Gamers! | |
ゲーマーズ! (Gēmāzu!) | |
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Genre | Romantic comedy[1] |
Light novel | |
Written by | Sekina Aoi |
Illustrated by | Saboten |
Published by | Fujimi Shobo |
Imprint | Fujimi Fantasia Bunko |
Demographic | Male |
Original run | March 20, 2015 – October 19, 2019 |
Volumes | 12 |
Manga | |
Written by | Sekina Aoi |
Illustrated by | Tsubasa Takahashi |
Published by | Fujimi Shobo |
Magazine | Shōnen Ace |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | 2016 – 2019 |
Volumes | 7 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Manabu Okamoto |
Produced by | Mitsutoshi Ogura Tatsuya Suguri Tsuyoshi Sōda Takema Okamura Hirotaka Kaneko Tomoyuki Ohwada Katsumi Kikumasa Kazuhiro Kanemitsu |
Written by | Hiroki Uchida |
Music by | Yoshiaki Dewa |
Studio | Pine Jam |
Licensed by | |
Original network | AT-X, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, BS11 |
Original run | July 13, 2017 – September 28, 2017 |
Episodes | 12 |
Gamers! (Japanese: ゲーマーズ!, Hepburn: Gēmāzu!) is a Japanese light novel series, written by Sekina Aoi and illustrated by Saboten. Fujimi Shobo published twelve volumes from March 2015 to October 2019, under the Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. An anime television series adaptation produced by Pine Jam aired from July to September 2017.
Keita Amano, a high school student and gamer, meets the beautiful school idol Karen Tendō, who invites him to the school's Gaming Club. After finding it is centered around competitive gaming, he declines her offer. This rejection sets off a chain of events in the lives of Keita and his friends, in matters of video games, romance and misunderstandings along the way.
In the light novels, each characters take turns narrating the chapters.
Sekina Aoi published the series in 2015 through Fujimi Shobo's Fujimi Fantasia Bunko with illustrations by Saboten. Twelve volumes were released from March 20, 2015 to October 19, 2019.[6]
No. | Title | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
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1 | Keita Amano and Youth Continue Amano Keita to Seishun Kontinyū (雨野景太と青春コンティニュー) | March 20, 2015[7] | 978-4-04-070533-0 |
2 | Karen Tendou and Surprise Happy End Tendō Karen to Fuiuchi Happī Endo (天道花憐と不意打ちハッピーエンド) | July 18, 2015[8] | 978-4-04-070534-7 |
3 | Chiaki Hoshinomori and New Game of First Love Hoshinomori Chiaki to Hatsukoi Nyū Gēmu (星ノ守千秋と初恋ニューゲーム) | November 20, 2015[9] | 978-4-04-070753-2 |
4 | Aguri and Unconscious Critical Aguri to Mujikaku Kuritikaru (亜玖璃と無自覚クリティカル) | March 19, 2016[10] | 978-4-04-070754-9 |
5 | Gamers and Annihilated Game Over Gēmāzu to Zenmetsu Gēmu Ōbā (ゲーマーズと全滅ゲームオーバー) | July 20, 2016[11] | 978-4-04-070969-7 |
6 | The Lonely Gamer and Love Confession Chain Combo Bocchi Gēmā to Kokuhaku Chein Konbo (ぼっちゲーマーと告白チェインコンボ) | November 19, 2016[12] | 978-4-04-070970-3 |
7 | Gamers and Kiss of Dead End Gēmāzu to Kuchizuke Deddo Endo (ゲーマーズと口づけデッドエンド) | March 18, 2017[13] | 978-4-04-070971-0 |
8 | Konoha Hoshinomori and Reversal Back Attack Hoshinomori Konoha to Gyakuten Bakku Atakku (星ノ守心春と逆転バックアタック) | July 20, 2017[14] | 978-4-04-072369-3 |
9 | Keita Amano and Youth Skills Reset Amano Keita to Seishun Sukiru Risetto (雨野景太と青春スキルリセット) | January 20, 2018[15] | 978-4-04-072370-9 |
10 | Karen Tendou and Surprise Update Tendō Karen to Fuiuchi Appudēto (天道花憐と不意打ちアップデート) | May 19, 2018[16] | 978-4-04-072371-6 |
11 | Gamers and First Love Multi End Gēmāzu to Hatsukoi Maruchi Endo (ゲーマーズと初恋マルチエンド) | October 20, 2018[17] | 978-4-04-072900-8 |
12 | Gamers and Youth Continue Gēmāzu to Seishun Kontinyū (ゲーマーズと青春コンティニュー) | October 19, 2019[18] | 978-4-04-072901-5 |
A manga adaptation with art by Tsubasa Takahashi was serialized in Fujimi Shobo's Shōnen Ace from October 2016 to September 2019.[19] The seventh and final volume was released on October 26, 2019.
