school; he has been bored of classes after one year of attending school. One day, he accidentally falls from a flight of stairs onto Urara Shiraishi, the ace student of the school. Yamada wakes up to find that he has swapped bodies with her. The two try to reverse the change and discover that kissing triggers the body swap. On the suggestion of student council vice-president Toranosuke Miyamura, they revive the Supernatural Studies Club. The supernatural phenomenon-obsessed Miyabi Itō soon joins the club. The club encounters other "witches" with different powers that are activated with a kiss. A transfer student, Kentarō Tsubaki, becomes a part of the club after nearly causing a fire to the old schoolhouse. After Yamada discovers the seventh witch, the student council takes action to impede the club's progress.

Characters

Ryū Yamada

Ryū Yamada (山田 竜, Yamada Ryū) is an apathetic delinquent who finds high school boring and is failing in his school's academics. That is until he meets Shiraishi, the student ace of the school, who is able to swap bodies with the person she kisses. Yamada has the power to copy the powers of people that he has kissed, but up to one power. He is portrayed by Yusuke Yamamoto in the live-action adaptation.[9]

Urara Shiraishi

Urara Shiraishi (白石 うらら, Shiraishi Urara) is the student ace; she holds the highest grades in her class, but is bullied by other students who are envious of her academic success, and thus originally does not want to go to college, which worries the teachers and the student council. When she discovers her body-swapping powers with Yamada, the two resolve each other's problems in school; she begins to make friends and have a social life. Toranosuke Miyamura appoints her the president of the Supernatural Studies Club. She is portrayed by Mariya Nishiuchi in the drama series.[9]

Supernatural Studies Club

Miyamura revives the Supernatural Studies Club when he learns of Yamada and Shiraishi's body swapping ability. He appoints Urara to be the president. Miyabi joins the club and Tsubaki later joins after some events. Following the encounter with the seventh witch, Yamada leaves the club.

The members of the Supernatural Studies Club include:

  • Toranosuke Miyamura (宮村 虎之介, Miyamura Toranosuke), the student council vice-president who convinces Yamada and Shiraishi to join the dying Supernatural Studies Club as a de facto meeting place for the two to swap bodies. Miyamura discovers the two's ability to swap bodies through observing the Yamada-possessed body of Shiraishi. His older sister, Leona, once attended the same school but fled in fear of the seventh witch's powers. In the TV drama series, Miyamura is portrayed by Ide Takuya of the J-pop band Ships.[9]
  • Miyabi Itō (伊藤 雅, Itō Miyabi), a girl who is obsessed with supernatural phenomenon who one day decides to join the Supernatural Studies Club to the club's surprise. She can be naive at times, after purchasing evidence of "supernatural" phenomena in order to join the club. Yoshikawa remarked in an Natalie intereview that Ito seems to be very popular among her male readers.[7] She also remarked that Miyabi is "not all there" so she is easy to make come alive.[8] Itou is played by Reina Triendl in the TV drama series.[9]
  • Kentarō Tsubaki (椿 健太郎, Tsubaki Kentarō), a transfer student who is in love with Shiraishi. Yamada discovers that Tsubaki will be the accidental cause of the old schoolhouse's fire from frying tempura. Tsubaki shows that he is physically strong; he is able to fling off Yamada and Miyamura who try to restrain and kiss him. He is also skilled at playing arcade games, beating Yamada in every game he was challenged to.

Witches

The witches are girls at Yamada's high school that have acquired special powers that are reflective of their desires. This power is applied when they kiss someone, with exceptions of other witches, the boys that have special powers such as Yamada and Tamaki, and people who are already under the influence of a witch. Some powers such as body swapping and charming are cancelled out with another kiss. The seventh witch's power does not seem to require a kiss, and it can affect the witches, but a kiss from Yamada will restore them.[ch. 73,74] When they lose their power, either by leaving the school permanently, or by having their power stolen by Tamaki, the power is allocated to a new witch, as demonstrated with Noa Takigawa and Mikoto Asuka. It is rumored that when all seven witches are gathered, they can fulfill someone's wish.[ch. 75] Also the witches seem to be chosen among the smartest girls in the school.[ch. 77]

Besides Urara Shiraishi, there are the following active witches:

