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Wasteful Days of High School Girls[2] (女子高生の無駄づかい, Joshi Kōsei no Mudazukai) is a Japanese manga series by Bino, serialized online via Niconico Seiga, Comic Newtype, and pixiv Comic websites since 2014. It has been collected in twelve tankōbon volumes by Kadokawa Shoten as of March 2024. An anime television series adaptation by Passione aired from July to September 2019. A live-action series aired on TV Asahi from January to March 2020.
| Wasteful Days of High School Girls | |
 Cover of Wasteful Days of High School Girls volume 1 by Kadokawa Shoten | |
| 女子高生の無駄づかい (Joshi Kōsei no Mudazukai) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Bino |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Imprint | Kadokawa Comics Ace |
| Magazine |
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| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | 2014 – present |
| Volumes | 12 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Takeo Takahashi (Chief) Hijiri Sanpei |
| Written by | Masahiro Yokotani |
| Music by | Tomoki Kikuya |
| Studio | Passione |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | AT-X, Tokyo MX, TVA, KBS, SUN, BS11 |
| Original run | July 5, 2019 – September 20, 2019 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Television drama | |
| Directed by | Daisuke Yamamoto Ken Higurashi Ryō Nakajima Kōji Hora |
| Written by | Shigenori Tanabe Kōichi Yajima Takashi Tsunoda Yuri Yamada Kei Andō Shinya Tamada |
| Music by | Natsumi Tabuchi Hanae Nakamura |
| Original network | TV Asahi |
| Original run | January 24, 2020 – March 6, 2020 |
| Episodes | 7 |
On June 9, 2021, it was announced the manga would go on a hiatus after the author Bino gave birth to her first child. The manga resumed on December 24, 2021.[3]
The names and nicknames of all the characters are puns and allusions to the central "quirk" of their personality. For example, the name Lily is a hint of a lilies, whose Japanese title "yuri" is also used to refer to lesbian love in Japanese pop culture.
The manga series began serialization on the Comic Newtype website in 2014. It has been collected into twelve tankōbon volumes as of March 8, 2024.[8]
| No. | Release date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 9, 2016[9] | 978-4-04-104171-0 |
| 2 | November 10, 2016[10] | 978-4-04-105027-9 |
| 3 | May 10, 2017[11] | 978-4-04-105634-9 |
| 4 | November 10, 2018[12] | 978-4-04-107275-2 |
| 5 | July 4, 2019[13] | 978-4-04-108217-1 |
| 6 | July 4, 2019[14] | 978-4-04-108218-8 |
| 7 | January 10, 2020[15] | 978-4-04-108925-5 |
| 8 | September 10, 2020[16] | 978-4-04-109726-7 |
| 9 | June 10, 2021[17] | 978-4-04-111183-3 |
| 10 | December 9, 2022[18] | 978-4-04-113150-3 |
| 11 | October 10, 2023[19] | 978-4-04-114211-0 |
| 12 | March 8, 2024[20] | 978-4-04-114756-6 |
An anime television series adaptation was announced on November 1, 2018.[21] The series was animated by Passione and directed by Hijiri Sanpei, with Takeo Takahashi as chief director, Masahiro Yokotani handling series composition, and Sachiko Yasuda designing the characters. Tomoki Kikuya composed the music.[22] The series aired from July 5 to September 20, 2019 on AT-X, Tokyo MX, TVA, KBS, SUN, and BS11.[7][23] Chinatsu Akasaki, Haruka Tomatsu, and Aki Toyosaki performed the series' opening theme song "Wa! Moon! dass! cry!" (輪! Moon! dass! cry!, Wa! Mūn! dasu! kurai!), as well as the series' ending theme song "Seishun no Reverb" (青春のリバーブ, Seishun no Ribābu).
| No. | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Amazing" Transliteration: "Sugoi" (Japanese: すごい) | July 5, 2019 |
| 2 | "Manga" Transliteration: "Manga" (Japanese: まんが) | July 12, 2019 |
| 3 | "Forgotten Item" Transliteration: "Wasuremono" (Japanese: わすれもの) | July 19, 2019 |
| 4 | "Majime" Transliteration: "Majime" (Japanese: まじめ) | July 26, 2019 |
| 5 | "Lily" Transliteration: "Rirī" (Japanese: りりぃ) | August 2, 2019 |
| 6 | "Majo" Transliteration: "Majo" (Japanese: まじょ) | August 9, 2019 |
| 7 | "Yamai" Transliteration: "Yamai" (Japanese: やまい) | August 16, 2019 |
| 8 | "Buying Swimwear" Transliteration: "Mizugikai" (Japanese: みずぎかい) | August 23, 2019 |
| 9 | "Fashion" Transliteration: "Oshare" (Japanese: おしゃれ) | August 30, 2019 |
| 10 | "Robo" Transliteration: "Robo" (Japanese: ろぼ) | September 6, 2019 |
| 11 | "Dream" Transliteration: "Yume" (Japanese: ゆめ) | September 13, 2019 |
| 12 | "Friends" Transliteration: "Nakama" (Japanese: なかま) | September 20, 2019 |
A live-action drama series premiered on TV Asahi on January 24, 2020.[24][25] The series' theme song is "Starting Over" by Little Glee Monster.[26]
| No. | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Transliteration: "Magare Hiza! Hijiki!" (Japanese: 曲がれヒザ! ヒジキ!) | January 24, 2020 |
| 2 | Transliteration: "Chakui no mama Nurerunoga Sukinandesu!" (Japanese: 着衣のまま濡れるのが好きなんです!) | January 31, 2020 |
| 3 | Transliteration: "Nugitate no Pantsu no Kachi" (Japanese: 脱ぎたてのパンツの価値) | February 7, 2020 |
| 4 | Transliteration: "Koi to Gomaabura to Ekusoshisuto" (Japanese: 恋とごま油とエクソシスト) | February 14, 2020 |
| 5 | Transliteration: "Mudage no Kimochi mo Kangaero" (Japanese: ムダ毛の気持ちも考えろ) | February 21, 2020 |
| 6 | Transliteration: "Seikyōiku wa Bōzu Rabu de" (Japanese: 性教育はB（坊主）L（ラブ）で) | February 28, 2020 |
| 7 | Transliteration: "Baka Ryūnen Surutteyo - Hanakuso JK Saigo no Tatakai" (Japanese: バカ、留年するってよハナクソJK最後の戦い) | March 6, 2020 |
Gadget Tsūshin listed both "interesting woman", a phrase from the first episode, and Yamai in their 2019 anime buzzwords list.[27]
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