The light novel anime "Henjin no Salad Bowl" is scheduled to air from spring 2024. Two of the works by the original author, Hirasaka Yomi, have been made into anime. The first is "Haganai" (Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai), which was made into an anime in 2011, and "As Long as There's a Little Sister," which was made into an anime in 2017. Both are interesting anime, so this time we'd like to take a look back at what kind of works these two works were!
Overview of "Haganai"!
"Haganai" is a light novel published by Media Factory's MFJ Bunko from August 2009 to August 2015. It was made into an anime in October 2011, and aired until December 2011, after which the second season aired from January 2013 to March 2013. It was the best-selling light novel of 2011, and in addition to being made into an anime, it has even been made into a spin-off comic.
What was the story of "Haganai"?
"Haganai 2" is a sad school harem romantic comedy about a lonely protagonist who is feared and isolated by those around him as a delinquent due to his own preconceptions, who spends his time together with lonely and sad beautiful heroines who are also a bit quirky. The heroines are undoubtedly beautiful, but sometimes they are treated so badly that they make them look ugly, making this an anime that will make you laugh by any means necessary.
A brief summary of "Haganai"!
The protagonist, Hasegawa Kotaka, who has been shunned by those around him due to a misunderstanding that he is a scary delinquent, sees his classmate Mikazuki Yozora talking to someone after school one day. Mikazuki Yozora is beautiful, but she always has a sulky expression on her face, and she stands out for a different reason than Kotaka, but no matter how he looks, he can't find who Yozora is talking to. In fact, Yozora is a sad guy who makes imaginary friends to chat with because she is lonely without friends! What's more, the more she talks, the more sad she becomes!
Synopsis Introduction Part 2
Yozora, who has made a dark history of being seen with her imaginary friends, creates a new club called the "Neighbors Club" and recruits Kodaka, half-forcing him to join. And in the Neighbors Club, there is the daughter of the chairman, the beautiful girl "Kashiwazaki Sena", who is popular with the opposite sex but is the worst with the same sex, and a mysterious beautiful boy who is aiming to become a real man? The story features a group of beautiful girls who are both extremely beautiful and extremely unfortunate, including Yukimura Kusunoki, the genius and perverted glasses girl Rika Shiguma, Kodaka's younger sister Hasegawa Kobato who suffers from chuunibyou, and the pitiful genius little sister Maria Takayama who is used by Yozora.
This is what the story is like! Haganai!
Haganai is a school harem romantic comedy where unfortunate beautiful girls gather, so the characters are not treated with disrespect towards beautiful girls like the heroines of normal stories. Right from the first episode, the main heroine, Mikazuki Yozora, is seen talking to an imaginary friend, revealing a dark past that makes you want to die just thinking about it. In other words, the heroines in this work are also dirty characters that are unbecoming of beautiful girls. Beautiful drawings, a stellar cast of voice actors, and superb character designs all combined to create a work that is simply hilarious at the pity of the dirty heroines. It's still funny to watch now! This humor is similar to that of "Weird's Salad Bowl."
Here's a particular highlight! "Haganai"!
This work is full of charming, unfortunate girls, but the two main heroines, Mikazuki Yozora and Kashiwazaki Sena, also known as Meat, are particularly eye-catching. These two are simply incompatible and are like oil and water, or Tom and Jerry, with each hostile towards the other. However, there are many scenes where the strong-mouthed and cunning Yozora gets the better of Meat, and the familiar pattern is that Meat runs away crying. This usual pattern is interesting, and I personally thought it was a particularly big highlight.
Overview of "All You Need is a Little Sister"!
"All You Need Is a Little Sister." is a light novel published by Gagaga Bunko from March 2015 to February 2020. It was broadcast from October to December 2017. The main character is a light novel writer, the same profession as the author, and his other hobbies include drinking alcohol, local specialties, traveling, and more, making it an anime that is full of hobbies.
What was the story of "All You Need Is a Little Sister?"
The main character, a light novel writer, talks and travels with a popular colleague who became a light novel writer and admired him, a close friend who debuted at the same time as the main character, and classmates from college, and humorously discusses the harsh reality of the profession of a writer. All You Need Is a Little Sister. However, there is no real sister that he dotes on, and the main character is a pathological sister maniac who has the characteristic of appearing in every work and making his sister the heroine. It is basically a slapstick comedy, but behind the scenes, there are also times when the suffering of each individual is discussed.
All You Need Is a Little Sister. 』Synopsis!
One day, I wake up to find my blonde twin-tailed big-breasted sister straddling me and gently waking me up with a deep kiss. After that, I wash my face with the leftover bath water from my sister's bath and wipe my face with my sister's bra. After that, I enjoy an omelet rice made with eggs laid by my sister and hot milk made from my sister's breast milk, and my kind sister gently wipes the ketchup off my mouth with her freshly taken off sister panties that she took out from a parallel world. A scene full of insanity... However, this was part of the manuscript of a novel created by the protagonist of this work, Izuki Hashima. Hashima Izuki was now a best-selling light novel writer.
Synopsis Introduction Part 2
Hashima Izuki is an incredible little sister maniac, even though he doesn't have a sister, and the heroine of his works is always his sister. Izuki is surrounded by many unique characters, such as his fellow writer Haruto Fuwa, his fellow writer Nayuta Kani who has a crush on Izuki, his university classmate Kyo Shirakawa, his stepbrother Chihiro Hashima, and the fierce editor Kenjiro Toki, who gather around him and enjoy casual conversations, eat meals, talk about work, and spend their daily lives, but they also get caught up in various commotions.
This is what the work was like! "All You Need Is a Little Sister."
Although the title of the work is "All You Need Is a Little Sister," it is actually the product of the sexual inclinations of the protagonist, who is a little sister maniac, and there is no little sister in it... I'm not saying that, but rather than the theme of little sisters, this anime is about the profession of light novel writers. Based on the author's own experience, various slapstick dramas are developed within the category of light novel writers. The characters are also unique and well-defined, and it was a work that was funny with momentum. In addition, some of the characters that appear in Weird Salad Bowl are very similar to those in this work, so if you know them, you may enjoy it even more.
This is especially worth seeing! "All You Need Is a Little Sister"!
It's a slapstick story about the daily lives of light novel writers, but in fact, it's not just that. The main characters are depicted in detail with their own worries, love, complexes, moratoriums, pasts they don't want to remember, and realities they don't want to face. There are also sad scenes here and there that show that life is not all fun and games, such as when the main characters are jealous of things that their friends have as a matter of course, but that they don't have. Personally, I think that this aspect makes this anime even more interesting!
【Henjin's Salad Bowl】Summary of information on the author's previous work
This time, we have summarized the works of Henjin's Salad Bowl author Hirasaka Yomi, which have been animated in the past, "Haganai" and "All I Need is a Little Sister." Both works are light novel anime that are fun to laugh at, and have the same kind of fun as Henjin's Salad Bowl! If you enjoyed these two works, you will definitely enjoy this work, so please check it out!
