Asobi Asobase


Asobi Asobase is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rin Suzukawa. It began serialization on Hakusensha's Young Animal Densi website in June 2015; it also began serialization in Young Animal in November 2016 and finished in November 2022. Its chapters have been collected in fifteen volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Lerche aired in Japan from July to September 2018.

Plot

The series centers on Hanako Honda, Olivia, and Kasumi Nomura, second-year students at an all-girls middle school and the only three members of the Pastimers Club, a not officially recognized club. The club has very ambiguous goals, usually consisting of whatever so-called "pastimes" the girls happen to think up.

Characters

;Hanako Honda
;Olivia
;Kasumi Nomura
;Chisato Higuchi
;Maeda
;Student Council President
;Oka
;Aguri Matō
;Tsugumi Aozora
;Sainan
;Takayanagi
;Kentarō Honda
;Olivia's Brother

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Rin Suzukawa, Asobi Asobase began serialization on Hakusensha's Young Animal Densi website on June 26, 2015, which was later replaced by Hakusensha's Manga Park website on August 1, 2017. The series also began serialization in Young Animal on November 25, 2016. It finished serialization on November 11, 2022. Hakusensha collected its chapters in fifteen volumes, released from February 29, 2016, to November 29, 2022.
Comikey digitally published the manga in English.

Volumes

Anime

A 12-episode anime television series adaptation, directed by Seiji Kishi and animated by Lerche, aired from July 8 to September 23, 2018. The scripts were written by Yuko Kakihara and the music was composed by Masato Koda. The opening theme song is "Three Piece", while the ending theme song is "Inkya Impulse", both by Hina Kino, Rika Nagae and Konomi Kohara. Crunchyroll streamed the series outside Asia. In Southeast Asia and South Asia, Muse Communication licensed the series and streamed it on their Muse Asia YouTube channel. An original video animation episode was bundled with the manga's seventh volume on December 26, 2018.

Episodes

Specials

Reception

In 2017, the series was ranked 19th at the third Next Manga Awards in the print category.