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is a Japanese
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series written and illustrated by . After two
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chapters published in
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's manga magazine ' in 2012, the manga was serialized in ''
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'' from March 2013 to November 2017, with its chapters collected in 12 volumes. A sequel manga titled, ''Himouto! Umaru-chan G'', was published in the same magazine from November 2017 to April 2018, with its chapters collected in a single volume. An
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television series adaptation aired from July to September 2015. A second season titled ''Himouto! Umaru-chan R'' aired from October to December 2017.


Premise

Umaru Doma is a high school girl living with her older brother Taihei. At school, Umaru appears to be the ideal student with good looks, top grades and many talents. However, she transforms into a kid-sized layabout, and spends time at home having food and video game addiction, much to Taihei's dismay. Throughout the series, Umaru uses her alternative personality to make friends with others. She buys wanted things for herself, but is forced to get needful things for Taihei.


Characters

; : : A second-year high school girl with beautiful looks, top grades and excellence in everything. She has a secret lifestyle at home, wearing a hamster
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and being a fan of . While indoors, she is drawn in a manner, later calling herself Komaru (Umaru's sister) when Kirie catches her in the persona. She lives with her brother Taihei. She wears a cap while at the
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, where she is a well-known gamer who goes by the
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UMR. She wears a mask to hide her identity from Sylphynford. ; : :Umaru's older brother working at the company. He lives in a 1DK apartment. The siblings move in a year before the series. He is described as having a kind and methodical personality. He reprimands Umaru for being lazy. ; : :Umaru's buxom classmate living in the ground-floor apartment near the siblings. She is very shy, and is originally from
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, occasionally reverting to dialect when she is nervous. Because of her breasts, she has a lack of confidence as people look at her. The first person to look her in the eyes is Taihei, whom she later has a crush on and gets flustered whenever he gives her compliments. Nana's brother works at a restaurant in Tokyo. Taihei suspects he might have met him on his business trip. She appears in the spin-off manga , after having placed first in a '' Niconico Seiga'' poll among other characters. ; : :One of Umaru's classmates. She is very openly competitive, and considers Umaru a rival in academics and sports. She becomes friends with Umaru's persona with hopes of beating her at school, and later gets along with her friends. She is half-Japanese and German. ; : :A classmate and a petite girl with frightening eyes to scare others. She is shy and has a great admiration for Umaru. She becomes friends with Komaru, thinking she is her sister. She is a servant calling her Master. She considers Ebina a rival for Umaru's affection. She is a member of the swim club, and is good at other sports like tennis. She aspires to be a
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author. ; : : Kirie's brother with an
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. His nickname is . He likes to slack off at work. He and Taihei became friends since high school, but he was not as studious. He gets jealous when sees Taihei hanging out with the girls, but when he meets Komaru, he feels she is cute too. He tries to interact with Kirie, but she gets annoyed from him. When he meets Umaru in her outdoor persona and Ebina, he becomes very nervous and shy. He thinks Komaru and Umaru are two different people, and cannot recognize his sister during the trip. ; : : Sylphynford's brother. He works in Taihei's department. He is part German and has relatives from Europe. He enjoys playing video games. He knows of Umaru's dual personality. He later reveals that when he was in middle school, he was a shut-in. He later moved to Japan to work with Kanau. ; : : is the boss of Taihei, Bomber, and Alex, described in ''Young Jump'' magazine as beautiful and excellent. She met Taihei and Bomber at high school ten years ago. She is very fond of Taihei, but gets annoyed by Bomber. Kanau is a single person and living on her own. Umaru becomes upset of her. Taihei reveals that she is the daughter of the president, a year younger than Taihei, and that they attended different schools. She has a younger sister Hikari. ; : : A top student from the Gifted Youth Program with a hairpin and Kanau's sister. It is hinted that she interacted with Taihei, before knowing the set of constellations that he tried to show Umaru. She refers to Taihei as a big brother. ; : :Nana's older brother and restaurant chef. He left home when the latter was seven.


Media


Manga

Written and illustrated by , two-
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chapters of ''Himouto! Umaru-chan'' were first published in
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's manga magazine ' on August 16 and October 16, 2012. It was later serialized in ''
Weekly Young Jump is a Japanese manga magazine published by Shueisha. Launched in 1979, it is published under Shueisha's '' Jump'' line of magazines. The chapters of series that run in ''Weekly Young Jump'' are collected and published in volumes under the "Y ...
'' from March 14, 2013, to November 9, 2017. Shueisha collected its chapters in twelve volumes, released from September 19, 2013, to December 19, 2017. Following the series' ending, it was announced that series would continue with a sequel, titled ''Himōto! Umaru-chan G'', which ran in ''Weekly Young Jump'' from November 30, 2017, to April 19, 2018. A single volume was released on July 19, 2018. In North America, the series was licensed by
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. A
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manga series, ''Himouto! Umaru-chan S'', was published on '' Niconico Seiga'' and ''Tonari no Young Jump'', from March 20, 2014, to July 27, 2015. Shueisha released a single volume on August 19, 2015. Another spin-off manga series, , focuses on Nana Ebina, after the character ranked first on a ''Niconico Seiga''s popularity poll, was published on ''Tonari no Young Jump'', "Yanjan!", ''Niconico Seiga'', and other platforms from December 7, 2015, to September 19, 2017. Two volumes were released on November 18, 2016, and December 19, 2017.


Volume


Anime

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television series adaptation is produced by
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. It was directed by
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, written by Takashi Aoshima, with the character designed by Aya Takano, and Yasunori Ebina served as the sound director. It aired on
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from July 9 to September 24, 2015. The opening theme is performed by Aimi Tanaka, and the ending theme is performed by Tanaka, Akari Kageyama, Haruka Shiraishi, and Yurina Furukawa. An
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was bundled with the manga's seventh volume on October 19, 2015, with another to be bundled with the tenth volume of the manga in Q2 2017. In the ''
Weekly Young Jump is a Japanese manga magazine published by Shueisha. Launched in 1979, it is published under Shueisha's '' Jump'' line of magazines. The chapters of series that run in ''Weekly Young Jump'' are collected and published in volumes under the "Y ...
'' magazine's 20th issue of 2017, a second season of the anime series, ''Himouto! Umaru-chan R'', was announced for fall 2017 with the same cast. The opening theme is "Nimensei Ura Omote Life!" (にめんせい☆ウラオモテライフ!) performed by Tanaka, and the ending theme is "Umarun Taisou" (うまるん体操), performed by Tanaka, Kageyama, Shiraishi, and Furukawa. The series was simulcast worldwide by
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. It was licensed by
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in North America. The second season was simulcast on
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and
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. It later streamed on AnimeLab in Australia and New Zealand. On September 27, 2017, Sentai Filmworks has announced that they have licensed ''Himouto! Umaru-chan R''. Following's
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's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the series was dropped from the Crunchyroll streaming service on March 31, 2022. In the United Kingdom,
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licensed ''Himouto! Umaru-chan R''. In the Philippines, the series aired in Tagalog on the
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and
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channels.


Video game

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sister-raising simulation game developed by FuRyu, titled , was released on December 3, 2015.


Reception

The manga had over 2.2 million copies in circulation by November 2015. It had over 2.7 million copies in circulation by March 2017. The series ranked 16th in the first
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in the print manga category.


Works cited

* "Ch." is shortened form for chapter and refers to a chapter number of the ''Himouto! Umaru-chan'' manga by Sankakuhead. * "Ep." is shortened form for episode and refers to an episode number of the ''Himouto! Umaru-chan'' anime.


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