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Okitsura

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Okitsura: Fell in Love with an Okinawan Girl, but I Just Wish I Knew What She's Saying[a] is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Egumi Sora. It began serialization on Shinchosha's Kurage Bunch website in January 2020. An anime television series adaptation produced by Millepensee premiered in January 2025.

Okitsura: Fell in Love with an Okinawan Girl, but I Just Wish I Knew What She's Saying
First tankōbon volume cover
沖縄で好きになった子が方言すぎてツラすぎる
(Okinawa de Suki ni Natta Ko ga Hōgen Sugite Tsurasugiru)
GenreRomantic comedy[1]
Manga
Written byEgumi Sora
Published byShinchosha
ImprintBunch Comics
MagazineKurage Bunch
DemographicSeinen
Original runJanuary 10, 2020 – present
Volumes8
Anime television series
Directed by
  • Shin Itagaki (chief)
  • Shingo Tanabe
Written by
  • Shin Itagaki
  • Shingo Tanabe
Music by
  • Tomohisa Ishikawa
  • Yoshimi Katayama
  • Ayano Kinjō
StudioMillepensee
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkTokyo MX, BS11, AT-X, GYT, OTV, RBC, QAB
Original run January 5, 2025 – present
Episodes1
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Characters

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Teruaki Nakamura (中村 照秋, Nakamura Teruaki)
Voiced by: Takeo Ōtsuka[2]
A transfer student who moves in to Okinawa from Tokyo. He has a crush on Hina, but doesn't understand her Okinawan dialect.
Hina Kyan (喜屋武 飛夏, Kyan Hina)
Voiced by: Akari Kitō (PV, anime)[3][2]
A girl who speaks with an Okinawan dialect. She's also proficient with the Okinawan language.
Kana Higa (比嘉 夏菜, Higa Kana)
Voiced by: Fairouz Ai (PV, anime)[3][2]
A friend of Hina and classmate of Teruaki. She helps translate Hina's Okinawan dialect to Teruaki. She appears to be in love with Teruaki, and often feels jealous when he only shows affection to Hina and not her; Teruaki is completely oblivious to this.
Yae Agena (安慶名八重, Agena Yae)
Voiced by: Shino Shimoji[4]
Tensuke Uema (上間 天介, Uema Tensuke)
Voiced by: Shugo Nakamura[4]
Isao Shimoji (下地 勲, Shimoji Isao)
Voiced by: Kentarō Kumagai[4]
Oki Memo Shisha (沖メモシーサー)
Voiced by: Etsuko Kozakura[5]
Tetsu Higa (比嘉 鉄, Higa Tetsu)
Voiced by: Yamato Kinjo[6]
Suzu Higa (比嘉 すず, Higa Suzu)
Voiced by: Miyuri Shimabukuro[6]
Naoya Higa (比嘉 なおや, Higa Naoya)
Voiced by: Risa Tsumugi[6]
Sachiko Kyan (喜屋武 幸子, Kyan Sachiko)
Voiced by: Yūko Gibu[6]

Media

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Manga

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Written and illustrated by Egumi Sora, Okinawa de Suki ni Natta Ko ga Hōgen Sugite Tsurasugiru began serialization in Shinchosha's Kurage Bunch manga website on January 10, 2020.[7] The first volume was released on July 9, 2020.[8] It has been collected in eight tankōbon volumes as of February 8, 2024.[9]

No. Release date ISBN
1 July 9, 2020[10]978-4-10-772296-6
2 February 9, 2021[11]978-4-10-772359-8
3 August 6, 2021[12]978-4-10-772410-6
4 January 8, 2022[13]978-4-10-772460-1
5 June 9, 2022[14]978-4-10-772506-6
6 January 7, 2023[15]978-4-10-772559-2
7 July 7, 2023[16]978-4-10-772617-9
8 February 8, 2024[9]978-4-10-772682-7
9 January 8, 2025978-4-10-772784-8

Anime

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An anime television series adaptation was announced on July 3, 2023.[1][17] It is produced by Millepensee and written and directed by Shingo Tanabe (with Shin Itagaki serving as chief director), with Tomohiro Yoshida designing the characters, Tomohisa Ishikawa, Yoshimi Katayama, and Ayano Kinjō composing the music, Hodaka Fukumura serving as dialect coach,[2] and narrated by Tarusuke Shingaki. The series premiered on January 5, 2025, on Tokyo MX and other networks.[5][18][b] The opening theme song is "Dai Dai Daisuki" (大大大好き, I Really, Really Love You), performed by Okinawan band HY,[19] while each episode features a different ending theme song which are covers related to Okinawa, all performed by Akari Kitō and Fairouz Ai as their respective characters Hina and Kaga.[20] Crunchyroll streams the series.[21]

