The Scoop WINTER 2018-2019 | Page 47

Monthly Girl Nozaki-kun/ Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun (Genre: Comedy, Romance, School)

Chiyo Sakura is a cheerful high school girl who has a big crush on the oblivious Umetaro Nozaki. Much to Chiyo’s surprise when she confessed, she was given an autograph from Nozaki. On the autograph board was the name Sakiko Yumeno, which led Chiyo to discover that Nozaki is a popular shoujo mangaka despite Nozaki’s stoic appearance. Through many misunderstandings, Chiyo becomes an assistant for Nozaki’s manga. The hilarious events that follow allow Chiyo to befriend her schoolmates, such as the shameless Mikoto Mikoshiba, the “Prince of the School,” Yuu Kashima, and the president of the theater club and upperclassman, Masayuki Hori. Will Chiyo succeed in letting Nozaki notice her feelings?

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Your Name./ Kimi no Na wa. (Genre: Romance, Supernatural, School, Drama)

Mitsuha Miyamizu, a high school girl, yearns to the live the life in the city in contrast to the countryside

She currently lives in. Meanwhile, Taki Tachibana is a busy high school boy living in the city who has a hope for a future in architect and works hard for his part-time job. But one-day Mitsuha woke up in a bedroom that does belong to her and finds herself in the wonderful life of Tokyo, except she is in Taki’s body! On the other hand, Taki is in Mitsuha’s body living the life of the countryside. In this strange and mysterious phenomenon, they hope to find each other. But the search for each other is harder than expected as their exchanged lives took a dramatic turn and revealed a deeper truth. A truth that can tear them apart forever but with each other and their friends, they will prevent that from happening.

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Silent Voice/ Koe no Katachi (Genre: Drama School Shounen)

As wild as he can be, elementary school student Shouya Ishida sought to get rid of the boredom in cruelest ways. One day, the deaf Shouko Nishimiya transferred into his class and was bullied by Shouya and her other classmates for fun. However, when Shouko’s mother told the school about the problem, Shouya was singled out and blamed for everything. When Shouko transferred out of the school, Shouya became the target of bullying in return. Now in his third year of high school, he is haunted by his wrongdoings in the past and seeks to meet Shouko once again to redeem himself. Silent Voice revolves around the touching story of Shouya’s reunion with Shouko and his journey of redemption all while he struggles to overcome his past.

Assassination Classroom/ Ansatsu Kyoushitsu (Genre: Action, Comedy School, Shounen)

The moon was partially destroyed, and now it stays as a crescent permanently. The class of 3-E in Kunugigaoka Middle School was given an overwhelming task—to kill the creature that had destroyed the moon. Unexpectedly, the monster with tentacles like an octopus, Koro-Sensei, becomes their teacher and train them to become assassins while maintaining good grades for school. Koro-Sensei can travel at the speed of Mach 20, making him an extremely difficult target. As the students spend more time with Koro-Sensei through hilarious events, they discover him to be the best teacher they’ve ever had. Now it is up to the class of 3-E to assassinate Koro-Sensei before their deadline of March 20th.