No. | Release date | ISBN |
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1 | March 23, 2017[20] | 978-4-04-105446-8 |
2 | June 26, 2017[21] | 978-4-04-105771-1 |
3 | November 25, 2017[22] | 978-4-04-106308-8 |
4 | March 26, 2018[23] | 978-4-04-106717-8 |
5 | September 25, 2018[24] | 978-4-04-107363-6 |
6 | February 25, 2019[25] | 978-4-04-107816-7 |
7 | October 26, 2019[26] | 978-4-04-107817-4 |
An anime television series adaptation directed by Manabu Okamoto and produced by Pine Jam was announced.[27][28] It aired in Japan from July 13[29] to September 28, 2017.[1] The opening theme is "GAMERS!" by Hisako Kanemoto, Manaka Iwami and Rumi Ōkubo.[30] The ending themes are "Fight on!" for all episodes except for episode nine and ten which is "Koi no Prologue*" (恋のprologue*, "Prologue to Love"), both performed by Luce Twinkle Wink☆.[2] Crunchyroll streamed the series,[31] while Funimation had licensed it in North America and streamed an English dub.[32][3] Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the dub was moved to Crunchyroll.[33]
No. | Title[c] | Original air date[34] | |||
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1 | "Keita Amano and Chapters of the Chosen" Transliteration: "Amano Keita to Michibi Kareshisha-tachi" (Japanese: 雨野景太と導かれし者達) | July 13, 2017 | |||
One day, Keita Amano, a high school boy who has no friends and spends time playing video games, is approached by the beautiful Karen Tendō about joining their school's Game Club. Smitten by Karen's offer, Keita is slightly disappointed that he was not the only one Karen asked to join, but ends up having fun playing FPS games with the other members. Ultimately, however, Keita decides against joining the Game Club as he prefers to play games for enjoyment instead of competition. This rejection hits pretty hard with Karen, who runs off crying. | |||||
2 | "Tasuku Uehara and New Game +" Transliteration: "Uehara Tasuku to Tsuyokute Nyū Gēmu" (Japanese: 上原祐と強くてニューゲーム) | July 20, 2017 | |||
Tasuku and Keita play various arcade games. Keita leaves when Tasuku's friends appear, feeling he does not interfere with hobbies. Tasuku pursues him, revealing he puts on a front as he was bullied for being a geek in middle school. After the two come to a mutual understanding, Tasuku sees Karen in love with Keita, before accompanying Aguri. Having been dating her without a reason, Tasuku believes Aguri falls in love with him when he was a geek, changing his entire perspective for her. | |||||
3 | "Chiaki Hoshinomori and StreetPass Communication" Transliteration: "Hoshinomori Chiaki to Surechigai Tsūshin" (Japanese: 星ノ守千秋とすれ違い通信) | July 27, 2017 | |||
Wanting Keita to be with Karen, Tasuku encourages him to talk to Chiaki. The two manage to become friends over their similar tastes in games, but soon get into a fight over trivial gaming matters. As Tasuku tries to mediate between the two, he unknowingly causes Aguri to worry that he is making moves on Chiaki, particularly when he compliments her with short hair. Keita pursues Aguri in hopes of clearing up any confusion, but things only get worse when Aguri sees Tasuku and Chiaki outside. | |||||
4 | "Karen Tendo and Slump Days" Transliteration: "Tendō Karen to Suranpu Deizu" (Japanese: 天道花憐とスランプ・デイズ) | August 3, 2017 | |||
Karen's increasing obsession over Keita starts to have a serious effect on her life and ability. On the weekend, Karen invites Keita to the arcade and challenges him to a battle of coin games. Surprised to find that Keita cares about winning sometimes, Karen finds comfort in his belief that playing to win and having fun need not be separate things. Despite becoming motivated by Keita's words, Karen becomes worse at video games. | |||||
5 | "Aguri and Communication Error" Transliteration: "Aguri to Tsūshin Erā" (Japanese: 亜玖璃と通信エラー) | August 10, 2017 | |||
While Keita is with Aguri, Tasuku discovers that Chiaki is both Mono, Keita's online friend from his social game, and Nobe, the developer behind some of his favorite freeware games, leading to the moment where Aguri makes her misunderstanding. Feeling Keita and Chiaki will make up with each other, Tasuku decides to create a Gamers' Meet Up Club and invite Karen. Despite a discussion about the games Chiaki is developing, the misunderstandings involving them and Aguri only seem to increase. Tasuku tries to convince Keita that he is made more progress with Karen than he thinks he has, but winds up giving Chiaki yet another misunderstanding. | |||||
6 | "Gamers and Wipeout "Game Over"" Transliteration: "Gēmāzu to Zenmetsu Gēmu Ōbā" (Japanese: ゲーマーズと全滅ゲームオーバー) | August 17, 2017 | |||
