Farewell, My Dear Cramer Explained

Ja Kanji:さよなら私のクラマー
Ja Romaji:Sayonara Watashi no Kuramā
Genre:Sports[1]
Type:manga
Author:Naoshi Arakawa
Publisher:Kodansha
Magazine:Monthly Shōnen Magazine
First:May 6, 2016
Last:December 4, 2020
Volumes:14
Type:tv series
Director:Seiki Takuno
Music:Masaru Yokoyama
Studio:Liden Films
Network:Tokyo MX, BS-NTV, AT-X, KBC
First:April 4, 2021
Last:June 27, 2021
Episodes:13
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is a Japanese manga series by Naoshi Arakawa about women's association football. The manga serves as a sequel to Arakawa's 2009 work, Sayonara, Football. The series was serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Shōnen Magazine from May 2016 to December 2020, with the individual chapters were collected in fourteen volumes. The series is published in print and in digital in North America by Kodansha Comics. An anime television series adaptation of the series by Liden Films aired from April to June 2021.

Plot

Sumire Suō and Midori Soshizaki are the stars of their respective middle school girls' soccer teams. As they graduate to high school, they end up joining an eclectic cast of other new girls at Warabi Seinan High School, with hopes of taking the school's normally poor-performing team to the top. With the help of former Nadeshiko Japan player Naoko Nōmi as their new coach, they must find a way to defeat powerful new enemies ranging from other nationally-ranked school soccer teams, to their own school's administration.

Characters

Warabi Seinan High School

Girls' Soccer Club

A skilled girl who played on boys' soccer teams for several years (as the main protagonist of Sayonara, Football), thinking the overall level of competition of girls' soccer teams was beneath her, until her middle-school coach convinced her to join a women's team in high school. Despite putting in little effort in practice, Nozomi is an incredibly skilled attacker who tries to stay motivated no matter the opponent.
  • The manager of the Warabi girls' team who tries to support them from the sidelines with everything from video analysis to nutrition.
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  • The captain of her middle school team despite said team winning very few matches. An incredibly fast player with little patience for the eccentricities of her teammates. She decided to join Warabi after seeing Eriko's effort during a losing match and finding a kindred spirit with her.
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  • Sumire's friend and rival throughout middle school who played on a different team, Midori decided to follow Sumire to Warabi so she would not play alone. A newspaper article calls her the #3 defensive midfielder in the nation.
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  • An arrogant prima donna who seems to model herself after Mario Balotelli, a striker who plays incredibly close to the offside line to get scoring chances but makes multiple mistakes that frustrate her teammates.
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  • The Captain of the Warabi Seinan girls' soccer team who struggles to keep the team together when several players leave after the team's poor performance last year. A second-year student who plays on the right wing.
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  • The former Nadeshiko Japan player and World Cup champion who was distraught at the decline of women's soccer throughout the nation. Naoko returns to her alma mater at Warabi to act as the new coach of the women's soccer team.
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  • The incumbent coach of the Warabi women's soccer team who seems apathetic to their performance, spending more time burying his head in a horse racing magazine than paying attention to the team.

    Boys' Soccer Club

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    Kunogi Gakuen High School

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  • Captain of the Kunogi girls' team who normally plays at center-forward, she has a short temper and shows little tolerance for slackers on her team. However, when her crush Ōshio Kohei is nearby, her personality flips, which Sumire used as leverage to make her join their team for the futsal tournament.
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  • An attacking midfielder and gifted technical player for the Kunogi girls' team. After a practice match against Warabi, she became infatuated with Nozomi's playstyle and quickly agreed to team up with her during the futsal tournament.
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  • Urawa Hosei High School

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  • The ace of Urawa Hosei playing in the role of midfielder, key to the catenaccio tactic played by her team. During middle school was in the same team of Soshizaki and resent her for joining a rival team in high school.
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  • Korenkan High School

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  • A physical defender who was jealous of Haruna's talent while being her teammate in middle school, Rei decided to focus on using her body instead of technical skill.

