MM! is a Japanese light novel series by Akinari Matsuno, with illustrations provided by the group made up of Tometa Ohara and Koharu Sakura. Media Factory published 12 novels under their MF Bunko J imprint between February 2007 and September 2010, including two side story volumes. The series was left unfinished due to the author's death on April 18, 2011. A manga adaptation by Issei Hyoju was serialized between the September 2008 and February 2012 issues of Media Factory's Monthly Comic Alive. A drama CD adaption was released by Edge Records on March 24, 2010 and its first-press limited edition came with a bonus CD. A 12-episode anime adaptation produced by Xebec aired between October and December 2010. Sentai Filmworks released the anime series on English-subtitled DVD in North America in September 2011, and then re-released it in February 2014 with an English dub on both DVD and Blu-ray.
Plot
Taro Sado is a masochist and goes to a high school with his male friend Tatsukichi Hayama. Taro falls in lovefor the first time with a girl and wants to be cured of his masochism so that he can confess his love to her, unaware at the time that she is actually his cross-dressing male friend Tatsukichi, so he goes to the Second Voluntary Club to get help. There he meets Mio Isurugi, a self-proclaimed goddess, and Arashiko Yuno, the girl who made him a masochist in the first place, however, she has androphobia. The club adviser is the school nurse, Michiru Onigawara. Other characters include Yumi Mamiya, Arashiko's best friend, and the president of the Inventors Club, Noa Hiragi, and her lolicon assistant, Himura Yukinojō.
MM! began as a light novel series written by Akinari Matsuno, with illustrations by the group made up of Tometa Ohara and Koharu Sakura. Media Factory published 12 volumes between February 23, 2007 and September 24, 2010 under their MF Bunko J imprint; 10 comprise the main story, while the other two are side story collections. The series was left unfinished due to the author's death on April 18, 2011. The novels are also published by Tong Li Publishing in Taiwan. A manga adaptation illustrated by Issei Hyoju was serialized between the September 2008 and February 2012 issues of Media Factory's Monthly Comic Alive. The chapters were collected into seven tankōbon volumes published between February 23, 2009 and March 23, 2012.
Anime
A 12-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Xebec, written by Rie Koshika, and directed by Tsuyoshi Nagasawa aired in Japan between October 2 and December 18, 2010 on AT-X. The series was released on six BD/DVD compilation volumes between December 22, 2010 and May 25, 2011. Bonus shorts titled SS! were included on the BD/DVD volumes. Sentai Filmworks licensed the anime for distribution North America and released a Japanese language DVD set with English subtitles of the anime series on September 13, 2011. English-language versions on DVD and Blu-ray Disc was released on February 11, 2014. The Japanese-language version of the series was posted on the Anime Network website for online streaming in 2011 and the English-language version was added in January 2014. The series began streaming on Hulu in 2014. The series has two opening themes and two ending themes. The first opening theme is "Help!! " by Ayana Taketatsu and is used for the first four episodes, and the second opening theme is "Help!! " by Taketatsu and Saori Hayami for the subsequent episodes. The main ending theme is "More-more Lovers!!" by Natsuko Aso and is used for the first 11 episodes. The second ending theme is "Happy Birthday, my holy day" by Taketatsu and is used for episode 12. The insert song "Hallelujah Study" by Hayami was used in episode nine. Two character song singles were released for Mio on December 15, 2010, and Arashiko on January 26, 2011. The anime's original soundtrack was released on December 22, 2010.
