is a Japanese

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series written by Tsukasa Fushimi and illustrated by Hiro Kanzaki.

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has published thirteen volumes in the series under its

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imprint from December 2013 to August 2022. A manga adaptation illustrated by Rin has been serialized in '' Dengeki Daioh'' from May 2014 to May 2021. An

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adaptation produced by

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aired from April to June 2017.

Premise

The story revolves around high school student Masamune Izumi who loves writing

s. Having no artistic skill himself, Masamune always gets his novels illustrated by an anonymous partner using the

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"Eromanga", who is known for drawing questionably perverted images despite being extremely reliable. In addition to balancing his passion and school, Masamune is also stuck with taking care of his only family member—his younger stepsister Sagiri Izumi. A '' hikikomori'' by nature, Sagiri shut herself in her room for over a year and constantly bosses Masamune around despite his attempts to get her to leave her room. However, when Masamune inadvertently discovers that his anonymous partner has been Sagiri all along, their sibling relationship quickly leaps to new levels of excitement, especially when a beautiful, female, best-selling

author enters the fray.

Characters

; : :The protagonist of the series, he is a 15-year-old first-year high school student. When he was in junior high school, he won an award for writing a light novel series. He later writes a series known as ''Silverwolf of Reincarnation'' and hires an anonymous illustrator named "Eromanga", but discovers that Eromanga is his own stepsister Sagiri. ; : :The heroine of the series and the titular Eromanga Sensei, she is a 12-year-old first-year junior high school student. She is a ''hikikomori'' who never leaves her room, even to eat, instead relying on her stepbrother to bring food to her room. She later starts inviting her brother into her room and opens up more to the world, even venturing outside the boundaries of her room. Even though Masamune and several other people know that she is "Eromanga Sensei", she always stalls the conversation by saying she does not know someone of that name. According to her blog, the pen name is derived from the name of an island and does not have any relationship with any ecchi manga. Prior to her mother marrying Masamune's father, she had unknowingly known him as an online friend. In the anime, Sagiri's illustrations are drawn by Tiv. ; : :Elf is a 14-year-old popular light novel author who has sold over 2 million copies. She starts living next door to Masamune and is famed for dressing in a

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style. She has shown to have developed romantic feelings for Masamune and has confessed to him. Elf Yamada is her pen name. Her real name is . ; : :Muramasa is a successful light novel writer who has sold over 14.5 million copies of her novel series. She is a fan of Masamune's ''Silverwolf of Reincarnation'' series, and gets upset after he ends the series. She tried to stop him from writing romantic comedy series but admitted defeat after losing to him in the competition. She is in love with Masamune, but he rejects her after she confesses her feelings to him. Muramasa Senju is her pen name. Her real name is . ; : :Megumi is a classmate of Sagiri, and a former amateur model. While initially believed to be a perverted girl, however, Megumi is actually quite innocent, and just pretends to be experienced about relationships and the opposite sex in order to make herself look "cool". ; : :Tomoe is Masamune's childhood and his best friend whose family runs a local bookstore, . ; : :Shidō is one of the participants of the Light Novel Tenkaichi Butōkai competition, but he lost the event since Masamune won first place and he only won second place. ; : :Kagurazaka is Masamune's and Muramasa's executive editor. ; : :Chris is Elf's older brother and her executive editor.

Media

Light novel

The

s are written by Tsukasa Fushimi and illustrated by Hiro Kanzaki. The series is published by

under their

imprint, and the first volume was released on December 10, 2013. The thirteenth and the final volume was released on August 10, 2022.

Volumes

Manga

A manga adaptation illustrated by Rin has been serialized in

' '' Dengeki Daioh'' magazine from May 27, 2014 to May 27, 2021. The manga has been compiled into twelve ''

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'' volumes since November 10, 2014.

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licensed the series in North America and released the first three volumes. In July 2020, the manga became one of seven titles to be removed from Books Kinokuniya in Australia for claims of promoting child pornography. A spin-off manga focusing on the character Elf Yamada began serialization in the September issue of '' Dengeki Daioh'' on July 27, 2018. It ended on November 27, 2019 and was collected into three volumes.

Anime

television series adaptation is directed by Ryohei Takeshita, written by Tatsuya Takahashi, and produced by Shinichiro Kashiwada and

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, featuring animation by the studio

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. The anime aired from April 9 to June 25, 2017. Two

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episodes were scheduled to be released in 2018 but were pushed back to January 16, 2019. The opening theme is by ClariS, and the ending theme is "Adrenaline!!!" by

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, with episode 8 featuring by Akane Fujita. Aniplex of America has licensed the series in North America. Crunchyroll licensed the series for release in the

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Episodes

Reception

The light novel had a million copies in print as of April 2017. Reviewing ''Eromanga Sensei'', THEM Anime Reviews wrote that between the two principal female characters featured in the series besides Sagiri, Elf is the "better one" compared to Muramasa. The website also wrote, "Elf, like Masamune, is a 'light novelist', and she's apparently much more successful at it than he is. She goofs off most of the time, only doing actual writing when the mood strikes her. Elf is also a bit of an egomaniac- though in fairness, she DOES have a nice smile- and at the beginning of the show she moves in next door to Masamune. Of course she comes to love him- ALL the girls in this show love him. She at least does exhibit flashes of self-awareness, and even humor."

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References

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