Akebi's Sailor Uniform Explained

Ja Kanji:明日ちゃんのセーラー服
Ja Romaji:Akebi-chan no Sērāfuku
Genre:Slice of life[1]
Type:manga
Author:Hiro
Publisher:Shueisha
Demographic:Seinen
Imprint:Young Jump Comics
Magazine:Tonari no Young Jump
First:August 2, 2016
Volumes:13
Type:tv series
Director:Miyuki Kuroki
Music:Kana Utatane
Studio:CloverWorks
Network:Tokyo MX, GTV, GYT, BS11, MBS, BS Asahi
First:January 9, 2022
Last:March 27, 2022
Episodes:12
Portal:yes

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro. It has been serialized online via Shueisha's Tonari no Young Jump website since August 2016, with the chapters collected in thirteen tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by CloverWorks aired from January to March 2022.

Plot

Throughout her young life, Komichi has always adored sailor attire (being inspired by her idol Miki Fukumoto), even going so far as to have her mother Yuwa make a sailor-style school uniform for her when she enters middle school. When she gets accepted to her mother's old private school Roubai Girls' Academy, she is delighted that she'll get to wear her homemade uniform; once arriving at her new school, she is surprised to find out that Roubai's dress code no longer uses sailor uniforms and have been replaced with blazers instead. Despite the circumstances, the school's headmistress happily makes an exception and allows her to wear the traditional sailor uniform. As she goes through her years of early adolescence, even experiencing some struggles along the way, she meets and befriends many of her school peers and enjoys her school life.

Characters

Roubai Academy Class 1-3

Seat 1: A first year middle school student/the titular protagonist and is a graduate of Futaba Elementary School who has recently been accepted to the elite all-girls' Roubai Academy, the same school her mother Yuwa attended when she was her age; since she was a child, she has had a fascination for sailor attire as well as sailor school uniforms. She eventually gets her mother to make her one, an exact replica to her mother's school uniform, for her first day of school. Once she arrives at the school's entrance ceremony, she at first feels out of place due to her sailor school uniform, which happens to be Roubai Academy's original dress code from when Yuwa was a student there. Meanwhile, the other students are wearing blazer-styled school uniforms instead. Despite the misunderstanding, Komichi is happily given permission by the principal to wear the sailor uniform, making her the only student in the school and her class to wear the school's original uniform design. While she attends her new school and living out her adolescent years, she hopes to make hundreds of friends. At the school, she quickly becomes popular for her extroverted personality and joins the school's drama club. She is fond of performing gymnastics tricks thanks to her flexible body.
  • Seat 2: A mischievous student who is originally from Tokyo. She is Kizaki's dormmate, and befriends Akebi on her first day. A member of the softball club, Usagihara is known among her classmates for cooking and baking various food for her schoolmates, having a kitchen in her dormitory, as well as her poor grades. She went to the same cram school as Tatsumori.
  • Seat 3: An inquisitive girl. Ohkuma does not like socializing, preferring instead to take notes of people while observing them in the hopes of using it in the future. She also takes notes of various wild animals she sees. In the anime, she shares a dorm with Togeguchi.
  • Seat 4: A girl with the tendency to sleep a lot. She is Usagihara's roommate and belongs to the archery club.
  • Seat 5: A girl from Tokyo and the first person who Komichi meets on her first day of school, quickly becoming her best friend. She hails from a rich family as her family back at home owns and lives in a mansion. When feeling nervous or anxious, she has a habit of using her nail clippers, saying that the sound of the clippers are a therapeutic relief for her; she has learned many hobbies, such as playing the violin, piano, and horseback riding, but ultimately joins the climbing club.
  • Seat 6: A shy, quiet girl with glasses who is originally from Nagano Prefecture. She is a bookworm and thus a member of the literature club.
  • Seat 7: A self-conscious girl who used to play tennis.
  • Seat 8: A studious, serious student. She is the class vice president and a member of the track club.
  • Seat 9: The class president. She gives off the aura of a tough, no-nonsense student and thus is somewhat unpopular, but Akebi befriends her anyway. She is a member of the photography club, as well as the best student in the class academically.
  • Seat 10: A loner girl and Ohkuma's roommate. She has twin-tailed hair. Tougeguchi suffers from severe anxiety to the point of taking medication, which Akebi assists her with. She is a member of the table tennis club.
  • Seat 11: A girl in the basketball club.
  • Seat 12: A friendly, popular girl in the school's volleyball club.
  • Seat 13: A girl from Kansai and a member of the swim team. She is playful and competitive, but does not perform well academically.
  • Seat 14: A sweet and soft-spoken girl in Komichi's class with the height of a grade schooler, making her one of the shortest students in her class.
  • Seat 15: A girl with a penchant for punk rock and Togano's roommate. Despite her love for music, she initially cannot read music, though she eventually learns the guitar.
  • Seat 16: A tall, stoic girl whose only interest is volleyball, and is thus a member of the volleyball club. She is subsequently Nawashiro's best friend.