    Media

    Manga

    Written and illustrated by Naoshi Arakawa, Farewell, My Dear Cramer was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Magazine from May 6, 2016,[9] to December 4, 2020.[10] The title refers to German footballer and manager Dettmar Cramer.[11] [12] Kodansha has compiled its chapters into fourteen volumes. The first volume was published on August 17, 2016,[13] and the last on April 1, 2021.

    The manga has been simultaneously released in English on Kindle and Comixology.[14] Crunchyroll published the manga starting in 2018.[15] In July 2019, Kodansha Comics announced the print release of the manga.[16] The first volume was released on January 26, 2021, and last on March 28, 2023.[17]

    Volumes

    Anime

    An anime television series adaptation was announced in the October issue of Monthly Shōnen Magazine on September 4, 2020. The series is animated by Liden Films and directed by Seiki Takuno, with Natsuko Takahashi handling series composition, and Masaru Yokoyama composing the music.[18] It aired from April 4 to June 27, 2021 on Tokyo MX.[19] [20] Aika Kobayashi performed the series' opening theme song "Ambitious Goal", while Mikako Komatsu performed the series' ending theme song "Kuyashii koto wa Kettobase".[21] [22] Crunchyroll licensed the series outside of Asia.[23] In Southeast Asia, Muse Communication licensed the series.[24]