  • Nene Odagiri (小田切 寧々, Odagiri Nene), the second vice-president of the student council, she competes with Toranosuke Miyamura as a candidate to be the next student council president. The club discovers that she is a witch with the ability to capture the hearts of people she has kissed, including Yamada's friend Ushio, who continues to pursue her regardless of whether or not he is charmed. She is the first student to regain her memories after Yamada meets the seventh witch,[ch. 73,74] but in her interactions with helping Yamada, it becomes apparent to Tamaki and Haruma that she is putting aside her own feelings of love for Yamada.[ch. 73-77] Nene is portrayed by Ito Ono (Haruna in High School Debut) in the drama series.[9]
  • Meiko Ōtsuka (大塚 芽子, Ōtsuka Meiko), the third witch that the club encounters; she uses telepathy to communicate with whomever she kisses. Shiraishi in Yamada's body meets her in an after school make-up class and the two become friends. She is portrayed by Karen Miyama in the drama series.[9]
  • Maria Sarushima (猿島 マリア, Sarushima Maria), a transfer student who is able to see a glimpse of the future from the perspective of the person she kisses. After learning that she would be responsible for a fire at the old school building, she stops attending school, but Yamada and his friends help her out. She is portrayed by Fujiko Kojima in the drama series.[9]
  • Noa Takigawa (滝川 ノア, Takigawa Noa), a first-year student who causes trouble around the school with her three other friends. She is a witch with the ability to see a traumatic memory of the person she kisses. After Yamada sets her straight and helps her situation, she develops a crush on him. She is portrayed by Airi Matsui (former member of Sakura Gakuin) in the drama series.[9]
  • Rika Saionji (西園寺 リカ, Saionji Rika), a mysterious "seventh witch" who is able to erase a person's memories regarding witches. Whenever a person learns about her name, she approaches them and gives them a memory wipe. She is able to use her powers without having to directly kiss someone. In her first appearance, she is shown carrying a parasol and wearing gloves for sun protection. Saionji claims to Yamada that she has perverted habits. Since a witch's powers do not effect Yamada, Saionji's memory erasure power reverses and instead erases the memories of Yamada's schoolmates regarding witches. Memories previously involving Yamada and the witches are rewritten with other people replacing Yamada's role. Later, Yamada discovers that Saionji cannot erase someone's memory more than once,[ch. 75] and her power also erases her existence in others' memory, save for a few individuals. She is portrayed by Yukie Kawamura in the drama series.[9]

Supporting characters

Yoshikawa has mentioned that many of the characters in the storyline are school peers, and hardly any adults:[7]

  • Ushio Igarashi (五十嵐 潮, Igarashi Ushio) is Yamada's schoolmate and friend from middle school. After he and Yamada go their separate ways in high school, Yamada learns that he is under the influence of Odagiri's capture power. He remains loyal to Odagiri, even after the power is canceled out. He will do anything for Odagiri which includes making her the next student council president. He is portrayed by Shōtarō Mamiya in the drama series.[9]
  • Haruma Yamazaki (山崎 春馬, Yamazaki Haruma) is the president of the student council. In contrast to his aloof and perverted exterior, he is actually extremely cunning. He accomplishes his goals by manipulating and blackmailing clubs, including the Supernatural Studies Club. Along with the president, the rest of the student council is aware of the existence of witches. Yamazaki manipulates Yamada to find the identities of the seven witches by indulging him with information regarding the witches. He is aware of the seventh witch's name and uses it as a final test for his presidential successor. Haruma is portrayed by Hidenori Tokuyama in the TV drama series.[9]
  • Shinichi Tamaki (玉木真一, Tamaki Shinichi) is a so-called Witch Killer who has the power to remove a witch of her power and use it as his own. He is introduced as having the fifth witch's "invisibility" power, which makes him unnoticeable to schoolmates. He usually keeps to himself and can be rather snide when approached. After Yamada meets with the seventh witch, Tamaki teams up with Yamada to reverse the effect of her powers. He sometimes wears ear plugs during school to block out idle chatter.
  • Leona Miyamura (宮村 レオナ, Miyamura Reona), Toranosuke's older sister is a former member of the Supernatural Studies Club. After learning about the seventh witch's name, Leona stops attending school in fear of the witch's memory wipe, and hangs out in her room where she types on her computer. She likes to use scissors like throwing knives at intruders. She later reveals that Haruma and she were the former members, and that he told her to flee when he discovered the seventh witch's power.
  • Mikoto Asuka (飛鳥 美琴, Asuka Mikoto) is the student council secretary and Haruma's personal bodyguard. While she appears kind and collected, Asuka reveals a sadistic side to herself when she captures Yamada. It is revealed that she was one of the witches, but has given up her power to Tamaki. She is portrayed by Ryoko Kobayashi in the drama series.[9]
  • Tatsumi Yamada (山田 辰巳, Yamada Tatsumi) is Ryū's younger sister; she is perceived by his friends as polite and responsible. When the Supernatural Studies Club visits the Yamada residence, she expertly hosts their stay.

