"Otonari ni Ginga", which will be broadcast from April 2023, is a work by the author of "Sweetness and Lightning", which was animated in 2016. While retaining the heartwarming parts of the previous work, the hero and heroine get together easily and it becomes more interesting from then on! This time, I would like to introduce what kind of character the protagonist of this work, Ichiro Kuga, is!
Both parents are absent! Ichiro Kuga is in a pretty miserable situation!
At the beginning of the story, he does not have parents. His father passed away when he graduated from high school, and his mother was also gone (probably disappeared), so he had to support his younger sister and brother at that point. Since he had debuted as a manga artist by the time he graduated from high school and had rental income from the apartment he was left with, he had enough income to live on, but it was a bare minimum. He struggles to support his younger sister and brother in this situation.
Has he lost his connection with his mother?
His father has passed away, but it is currently unknown what his mother is like. However, there was a scene in a conversation where he said he had lost his connection with his mother. If he had lost her by death, he wouldn't have said that he had lost her, so he may still be alive. Furthermore, in another scene, he says that his mother has left, so it seems that she has disappeared. So there is a possibility that he may appear in the future.
He has a pure and kind personality! He is very kind, but a little unreliable?
Kuga-kun is in a situation where he has to work hard as the family's breadwinner, but he has a very pure and kind personality. He is a considerate young man, but his occupation is an unsuccessful manga artist. He has a hard life, but he is also a little unreliable. He has a kind personality, so he rarely fights with others, but he is straightforward, so he will talk back when he needs to.
Ichiro Kuga is an unsuccessful shojo manga artist
Kuga is a shojo manga artist whose work is serialized in the shojo manga magazine "Monthly Anko". His pen name is "Kokone Momoty". He originally wanted to draw shounen manga, but he was told that he was better suited to shojo manga, so he decided to become a shojo manga artist. So, did he become a popular manga artist? Unfortunately, he is not a popular manga artist. He continued serializing his work despite the fear of cancellation, which led to him meeting the heroine, Goshiki Shiori. The pen name "Kokone Momoty" comes from the name of Momoka Ochi (now Momoka Gokuni), a senior manga artist and the wife of editor Gokuni-san. I was having trouble coming up with a pen name, so I took her name.
Cancelled manga artist, Ichiro Kuga
Kokone Momoty-sensei had been flying low in this way, but it was decided to cancel the work midway through. Moreover, his assistant, Shiori, received a fair amount of praise from her debut work, which seems to embody the harsh reality of being a manga artist. However, thanks to the efforts of editor Gokuni-san, it looks like he'll get a job illustrating a children's book.
Ichiro Kuga touches a thorn and makes a vow to be together forever
It all started with an encounter with Shiori Goshiki, who came to work as a manga assistant. Despite never having touched manga until she was 19, she was highly skilled and beautiful. Thanks to her efforts, they were sure to make the deadline with ease, but a blank manuscript turned up. Ichiro worked with Shiori to somehow finish the manuscript, but then they both ran out of strength and fell asleep on the spot. When Ichiro woke up, he noticed that Shiori had something like a blade stuck in her body. Ichiro rushes to pull out the blade, but it is not a blade but a part of Shiori's body.
Is Shiori a descendant of an alien?
In fact, Shiori is a descendant of an extraterrestrial organism (whose true identity is like a microorganism) that came from outer space, and her grandmother lived with the microorganism attached to the meteorite, which was passed down to her. Touching this thorn means that they will be inseparably linked and will be married, so it is very important to her, and Ichiro unintentionally became her contractual fiancé. Ichiro touches the thorn and feels the universe. And he ends up making a one-sided, disadvantageous contract.
If you neglect your fiance, you will be punished
People who make a contract with Toge are subject to an unequal bond that places them under his control regardless of their will, and if they become physically distant from him, take actions that hurt him regardless of intention, or make Shiori feel even the slightest bit uncomfortable, they will be punished and will suffer symptoms such as fever and fatigue. The symptoms will be alleviated if there is physical contact, and as long as there is not too much distance, Shiori will be fine, so she will live in Ichiro's apartment.
The two start dating
The two unintentionally enter into a contract, but at that point there is no way to cancel the contract and they end up living together. However, perhaps because the two get along well, they start dating at the end of volume 1. There are many manga works in which the relationship is built up over about 10 volumes with unrequited love, but they start dating easily. Some romantic comedies end once the two start dating, but this is a romantic comedy where the real action begins after they start dating, so don't worry!
Ichiro Kuga's family, his reliable younger sister and brother
Machi Kuga
Perhaps because she is without parents, she is a reliable younger sister for her age. She is in the third grade of elementary school. She is the mood maker of the Kuga family and has a very talkative personality. She likes fortune telling and often reads Ichiro's fortune. She also has a lot of respect for Shiori.
Kuga Fumio
A younger brother in the first grade of elementary school. He is shy and doesn't say much, and likes looking at books and picture books. He is always attached to his good friend, his older sister.
【Galaxy Next Door】Kuga Ichiro Summary
This is a summary of Kuga Ichiro, the protagonist of the spring anime, Galaxy Next Door, which will be broadcast from April 2023! Although it has sci-fi elements, it is basically a heartwarming romantic comedy! The protagonist and heroine end up living together and soon become a couple, but it's a work that gets even more interesting from there. This work has a similar atmosphere to the previous work, Amaama to Inazuma, so I think that those who liked the previous work will definitely enjoy this work, so I recommend it!
