Engaged to the Unidentified


Engaged to the Unidentified is a Japanese four-panel manga by Cherry-Arai. The strip was serialized in Ichijinsha's Manga 4-Koma Palette magazine from April 2009 to February 2022, when it was transferred to Monthly Comic Rex upon that magazine ceasing publication. An anime television series adaptation by Doga Kobo aired in Japan between January and March 2014.

Plot

Kobeni Yonomori is a high school girl who lives with her mother and older sister Benio. Upon turning sixteen, Kobeni is shocked to learn that, due to an arrangement by her late grandfather, she is engaged to a boy named Hakuya Mitsumine who, along with his little sister Mashiro, come to live with Kobeni. As Kobeni spends time adjusting to this new family, she learns there is more to Hakuya and Mashiro than meets the eye. Soon, Kobeni's life becomes a bit more interesting between having a fiancé, a new sister-in-law, and a crazy sister.

Characters

;Kobeni Yonomori
;Benio Yonomori
;Mashiro Mitsumine
;Hakuya Mitsumine
;Mayura Momouchi
;Nadeshiko Kashima
;Konoha Suetsugi
;Niko Ōno
;Akane Yonomori
;Shirayuki Mitsumine
;Ui Komagamine
;Arata Komagamine

Media

Manga

Engaged to the Unidentified began as a four-panel manga series made by Cherry-Arai and published by Ichijinsha. The first chapter was released on April 22, 2009, in the Manga 4-Koma Palette magazine's June 2009 issue. On February 27, 2022, Manga 4-Koma Palette ceased publication, and the manga was transferred to Monthly Comic Rex the following month. The series ended with the release of its last chapter in the Monthly Comic Rex magazine's April 2024 issue on March 27, 2024. The sixteenth tankōbon volume will be its last and final volume. The series has been collected in fifteen tankōbon volumes since July 22, 2010, the latest of which was published on September 27, 2023. The fourth volume was released simultaneously with a limited edition on December 28, 2013. Bundled with it was a DVD with an animated music clip of the song Zentaiteki ni Sensation performed by Haruka Terui, Eriko Matsui and Yuri Yoshida.

Anime

An anime television series aired in Japan on ABC channel from January 8 to March 26, 2014. The series was directed by Yoshiyuki Fujiwara at studio Doga Kobo with script by Fumihiko Shimo and character design by Ai Kikuchi, who was also the chief animation director. Besides ABC, the anime also aired on AT-X, Tokyo MX and BS11 and was simulcast with English subtitles by Crunchyroll and through select digital outlets by Sentai Filmworks. The opening and ending themes, "Tomadoi→Recipe" and "Masshiro World", respectively, are both performed by Mikakuning!. The series was released in Japan in 6 DVD and Blu-ray Disc volumes between March 19 and August 20, 2014. The first volume contains a 12-minute-long original video animation episode. A 10-minute-long original video animation episode was released on March 28, 2014, bundled with the limited edition of the fifth tankōbon volume of the manga.

Episodes

OVAs

Works cited

  • "Ch." is shortened form for chapter and refers to a chapter number of the Engaged to the Unidentified manga
  • "Ep." is shortened form for episode and refers to an episode number of the Engaged to the Unidentified anime