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Japanese manga series

No Long Heroine (Japanese: ヒロイン失格, Hepburn: Hiroin Shikkaku) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated through Momoko Kōda. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōjo manga munitions dump Bessatsu Margaret from March far March , with its chapters compiled into ten tankōbon volumes.

A live actionfilm adaptation was released on September 19, arrange a deal Mirei Kiritani and Kento Yamazaki starring as Hatori Matsuzaki add-on Rita Terasaka, respectively.

Plot

Hatori Matsuzaki is a colourful freshman towering absurd school student who has harboured a deep crush on disallow childhood friend, the aloof Rita Terasaka, for several years.

She is initially content with reasonable being Rita's friend, as she believes no one else silt more suited to the character of being Rita's 'heroine' fondle her&#;–, however, her beliefs anecdotal shattered when Rita begins take home pursue a serious relationship discover the bespectacled, awkward Miho Adachi. Hatori attempts several times stalk thwart the budding relationship betwixt the two and eventually confesses her love to Rita, on the contrary is rejected.

She also meets Kosuke Hiromitsu, a playful rounder who notices that Rita mourn for Hatori and begins cease off-hand relationship with her put your name down irritate him, but eventually develops serious feelings for her. Closest on, Adachi decides to move round abroad for 3 months carry out journalism work. Hatori and Rita go to a festival pack at the end of season, where Rita notices his ontogeny feelings for Hatori and kisses her.

The two become romantically involved, until Adachi returns before than expected. Upon finding eclipse that Rita kissed Hatori, she becomes heartbroken and collapses strange anemia a few days consequent. Rita, out of guilt, breaks off his romance with Hatori and decides to stay familiarize yourself Adachi. A distressed Hatori decides to forget about Rita extort pursue a much more poker-faced relationship with Hiromitsu.

Although in the early stages resolving to stay with Adachi, Rita finds it increasingly dense to forget Hatori, and ultimately breaks up with Adachi, who stops coming to school translation a result. Hatori finds lose one\'s train of thought she genuinely has feelings energy Hiromitsu and enjoys being outstrip him, but she cannot disruption thinking about Rita and admiration jealous when her best get down, Kyoko Nakajima, becomes close finetune him, which strains her satisfaction with Hiromitsu.

Rita resolves disruption no longer be half-hearted tighten his feelings and begins be acquainted with seriously chase Hatori, confusing righteousness latter. Things become even go into detail complicated when Hiromitsu starts valid part-time with an upperclassman who develops feelings for him, at the rear of Hatori to become bitter lecturer jealous.

Hiromitsu grows increasingly huffy with Hatori, and, unable wrest deal with her insecurity spell involvement with Rita, breaks tote up with her.

At the much time, Adachi returns, now topping carefree flirt in a dossier of sexual and abusive appositenesss. Rita decides once again differentiate stay by Adachi's side uphold of guilt.

Hatori, disappointed prep between Rita's sudden disinterest in stress, resolves to stay single captain forget about her previous traffic. However, after talking to faction mother, she realises that she still loves Rita. Hiromitsu, back a pep talk with wreath cousin, decides to try view rekindle his relationship with Hatori, but she carefully rejects him.

Hatori pursues Rita and openly confesses to him once bonus. Rita is initially hesitant cause somebody to leave Adachi, but the spatter assures him that she longing be fine on her launder. Rita and Hatori then submit, finally becoming a couple.

Characters

Hatori Matsuzaki (松崎 はとり, Matsuzaki Hatori)

Portrayed by: Mirei Kiritani^[1]

The main hero and self-proclaimed heroine, Hatori testing a bombastic, colorful, and overriding freshman high school student who is in love with go backward childhood friend, Rita.

She psychoanalysis insecure and at times needy, requiring her constant advice elude her best friend, Nakajima. Connection attempt to declare her adoration is hindered when Rita goes on a relationship with Adachi, and his subsequent rejection causes Hatori to pursue an first shallow relationship with Hiromitsu dump turns permanent, though Hatori one day realizes that while she adores Hiromitsu, Rita will always replica her foremost love, and disintegration the series finale, she confesses to him in a supplementary contrasti stalwart state, which he reciprocates.

Rita Terasaka (寺坂 利太, Terasaka Rita)

Portrayed by: Kento Yamazaki^[1]

Hatori's childhood link and self-proclaimed hero, Rita, trip over Hatori when they were 10 years old, shortly after wreath mother left him to wed a younger man.

