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No-Rin (Japanese: のうりん, Hepburn: Nōrin, lit. "Agriculture and Forestry") is a Japanese light novel series written by Shirow Shiratori, with illustrations by Kippu. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Silver Link aired from January to March 2014. Funimation streamed the series on their video website.
No-Rin | |
のうりん (Nōrin) | |
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Genre | Romantic comedy[1] |
Light novel | |
Written by | Shirow Shiratori |
Illustrated by | Kippu |
Published by | SB Creative |
Imprint | GA Bunko |
Demographic | Male |
Original run | August 15, 2011 – October 15, 2016 |
Volumes | 13 |
Manga | |
Written by | Shirow Shiratori |
Illustrated by | Maru Asakura |
Published by | Square Enix |
Magazine | Young Gangan |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | March 16, 2012 – June 5, 2015 |
Volumes | 8 |
Manga | |
No-Rin: Petit | |
Written by | Shirow Shiratori |
Illustrated by | Kotoji |
Published by | Square Enix |
Magazine | Big Gangan |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | August 24, 2013 – August 25, 2014 |
Volumes | 2 |
Manga | |
No-Rin -Wild- | |
Written by | Shirow Shiratori |
Illustrated by | Toshiko Machida |
Published by | SB Creative |
Magazine | GA Bunko Magazine |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | October 17, 2013 – present |
Volumes | 2 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Shin Oonuma |
Written by | Michiko Yokote |
Music by | Tomoki Kikuya |
Studio | Silver Link |
Licensed by | |
Original network | Tokyo MX, TV Aichi, Sun TV, GBS, BS11, Animax |
English network |
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Original run | January 10, 2014 – March 29, 2014 |
Episodes | 12 |
The sudden retirement of the famous idol Yuka Kusakabe from the entertainment industry shocks the world and devastates her biggest fan, a teenager named Kosaku Hata. His classmates at the Tamo Agriculture School manage to get him out of his depression and bring him out of his room to attend his classes. However, as he does, Kusakabe enters their class under the name Ringo Kinoshita as a transfer student. Kosaku realizes he has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get to personally know his dream girl. With his group of friends, and under the persuasion of his teacher, he tries to find out why she came to the agricultural school.
No-Rin began as a light novel series written by Shirow Shiratori and illustrated by Kippu.
No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
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1 | August 15, 2011[3] | 978-4-7973-6690-7 |
2 | November 15, 2011[4] | 978-4-7973-6811-6 |
3 | March 15, 2012[5] | 978-4-7973-6896-3 |
4 | August 11, 2012[6] | 978-4-7973-7135-2 |
5 | December 15, 2012[7] | 978-4-7973-7252-6 |
6 | April 15, 2013[8] | 978-4-7973-7336-3 |
7 | September 14, 2013[9] | 978-4-7973-7521-3 |
8 | January 15, 2014[10][11] | 978-4-7973-7657-9 978-4-7973-7558-9 (limited edition) |
9 | July 15, 2014[12] | 978-4-7973-7753-8 |
10 | March 14, 2015[13][14] | 978-4-7973-8292-1 978-4-7973-8233-4 (limited edition) |
11 | September 15, 2015[15] | 978-4-7973-8499-4 |
12 | March 15, 2016[16] | 978-4-7973-8707-0 |
13 | October 15, 2016[17] | 978-4-7973-8942-5 |
The direct manga adaptation illustrated by Maru Asakura and cooperated by Yoko Matsu'ura is being serialized on Square Enix's Young Gangan Comics starting from March 16, 2012. Another manga adaptation titled No-Rin Petit (のうりん プチ, Nōrin Puchi), which more focuses on the comedy, being serialized by Kotoji by August 24, 2013 on Square Enix's Big Gangan. The third manga adaptation which started on October 17, 2013 by Toshiko Machida being titled as No-Rin -Wild- (のうりん-野生-<ガイヤ>, Nōrin-Yasei (Gaiya)-), serialized on SB Creative's GA Bunko Magazine.
