Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo
English: The Pet Girl of Sakurasou
Synonyms: Sakura-sou no Pet na Kanojo
Japanese: さくら荘のペットな彼女
Type: TV
Episodes: 24
Status: Currently Airing
Aired: Oct 9, 2012 to Mar 26, 2013
Duration:
23 min. per episode
Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Synopsis
The school romantic comedy revolves around a second-year high school student named Sorata Kanda who lives in Sakurasou, the dormitory for problem children at Sorata's school. One day, Mashiro Shiina—a cute girl who happens to be also a cosmopolitan, brilliant artist—moves into Sakurasou.Sorata thinks to himself that he should protect Mashiro from the weirdos at Sakurasou, but Mashiro has a surprising secret: she has no idea how to take care of herself. She gets lost if she goes out, and her room is a complete mess. Sorata's dorm mates designate him as the "master" of Mashiro, and thus, an ordinary boy and a brilliant girl must live like "a master and his pet."
(Source: ANN)
Kanda Sorata (Seiyuu :Matsuoka Yoshitsugu)
Height: 168 cmWeight: 60 kg
Sorata is the male protagonist of the story. He is a second-year student of Suiko, who lives in room 101 of Sakurasou Dormitory. He was kicked out of the standard school dorm after he chose not to throw away a stray cat he picked up. As many of the Sakurasou Dormitory residents have outstanding grades and art skills, he often feels plain and normal among them. He is chosen by Chihiro to take care of Mashiro's daily life, although he resists at first, but he ends up getting used to it.
Mashiro Shiina (seiyuu: Ai Kayano)
Height: 162 cmWeight: 45 kg
Three Sizes: 79-55-78
Mashiro is the female protagonist of the story. She is a the resident of room 202. She is a world famous artist who transferred into Suiko as a second-year to learn how to draw manga. Although her artworks are widely admired by the world in spite of her young age, she knows nothing other than drawing, and has an extreme lack of common sense and living ability. Due to this, Sorata is forced to handle Mashiro's living chores, to the point that he even has to pick out underwear for her, or she will go out without them.
Nanami Aoyama (Seiyuu: Mariko Nakatsu)
Height: 158 cmBWH: 81-58-83
Nanami is Sorata's classmate. Although she is harsh to Sorata, she actually has a crush on him, and everyone aside from Sorata has noticed this. She escaped from her home to become a voice actress, and has to live on her own.
After she finds herself low on money to live in the normal dorm, as well as noticing that Sorata and Mashiro are getting close, she chooses to move into Sakura Dormitory's room 203. She meets Sorata's mother in the fifth novel and earns the latter's admiration. Sorata's mother even tells him that she prefer Nanami to be her daughter-in-law. In the sixth novel, she fails the voice actor election, and she decides to reunite with her parents to decide her next step.
Akasaka Ryuunosuke (Seiyuu: Horie Yui)
Height: 165 cmWeight: 52 kg
Ryuunosuke is the resident of room 102. Ryuunosuke is a second-year student of Suiko. He is a hikikomori who rarely leaves his room, and usually communicates with others with cellphone message or e-mails. To reduce the need to communicate with others, he has written the "Maid" program. He is an expert of computer programming, and contributes lots of useful advice and information to Sorata for the latter's computer game. According to Ryuunosuke, his ultimate goal is to make Maid become a real human. He has gynophobia, and will even pass out when girls touch him, which becomes worse after Rita falls in love with him and kisses him on the cheek.
Rita Ainsworth (Seiyuu: Ayako Kawasumi)
Rita was Mashiro's roommate and handler when Mashiro was in England. Despite her being the same age as Sorata and Mashiro, she has a better figure. She was jealous of Mashiro's art talent, and so advised Mashiro to draw manga, but later she regrets this and comes to Japan to bring Mashiro back to England. After realizing Mashiro's determination, she gives up and returns to England with Mashiro's father and starts to study art again. She argues with Ryuunosuke usually. She falls in love with Ryuunosuke and kisses him on the cheek when leaving, which makes him pass out. While Ryuunosuke is cold to her and keeps letting Maid handle her email, this only provokes her determination and makes her constantly argue with Maid over the Internet. In the fifth novel, she visits Japan again to give Ryuunosuke Valentine's Day chocolate, and catches a chance to kiss him on the lips this time, which makes him pass out again.
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 65 kg
Jin is the resident of room 103. Jin is a third-year student of Suiko. He is Misaki's childhood friend and a playboy. He has dated several girls, including Misaki's elder sister, but in the end he breaks up with all of them. Jin has feelings for Misaki, but he feels he is not good enough to match her, so he ended up becoming a playboy. He finally becomes a couple with Misaki during the fifth novel. He wants to become a playwright, and later attends a university in Osaka to achieve his goal. To pacify Misaki, he gives her a marriage registration form with his signature as a warranty, but Misaki ends up turning it in after his departure on the same day, which makes them officially married.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Kamiigusa Misaki (Seiyuu: Natsumi Takamori)
Height: 156 cm
Weight: 46 kg
BWH: 87-56-75
Misaki is the resident of room 201. Misaki is a third-year-student of Suiko who later attends Suimei University of the Arts. She is very outgoing and optimistic. Sorata often refers to her as an "alien". She has very good grades and is very good at drawing, but the school decided to send her to Sakurasou Dormitory because she pays too much attention on drawing anime and manga. She is very good at making animation and can handle most work in making one without help from others. She has already sold an animation to a famous publishing company and made enough of a fortune for the rest of her life. She has feelings for Jin, and acts very open to express her feelings, but Jin turns a blind eye to this and dates many other girls, which makes her very depressed. The two finally become a couple during the fifth novel. In sixth novel, she registers their marriage without asking Jin, making them officially husband and wife; her new name is Misaki Mitaka. She moves next to the Sakurasou Dormitory after her graduation into a house which she designed and built herself and has a recording studio in the basement.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Chihiro Sengoku (Seiyuu: Megumi Toyoguchi)
Height: 164 cmChihiro is the dorm teacher of Sakurasou Dormitory and an art teacher of Suiko. Despite being a teacher, Chihiro is lazy and only cares about drinking alcohol and trying to date men. Despite being a teacher, she often gives Sorata improper advice. She is Mashiro's cousin and is the one who arranges the transfer, but she forces Sorata to take care of Mashiro due to her laziness. She was a conscientious student of Suiko, and wanted to become a professional artist, but she changed and became an art teacher for unknown reasons instead.
(Source: Wikipedia)
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