Episodes

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No.Title [22][23]Directed by [22]Written by [22]Storyboarded by [22]Original release date [24][b]
1"The Girl I Like Speaks in Uchinaaguchi"
Transliteration: "Suki na Hito wa Uchinā-guchi" (Japanese: 好きな人はうちなーぐち)		Shingo TanabeShingo TanabeShingo Tanabe
& Shin Itagaki		January 5, 2025 (2025-01-05)

Nakamura Teruaki is a boy from Tokyo who gets transferred to Okinawa as a student. Here he meets, and develops a crush on, his new classmate, Kyan Hina. Trouble is, he has problems talking to her because she speaks in high-level Uchinaaguchi. He would not understand her at all if not for another classmate of his, Hina's friend Higa Kana, who translates for him. Unbeknownst to Teruaki, Kana has a crush on him, and has been translating for him as an excuse to get near him.

In his first days at Okinawa, Teruaki discovers a few things. First, he finds out that almost everyone in Okinawa has the "Higa" surname. He tried calling Kana in a crowd from afar with the usual "Higa-san," only for him to see everyone around him asking if he's referring to them. As per Hana's suggestion of using the person's first name to call their attention, He tried calling Kana in a crowd with an honorific, only to end up embarrassing for Kana as, as he found out from an old lady, it sounded like "kana-SAn," which is "I Love You" in Uchinaaguchi.

Second, when he encounters a crying lost kid, Hana calmed him down with a chant called "Mabuigumi" while hugging him. It is said that when someone gets surprised, their "mabui" ("soul") falls out, causing the person to lose their strength. It can be restored by a "yuta" (Okinawan shaman) with the chant while patting them in the back. Teruaki, who later gets surprised by a bull being unloaded, finds it the hard way that the method is different for older people, where they are only patted in a rough, harder way. He also finds out how Okinawans say "goodbye."

Third is the deal with the "Kamee Kamee Attack," a thing about guests being served food to the maximum, coming from their love of their home and their desire to be welcoming. When he mentioned about never having sata andagi yet, everyone in his class (including Hana and Kana) went into a frenzy and, the next day, everyone gives him batches of the treat. However, that spread like wildfire to the other classes and even other schools, resulting in a boatload of sata andagi coming his way. Despite the hilarity, Teruaki thanks them all, and is happy to be in Okinawa.

Notes

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  1. ^ Japanese: 沖縄で好きになった子が方言すぎてツラすぎる, Hepburn: Okinawa de Suki ni Natta Ko ga Hōgen Sugite Tsurasugiru, lit. ''The Dialect of the Girl I Fell in Love with in Okinawa Is Too Difficult to Deal With''
  2. ^ a b Tokyo MX and BS11 lists the series premiere on January 4, 2025, at 25:00, which is effectively January 5 at 1:00 a.m. JST.

References

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  1. ^ a b Dempsey, Liam (July 3, 2023). "Rom-com Manga Okinawa de Suki ni Natta Ko ga Hougen Sugite Tsura Sugiru Gets TV Anime Adaptation". Crunchyroll. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
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  3. ^ a b 沖縄女子に恋した男子のラブコメ新刊、PVで鬼頭明里が“うちなーぐち”の早口に挑戦. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 9, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
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  17. ^ Cayanan, Joanna (July 3, 2023). "Okinawa de Suki ni Natta Ko ga Hōgen Sugite Tsurasugiru Manga Gets TV Anime Adaptation". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
  18. ^ Mateo, Alex (December 6, 2024). "OKITSURA Anime's 3rd Promo Video Reveals January 4 Premiere". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  19. ^ Mateo, Alex (November 6, 2024). "OKITSURA Anime Unveils New Visual, Opening Song". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  20. ^ Mateo, Alex (December 16, 2024). "Akari Kitō, Fairouz Ai Perform Ending Theme Songs for OKITSURA Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  21. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (October 18, 2024). "Crunchyroll to Stream OKITSURA, I'm a Noble on the Brink of Ruin, High Card Special Episode Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
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