Citrus (manga)
| Citrus | |
|---|---|
| Original title | citrus |
 | |
| genre | Drama, Yuri |
| Manga | |
| country |
 Japan
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| author | Saburouta |
| publishing company | Ichijinsha |
| magazine | Comic Yuri Hime |
| First publication | November 17, 2012 - August 10, 2018 |
| expenditure | 10 |
| Manga | |
| title | citrus Plus |
| country |
Japan
|
| author | Saburouta |
| publishing company | Ichijinsha |
| magazine | Comic Yuri Hime |
| First publication | 2019 - ... |
| expenditure | 1 |
| Anime television series | |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2018 |
| Studio | Passione |
| length | 23 minutes |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Director | Takeo Takahashi |
| music | Ryō Takahashi |
| First broadcast | January 6 - March 24, 2018 on AT-X |
Citrus (OT: citrus ) is a manga series by the illustrator Saburouta published since 2012 . It first appeared in the magazine Comic Yuri Hime and can be assigned to the genres Drama and Yuri . The series was adapted as an anime series for television in 2017 . Tokyopop publisher acquired the license for the German-speaking area .
content
Yuzu Aihara, a fashionable, spontaneous and fun-loving city girl, moves to a new neighborhood after her mother's second marriage and changes to a new high school. If she is more concerned with boys than studying, it is difficult for her to enter the all- girls school . She quickly clashes with the president of the student council, the hard-working, beautiful but cold-hearted Mei Aihara. As it turns out that evening, Mei is Yuzu's new stepsister and Yuzu is forced to share a room with a girl she doesn't like.
The manga traces the development of the relationship between the two girls and shows how the initial hostility gradually turns into a friendship and Yuzu notices that she develops romantic feelings for her new sister.
Characters
main characters
- Yuzu Aihara ( 藍 原 柚子 , Aihara Yuzu )
- Yuzu is a self-proclaimed Gyaru , the protagonist of the series, and Mei Aihara's older stepsister. She has dyed blonde hair and green eyes. Her father died when she was little. Yuzu is a daring, direct, and often shameless only child. She loves to dress up, wear make-up and design her school uniform in such a way that it disregards the school's conservative regulations, which often leads to Yuzu clashing with the student council.
- While her former girlfriends believe that Yuzu has had experiences with boys and relationships, she has never had a boyfriend. Even if she seems awkward at times, she works hard to get good grades in tests. After moving to the girls' school, she immediately befriends her like-minded classmate Harumi Taniguchi and together they often break the school rules. On the other hand, she doesn't like Mei, with her cool character and arbitrary sexual advances. Even so, her initial frustration turns into a strong romantic attraction, and she develops a need for protection and a concern for Mei's well-being. She tries to be a good sister to her despite her romantic interests.
- Mei Aihara ( 藍 原 芽 衣 , Aihara Mei )
- Mei is the beautiful and serious president of the student council, top student, granddaughter of the school founder and the younger stepsister of Yuzu Aihara. Both are in the same year. She is cold and relaxed, but also irascible. She is respected by the student body and can act or speak in cruel ways on occasion. Mei had a relationship with a young, good-looking teacher, and Yuzu later found out his real motives, which led to the fact that this teacher had to leave school. Behind the cool and relaxed character, there is sensitivity and loneliness.
- As a child, Mei looked up to her father in the hope that he would later take over the school from her grandfather and that she could follow in her father's footsteps. However, he left his daughter alone in order to be able to go on a world tour, whereby Mei suddenly became the direct successor of her grandfather and her workload increased rapidly. Because of her father, Mei struggles to run the school until he returns and takes over the management of the teaching facility. However, as the signs that her father does not plan to return to school build up, her relationship with her father deteriorates. Although she wishes for a better relationship with her father, she has great problems accepting that her father does not want to take over the school.
- Harumi Taniguchi ( 谷口 は る み , Taniguchi Harumi )
- Harumi is Yuzu's best friend at the girls' school. Although she has adapted, she is different from the other students. Like Yuzu, Harumi also moved from another school to the girls' school. She often breaks the school rules, is lively, friendly, easy-going, astute and humorous. Harumi has an older sister.