    • Others

    Komichi and Kao's mother and Sato's wife. She is an alumna of Roubai Girls Academy; Yuwa can be seen in an old photograph with two of her friends wearing Roubai Academy's original sailor school uniform, which inspired Komichi to have Yuwa create her a sailor uniform of her own.
  • Komichi's younger sister and a third grader who attends elementary school.
  • Komichi and Kao's father and Yuwa's husband who is usually away on business, but he does make time to see his family whenever he does not have to work.
  • An idol that Komichi deeply admires. Her use of a sailor uniform in a water bottle ad is what inspired Komichi to adopt a sailor uniform.

    • Production

    Akebi's Sailor Uniform is Hiro's first work published by Shueisha. Around half year before the end of his previous work, Yumekuri, he was reached out to by the editorial department of Weekly Young Jump. He knew that it would be impossible for him to carry out a weekly serialization and therefore had little interest in working with Young Jump. He however still had a meeting with them and surprisingly found out they could provide options other than weekly serialization.[2]

    Media

    Manga

    Akebi's Sailor Uniform is written and illustrated by Hiro. The series began serialization in Shueisha's Tonari no Young Jump website on August 2, 2016.[3] The first volume was released on April 19, 2017. As of April 18, 2024, thirteen volumes have been released.

    Volumes

    Anime

    An anime television series adaptation by CloverWorks was announced on March 26, 2021. Miyuki Kuroki directed the series, while Rino Yamazaki wrote and oversaw the series' scripts. The character designs were provided by Megumi Kouno.[4] Kana Utatane composed the series's music. It aired from January 9 to March 27, 2022 on Tokyo MX and other networks.[5] [6] The 16 main cast members, under the name, performed the opening theme song, while Manatsu Murakami (credited as Komichi Akebi) performed the ending theme song "Baton".[7] [8] by Manatsu Murakami (credited as Komichi Akebi) was used as the ending theme song for episode 4.[9] A cover of the Spitz song sung by Mitsuho Kambe (the voice of Oshizu Hebimori) is featured in episode 7. Funimation (now Crunchyroll, LLC) licensed the series outside of Asia.[10] Muse Communication licensed the series in Southeast Asia.[11]

    On January 27, 2022, Funimation announced the series would receive an English dub, which premiered on January 29.[12]

    Episodes

    Reception

    By March 2023, the series has over one million copies in circulation.[13]

    See also

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Moody. Allen. Akebi's Sailor Uniform. THEM Anime Reviews. March 29, 2022. March 28, 2022.
    2. Web site: https://media.comicspace.jp/archives/13281. ja:【インタビュー】『明日ちゃんのセーラー服』博「明日小路は最初、”空っぽ”なキャラクターだった」 (1/2). Comicspace. November 19, 2019. March 27, 2022. ja.
    3. Web site: https://natalie.mu/comic/news/196788. ja:田舎の女子中学を舞台に「ゆめくり」の博が描く学園もの、となりのYJで. Natalie. ja. August 2, 2016. October 1, 2021.
    4. Web site: Crystalyn. Hodgkins. HIRO's Akebi's Sailor Uniform Manga Gets TV Anime by Cloverworks. Anime News Network. March 26, 2021. March 26, 2021.
    5. Web site: Rafael Antonio. Pineda. Akebi's Sailor Uniform Anime's Video Unveils Cast, More Staff, January 2022 Debut. Anime News Network. October 1, 2021. October 1, 2021.
    6. Web site: Rafael Antonio. Pineda. Akebi's Sailor Uniform Anime Unveils 2nd Visual, January 8 Premiere. Anime News Network. December 3, 2021. December 3, 2021.
    7. Web site: Egan. Loo. Akebi's Sailor Uniform Anime's 2 New Videos Unveil More Cast, 2 Songs. Anime News Network. December 18, 2021. December 18, 2021.
    8. Web site: TVアニメ「明日ちゃんのセーラー服」Blu-ray&DVD発売決定！第1巻は4月27日(水)発売！. PR Times. ja. January 9, 2022. January 9, 2022.
    9. News: TVアニメ「明日ちゃんのセーラー服」公式サイト. ja. 28 March 2023. 博／集英社.
    10. Web site: Rafael Antonio. Pineda. Funimation Reveals Simulcast Slate for Winter 2022 Anime Season. Anime News Network. December 20, 2021. December 20, 2021.
    11. Web site: 木棉花新番代理公告 《明日同學的水手服》 此為2022年1月新番，後續消息公開請持續鎖定木棉花社群‼. Facebook. zh. December 16, 2021. December 16, 2021.
    12. Web site: Mateo. Alex. Funimation Streams Akebi's Sailor Uniform Anime's English Dub. Anime News Network. January 27, 2022. January 27, 2022.
    13. Web site: Komatsu. Mikikazu. Hiro's Akebi's Sailor Uniform Manga Surpasses One Million Copies in Print. Crunchyroll. March 17, 2023. March 17, 2023.

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