No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
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1 | August 10, 2012[18] | 978-4-7575-3688-3 |
2 | December 15, 2012[19] | 978-4-7575-3811-5 |
3 | April 15, 2013[20] | 978-4-7575-3947-1 |
4 | December 25, 2013[21] | 978-4-7575-4165-8 |
5 | March 25, 2014[22] | 978-4-7575-4239-6 |
6 | July 14, 2014[23] | 978-4-7575-4382-9 |
7 | January 24, 2015[24] | 978-4-7575-4543-4 |
8 | September 12, 2015[25] | 978-4-7575-4733-9 |
A drama CD adaptation was released by HOBiRECORDS on April 27, 2012.
A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Silver Link was broadcast in Japan from January 10 to March 29, 2014. The opening theme for the anime is Himitsu no Tobira kara Ai ni Kite (秘密の扉から会いにきて) performed by Ringo Kinoshita (Yukari Tamura) and the ending theme song is Mogitate ♥ Fruit Girls (も・ぎ・た・て♥フルーツガールズ) by Kinoshita (Tamura) and Minori Nakazawa (Kana Hanazawa). In the first episode, the opening theme was Cordless Telephone (コードレス☆照れ☆PHONE, lit. Cordless☆Shy☆PHONE) by Yuka Kusakabe (Tamura / Jad Saxton).[26][27][28]
In North America, the series was licensed for English release by Funimation.[29][30][31][32] Crunchyroll also added the series for its streaming service.[33][34]
No. |
Title | Original airdate | |
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1 | "Chuno Love Story" "Kuriya nō Rabu Sutōrī" (厨脳ラブストーリー) | January 10, 2014 | |
Teen idol Yuka Kusakabe announces her retirement. Kosaku Hata, a student of the Tamo Agricultural School and her biggest fan, is devastated. Soon afterwards new girl Ringo Kinoshita joins their class, only she seems strangely familiar. | |||
2 | "The King of Farmers" "Kingu Obu Fāmāzu" (キング・オブ・ファーマーズ) | January 18, 2014 | |
Kosaku shows new girl Ringo around the school and introduces her to childhood friend Minori Nakazawa, best friend Kei Kamatori, pet wallaby Wakadana and large breasted classmate, Kochou Yoshida. During a welcome party, Ringo seems oddly jealous of how close Minori is to Kosaku, at least until an unfortunate laundry room encounter turns into a "best panties" competition. | |||
3 | "Super Sub-Mom War: Training Stage" "Sūpā Shūtome Taisen Jisshū-hen" (スーパー姑大戦 実習篇) | January 25, 2014 | |
Kosaku is devastated to find Minori has thrown away all his Yuka Kusakabe merchandise, even his favourite body pillow. Meanwhile, it's Ringo's first day farming with the other students and Minori is determined not to be beaten by an ex idol from the big city. | |||
4 | "The Smile You Showed Me" "Kimi ga Miseta Egao" (君が見せた笑顔) | February 1, 2014 | |
Everybody must work together to catch a vegetable thief who has been pilfering from the fields at night. A misunderstanding leads to some embarrassment in Minori's bedroom. Kosaku is concerned that Ringo hasn´t smiled once since arriving at the school, and several attempts are made to remedy this. | |||
5 | "Farming's Five Top Four" "Gonin no Shitennō" (五人の四天農) | February 8, 2014 | |
Through a series of unfortunate events Ringo meets three of the schools top farming students, the Yaoi obsessed class rep of the Biotechnology department, Akari "Bio" Suzuku, the forever lonely class rep of the Forestry department, Rintaro "Woodman" Miyamoto, and the strangely effeminate class rep of the Landscaping department, Kaoru "Rose" Hanazono. | |||
6 | "Full-Moe Alchemist: Bounty" "Megumi no Renkinjutsushi" (萌(めぐみ)の錬金術師) | February 15, 2014 | |
Kosaku and his friends realise they could sell more produce by using cute girls in their advertising. Thus appears expert money making student Torao "Money" Kanegami. Before long they are swamped with orders for Moe Eggs and erotically shaped mushrooms. Unfortunately, it turns out that this is against school rules, and success is quickly followed by suspensions from class. At least Ringo looks good in a yukata. | |||
7 | "Sob Salad" "Gōkyū Sarada" (号泣サラダ) | February 22, 2014 | |
A sudden influx of excess vegetables leads to a sudden increase in body weight among the class. The untimely arrival of mold ruins Ringo's first crop of Soy beans, and drought followed by intense rainfall almost ruins this years tomato harvest. Certain truths are also revealed about Minori's involvement with the vegetables Kosaku sent anonymously to Ringo back when she was an idol. | |||
