"Eromanga Sensei" is a media mix work by Fushimi Tsukasa, the author of "My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute", and was a very popular anime in the spring of 2017. The story centers around the protagonist Izumi Masamune, a light novel writer, and the heroine Izumi Sagiri, a popular illustrator commonly known as "Eromanga Sensei", and features a variety of unique characters who live out their amusing daily lives. The heroine Sagiri in particular is a popular little sister character representing 2017, and is the cutest of all the little sister characters. Here, we would like to introduce Eromanga Sensei's heroine, Izumi Sagiri.
【Eromanga Sensei】Izumi Sagiri is a beautiful girl with silver hair and blue eyes
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Izumi Sagiri is a beautiful girl with silver hair and blue eyes, and is still only 12 years old. However, his true identity is Eromanga Sensei himself, who was responsible for the illustrations of the light novel "Tensei no Ginrou" (Reborn Silver Wolf), which features the main character Izumi Masamune. He is a highly skilled illustrator, and in addition to being involved in publishing, he has many fans and is also very popular in live streams. However, he is shy, so he hides his face with a mask.
【Eromanga Sensei】The reason why I knew that Eromanga Sensei was Sagiri
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The protagonist Masamune, of course, never dreamed that his step-sister Sagiri was Eromanga Sensei. However, when his childhood friend Takasago Chie tells him that Eromanga Sensei will be having a live stream, Masamune becomes curious about the Eromanga Sensei who had been so kind to him, and so he decides to watch the Eromanga Sensei live stream. However, during the Eromanga Sensei live stream, the breakfast he had made for Sagiri can be seen in the background, and Masamune becomes convinced that Eromanga Sensei is Sagiri.
【Eromanga Sensei】Masamune and Sagiri reunite after about a year
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Masamune's mother died, and Sagiri had no father, so Masamune's father and Sagiri's mother remarried. When Masamune met Sagiri for the first time, he was struck by her cuteness and fell in love with her instantly. However, Masamune's father and Sagiri's mother passed away shortly after remarrying. Shocked by this, Sagiri shut herself in her room and didn't see Masamune for about a year.
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Masamune, who was watching the live stream of Eromanga Sensei, was convinced that Sagiri was Eromanga Sensei, but Sagiri forgot to turn off the video and started changing her clothes. "If this continues, my sister's live changing will be broadcast to the whole world!" Masamune panicked, rushing to Sagiri's room to tell her that the power was still on, and he was reunited with Sagiri for the first time in about a year.
【Eromanga Sensei】Izumi Sagiri's "I don't know anyone with that name"
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When Masamune asked, "Are you Eromanga Sensei...?", Sagiri replied shyly, "I don't know anyone with that name." This is a famous line that we will hear many times afterwards. Sagiri seems embarrassed by the pen name Eromanga Sensei, and wants to claim that she and Eromanga Sensei are two different people. However, of course, it's not something that can be hidden completely, so at the very least, she tries not to let people call her Eromanga Sensei.
【Eromanga Sensei】Izumi Sagiri is extremely shy
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Sagiri has very strong likes and dislikes when it comes to interpersonal relationships, and even when her classmate and class representative "Kamino Megumi" came to visit her house, she didn't want to meet her because Megumi was the type who was too familiar and disliked. At first, she avoided the popular light novel writer Yamada Elf, but since they are both creators, they gradually became closer.
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She has a quiet voice, and if she's not in a good mood, her voice can be hard to hear, so she sometimes speaks with a microphone on. He also met Megumi under certain conditions, but it seems he didn't like her personality compared to Elf and Muramasa Senjyu, so he doesn't really consider her a friend.
【Eromanga Sensei】Izumi Sagiri is really good at illustrations!
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Sagiri, aka "Eromanga Sensei", is a top-notch illustrator, and all the characters in the series praise her for her drawing skills. However, Sagiri has a characteristic where she cannot draw without a model, and she seems to have difficulty drawing characters whose body types are far from her own. Because of this, many of the characters drawn by Eromanga Sensei are loli or have small breasts, and Sagiri thought that this wasn't good enough, so she consulted Masamune about wanting a cute model with big breasts.
[Eromanga Sensei] Izumi Sagiri is such a good wife!
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Although Sagiri is honest, she seems to like Masamune, who looks at things straightforwardly, and often encourages his attitude. Even when Masamune was provoked by Muramasa Senju, whose novel has sold 14.5 million copies, and decided to join the Ranobe Ichi Martial Arts Tournament on his own, she respected Masamune's feelings, saying, "She's the one who laughed at our dreams, she's our enemy! Let's do it together!" She's a wonderful wife character who gives him mental support. 
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Normally, an ordinary woman would give a realistic talk about not doing anything reckless, but Sagiri is a good wife character who chose to stand up and try to win in the right way. Moreover, it's rare to find a girl in real life who trusts you so much and fights alongside you. For Masamune, who values the attitude of going straight for his dreams, Sagiri seems to be the ideal partner.
【Eromanga Sensei】Izumi Sagiri is a little sister character who makes you want to protect her
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Sagiri still has a hard time leaving her room, so spending time with Masamune in her room is becoming her only way to relax. Although she can be selfish, like slamming the floor when she's hungry to make Masamune cook her a meal, that's all part of what makes Sagiri so cute. Sagiri has the strength of a creator and the weakness of a girl, making her the cutest little sister character.
[Eromanga Sensei] Sagiri and Masamune have been friends for several years!
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Masamune doesn't realize it, but Sagiri and Masamune have been exchanging emails for several years, and it was Sagiri who drew illustrations for Masamune's web novel. But Masamune decided to become a professional novelist, and Sagiri also decided to become a professional illustrator, so they decided not to contact each other until they both became professionals.
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Then Sagiri became Masamune's sister-in-law, and since they were both business partners to begin with, it was a formidable bond. Masamune is unaware of this, but Masamune's pen name has been "Izumi Masamune" since his web novel days, and Sagiri, who is reading Masamune's novels, realizes that he is the "Izumi Masamune" he has exchanged emails with in the past.
[Eromanga Sensei] The first Eromanga Sensei was Sagiri's mother!
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Sagiri's mother is a beautiful woman with silver hair and blue eyes who looks just like Sagiri, but in fact, Sagiri's mother was also an illustrator who drew erotic illustrations. Her drawing style and the lewd expression she makes while drawing are just like Sagiri's, and it's clear that Sagiri was heavily influenced by her mother when she was growing up.
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Sagiri has been absent from school since elementary school, but her mother is a kind person who tolerates it without blaming her. However, this may have contributed to Sagiri's tendency to skip school more quickly, so anything can be a good thing. As she decided to become a professional, Sagiri decided to take art lessons from her mother.
【Eromanga Sensei】Izumi Sagiri's voice actor is Akane Fujita
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Izumi Sagiri's voice actor is Akane Fujita, who played the heroine Sistine Fibel in Akashic Records of Bastard Magician. Sagiri and Sistine are quite different characters, and their voices are different too. She's a voice actress who can express subtle changes, so I'm looking forward to seeing her continue to do great things.
【Eromanga Sensei】What will happen to Izumi Sagiri afterwards?!
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The anime "Eromanga Sensei" ended beautifully, but I'm more curious about the sequel. There is a sufficient stock of the original work, but it's unfortunate that we don't know if there will be a second season of the anime. However, I'm sure there are many fans who want to see more of Sagiri and Masamune in the second season of the anime. All we can do is look forward to it and wait for the second season to air.
