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Puniru Is a Cute Slime (Japanese: ぷにるはかわいいスライム, Hepburn: Puniru wa Kawaii Suraimu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Maeda-kun. Preceded by a one-shot published in Shogakukan's children's manga magazine Bessatsu CoroCoro Comic in February 2019, the manga started its serialization in Weekly CoroCoro Comic online service in March 2022. Shogakukan has collected its chapters in six tankōbon volumes as of October 2024. The series focuses on the titular character Puniru, a slime girl created by a boy named Kotaro Kawaii during his childhood and wants him to notice her for her cuteness despite him being in love with his junior high school senior. An anime television series adaptation produced by Toho Animation Studio premiered in October 2024.
| Puniru Is a Cute Slime | |
First tankōbon volume cover | |
| ぷにるはかわいいスライム (Puniru wa Kawaii Suraimu) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Romantic comedy[1] |
| Manga | |
| Cute Puniru Slime | |
| Written by | Maeda-kun |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Magazine | Bessatsu CoroCoro Comic |
| Demographic | Children |
| Published | February 28, 2019 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Maeda-kun |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Magazine | Weekly CoroCoro Comic |
| Demographic | Children |
| Original run | March 15, 2022 – present |
| Volumes | 6 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Yūshi Ibe |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Michiko Yokote |
| Music by | Izumi Mori |
| Studio | Toho Animation Studio |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo) |
| Original run | October 6, 2024 – present |
| Episodes | 7 |
A young boy named Kotaro Kawaii made a slime as part of a science experiment which came to life. The slime named Puniru resembled a penguin, and her creator thought that was cute despite him not wanting to admit it. About 7 years has passed as Kotaro is now in his second year of junior high and is having a hard time admitting his feelings for his senior, Mami Kirara. In that time, Puniru gained a new ability to morph herself into a human girl to have her creator notice her cuteness again.
Written and illustrated by Maeda-kun, a first one-shot, titled "Cute Puniru Slime" (かわいいぷにるはスライム, Kawaī Puniru wa Suraimu), was published in Shogakukan's children's manga Bessatsu CoroCoro Comic on February 28, 2019.[5] Puniru Is a Cute Slime started its serialization in Weekly CoroCoro Comic online service on March 15, 2022.[6][7] Shogakukan has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on July 28, 2022.[8] As of October 2024, six volumes have been released.[9]
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | July 28, 2022[10] | 978-4-09-143537-8 978-4-09-943115-0 (SE) |
| 2 | November 28, 2022[11] | 978-4-09-143553-8 978-4-09-943121-1 (SE) |
| 3 | February 28, 2023[12] | 978-4-09-143578-1 978-4-09-943126-6 (SE) |
| 4 | August 9, 2023[13] | 978-4-09-143610-8 978-4-09-943131-0 (SE) |
| 5 | January 26, 2024[14] | 978-4-09-143670-2 978-4-09-943145-7 (SE) |
| 6 | September 27, 2024[9] | 978-4-09-149785-7 978-4-09-943168-6 (SE) |
An anime television series adaptation was announced on December 13, 2023.[15][16] It is produced by Toho Animation Studio and directed by Yūshi Ibe, with scripts written by Michiko Yokote, Aya Tanaka providing the character designs and Izumi Mori composing the music.[17][18] It premiered on TV Tokyo on October 6, 2024.[2][3] Yū Sasahara performed both the series' opening and ending themes: "Gyumu!" (ぎゅむ！) and "Show" (唱, Shō, lit. "chant"), the latter being a cover of Ado's song of the same name.[19]
Crunchyroll licensed the series in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand as Puniru is a Kawaii Slime.[20] Medialink licensed the series in Asia-Pacific (except Australia and New Zealand) for streaming on Ani-One Asia's YouTube channel.[21]
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Chief animation directed by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "I HATE YOU and I LOVE YOU" | Yūshi Ibe | Michiko Yokote | Aya Tanaka & Jōji Matsuoka | October 6, 2024 |
| 2 | "Neither Friend nor Slime" Transliteration: "Tomodachide Mo Naku Suraimude Mo Naku" (Japanese: 友達でもなくスライムでもなく) | Tetsuya Miyanishi | Miharu Hirami | Jōji Matsuoka | October 13, 2024 |
| 3 | "Cute Puniru Slime" Transliteration: "Kawaī Puniru wa Suraimu" (Japanese: かわいいぷにるはスライム) | Directed by : Minami Honma Storyboarded by : Shinichi Watanabe | Michiko Yokote | Aya Tanaka | October 20, 2024 |
| 4 | "Alice in Kyuthi Land" Transliteration: "Ikoku kyutirando no Arisu" (Japanese: い国キュティランドのアリス) | Mayo Nozaki | Michiko Yokote | Jōji Matsuoka | October 27, 2024 |
| 5 | "A Grand Reinforcement" Transliteration: "GO! GO! Karei ni ōendesu!" (Japanese: GO!GO!華麗に応援です！) | Directed by : Ryota Karasawa Storyboarded by : Yūshi Ibe | Miharu Hirami | Jōji Matsuoka | November 3, 2024 |
| 6 | (Japanese: ルンルーンだらけのGPグランプリぷにるもあるよ！) | Directed by : Mitsuyo Yokono Storyboarded by : Shinichi Watanabe | Michiko Yokote | Aya Tanaka | November 10, 2024 |
| 7 | "Sweet Bitter Summer" | China | Rintarou Ikeda | Aya Tanaka | November 17, 2024 |
The manga placed fourth in Next Manga Awards's Web category in 2022.[22]
The manga was viewed more than 600,000 times on its online website by March 2022;[23] it rose to more than 3.5 million views by May of that same year,[24] and 7 million by July of that same year.[8] The first tankōbon volume had a first-print run of 100,000 copies.[8]
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