Shomin Sample
Shomin Sample: I Was Abducted by an Elite All-Girls School as a Sample Commoner is a Japanese light novel series by Takafumi Nanatsuki. It has been published by Ichijinsha since December 2011. Eleven volumes have been published. A manga adaptation began serialization in Ichijinsha's Comic Rex magazine in July 2012. A drama CD was released on February 20, 2013. The series follows Kimito Kagurazaka, an ordinary high school student abducted by an organization, and forced to enroll in a private academy for elite young ladies.
An anime television series adaptation, produced by Silver Link, had aired from October to December 2015.
Plot
Kimito Kagurazaka is an ordinary high school student. One day, he is forcefully enrolled in the elite all-girls school Seikain, where its sheltered noble female students are cut off from the rest of the world to preserve their innocence. However, this deep isolation leaves a large number of school graduates unable to cope with the outside world. To deal with this problem, the school has decided to kidnap a male commoner, Kimito, hoping that his "common man's" influence will be a gentle way to introduce the girls to the realities of life outside. Unfortunately for Kimito, the school only considered him a candidate for this project because they thought that he was a homosexual with a muscle fetish. Therefore, the school concluded that Kimito is no threat to the innocent girls' chastity. Once he learns that he either will face castration or exile should this be proven otherwise, he has no choice but to cooperate. Soon after his enrollment, he has a fateful meeting with Aika Tenkūbashi. Aika is a student who can alternately be shy, stubborn, and pretentious. She is also innocently fascinated by the outside world.Characters
;Kimito Kagurazaka;Aika Tenkūbashi
;Reiko Arisugawa
;Hakua Shiodome
;Karen Jinryō
;Miyuki Kujō
;Eri Hanae
;Sakimori
;Sayuri Kimachi
;Sumire Kiryuu
;Hōko Arisugawa
;Masaomi Arisugawa
;Maya Mibu
;Mizuho Suehiro
;Kae Tōjō
;Misaki Yamada
Media
Light novel
Shomin Sample began as a light novel series which was published by Ichijinsha between November 11, 2011, and July 20, 2016. The full title is Shomin Sample: I Was Abducted by an Elite All-Girls School as a Sample Commoner but was shortened to Shomin Sample. Eleven volumes and one short story volume were released through their Ichijinsha Bunko imprint.Manga
A manga adaptation illustrated by Risumait hat was published in the manga magazine Comic Rex from May 27, 2012, to September 27, 2018. Fifteen bound volumes in total were published by Ichijinsha.The manga adaptation was licensed for English release in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. The volumes were released from 2016 to 2021. In addition to the main manga series, a short spinoff called Shomin Sample: I Was Spun Off by an Elite All-Girls School as a Sample Commoner also appeared as a serial in Comic Rex. Two bound volumes were published by Ichijinsha and were released between January–July 2016. The title uses a pun of the word "spinoff" where is replaced by.
Anime
A 12-episode anime television series adaptation, directed by Masato Jinbo and animated by studio Silver Link. It aired in Japan from October 7 to December 23, 2015. The anime has been licensed by Funimation in North America and Madman Entertainment in Australia. On November 11, 2015, Funimation began streaming the English dubbed episodes as part of its Broadcast Dubs initiative. Anime Limited is distributing the title for Funimation in the United Kingdom and Ireland.Reception
announced on Thursday that Takafumi Nanatsuki's light novel Ore ga Ojō-sama Gakkō ni "Shomin Sample" Toshite Rachirareta Ken will get an anime adaptation.Ichijinsha published the first volume of the light novel series in November 2011, and it ran for eight volumes. A special edition of the seventh volume bundled a drama CD. Gekka Urū designed the characters for the light novel and Risumai draws a manga adaptation that is serialized in Ichijinsha's Monthly Comic Rex. The fifth compiled volume will ship on July 18 in Japan.