is a Japanese four-panel manga series written and illustrated by , author of ''

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''. It ran in Ichijinsha's ''Manga Palette Lite'' magazine until the magazine was cancelled in 2011, and was relaunched as in ''Manga 4-koma Palette'' in 2015, where it ran until 2018. An anime television series adaptation began airing in October 2015.

Characters

;Somera Nonomoto : : or Somera-chan is a girl who can wield the mysterious and invincible "Nonomoto Mahou-ken" form of magical kenpō, which she inherited from her late mother. ;Kukuru Nonomoto : : is Somera-chan's younger sister. ;Shizuku Tendō : : is Somera-chan's friend and neighbor. ;Ai Matsushima : : is a girl who is looking for her missing sister.

Media

Manga

Choborau Nyopomi published the ''Fushigi na Somera-chan'' manga in Ichijinsha's ''Manga Palette Lite'' magazine beginning in its 6th issue and ending in its 38th issue in April 2011, when the magazine ceased publication. The series was compiled into two '' tankōbon'' volumes, both of which are

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and only available on

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. A sequel, titled ''Fushigi na Somera-chan Haute Couture'', began publication in the June issue of Ichijinsha's ''Manga 4-koma Palette'' on 22 April 2015 after the announcement of the anime television prompted a number of readers to request the return of the series. The series ended on 22 May 2018.

Volume list

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Anime

An anime adaptation, directed by Itsuki Imazaki, was originally teased as an April Fools' Day joke, but Imazaki later confirmed that production had begun and he was working on

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s for the series. It was later revealed that the anime, a television series, would be animated by animation studio

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and produced by Dream Creation. Imazaki was also confirmed to be writing, producing, and creating character designs for the series. Masakatsu Oomuro serves as the show's sound director, and Fūga Hatori produces the music. Sound production for the series is provided by DAX Production. The anime adapted material both from the original manga and the sequel. The anime is the third installment in the "Choborau Nyopomi Theater", after the ''

'' and ''Choboraunyopomi Gekijō Dainimaku Ai Mai Mi: Mōsō Catastrophe'' television series, both of which were also directed by Imazaki. The series began airing on 7 October 2015 on AT-X, TV Saitama, KBS, TVK, and Sun TV. It is streamed worldwide by

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Episode list

References

External links

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