Aihara Academy
- Himeko Momokino ( 桃木 野 姫 子 , Momokino Himeko )
- Himeko is a member of the student council, Mei Aihara's right-hand man and her best friend since early childhood. She comes from a very wealthy family. She wears Lolita fashion on weekends . Himeko is strict, direct, jealous and has an impulsive character. She is in love with Mei and is possessive. When Yuzu enters Mei's life, she shows her jealousy. She has a dog named Pucchi.
- Kayo Maruta ( 丸 田 加 代 , Maruta Kayo )
- Kayo is Vice President of the Student Council and is a sophomore at Aihara Academy. She is shy and is very close to Harumi's sister Mitsuko. She was already vice-president of the student council when Mitsuko attended the academy and headed the agency. Kayo is the only one brave enough to speak to Mitsuko and mocks her for being childish. However, she has feelings for Mitsuko.
- Nene Nomura ( 野村 寧 音 , Nomura Nene )
- Nene is an energetic student who is studying at the Aihara Academy for the first year and sees Yuzu as a role model to become more courageous. It is an intense Yuri - Shipperin . specially from Yuzu and Harumi. She is friends with Yuzu and Harumi, although she has often inadvertently got them both into trouble.
- Suzuran Shiraho ( 白帆 鈴蘭 , Shiraho Suzuran )
- Suzuran is a vigilant and unwavering disciple entering the third year of Aihara Academy. Because Mei is the only person she can't read, she has developed feelings for her. In her free time, she observes Mei intensively, which means that she has to take regular tutoring lessons in the summer. Suzuran comes from a wealthy family who refuse emotions in order not to become emotionally dependent on other people. She has an older stepbrother.
- President Aihara ( 藍 原 理事長 , Aihara rijichō )
- The President of Aihara Academy is the grandfather of Mei and Yuzu's step-grandfather. He doesn't like Yuzu at first because she regularly breaks school rules. After seeing Yuzu appear to be molesting Mei, he throws her off the school. However, he takes this back when she saves his life.
Supporting characters
- Matsuri Misozawa ( 水 沢 ま つ り , Misozawa Matsuri )
- Matsuri's parents work full time and hardly pay any attention to her. She is Yuzu's childhood friend and lived near her. She is in the second year of middle school . She is precocious, very smart for her age and is not afraid to say things she thinks. Every now and then, Matsuri is mischievous and likes to tease other people, especially Yuzu and Harumi. Like Mei, Matsuri has an apparently manipulative character. To make some money, she sells internet porn videos that she pretends to be her own videos to older men. She develops feelings for Harumi and claims her as her friend
- Sara Tachibana ( タ チ バ ナ ・ サ ラ , Tachibana Sara )
- Sara is Nina's older twin sister and goes to a neighboring school. She falls in love with Mei; however, after finding out she is in a relationship with Yuzu, she gives up on her feelings and tries to support their relationship instead. She is superstitious and believes in things like luck or fate. Although she is the older twin sister, Sara is smaller than Nina.
- Nina Tachibana ( タ チ バ ナ ・ ニ ナ , Tachibana Nina )
- Nina is Sara's younger twin sister. In contrast to her sister Sara, she is skeptical and does not believe in fate. Nina is very worried about her sister, which is why she tries to set Mei and Sara up. With that in mind, she tries to keep Yuzu from standing between the two. Although she is the younger twin sister, she appears to be significantly taller than Nina.
- Mitsuko Taniguchi ( 谷口 み つ 子 , Taniguchi Mitsuko )
- Mitsuko is Harumi's older sister and was president of the Aihara Academy's student council before she left. She is close friends with Maruto, who is already active in the student council when Mitsuko attended the academy.
- Ichika ( イ チ カ )
- A friend of Nina and Sara. She is the president of the student council of her school and the absolute opposite of Mei Aihara.
- Cafe owner
- The owner of the cafe where Yuzu works part-time. Even if he doesn't know who Yuzu is in love with, he supports the relationship.
