TV series
Denki-gai
Overview
A blush-inducing, coming-of-age comedy about manga-loving book store employees!! The unique cast of characters -- all hard-core manga fans and maniacs of some sort -- work at comic shop “Uma no Hone.” On a daily basis, they display new releases, shrink-wrap comics, shudder at their lack of feminine qualities, question their love for porn literature…and basically have fun while working hard (?). Girls and guys call each other by nicknames and some begin to develop close relationships! It’s non-stop humor and romance in this book store rom-com!
Details
- First air date
- 2014-10-02
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 12 episodes
- Genres
- Animation, Comedy
- Network
- Tokyo MX
- Production
- Shin-Ei Animation, Pony Canyon, DAX Production
- Country
- JP
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Tomita Takahiro as Sommelier
- Natsumi Takamori as Hiotan
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Kantoku
- Ryota Osaka as Umio
- Ayana Taketatsu as Fu Girl
- Mai Aizawa as Kameko
- Satomi Sato as Tsumorin
- Minami Tsuda as Sensei
- Yu Kobayashi as G Men
Creators and crew
- Shunsuke Matsumura - Producer
- Yoshiya Kojima - Producer
- Tomohito Nagase - Producer
- Yuuichi Yamada - Producer
- Shinji Horikiri - Producer
Episodes
Episode 1: Love & Eros For All / The Nightmare Before Carnaval
The job of a book store, naturally, is to sell books. In Denki-gai, a gathering place for people who are true to themselves, even erotic literature is valued merchandise! At Umanohone, a store that sells everything from famous works to doujinshi, an "ero book lover" checks through all the erotic books at incredible speed... No, it's actually what they call an "Ero Books G-man"! Love and eros for all! There is no human who doesn't need eros!
Episode 2: Is Denki-gai Burning?
Denki-gai has a ton of weird events. The Umanohone staff are pumped to win the cash prize at the most infamous event, the Late-Summer Greetings Festival. Hurry up, who are you nyan-nyan-ing with, you bitches! You have no one to nyan-nyan with? Shut up, you have your 2D wives! The swimsuit episode comes early! Let's go get that prize money!
Episode 3: Hio-tan, Go Home / Endless Carnival
Is it the Christmas Party Episode? No! The Cosplay episode! Miniskirt Santa, a dream come true! And rather pecuilar costumes are on demand, too! But Umanohone's selling Moe-style games!
Episode 4: King of POP
Valentine's Day! Also known as "National Standardized Girl Power Exam Final Answer Finals!" There aren't any girls at Umanohone so low in girl power that they can't participate! Or are there? With the huge girls' event right around the corner, the girls of Umanohone are feeling lofty and restless and head-achey. Maximum girls power! Go! Super-cute red-faced combo!
Episode 5: Panties in the Spring / I am Rain / Rustling
There's no man on Earth who doesn't like panties! (Wise saying) - Of course Umio loves panties, too! (Let's make it clear.) Sensei tells him bashfully "Do you want to see them?"
Episode 6: Homeless
Sensei hasn't changed her trademark tracksuit in days... that's because she's been sleeping at Umanohone in order to draw a manga for the Rookie of the Year Award!
Episode 7: To the Bath House... / A Full Chest
Summer Comika, an event so hot that you can see clouds forming inside the venue! S here's he onsen - Japanese hot springs- episode! When you have to sweat, you need an onsen. Umaophone supports Oedo Onsen Monogatari!
Episode 8: Subtly Rough
Ugh, first date! Stop, Sensei's down to zero health! Sensei-chan accidentally (seriously, accidentally) asks Umio out on a date, and she has no idea what to wear.
Episode 9: It's Not Love / Hey, How're You Feeling? / Snowy Night
Hio-tan's has the flu?! She takes the day off, and Kantoku pays her a visit. Things get a little awkward when he shows a more caring side of himself. But whatever happened to the com in this romcom: things get serious when Hio-tan collapses
Episode 10: Wonderful Chocolate / Chocolate Philosophy / Kantoku's Overflowing White Chocolate
Valentine's Day! I said the same thing in Episode 4, didn't I? Handmade chocolate is a dangerous mission, but Sensei-chan attempts it for the sake of redemption. Not surprisingly, she fails. The fool! She'll need Tsumorin's help. Bring us Tsumorin!
Episode 11: Starting Young / Life, Exposed / The Lips
Childhood memories. They're beautiful, fleeting, sour and eternal. Even if they're about ero-books! Who would have thought we'd have an episode about G-men's childhood?
Episode 12: The Hermit's Library / When the Cherry Blossoms Bloom / Welcoming Morning
The cherry blossoms are blooming, so we're going on a picnic. The wind blows through flowers and hearts alike... and it's a cosplay cherry blossom picnic!!
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