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Ro-Kyu-Bu!

Ro-Kyu-Bu!
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Cover of the first light novel featuring Tomoka Minato
ロウきゅーぶ!
(Rōkyū Bu)
Genre Comedy, Harem, Sports
Light novel
Written by Sagu Aoyama
Illustrated by Tinkle
Published by ASCII Media Works
Demographic Male
Imprint Dengeki Bunko
Magazine Dengeki Bunko Magazine
Original run February 10, 2009July 10, 2015
Volumes 15
Manga
Written by Sagu Aoyama
Illustrated by Yūki Takami
Published by ASCII Media Works
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Dengeki G's Magazine
Dengeki G's Comic
Original run October 2010 – present
Volumes 7
Manga
Ro-Kyu-Bu! Yonkoma
Written by Sagu Aoyama
Illustrated by Futaba Miwa
Published by ASCII Media Works
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Dengeki Moeoh
Original run June 2011 – present
Volumes 2
Anime television series
Directed by Keizou Kusakawa
Written by Michiko Itō
Studio Project No.9
Studio Blanc
Licensed by
Original network AT-X, KBS Kyoto, Tokyo MX,
TV Kanagawa, Sun TV,
Chiba TV, TV Aichi, Teletama,
English network
Original run July 1, 2011September 24, 2011
Episodes 12 (List of episodes)
Game
Developer Vridge
Publisher ASCII Media Works
Kadokawa Games
Genre Visual novel
Platform PlayStation Portable
Released October 27, 2011
Manga
Ro-Kyu-Bu! Halftime
Written by Sagu Aoyama
Illustrated by Yūki Takami
Published by ASCII Media Works
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Dengeki G's Festival! Comic
Original run October 26, 2012 – present
Volumes 1
Game
Ro-Kyu-Bu! Himitsu no Otoshimono
Developer Vridge
Publisher ASCII Media Works
Kadokawa Games
Genre Visual novel
Platform PlayStation Portable
Released June 20, 2013
Original animation DVD
Ro-Kyu-Bu!: Tomoka no Ichigo Sundae
Released June 20, 2013
Runtime 25 minutes
Anime television series
Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS
Directed by Tetsuya Yanagisawa
Written by Takao Yoshioka
Studio Project No.9
Original run July 5, 2013September 27, 2013
Episodes 12 (List of episodes)
Game
Ro-Kyu-Bu! Naisho no Shutter Chance
Developer Vridge
Publisher ASCII Media Works
Kadokawa Games
Genre Visual novel
Platform PlayStation Vita
Released March 27, 2014
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Ro-Kyu-Bu! (Japanese: ロウきゅーぶ! Hepburn: Rōkyū Bu?) is a Japanese light novel series written by Sagu Aoyama with illustrations by Tinkle. ASCII Media Works published 15 novels between February 2009 to July 2015. The series follows a high school freshman Subaru Hasegawa who becomes the coach of a grade school's girls' basketball team after the high school team's captain was suspected of abusing the team advisor's grade-school daughter. Three manga adaptations and three PlayStation Portable visual novel games were produced. A 12-episode anime television series, produced by Project No.9 and Studio Blanc, aired between July and September 2011. A 12-episode second season titled Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS, produced solely by Project No.9, aired between July and September 2013.

High school freshman Subaru Hasegawa is forced to stop playing basketball at his school for a while when the team captain gets himself involved in a scandal for being suspected of sexually abusing or attacking a child, and the club is disbanded for a year. His aunt, Mihoshi Takamura, then assigns him to be an elementary school girls' basketball team coach. Initially, he accepts to train the girls just for three days, but after learning of their circumstances, he decided to keep coaching them. Thanks to the girls, Subaru's passion for basketball is reignited as his efforts to improve their skills come to fruition and he becomes close friends with them.

Ro-Kyu-Bu! began as a light novel series written by Sagu Aoyama with illustrations by Tinkle. Originally, Aoyama entered the first novel in the series into ASCII Media Works' 15th Dengeki Novel Prize in 2008 and the novel won the Silver Prize. ASCII Media Works published 15 novels under their Dengeki Bunko imprint between February 10, 2009 and July 10, 2015.


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