Media

Manga

Main article: List of Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches manga volumes

The manga is written and illustrated by Miki Yoshikawa and serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine. The first chapter was published in 2012's 12th issue, released on February 22, 2012.[10] The series is also released in tankōbon volumes, the first of which was published on June 15, 2012,[11] and the latest, volume 9, on September 17, 2013.[12] On October 26, 2013, Crunchyroll announced a partnership with Kodansha where it would distribute chapters digitally to 170 countries using a new service called Crunchyroll Manga. This includes an English translated version.[5]

Television drama

A live-action drama began airing on August 10, 2013 on Saturdays on FujiTV at 11:10pm.[13] It stars Yusuke Yamamoto as the title character Ryū Yamada, and Mariya Nishiuchi as Urara Shiraishi.[4] This is Nishiuchi's first leading role in a drama.

The theme song is "Time Machine Nante Iranai" by former AKB48 headliner Atsuko Maeda. She described the song as "cheerful and fun" and hopes it will liven up the show.[14]

Episode list

The average rating for the series was 6.3%.[15]

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No. Title Director Original airdate[15] Rating[15]

Other

An animated promotional video (PV) was released by Liden Films on August 26, 2013.[16] The video was directed by Seiki Takuno. Ryu Yamada was voiced by Ryōta Ōsaka, and Urara Shiraishi was voiced by Saori Hayami.[ch. 76]

References

  1. ^ http://vividlemon.hatenablog.com/category/2013年夏ドラマ感想
  2. ^ "山田くんと７人の魔女" (in Japanese). Kodansha Web. August 21, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
  3. ^ "Tong Li's Chinese catalog" (in Chinese). Retrieved August 22, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Fuji Television Network, Inc". Fujitv.co.jp. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
  5. ^ a b Macias, Patrick (2013-10-26). "Crunchyroll to Digitally Distribute Kodansha Manga". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
  6. ^ "ヤンキー君とメガネちゃん ：マンガ連載が最終回へ　成宮寛貴＆仲里依紗でドラマ化" (in Japanese). Mantan Web. May 11, 2011. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  7. ^ a b c d e "コミックナタリー - [Power Push] 「山田くんと7人の魔女」吉河美希インタビュー (1/4)" (in Japanese). Natalie.mu. 2013-02-03. Retrieved 2013-10-02. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |laydate= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |laysource= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |layurl= ignored (help)
  8. ^ a b Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo chapter 72 bonus interview
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Fuji TV ｢ 山田くんと７人の魔女 ｣" (in Japanese). Retrieved August 22, 2013.
  10. ^ "「ヤンメガ」吉河の新作は問題児と才女の入れ替わりもの" (in Japanese). Natalie.mu. February 22, 2012. Retrieved September 17, 2013.
  11. ^ "山田くんと７人の魔女（１）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 17, 2013.
  12. ^ "山田くんと７人の魔女（９）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 17, 2013.
  13. ^ "Fuji TV ｢ 山田くんと７人の魔女 ｣" (in Japanese). Retrieved August 22,2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  14. ^ "前田敦子：AKB48卒業後初シングルがドラマ「山田くんと7人の魔女」主題歌に - MANTANWEB（まんたんウェブ）" (in Template:Ja icon). Mantan-web.jp. 2013-08-06. Retrieved 2013-09-25. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |laydate= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |laysource= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |layurl= ignored (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  15. ^ a b c "山田くんと７人の魔女 ― スポニチ Sponichi Annex 芸能". Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). Sponichi. 2013-09-30. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
  16. ^ "Liden Films Animates Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo Anime Promotional Video - News". Anime News Network. 2013-08-26. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
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