The story revolves around high school student Masamune Izumi who loves writing light novels. Having no artistic skill himself, Masamune always gets his novels illustrated by an anonymous partner using the pen name "Eromanga", who is known for drawing questionably perverted images despite being extremely reliable. In addition to balancing his passion and school, Masamune is also stuck with taking care of his only family member—his younger stepsister Sagiri Izumi. A hikikomori by nature, Sagiri shut herself in her room for over a year and constantly bosses Masamune around despite his attempts to get her to leave her room. However, when Masamune inadvertently discovers that his anonymous partner has been Sagiri all along, their sibling relationship quickly leaps to new levels of excitement, especially when a beautiful, female, best-selling shōjo manga author enters the fray.
Characters[edit]
Masamune Izumi (和泉 正宗, Izumi Masamune) Voiced by: Yoshitsugu MatsuokaThe protagonist of the series, he is a 15-year-old first-year high school student. When he was in junior high school, he won an award for writing a light novel series. He later writes a series known as Silverwolf of Reincarnation and hires an anonymous illustrator named "Eromanga", but discovers that Eromanga is his own stepsister Sagiri. Sagiri Izumi (和泉 紗霧, Izumi Sagiri) Voiced by: Akane FujitaThe heroine of the series and the titular Eromanga Sensei, she is a 12-year-old first-year junior high school student. She is a hikikomori who never leaves her room, even to eat, instead relying on her stepbrother to bring food to her room. She later starts inviting her brother into her room and opens up more to the world, even venturing outside the boundaries of her room. Even though Masamune and several other people know that she is "Eromanga Sensei", she always stalls the conversation by saying she does not know someone of that name. According to her blog, the pen name is derived from the name of an island and does not have any relationship with any ecchi manga. Prior to her mother marrying Masamune's father, she had unknowingly known him as an online friend. In the anime, Sagiri's illustrations are drawn by Tiv. Elf Yamada (山田エルフ, Yamada Erufu) Voiced by: Minami TakahashiElf is a 14-year-old popular light novel author who has sold over 2 million copies. She starts living next door to Masamune and is famed for dressing in a lolita style. She has shown to have developed romantic feelings for Masamune and has confessed to him. Elf Yamada is her pen name. Her real name is Emily Granger (エミリー・グレンジャー, Emirī Gurenjā). Muramasa Senju (千寿 ムラマサ, Senju Muramasa) Voiced by: Saori ŌnishiMuramasa is a successful light novel writer who has sold over 14.5 million copies of her novel series. She is a fan of Masamune's Silverwolf of Reincarnation series, and gets upset after he ends the series. She tried to stop him from writing romantic comedy series but admitted defeat after losing to him in the Light Novel Tenkaichi Butōkai (ラノベ天下一武闘会, Ranobe Tenkaichi Butōkai) competition. She is in love with Masamune, but he rejects her after she confesses her feelings to him. Muramasa Senju is her pen name. Her real name is Hana Umezono (梅園 花, Umezono Hana). Megumi Jinno (神野 めぐみ, Jinno Megumi) Voiced by: Ibuki KidoMegumi is a classmate of Sagiri, and a former amateur model. While initially believed to be a perverted girl, however, Megumi is actually quite innocent, and just pretends to be experienced about relationships and the opposite sex in order to make herself look "cool". Tomoe Takasago (高砂 智恵, Takasago Tomoe) Voiced by: Yui IshikawaTomoe is a friend of Masamune whose family runs a local bookstore, Takasago Shoten (たかさご書店). Kunimitsu Shidō (獅童 国光, Shidō Kunimitsu) Voiced by: Nobunaga ShimazakiShidō is one of the participants of the Light Novel Tenkaichi Butōkai competition, but he lost the event since Masamune won first place and he only won second place. He thinks that Masamune is gay. Ayame Kagurazaka (神楽坂 あやめ, Kagurazaka Ayame) Voiced by: Mikako KomatsuKagurazaka is Masamune's and Muramasa's executive editor. Chris Yamada (山田 クリス, Yamada Kurisu) Voiced by: Seiichiro YamashitaChris is Elf's older brother and her executive editor.
Media[edit]
Light novel[edit]
The light novels are written by Tsukasa Fushimi and illustrated by Hiro Kanzaki. The series is published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint, and the first volume was released on December 10, 2013. The thirteenth and the final volume was released on August 10, 2022.