- Kana ( 仮 名 ) andManami ( マ ナ ミ )
- Kana and Manami have been friends with Yuzu since middle school . When Yuzu moves to another school, contact is broken. Yuzu meets both of them while working part-time in a coffee shop in their hometown. Yuzu tells the two that she is dating a person. Since the two show homophobic behavior in her presence , Yuzu does not mention that she is in a relationship with a woman.
- Shō Aihara ( 藍 原 翔 , Aihara Shō )
- Shō Aihara is Mei's father and Yuzu's stepfather after the marriage to Ume. It is planned that one day he will take over his grandfather's academy. However, Shō preferred to go on a world tour. Since then, his father and Mei have been looking after the Aihara Academy. Mei is disappointed with his attitude, which causes her to distance herself emotionally from him.
- Ume Aihara ( 藍 原 梅 , Aihara )
- Ume Aihara is the mother of Yuzu and after the marriage with Sho stepmother of Mei.
Publications
Manga
Citrus was written and illustrated by Saburo Uta . The manga was first published on November 17, 2012 in the comic Yuri Hime published by Ichijinsha . As of July 2013, Ichijinsha-Verlag published ten tankōbon editions of the manga. Together with the fourth edition of the manga, a drama CD on Citrus was released in July 2015 . For the North American market was Citrus by Seven Seas Entertainment licensed. All ten volumes were published in German by Tokyopop from 2015 to 2019 . In addition, citrus appeared in Thailand . It was announced that the manga would end with the release of the comic strip Yuri Hime on August 18, 2018 in Japan. In the same magazine it was announced that an offshoot under the title Citrus Plus will be published from the beginning of 2019. This has been published in Germany since November 2019, again by Tokyopop.
Volumes
| number | Publication (Germany) | ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 12, 2015 | ISBN 978-3-8420-1185-4 |
| 2 | May 11, 2015 | ISBN 978-3-8420-1186-1 |
| 3 | September 14, 2015 | ISBN 978-3-8420-1466-4 |
| 4th | 15th March 2016 | ISBN 978-3-8420-2160-0 |
| 5 | 15th December 2016 | ISBN 978-3-8420-3590-4 |
| 6th | 16th November 2017 |
ISBN 978-3-8420-4060-1 (Limited) ISBN 978-3-8420-4024-3 (Regular) |
| 7th | 17th May 2018 | ISBN 978-3-8420-4266-7 |
| 8th | July 12, 2018 |
ISBN 978-3-8420-4740-2 (Limited) ISBN 978-3-8420-4591-0 (Regular) |
Anime
From January 6 to March 24, 2018, an anime adaptation directed by Takeo Takahashi and animated at Studio Passione was shown on AT-X . Naoki Hayashi is responsible for the script and Izuro Ijuuin designed the characters. Lantis produced the music for the anime.
The song Azalea by the pop-rock duo nano.RIPE serves as the single player . The credits are called Dear Teardrop by Mia Regina.
Crunchyroll transmits the Anime in simulcast with, among others, German and English subtitles, while Funimation series shows in English. On February 22, 2019, Kazé Anime announced that it had licensed the anime for Germany and was releasing it on DVD and Blu-ray Disc later in the year.