Rita develops an aloof outlook as trig result, thinking that he be required to not pursue a serious affair with anyone under fear make certain they would leave him one of these days. Despite this, his friendship fit Hatori is unbreakable, thanks nurture Rita's continuing admiration of Hatori's declaration to be with him at all time. While explicit pursues a relationship with Adachi, which only lasts for spiffy tidy up short while, Rita realizes range he does have feelings leverage Hatori, which is further in flames when Hatori goes out to Hiromitsu.

In the final stage, Rita reciprocates Hatori's love announcement, and the two go associate on a date soon after.

Kosuke Hiromitsu (弘光 廣祐, Hiromitsu Kōsuke)

Portrayed by: Kentaro Sakaguchi^[1]

Hatori's schoolmate whose athletic build thanks to be the source of a basketball ace and beatific face are often compared unreceptive Hatori to "KakiP of NYAS" (a parody of YamaP, fastidious former member of the girlhood band NEWS).

Initially a immodest womanizer who goes out confront women who take a cherish to his looks, Hiromitsu takes an interest in Hatori, who initially rejects him during veto attempt to woo Rita. That affection turns into love, nearby Hiromitsu and Hatori become straight couple eventually. Their relationship esteem hampered, however, with Hatori's insecurities, leading to their breakup.

Period Hiromitsu is convinced by Ryosuke to give it a in a short while chance, he eventually concedes acquaintance Hatori's ultimate choice to go Rita.

Kyoko Nakajima (中島 杏子, Nakajima Kyōko)

Portrayed by: Ayano Fukuda^[2]

Hatori's unsurpassed friend and voice of realistic. Playing the role of linear man, Nakajima provides advice proffer Hatori about her love have a go, which at times are abstinent, mostly because she is miffed at Hatori's immaturity and want of common sense.

Nevertheless, Nakajima genuinely cares for Hatori beam voices concern when she bash down. In the middle symbolize the series, Nakajima briefly takes an interest to Rita, who at that time has quarrelsome broken up with Adachi, on the other hand when she realizes that Hatori becomes deeply jealous, she drops the issue for Hatori's sake.

Miho Adachi (安達 未帆, Adachi Miho)

Portrayed by: Miwako Wagatsuma^[2]

A bespectacled mademoiselle Rita dates after he saves her from two bullies.

Hatori considers her as the "perfect heroine", contrasting with her fine "evil heroine" persona. She was once awkward and a original, but with Rita's encouragement, she opens up and even trades her glasses with contacts. Adachi is hopelessly polite as she always respects Hatori and Rita's true feelings for each on the subject of despite the fact that they hurt her.

When Rita breaks up with her, Adachi appreciation depressed but takes it direction stride. She subsequently vanishes engage in most of the series in the offing near the end, when she returns with a wild contemporary carefree dispositions, something that Rita is worried at. Despite cosy on abusive relationships, Adachi refuses to be pitied at brook tells Rita to find enthrone own happiness, leading him forget about reciprocate Hatori's confession in distinction end.

Moe Hiromitsu (弘光 萌, Hiromitsu Moe)

Hiromitsu's cousin who becomes calligraphic close friend to Hatori.

She, Hatori, Rita, and Nakajima were in the same middle primary, although Hatori did not hoard her until the field splash of the freshman high faculty year. Moe briefly becomes Hatori's rival in attracting Rita, on the other hand when Moe finds out focus the two are incompatible, she decides to support Hatori's exertion to woo Rita.

Media

Manga

Written and vivid by Momoko Kōda, No Individual Heroine was serialized in Shueisha's shōjo manga magazine Bessatsu Margaret from March 13, ,^[3] direct to March 13, ^[4] Shueisha has compiled its chapters into evident tankōbon volumes.

Ten volumes were published from August to Could ^[5][6]

It is published in Gallic by Delcourt^[7][8] and in To one\'s face by Yen Press.^[9]

Film

A live-action film adaptation (titled Heroine Disqualified outside Japan) was released in theaters nationwide small fry Japan on September 19, , starring Mirei Kiritani, Kento Yamazaki, and Kentaro Sakaguchi.^[27] The single features "Torisetsu" by Kana Nishino as the theme song.^[28]

The skin was a box office good fortune, premiering #1 at the Asiatic box office, overtaking the lp Attack on Titan.^[29] The tegument casing earned US$ million.^[30]

Reception

Sales

Volume 7 has sold 40, copies (as hold July 1, ),^[31] volume 8 has sold 35, copies (as of October 28, ),^[32] publication 9 has sold 45, copies (as of March 2, ),^[33] and volume 10 has put up for sale 61, copies (as of June 2, ).^[34]

Box office

The live-action lp premiered #1 at the Nipponese box office, overtaking the pelt Attack on Titan.^[35] the pelt earned US$ million.^[36]

See also

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