NEW Game! is a four-panel comic currently being serialized in Manga Time Kirara Carat. It is a manga about the daily working life of game production set at Eagle Jump, a game production company, and depicts the behind-the-scenes of game production. All of the staff are beautiful girls, and the story depicts the struggles, worries, and joys that come with game production. Still, it is fundamentally a light-hearted comedy anime that is fun to watch. Due to the positive response to the original work, it began airing as an anime in the summer of 2016, and became so popular that a second season was aired the following year in the summer of 2017. In this article, we will introduce Iijima Yun, a character that appears in NEW Game!.
What kind of girl is Iijima Yun?
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Age: 21. Height: 151cm, shoulder-length blonde hair tied in two ponytails. A graphic designer on the same team as Aoba, they sit next to each other. Although she is a senior to Aoba, she doesn't feel like a senior in a good way, and thanks to Aoba's communication skills, they quickly become close. Among the characters, she has the most decent personality and realistic values, and often points out the jokes of her colleague Hajime. She is a very friendly and reliable senior.
Monster modeling specialist Iijima Yun
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Iijima Yun is a graphic designer on the same team as Aoba. Yun's main job involves modeling characters in 3DCG, and she specializes in modeling monsters. Yun has always loved drawing monsters and animals, and enjoys and finds her work rewarding. She decorates her desk with skeletons, stuffed animals, and harlequin checked wallpaper, so you can tell who Yun is and what she likes at a glance.
Yun Iijima used to be a plain girl
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Even when at work, Yun now wears clothes with frills and lace, and unlike her coworker Hajime's casual attire, she is a fashionable person who doesn't cut corners on her appearance. However, when she was in her hometown of Mie, she was a plain girl with round glasses and hair tied in two ponytails, and had no interest in fashion. But when she moved to Tokyo with her family, she started to care about fashion, and although she became a little too over the top and her fashion sense became a bit off, it still suited Yun well, so she was still stylish.
Iijima Yun is very knowledgeable about animals
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Hajime, a colleague, was struggling with the content of a proposal for underwater combat in a new game and approached Aoba and Yun for advice. Aoba drew various underwater creatures and came up with ideas. Among the pictures is a picture of a whale, and Yun says to Aoba, "A whale's tail is horizontal, not vertical." Upon hearing this, Hajime praises Yun, saying, "You know a lot," which makes Yun blush. Yun likes drawing monsters and animals, and has thoroughly researched animals.
Iijima Yun is a slow runner
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She met Aoba on the train during her commute, and it was the time when both of them were going to be late. Aoba suggested that they might be able to make it just in time if they ran from the station, but Yun was a slow runner with poor motor skills. Aoba was also a slow runner, and would run in a strange way when she ran, and Yun was the same. They developed a sense of community and decided to work hard together, so they started running as soon as they arrived at the station, but Yun was already a slow runner, and Aoba was even slower. Yun's running style is so cute!!
Iijima Yun is very concerned about her weight
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Yun is always concerned about her weight. She wears long sleeves even on hot days to hide the fat on her upper arms. During one shift, the air conditioner was too effective and it became chilly, so she turned up the temperature. However, Yun's long sleeves make her hot and sweaty, so she tries to turn down the air conditioner, but then she gets the idea that she can lose weight by sweating, so she endures the heat even while at work. Yun is so cute as she diligently diets. Even during her health check, she tries her best to shrink her stomach and measure her waist, but the nurse can see right through it.
Iijima Yun is a very caring older sister
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Yun is the eldest older sister, and has a younger brother and sister. Because her parents are busy with work, Yun helps with the housework and taking care of the younger children. She's a very caring older sister, and on her days off she won't hesitate to take her younger siblings to movies, events, concerts, and other fun things. Her colleague Hajime, who accompanies her, also has a childlike personality, so Yun feels like she has one more child.
Iijima Yun becomes soft when Hifumi scolds her
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After the senior Hifumi, who is very shy, is promoted to leader of the character team, Hifumi will take on the tasks that Yagami used to do, one of which is checking the progress. When Hifumi asked Yun about the progress, he got into the habit of lying to Yagami and lied. However, Hifumi's personality led her to believe him and accept it easily. Feeling guilty, she tried to explain it again, but missed the timing and put it off until the next day, where she revealed it to Hifumi. She felt so sorry for Hifumi for not getting angry that she begged him to get angry. Hifumi wasn't used to getting angry, so she got into character and scolded him, which made Yun fall for her. Iijima Yun's cute Kansai accent from Mie Prefecture
Iijima Yun gets carried away when she's complimented on her appearance
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When they held a welcome party for newcomer Mochizuki Momiji, Yun saw Momiji eating a huge amount of food and said she was jealous because she didn't get fat even though she ate so much, but Momiji told Yun that she wasn't fat and that she was cute. Yun was so touched that she became very happy and started giving Momiji more and more food.
Voice actor is Ayumi Takeo
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The voice actress who voices Yun Iijima is Ayumi Takeo. She sings the theme song for the show as part of the four-person group "fourfolium." Although she has not yet made many appearances as a voice actress, she is very good at acting, so we will likely see her in various anime in the future. Let's look forward to her future success.
Summary of Iijima Yun
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This time, we introduced Iijima Yun. What did you think? Before the series began, Iijima Yun was set as someone who had unearthly values and became Aoba's best friend, but as the story progressed, her relationship with Hajime grew stronger and the plot changed. So the characters grow as you draw them. That's all for now. Thank you for reading.
