Muromi-san (波打際のむろみさん,Namiuchigiwa no Muromi-san ,"Muromi on the Shore") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Keiji Najima. It was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from January 2009 to May 2014,with its chapters collected in eleven tankōbon volumes. A 13-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Tatsunoko Production was broadcast from April to June 2013.
TakurōMukōjima is a boy angler. He lands a ningyo (Japanese mermaid) by the name of Muromi-san and develops rapport with both her and her friends. The series title in English is Muromi-san and the Legendary Beasts. Muromi physically appears as a 16-year-old,however in reality,she is an ancient legendary creature. Muromi and her sisters are both guardians of the Earth and much older than they appear. "Takkun",as Muromi calls him,is a high school student who does not have a lot of motivation or care for all the attention Muromi gives him,yet he still ends up getting involved in Muromi's adventures. There are a number of legendary monsters Takkun meets and almost gets eaten by during their adventures.
Written and illustrated by Keiji Najima,Muromi-san was first published as a short-term intensive serialization in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from January 21 to February 18,2009; [3] [4] it was later developed into a full series starting on July 15,2009, [5] and finished on May 28,2014. [6] [7] Kodansha collected its chapters in eleven tankōbon volumes,released from February 17,2010, [8] to July 17,2014. [9]
Najima posted a series of "Hometown Edition" (地元版,Jimoto-ban) chapters on Twitter from September 1,2019,to August 8,2020;they were collected in a single volume released on December 17 of the same year, [10] and a special eight-page one-shot chapter was published in Weekly Shōnen Magazine on the same day. [11]
No. | Release date | ISBN |
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1 | February 17,2010 [8] | |
2 | June 17, 2010 [12] | 978-4-06-384318-7 |
3 | January 17, 2011 [13] | 978-4-06-384433-7 |
4 | July 15, 2011 [14] | 978-4-06-384524-2 |
5 | December 16, 2011 [15] | 978-4-06-384605-8 |
6 | April 17, 2012 [16] | 978-4-06-384658-4 |
7 | October 17, 2012 [17] | 978-4-06-384741-3 |
8 | March 15, 2013 [18] | 978-4-06-384829-8 |
9 | August 16, 2013 [19] | 978-4-06-394915-5 |
10 | February 17, 2014 [20] | 978-4-06-395012-0 |
11 | July 17, 2014 [9] | 978-4-06-395127-1 |
Extra | December 17, 2020 [21] | 978-4-06-521632-3 |
A 13-episode anime television series, produced by Tatsunoko Production, directed by Tatsuya Yoshihara and written by Kazuyuki Fudeyasu, was broadcast on Tokyo MX, MBS, TVK, TV Aichi, TVQ and BS11 from April 7 to June 30, 2013. [22] [23] [lower-alpha 1] The opening theme song is "Nanatsu no Umi yori Kimi no Umi" (七つの海よりキミの海) by Sumire Uesaka. [22] An original animation DVD (OAD) was bundled with the limited edition of the manga's ninth volume, released on August 16, 2013. [25] [2]
The series was streamed by Crunchyroll. [26]
No. | Title | Original air date [23] | |
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1 | "Muromi-san on the Brink" "Setogiwa no Muromi-san" (瀬戸際のむろみさん) | April 7, 2013 | |
Takuro Mukojima is outside fishing when he reels up a girl who introduces herself as Muromi-san, a mermaid. | |||
2 | "Muromi-san and the Legendary Sea Creatures" "Densetsu no Kaijū to Muromi-san" (伝説の海獣とむろみさん) | April 14, 2013 | |
Muromi-san gives Takuro her cellphone number and is upset when he doesn't send any messages despite her sending him hundreds. Later, Takuro fishes up another mermaid who introduces herself as Levia-san (Leviathan), a giant sea monster from the Old Testament. | |||
3 | "Muromi-san and Old Memories" "Sekinen no Omoi to Muromi-san" (積年の想いとむろみさん) | April 21, 2013 | |
Levia-san, Hii-chan, and Sumida-san try to get Muromi-san to get over her hatred of marine mammals. She hates them because she had a boyfriend in the Mesozoic era who had developed lungs, but decided to stay in the ocean anyway. She thinks whales and dolphins are his descendants. Levia-san tells Muromi-san that the toothed whales returned to sea after having evolved into complete land mammals, which means her ex-boyfriend either evolved into something else or became extinct. | |||
4 | "Muromi-san and the Food Chain" "Shokumotsurensa to Muromi-san" (食物連鎖とむろみさん) | April 28, 2013 | |
Muromi-san introduces Takuro to her friend Yeti, who is in Japan for autumn sightseeing. Later, back in the mountains, Yeti forges a sword, and then comes across a trapped Harpy. Yeti frees Harpy and they all meet at Takuro's fishing spot, where everyone tries to break Harpy's habit of attacking Muromi-san. | |||
5 | "Muromi-san and Twin Mountain" "Tsuin Maunten to Muromi-san" (ツインマウンテンとむろみさん) | May 5, 2013 | |
6 | "Muromi-san and Ryuuguujou" "Ryūgūjō to Muromi-san" (竜宮城とむろみさん) | May 12, 2013 | |
7 | "The Boy, Kappa, and Muromi-san" "Shōnen to Kappa to Muromi-san" (少年と河童とむろみさん) | May 19, 2013 | |
8 | "Muromi-san and the Nice(?) Type" "Iyashikei(?) to Muromi-san" (癒し系(?)とむろみさん) | May 26, 2013 | |
9 | "Muromi-san and the Secret Advanced Civilization" "Himitsu no Chō Bunmei to Muromi-san" (ひみつの超文明とむろみさん) | June 2, 2013 | |
10 | "Muromi-san Worldwide" "Wārudo Waido no Muromi-san" (ワールドワイドのむろみさん) | June 9, 2013 | |
11 | "Muromi-san and the Chill" "Tsun to Muromi-san" (ツンとむろみさん) | June 16, 2013 | |
12 | "Muromi-san and Different Forms of Love" "Iron'na Ai no Katachi to Muromi-san" (色んな愛の形とむろみさん) | June 23, 2013 | |
13 | "The Years Go By Muromi-san" "Yukutoshi Kurutoshi no Muromi-san" (行く年来る年のむろみさん) | June 30, 2013 | |
Muromi-san and her friends celebrates the new year. |
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