    Episodes

    Notes and References

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    2. Web site: Mateo. Alex. 'Farewell, My Dear Cramer' Soccer TV Anime Reveals More Cast, Visual. Anime News Network. January 15, 2021. January 15, 2021. November 22, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211122205409/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-01-15/farewell-my-dear-cramer-soccer-tv-anime-reveals-more-cast-visual/.168447. live.
    3. Web site: Mateo. Alex. 'Farewell, My Dear Cramer' Soccer TV Anime Reveals 9 More Cast Members. Anime News Network. January 22, 2021. January 22, 2021. April 18, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220418024256/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-01-22/farewell-my-dear-cramer-soccer-tv-anime-reveals-9-more-cast-members/.168690. live.
    4. Web site: Mateo. Alex. 'Farewell My Dear Cramer' Soccer TV Anime Reveals 4 New Cast Members. Anime News Network. February 19, 2021. February 19, 2021. February 19, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210219163546/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-02-19/farewell-my-dear-cramer-soccer-tv-anime-reveals-4-new-cast-members/.169704. live.
    5. Web site: Mateo. Alex. 'Farewell, My Dear Cramer' Soccer TV Anime Reveals 3 More Cast Members. Anime News Network. January 29, 2021. January 29, 2021.
    6. Web site: Mateo. Alex. 'Farewell, My Dear Cramer' Soccer TV Anime Casts Kazuhiro Yamaji, Yumi Uchiyama. Anime News Network. March 26, 2021. March 26, 2021.
    7. Web site: Mateo. Alex. 'Farewell My Dear Cramer' Soccer TV Anime Reveals 4 More Cast Members. Anime News Network. February 12, 2021. February 12, 2021.
    8. Web site: Hodgkins. Crystalyn. 'Farewell, My Dear Cramer' TV Anime Reveals Promo Video, 2 More Cast Members. Anime News Network. April 3, 2021. April 3, 2021. April 3, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210403043814/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-04-03/farewell-my-dear-cramer-tv-anime-reveals-promo-video-2-more-cast-members/.171428. live.
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    10. Web site: Hodgkins. Crystalyn. 'Farewell, My Dear Cramer' Manga Ends in December. Anime News Network. November 6, 2020. November 5, 2020.
    11. Web site: Harding. Daryl. Your lie in April Manga Creator's Women's Soccer Manga 'Farewell, My Dear Cramer' Gets TV Anime and Anime Film in April 2021. Crunchyroll. September 3, 2020. September 3, 2020. The Farewell, My Dear Cramer (the name is based on the German football star Dettmar Cramer) TV anime will follow Nozomi Onda in high school as she aims for the top of the women's soccer. https://web.archive.org/web/20201024155112/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2020/09/03-1/your-lie-in-april-manga-creators-womens-soccer-manga-farewell-my-dear-cramer-gets-tv-anime-and-anime-film-in-april-2021. October 24, 2020.
    12. Web site: ja:新川直司『さよなら私のクラマー』映画&TVアニメ化 女子サッカー描く傑作漫画. https://kai-you.net/article/77900. Kai-You. August 22, 2023. ja. September 4, 2020.
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    14. Web site: Hodgkins. Crystalyn. Naoshi Arakawa's New Farewell My Dear Cramer Manga Gets Simultaneous English Release. Anime News Network. September 3, 2020. May 6, 2016.
    15. Web site: Mateo. Alex. Crunchyroll Manga Adds Grand Blue Dreaming, APOSIMZ, To Your Eternity Simulpubs. Anime News Network. September 3, 2020. March 1, 2018.
    16. Web site: Pineda. Rafael Antonio. Kodansha Licenses 6 New Manga, Acquires Saiyuki, Chobits, Clover. Anime News Network. September 3, 2020. July 6, 2019. July 7, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190707001241/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-06/kodansha-licenses-6-new-manga-acquires-saiyuki-chobits-clover/.148703. live.
    17. Web site: Sayonara, Football 3: Farewell, My Dear Cramer. Penguin Random House. September 3, 2020.
    18. Web site: https://natalie.mu/comic/news/394938. ja:新川直司「さよなら私のクラマー」アニメプロジェクト始動!2021年4月映画&TVに. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. September 4, 2020. September 30, 2020. ja. December 2, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201202012042/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/394938. live.
    19. Web site: Mateo. Alex. Naoshi Arakawa's 'Farewell, My Dear Cramer' Manga Gets Anime Film, TV Anime. Anime News Network. September 3, 2020. September 3, 2020. May 24, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210524170700/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-09-03/naoshi-arakawa-farewell-my-dear-cramer-manga-gets-anime-film-tv-anime/.163557. live.
    20. Web site: Mateo. Alex. 'Farewell My Dear Cramer' TV Anime's Character Intro Video Announces April 4 Premiere. Anime News Network. February 5, 2021. February 5, 2021. February 5, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210205153909/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-02-05/farewell-my-dear-cramer-tv-anime-character-intro-video-announces-april-4-premiere/.169198. live.
    21. Web site: Farewell, My Dear Cramer Soccer Anime Film Reveals More Staff, April 1 Debut. Anime News Network. December 3, 2020. December 3, 2020. August 22, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230822132235/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-12-03/farewell-my-dear-cramer-soccer-anime-film-reveals-more-staff-april-1-debut/.167008. live.
    22. Web site: Hodgkins. Crystalyn. Mikako Komatsu Performs Ending Theme for 'Farewell, My Dear Cramer' Soccer TV Anime. Anime News Network. March 14, 2021. March 14, 2021. August 22, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230822132302/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-03-14/mikako-komatsu-performs-ending-theme-for-farewell-my-dear-cramer-soccer-tv-anime/.170589. live.
    23. Web site: Crunchyroll to Stream The Slime Diaries, 'Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro,' Those Snow White Notes, Fairy Ranmaru, More Anime. Anime News Network. March 24, 2021. March 24, 2021. March 26, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210326204214/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-03-24/crunchyroll-to-stream-the-slime-diaries-dont-toy-with-me-miss-nagatoro-those-snow-white-notes-fairy-ranmaru-more-anime/.171048. live.
    24. Web site: Must-Watch for the Long Weekend! New Anime Series of Apr 2021 Distributed by Muse Communication is Now Announced! 18 New Series Recommended to Quench Your Thirst for New Anime. Muse Communication. April 2, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240402163152/https://en.e-muse.com.tw/latest-news/animations/must-watch-for-the-long-weekend-new-anime-series-of-apr-2021-distributed-by-muse-communication-is-now-announced-18-new-series-recommended-to-quench-your-thirst-for-new-anime/. April 2, 2024. March 31, 2021. live.