Keita and Aguri discover Tasuku and Chiaki, missing the first part of their conversation and assuming Tasuku is cheating on her. Aguri and Tasuku encourage Keita and Karen to become friends, with Tasuku setting things up so that many students will bear witness to his request. In the run-up to the event, Tasuku, Aguri and Chiaki, had wild assumptions of what the reactions of each other can entail in their terms, while Karen assumes that Keita prepares to reject her. However, Keita completes a dating sim the previous night, and inadvertently blurts out a love confession taken from the game, which Karen accepts. | |||||
7 | "Keita Amano and Karen's Best Entertainment" Transliteration: "Amano Keita to Tendō Karen no Saikō no Goraku" (Japanese: 雨野景太と天道花憐の最高の娯楽) | August 24, 2017 | |||
After the confession with Karen, Keita contemplates if he can cancel it, due to assuming she and Tasuku had a problem. Keita invites Karen on a date at the entertainment center, where they spend time with Chiaki. Though Keita loses the game, he makes things enjoyable and the two had a cheerful discussion. | |||||
8 | "Erogamer and Watching Mode" Transliteration: "Erogēmā to Kansen Mōdo" (Japanese: エロゲーマーと観戦モード) | August 31, 2017 | |||
"Gamers and Half their Life Game" Transliteration: "Gēmāzu to Hansei Gēmu" (Japanese: ゲーマーズと半生ゲーム) | |||||
Konoha overhears Keita and Misumi at the game shop, taking comfort in Keita recommending an old game she has a fondness for. Keita, Karen, Chiaki, Tasuku and Aguri play a Love Love Game of Half-Life board game, becoming more awkward as a result of the oddly specific spaces they land on. Before Tasuku and Aguri clear up some of the misunderstandings between each other, Chiaki believes Keita was her online friend and the one supporting her freeware games this entire time. | |||||
9 | "Chiaki Hoshinomori and Account Hack" Transliteration: "Hoshinomori Chiaki to Akaunto Hakku" (Japanese: 星ノ守千秋とアカウントハック) | September 7, 2017 | |||
Feeling conflicted about her recent revelation, Chiaki learns that Keita left the ticket last night. After heading home, Chiaki inadvertently shows Keita her computer and phone linking her to Nobe and Mono. Chiaki claims that Konoha is the one behind both of those aliases. While feeling something amiss about this reveal, Keita sees Konoha accompanying Chiaki, who receives a strange call from Tasuku that the others interpret as a confession. | |||||
10 | "Gamers and Next Stage" Transliteration: "Gēmāzu to Nekusuto Sutēji" (Japanese: ゲーマーズとネクストステージ) | September 14, 2017 | |||
As Chiaki feels conflicted over Tasuku, Keita invites Aguri to join their Gamers' Meet Up Club to discuss the matter, but he cannot bring it up, instead he states his determination to buy a new game from his favorite series. That night, Konoha encourages Chiaki to sort out her feelings for Keita. The next day, Aguri gets dragged to an awkward meeting with her friend, Sarina, taking offense when she starts mocking her friends. Meanwhile, Karen asks Chiaki and Tasuku to accompany her as she talks about Keita seemingly liking games more than her, leading to yet another complication when Aguri sees them together. As the others manage to clear up the misunderstanding, they are surprised to find Keita prioritize coming to help Aguri over buying the game. | |||||
11 | "Gamers and Youth Continue" Transliteration: "Gēmāzu to Seishun Kontinyū" (Japanese: ゲーマーズと青春コンティニュー) | September 21, 2017 | |||
Concerned about the relationship between Keita and Aguri, Tasuku suggests to Karen that they prove their respective relationships by inviting them on a double date to an amusement park. While Keita and Aguri assume Karen and Tasuku are trying to cover up their alleged cheating, Konoha brings Chiaki there to intrude on their date. While the others explore a haunted house, Konoha sets things up for Chiaki to spend time with Keita. As Chiaki decides to withhold expressing her feelings, the date proves to be a success for other couples. | |||||
12 | "Gamers and Billing System Talk" Transliteration: "Gēmāzu to Kakin Tōku" (Japanese: ゲーマーズと課金トーク) | September 28, 2017 | |||
At the training camp, Aguri questions whether video games are fun for, particularly in regards to downloadable content. While the argument apparently confuses her further, Keita's fondness for the game his parents bought for him helps her understand it a little. |
The light novel ranked seventh in 2017 in Takarajimasha's annual light novel guide book Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!, in the bunkobon category.[35] It ranked eighth in 2018.[36] The anime ranked fourth in popularity on Crunchyroll in summer 2017, an unheard of ranking for a show that was a short-running Shonen Action series.