Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki
| Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki | |
 First light novel volume cover | |
| 弱キャラ友崎くん (Jaku-kyara Tomozaki-kun) | |
|---|---|
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Yūki Yaku |
| Illustrated by | Fly |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Gagaga Bunko |
| Demographic | Male |
| Original run | May 2016 – present |
| Volumes | 7 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yūki Yaku |
| Illustrated by | Eight Chida |
| Published by | Square Enix |
| Magazine | Monthly Gangan Joker |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | December 2017 – present |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Shinsuke Yanagi |
| Written by | Fumihiko Shimo |
| Studio | Project No.9 |
Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki (弱キャラ友崎くん, Jaku-kyara Tomozaki-kun) is a Japanese light novel series written by Yūki Yaku and illustrated by Fly. Shogakukan have published seven volumes since May 2016 under their Gagaga Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Eight Chida has been serialized via Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Gangan Joker since December 2017. It has been collected in two tankōbon volumes. The light novel is licensed in North America by Yen Press and the English translation is by Winifred Bird.[1] An anime television series adaptation produced by Project No.9 has been announced.
Characters
- Fumiya Tomozaki (友崎 文也, Tomozaki Fumiya)
- Voiced by: Gen Sato[2]
- Fumiya is a high school student who has been living as a social outcast at school. In a popular Japanese online game "Attack Families", he has been topping leaderboard charts with the in-game handle "nanashi". As he often compares both his real life and gaming life, he regards Attack Families as a "godly game" where there is perfect balance as equal amounts of effort would be rewarded with equal amounts of success; where in contrast, real life which he dubs a "trash game" doesn't have a walkthrough, has character strength predetermined when you're born and unexplainable imbalances. His perspectives begins to change as it is revealed to him that his perfect classmate Aoi, who all along has been trailing behind him at 2nd place on Attack Families' leaderboards, regards real life as a winnable game and offers to be his walkthrough guide. Aoi offered to challenge him to meet the long-term goal of "becoming an existence on the level of Aoi Hinami", broken down to multiple medium-term goals such as "getting a girlfriend" and "becoming a central figure in class through leading a clique", with more short-term goals to slowly build his strength and confidence. With Aoi's guidance, Fumiya eventually took steps such as altering his appearance, establishing friendships with popular boys and girls in class, working part-time at a karaoke box and becoming part of the popular Nakamura clique. He achieved his first medium-term goal through beginning a relationship with classmate Fūka Kikuchi.
- Aoi Hinami (日南 葵, Hinami Aoi)
- Voiced by: Hisako Kanemoto[2]
- Minami Nanami (七海 みなみ, Nanami Minami)
- Voiced by: Ikumi Hasegawa[2]
- Fūka Kikuchi (菊池 風香, Kikuchi Fūka)
- Voiced by: Ai Kayano[2]
- Hanabi Natsubayashi (夏林 花火, Natsubayashi Hanabi)
- Voiced by: Ryōko Maekawa[2]
- Yuzu Izumi (泉 優鈴, Izumi Yuzu)
- Voiced by: Nene Hieda[2]
- Takahiro Mizusawa (水沢 孝弘, Mizusawa Takahiro)
- Voiced by: Nobunaga Shimazaki[2]
- Shūji Nakamura (中村 修二, Nakamura Shūji)
- Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto[2]
- Takei (竹井, Takei)
- Voiced by: Shuntarō Mizuno[2]
- Erika Konno (紺野 エリカ, Konno Erika)
- Tsugumi Narita (成田 つぐみ, Narita Tsugumi)
Media
Light novels
Manga
Anime
An anime adaptation was announced by Yūki Yaku and Gagaga Bunko on October 11, 2019,[3] which was later confirmed to be a television series on March 21, 2020. The series is animated by Project No.9 and directed by Shinsuke Yanagi, with Fumihiko Shimo handling series composition, and Akane Yano designing the characters.[2]
Reception
The light novel series ranked eighth in 2017, seventh in 2018 and third in 2019 and 2020 in Takarajimasha's annual light novel guide book Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!, in the bunkobon category.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Library of Congress Catalog". Library of Congress Catalog. Library of Congress. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Hodgkins, Crystalyn (March 21, 2020). "Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki Anime Reveals Staff, Cast, TV Format". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
- ^ a b "Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki Novels Get Anime". Anime News Network. October 11, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ "Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! Reveals 2019 Series Ranking". Anime News Network. November 23, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
External links
- Light novel official website (in Japanese)
- Anime official website (in Japanese)
- Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki (light novel) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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