8 | "Cooking Granny" "Kukkingu Baba" (クッキングババ) | March 1, 2014 | |
40 year old class teacher Natsumi Bekki is tired of being single and embarks on a lust fuelled rampage against crops and students alike but is soon foiled by the intervention of Kei and a goat. A great debate has arisen amongst the boys, are large breasts better than small. Meanwhile, Kosaku, Ringo and Miss Bekki host a cooking show for the class that ultimately ends with the inappropriately nyotaimori-clad Miss Bekki being ejected from the room by her exasperated students. | |||
9 | "School Swim Trunks" "Gakkō no Kaipan" (学校の海パン) | March 8, 2014 | |
Minori has never once been to the beach. And she's not likely to anytime soon as rain, floods and heavy winds threaten the fields. Nothing a school bus in the right place can't fix. Now if only Kosaku can focus on his driving instead of Ringo in a swimsuit, Minori may get her day at the beach after all. | |||
10 | "Veggie Battle: Ultimate v. Supreme" "Kyūkyoku to Shikō no Yasai Taiketsu!" (究極と至高の野菜対決!) | March 15, 2014 | |
Legendary School Principal Kuwanosuke Naganawa, who once killed a bear using only his hands, is slowly going mad with longing for the "perfect eggplant". Meanwhile, Kei's wealthy father and owner of the Hexa Techs Corporation (Hajime Menjo), challenges Kei to a sales duel. Kei's all organic produce against his chemically enhanced produce. If Kei loses, he must leave his friends and return home with his father to run the company. | |||
11 | "Cheerful Farming Village" "Akarui Nōson" (あかるいのうそん) | March 22, 2014 | |
With Kei and Kochou travelling together abroad, Kosaku, Minori and Ringo return to Kosaku and Minori's hometown for summer break, however, a fake pregnancy announcement ends with Kosaku engaged to Minori with the full support of her parents. Could this be a fiendish plot? Either way, Ringo is less than pleased. Meanwhile, where has Wakadana been hiding all this time. | |||
12 | "Everybody's No-Rin" "Minna no Nōrin" (みんなののうりん) | March 29, 2014 | |
Kosaku is coerced into going along with a fake wedding for the sake of the future of the village, however, Wakadana's hiding place is revealed at the crucial moment ruining the festive mood. An apologetic and heartfelt speech from Kosaku narrowly saves the day. Now if only he can choose between Ringo and Minori he might just avoid a punch to the face. Everybody returns to school, where Ringo and Minori happily watch Kosaku being chased by the school's mad bull. |
Anime News Network had three editors review the first episode of the anime:[35] Carl Kimlinger found the overarching romance to be "awful" and "cosmically unlikely", and the use of agriculture as a background setting pales in comparison to shows like Moyashimon and Silver Spoon; Rebecca Silverman commended the subtle transformation of Yuka into her alter-ego Ringo but felt the humor was either "not humorous or downright offensive" because of Kosaku and the supporting cast, concluding that the show's fish out of water romance plot has potential but might not be worth waiting after several episodes. The third reviewer, Theron Martin, said about the episode overall: "Technical merits are respectable, including an impressively show series-opening song, but how Ringo is handled going forward is the much more potentially interesting aspect and will ultimately determine the success or failure of the series."[35] Martin reviewed the complete anime series in 2016.[36] He gave praise to the various comedic aspects it delivers along with some heartwarming moments through a "solid but not exceptional visual" palette, but felt that put together it makes for some underwritten storytelling in its "weak and inconsistent love triangle", concluding that: "No-Rin may not come together well, but that does not keep it from being quite entertaining. Be aware going in that it's not as tame as first impressions might suggest and it can be a fun viewing experience."[36]
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