Voice actor
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) |
role | Japanese speaker (seiyū) |
|---|---|---|---|
| main characters | Supporting characters | ||
| Yuzu Aihara | Ayane Taketatsu | Matsuki Misuzawa | Shiori Izawa |
| Mei Aihara | Minami Tsuda | Sara Tachibana | Hisako Kanemoto |
| Harumi Taniguchi | Yukiyo Fujii | Nina Tachibana | Rei Matsuzaki |
| Aihara Academy | Mitsuko Taniguchi | - | |
| Himeko Momokino | Yurika Kubo | Ichika | - |
| Kayo Maruta | Ikumi Hayama | Cafe owner | - |
| Nene Nomura | - | Kana | Haruka Yamazaki |
| Suzuran Shiraho | - | Manami | Yuka Ōtsubo |
| President Aihara | Kinriyu Arimoto | Shō Aihara | Tomoaki Maeno |
| Ume Aihara | Kana Ueda | ||
Episode list
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
title | First broadcast in Japan |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Love Affair !? | Jan. 6, 2018 |
| 2 | 1 | One's first love | Jan. 13, 2018 |
| 3 | 1 | Sisterly Love? | Jan. 20, 2018 |
| 4th | 1 | Love me do! | Jan. 27, 2018 |
| 5 | 1 | Under lover | Feb 3, 2018 |
| 6th | 1 | Out of love | Feb 10, 2018 |
| 7th | 1 | Love or Lie! | Feb. 17, 2018 |
| 8th | 1 | Was of love | Feb. 24, 2018 |
| 9 | 1 | Love Is | 3rd Mar 2018 |
| 10 | 1 | Winter Of Love | 10 Mar 2018 |
| 11 | 1 | Love you only | 17th Mar 2018 |
| 12 | 1 | My Love Goes On And On | 24 Mar 2018 |
reception
Citrus was featured five times on the New York Times bestseller list for manga in 2015 . Rebecca Silverman of the Anime News Network describes the characters as emotionally interesting, especially the contrast between the two main characters Mei and Yuzu. Their relationship is described as a Yuri version of the Arisa twins . In retrospect, Mei's behavior is often different from what it initially appears in the scenes, which is both unusual and well implemented. However, she describes the manga's disagreeable scenes as unpleasant. With these scenes, the series stands in contrast to more harmless manga series of the genre, which were previously published in English.
The manga series sold more than 800,000 times in Japan alone.
Web links
- Official Homepage (Japanese)
- Citrus in the Anime News Network Encyclopedia
Individual evidence
- ^ "Citrus" Drama CD to be Released With Manga . Crunchyroll . May 18, 2015. Archived from the original on May 19, 2015. Retrieved on May 18, 2015.
- ↑ Seven Seas Licenses Saburouta's Yuri Manga Citrus . Anime News Network . January 31, 2014. Archived from the original on April 5, 2014. Retrieved on April 11, 2014.
- ↑ Citrus ซี ตรัส 1 ( Thai ) Zenshu. Archived from the original on December 16, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
- ↑ a b Nico Lang: Anime2You : "citrus" manga ends soon
- ↑ Rafael Antonio Pineda: Citrus Yuri Manga Gets Citrus Plus Spinoff in Winter. Anime News Network, August 22, 2018, accessed September 16, 2018 .
- ↑ Citrus Anime's 1st Promo Video Reveals Staff, More Cast, January Premiere . September 1, 2017. Archived from the original on October 6, 2017. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
- ↑ nano.RIPE, Mia REGINA Perform Theme Songs for Citrus Anime . November 18, 2017. Archived from the original on November 18, 2017. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ↑ Crunchyroll, Funimation Announce 7 Anime for Winter 2018 Simulcast Season . December 14, 2017. Archived from the original on December 14, 2017. Retrieved on December 14, 2017.
- ↑ Noe: Citrus: Anime has been licensed. Animenachrichten.de, February 22, 2019, accessed on February 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Nico Lang: Overview: These 27 Crunchyroll titles appear at KAZÉ. Anime2you.de, February 22, 2019, accessed on February 22, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Anime News Network : "Citrus Yuri Anime Casts Ayana Taketatsu, Minami Tsuda, Yukiyo Fujii" ( web archive )
- ↑ a b Passione : Staff and Cast
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↑ New York Times Manga Best Seller List, December 28-January 3 . Anime News Network . January 9, 2015. Archived from the original on August 1, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, April 12-18 . Anime News Network . April 24, 2015. Archived from the original on October 17, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, April 19-25 . Anime News Network . May 2, 2015. Archived from the original on October 17, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, Aug 16-22 . Anime News Network . August 28, 2015. Archived from the original on October 17, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, August 23-29 . Anime News Network . September 4, 2015. Archived from the original on October 17, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2017. - ↑ Citrus GN 1 - Review . Anime News Network . January 25, 2015. Archived from the original on July 11, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2017.