Volumes[edit]
No. Title Japanese release date Japanese ISBN 1My Little Sister and the Sealed Room Imōto to Akazu no Ma (妹と開かずの間)December 10, 2013978-4-04-866081-5 2My Little Sister and the Most Interesting Novel in the World Imōto to Sekai de Ichiban Omoshiroi Shōsetsu (妹と世界で一番面白い小説)May 10, 2014978-4-04-866531-5 3My Little Sister and Fairy Island Imōto to Yōsei no Shima (妹と妖精の島)October 10, 2014978-4-04-866937-5 4Eromanga Sensei VS Eromanga Sensei G Eromanga-sensei VS Eromanga-sensei G (エロマンガ先生VSエロマンガ先生G)March 10, 2015978-4-04-869334-9 5Sagiri Izumi's School Debut Izumi Sagiri no Hatsutōkō (和泉紗霧の初登校)September 10, 2015978-4-04-865381-7 6Ten Reasons to be Married to Elf Yamada-chan Yamada Erufu-chan to Kekkon Subeki Jū no Riyū (山田エルフちゃんと結婚すべき十の理由)March 10, 2016978-4-04-865808-9 7Cohabitation Starting with Anime Anime de Hajimaru Dōsei Seikatsu (アニメで始まる同棲生活)August 10, 2016978-4-04-892249-4 8Masamune Izumi's Holiday Izumi Masamune no Kyūjitsu (和泉マサムネの休日)January 10, 2017978-4-04-892597-6 9Sagiri's New Married Life Sagiri no Shinkon Seikatsu (紗霧の新婚生活)June 9, 2017978-4-04-892950-9 10Muramasa Senju and the Cultural Festival of Love Senju Muramasa to Koi no Bunkasai (千寿ムラマサと恋の文化祭)July 10, 2018978-4-04-893914-0 11My Little Sister's Pajama Party Imōtotachi no Pajama Pāti (妹たちのパジャマパーティ)January 10, 2019978-4-04-912198-8 12Elf Yamada Reversal Victory Yamada Erufu-chan Gyakuten Shōri no Maki (山田エルフちゃん逆転勝利の巻)November 9, 2019978-4-04-912892-5 13Eromanga Festival Eromanga fesutibaru (エロマンガフェスティバル)August 10, 2022978-4-04-914493-2
Manga[edit]
A manga adaptation illustrated by Rin has been serialized in ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Daioh magazine from May 27, 2014 to May 27, 2021. The manga has been compiled into twelve tankōbon volumes since November 10, 2014. Dark Horse Comics licensed the series in North America and released the first three volumes. In July 2020, the manga became one of seven titles to be removed from Books Kinokuniya in Australia for claims of promoting child pornography.
No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN 1 November 10, 2014978-4-04-866922-1October 3, 2018978-1-50670-984-0 2 May 9, 2015978-4-04-865087-8March 20, 2019978-1-50670-985-7 3 January 9, 2016978-4-04-865518-7July 3, 2019978-1-50670-986-4 4 August 10, 2016978-4-04-892172-5—— 5 March 10, 2017978-4-04-892718-5—— 6 October 7, 2017978-4-04-893431-2—— 7 June 9, 2018978-4-04-893849-5—— 8 February 2, 2019978-4-04-912351-7—— 9 November 9, 2019978-4-04-912837-6—— 10 June 10, 2020978-4-04-913234-2—— 11 February 10, 2021978-4-04-913660-9—— 12 September 10, 2021978-4-04-913660-9——
A spin-off manga focusing on the character Elf Yamada began serialization in the September issue of Dengeki Daioh on July 27, 2018. It ended on November 27, 2019 and was collected into three volumes.
No. Title Japanese release date Japanese ISBN 1Eromanga Sensei The Great Teacher Elf Yamada's Cooked Meals of Pure Love 1 エロマンガ先生 山田エルフ大先生の恋する純真ごはん（１）February 9, 2019978-4-04-912352-4 2Eromanga Sensei The Great Teacher Elf Yamada's Cooked Meals of Pure Love 2 エロマンガ先生 山田エルフ大先生の恋する純真ごはん（２）October 10, 2019978-4-04-912705-8 3Eromanga Sensei The Great Teacher Elf Yamada's Cooked Meals of Pure Love 3 エロマンガ先生 山田エルフ大先生の恋する純真ごはん（３）February 10, 2020978-4-04-913023-2
Anime[edit]
An anime television series adaptation is directed by Ryohei Takeshita, written by Tatsuya Takahashi, and produced by Shinichiro Kashiwada and Aniplex, featuring animation by the studio A-1 Pictures. It was announced in September 2016 via a Nico Nico Live stream. On January 8, 2017, Ryohei announced that he will recruit more animatiors via Twitter. The anime aired from April 9 to June 25, 2017. Two original video animation episodes were scheduled to be released in 2018 but were pushed back to January 16, 2019. The opening theme is "Hitorigoto" (ヒトリゴト, Soliloquy) by ClariS, and the ending theme is "Adrenaline!!!" by TrySail, with episode 8 featuring "Natsuiro Koi Hanabi" (夏色恋花火, The Summer Colored Fireworks of Love) by Akane Fujita. Aniplex of America has licensed the series in North America. Crunchyroll licnesed the series for release in the Americas, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom and Ireland.
Episodes[edit]
Reception[edit]
The light novel had a million copies in print as of April 2017.
Reviewing Eromanga Sensei, THEM Anime Reviews wrote that between the two principal female characters featured in the series besides Sagiri, Elf is the "better one" compared to Muramasa. The website also wrote, "Elf, like Masamune, is a 'light novelist', and she's apparently much more successful at it than he is. She goofs off most of the time, only doing actual writing when the mood strikes her. Elf is also a bit of an egomaniac- though in fairness, she DOES have a nice smile- and at the beginning of the show she moves in next door to Masamune. Of course she comes to love him- ALL the girls in this show love him. She at least does exhibit flashes of self-awareness, and even humor."