Kotoura-san
| Kotoura-san | |
Cover of the first manga volume
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| 琴浦さん | |
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| Genre | Romantic comedy, Drama, Supernatural |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Enokizu |
| Published by | Micro Magazine |
| Magazine | Manga Goccha Megami Magazine |
| Original run | October 14, 2010 – April 22, 2015 |
| Volumes | 7 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Masahiko Ohta |
| Written by | Takashi Aoshima |
| Music by | Yasuhiro Misawa |
| Studio | AIC Classic |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | CBC |
| English network | |
| Original run | January 11, 2013 – March 29, 2013 |
| Episodes | 12 |
Kotoura-san (琴浦さん?) is a Japanese romantic comedy yonkoma manga series written by Enokizu. The series began serialization in Micro Magazine's Manga Goccha web magazine from October 14, 2010. A television anime adaptation by AIC Classic aired from January 11 to March 29, 2013. The anime is licensed in North America by NIS America under the name The Troubled Life of Miss Kotoura.
Haruka Kotoura is a 15-year old girl who was born with the psychic ability to read minds. During her childhood, because of not fully understanding the difference between thoughts and feelings, she often tends to blurt out people's thoughts unnecessarily. As a result, she gets ridiculed by her classmates at school and even gets abandoned by her parents after inadvertently exposing an affair between them. Concluding that she only brings people bad luck, she distances herself from everyone, making her a recluse.
But this is all until she meets Yoshihisa Manabe, a dim-witted boy with a perverted imagination, when Haurka transfers to another high school. Unfazed by Haruka's mind-reading ability, he offers her his friendship and vows to stand by her side regardless of the circumstances. He even helps her make new friends and together they form the school's ESP Research Club. As they spend more and more time together, Haruka's life begins to change completely.
The original manga by Enokizu began serialization in Micro Magazine's Manga Goccha magazine from October 14, 2011. Seven tankōbon volumes were released between 2012 and 2015.
An anime adaptation by AIC Classic aired in Japan between January 11 and March 29, 2013 and was simulcast by Crunchyroll. The opening theme is "Sonna Koto Ura no Mata Urabanashi Desho?" (そんなこと裏のまた裏話でしょ? You Want To Hear the Story Behind the Backstory, Right??) by Megumi Nakajima whilst the main ending theme is "Kibō no Hana" (希望の花 Flower of Hope?) by Haruka Chisuga. The ending theme for episode five is "The ESP Club's Theme" (ESP研のテーマ Īesupī Ken no Tēma?) by Kana Hanazawa, Hisako Kanemoto, Jun Fukushima, Hiro Shimono and Yurika Kubo, whilst the ending theme for episode six is "Tsurupeta" (つるぺた Flat Chest?) by Kanemoto. There is an insert song in episode 11 titled "Sunao" (素直?) sung by Megumi Nakajima. NIS America has licensed the series in North America under the title The Troubled Life of Miss Kotoura and released a subtitled Blu-ray collection on August 4, 2015.
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