Aiura

Aiura is a Japanese yonkoma shōnen manga series by Chama. It was first published on Niconico Seiga and later in Kadokawa Shoten's 4-Koma Nano Ace magazine. The manga ran between March 2011 and April 2014. An anime television series adaptation aired between April and June 2013.

Plot

The story centers around Amaya, Iwasawa, and Uehara—three "annoying, spirited high school girls with zero motivation"—and their classmates. Their daily life is "what happens when there is nothing happening."

Characters

;Kanaka Amaya
;Saki Iwasawa
;Ayuko Uehara
;Mei Yanase
;Nao Manaka
;Souta Amaya
;Sumiko Yamashita
;Shūsaku Matsuno
;Misuzu Wakatsuki
;Izumi Kashio
;Arisa Kuroda
;Umi Yoshino
;Hiroko Uehara

Media

Manga

Aiura started as a 4-panel manga series, written and drawn by Chama. It was originally published online on Niconico Seiga, starting from 2 March 2011, and later in Kadokawa Shoten's 4-Koma Nano Ace magazine, starting from the 4th issue, published on 9 August 2011. Following the end of Nano Ace's publication, the series resumed serialization in Shōnen Ace magazine from its November 2013 issue. The manga series ended its run on 23 April 2014, and has been collected in seven compiled volumes between 3 February 2012, and 23 August 2014.

Anime

The anime television series adaptation was produced by Liden Films, Pony Canyon, and Tohokushinsha Film Corporation. It was directed and written by Ryōsuke Nakamura, with character designs by Mieko Hosoi, and music by Shūsei Murai. The anime is formatted as a series of shorts, with each episode being only a few minutes in length. The series aired on TV Tokyo between 10 April to 26 June 2013, and was streamed by Niconico and with English subtitles by Crunchyroll. The series was released in its entirety on Blu-ray Disc on 7 August 2013. The opening and ending themes are "Kani Do-Luck!" and "Ichigo Ichie", both by Aiu Rabu.