No-Rin | |
Cover of the first Japanese volume
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のうりん (Nōrin) |
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Genre | Comedy, Parody, Romance |
Light novel | |
Written by | Shirow Shiratori |
Illustrated by | Kippu |
Published by | SB Creative |
Demographic | Male |
Imprint | GA Bunko |
Original run | August 15, 2011 – present |
Volumes | 13 |
Manga | |
Written by | Shirow Shiratori |
Illustrated by | Maru Asakura |
Published by | Square Enix |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Young Gangan |
Original run | March 2012 – June 2015 |
Volumes | 8 |
Manga | |
No-Rin: Petit | |
Written by | Shirow Shiratori |
Illustrated by | Kotoji |
Published by | Square Enix |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Big Gangan |
Original run | August 24, 2013 – August 25, 2014 |
Volumes | 2 |
Manga | |
No-Rin -Wild- | |
Written by | Shirow Shiratori |
Illustrated by | Toshiko Machida |
Published by | SB Creative |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | GA Bunko Magazine |
Original run | October 17, 2013 – present |
Volumes | 2 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Shin Ōnuma |
Written by | Michiko Yokote |
Music by | Tomoki Kikuya |
Studio | Silver Link |
Licensed by | |
Original network | Tokyo MX, TVA, SUN, GBS, BS11, Animax |
English network | |
Original run | January 10, 2014 – March 29, 2014 |
Episodes | 12 |
No-Rin (Japanese: のうりん Hepburn: Nōrin?, lit. "agriculture and forestry") is a Japanese light novel series written by Shirow Shiratori, with illustrations by Kippu. An anime adaptation by Silver Link started airing on January 10, 2014.Funimation streamed the series on their video website.
The sudden retirement of the famous idol Yuka Kusakabe from the entertainment business shocks the world and devastates her biggest fan, a teenager named Kosaku Hata. His classmates at the Tamo Agriculture School manage to get him out of his depression and bring him out of his room to attend his classes. However, as he does, Kusakabe enters their class under the name Ringo Kinoshita as a transfer student. Kosaku realizes he has a once in a lifetime opportunity to get to personally know his dream girl. With his group of friends, and under the persuasion of his teacher, he tries to find out why she came to the agricultural school and become more than just classmates.
No-Rin began as a light novel series written by Shirow Shiratori and illustrated by Kippu.
The direct manga adaptation illustrated by Maru Asakura and cooperated by Yoko Matsu'ura is being serialized on Square Enix's Young Gangan Comics starting from March 16, 2012. Another manga adaptation titled No-Rin Petit (のうりん プチ Nōrin Puchi?), which more focuses on the comedy, being serialized by Kotoji by August 24, 2013 on Square Enix's Big Gangan. The third manga adaptation which started on October 17, 2013 by Toshiko Machida being titled as No-Rin -Wild- (のうりん-野生-<ガイヤ> Nōrin-Yasei (Gaiya)-?), serialized on SB Creative's GA Bunko Magazine.