Oresuki


Oresuki, short for Ore wo Suki Nano wa Omae Dake ka yo, is a Japanese light novel series written by Rakuda and illustrated by Buriki. ASCII Media Works has published fourteen volumes since February 10, 2016 under their Dengeki Bunko imprint.
A manga adaptation with illustration by Yū Ijima has been serialized via Shueisha's online manga app Shonen Jump+ since February 26, 2017. It has been collected in five tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Connect aired from October 2 to December 25, 2019. An OVA is set to be released on September 2, 2020.

Premise

Oresuki revolves around Amatsuyu "Joro" Kisaragi, an ordinary high school student who is invited out alone by two beautiful girls: the upperclassman Sakura "Cosmos" Akino and his childhood friend Aoi "Himawari" Hinata. Expecting to hear their confessions, he triumphantly goes to meet each of them in turn. However, both Cosmos and Himawari confess to Joro that they like his best friend, Taiyо̄ "Sun-chan" Ōga, instead of him. He reluctantly agrees to help both girls pursue Sun-chan on the hope of dating the loser, only to suddenly be confessed to by the unremarkable bookworm Sumireko "Pansy" Sanshokuin, who is the girl Sun-chan is in love with.

Media

Light novel

Ore wo Suki Nano wa Omae Dake ka yo is written by Rakuda and illustrated by Buriki. ASCII Media Works published the first volume on February 10, 2016 under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. Fourteen volumes have published as of June 10, 2020.

Manga

A manga adaptation, illustrated by Yū Ijima began serialization on Shueisha's online manga app Shonen Jump+ on February 26, 2017. The manga will be finished on August 23, 2020. Five tankōbon volumes have been released as of March 4, 2020.

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced at the "Dengeki Bunko 25th Anniversary Fall Dengeki Festival" event on October 7, 2018. The series is animated by Connect and directed by Noriaki Akitaya, with Rakuda handling series composition, Shoko Takimoto designing the characters, and Yoshiaki Fujisawa composing the music. The series aired from October 2 to December 25, 2019 on Tokyo MX, GYT, GTV, BS11, TVA, and ytv. Shuka Saitō performed the series' opening theme song "Papapa", while Haruka Tomatsu, Haruka Shiraishi, and Sachika Misawa performed the series' ending theme song "Hanakotoba". Aniplex of America licensed the series for distribution in English speaking regions, and are streaming the series on Crunchyroll, FunimationNow in North America and the United Kingdom, HIDIVE in North America, and AnimeLab in Australia and New Zealand. An OVA was set to premiere on May 23, 2020, but was delayed to September 2, 2020. The OVA will be Connect's final production due to its' absorption with Silver Link in July 2020.
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