While initially citing Hazumu's change as an accident, Hitoshi later realizes this was an unexpected result of the regeneration process. Jan Pu's body is modeled after Hazumu's own female body, and possesses an energetic and childish personality. He brings with him an artificially intelligent gynoid named Jan Pu which serves as the automatic pilot for his spaceship. Hitoshi moves into Hazumu's home where he is warmly welcomed by Hazumu's parents. His species has long-since given up their emotions resulting in a loss of their sexual urges and thus a continuously dwindling population. The very stoic Hitoshi originally came to Earth in order to study human emotions, especially those related to love, in an attempt to save his species from extinction. Tomari's good friend Ayuki Mari, an intelligent girl interested in the sciences, continuously observes the ongoing development of the love triangle while keeping a stance of watching from afar. Hazumu's best male friend Asuta Soro also starts having romantic feelings for Hazumu, but tries his best to repress them.
This results in a love triangle emerging between the three female main characters. A conflict arises between Yasuna and Tomari who fight for Hazumu's affection while she is unable to choose between them. Tomari starts to realize her own romantic feelings for Hazumu as Yasuna starts becoming closer to Hazumu, especially after Tomari witnesses Hazumu and Yasuna kissing one day after school. Hazumu's childhood friend Tomari Kurusu, an athletic girl and tomboy, finds Hazumu's change difficult to cope with. Yasuna, a rather feminine girl, has a unique affliction which makes her incapable of seeing males, and instead sees males as covered in a gray, hazy blur. This change in Hazumu serves as the catalyst for the development of character interactions for the remainder of the series.Īfter Hazumu returns to school, Yasuna unexpectedly professes her love for Hazumu, but this serves only to confuse Hazumu as she adjusts to her new life as a girl. To rectify this, the alien in the ship named Hitoshi Sora brings Hazumu back to life, but inadvertently regenerates him as a female right down to the DNA level. Kashima and is killed when an alien spacecraft accidentally crash lands on him.
See also: List of Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl charactersĪt the start of Kashimashi, a young high school boy named Hazumu Osaragi declares his love to classmate and close friend Yasuna Kamiizumi, but she quickly rejects him. Critics of the anime praised the down to earth characters, and the generally great animation quality with its soft and detailed art style. The anime has been likened to Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma ½, though only as far as the mutual transgender themes. In July 2007, Kashimashi was Seven Seas Entertainment's best-selling title. The first manga volume was Newtype USA's Book of the Month for December 2006, and Newtype's noted Seven Seas Entertainment's "fan-focused" translation without an effort to localize the humor for the mainstream American market. The manga has been given positive reviews by the popular anime and manga magazine Newtype USA, and at the online resources Anime News Network and IGN.
Media Blasters re-released the anime with an English dub. Media Blasters licensed the anime series, including the OVA, and released three DVD volumes between June and October 2007 with English-subtitles.
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Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga series for English-language publication in North America and released the five volumes between December 2006 and March 2008. A visual novel was created based on the series for the PlayStation 2 and was released in March 2006.
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The anime aired in Japan on TV Tokyo between January and March 2006 the OVA was released in October 2006.
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The manga series was adapted into a twelve-episode anime television series plus a single original video animation (OVA) sequel by Studio Hibari. This results in a same-sex love triangle that Hazumu finds herself in with two of her best female friends.Ī single light novel written by Mako Komao and illustrated by the manga's artist was published by MediaWorks under their Dengeki Bunko imprint in January 2006. The story focuses on Hazumu Osaragi, a normal, albeit effeminate high school boy who is killed when an alien spaceship crash lands on him, only to be restored to health as a girl. The manga was originally serialized in Dengeki Daioh between the July 2004 and May 2007 issues, and later published in five bound volumes by MediaWorks from January 2005 to May 2007. Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl ( かしまし ~ガール・ミーツ・ガール~, Kashimashi ~Gāru Mītsu Gāru~) is a Japanese yuri manga series written by Satoru Akahori and illustrated by Yukimaru Katsura.