Masamune-kun's Revenge

• Name — Masamune-kun's Revenge • Ja Kanji — 政宗くんのリベンジ • Ja Romaji — Masamune-kun no Ribenji • Genre — Romantic comedy

• Type — manga • Author — Hazuki Takeoka • Illustrator — Tiv • Publisher — Ichijinsha • Imprint — Rex Comics • Magazine — * Monthly Comic Rex • Comic Howl • First — October 27, 2012 • Last — December 26, 2023 • Volumes — 13 + 1 extra

• Title — Series titles • Content — # • Masamune-kun's Revenge • (October 27, 2012 – June 27, 2018, 10 volumes) # • Masamune-kun's Revenge After School • (September 27, 2018 – January 26, 2019, 1 volume) # • Masamune-kun's Revenge engagement • (April 26, 2023 – December 26, 2023, 2 volumes)

• Type — light novel • Author — Hazuki Takeoka • Illustrator — Tiv • Publisher — Ichijinsha • Imprint — Ichijinsha Bunko • Published — December 20, 2013 • Volumes — 1

• Type — tv series • Director — Mirai Minato • Producer — * Oshi Yoshinuma • Takashi Okada • Hideyuki Saida • Mika Shimizu • Yōhei Kisara • Shunsuke Matsumura • Jun Fukuda Yoshiyuki Shioya • Yukihiro Itō • Writer — Michiko Yokote • Music — Tatsuya Kato • Studio — Silver Link • Licensee — * Crunchyroll (streaming) • Network — Tokyo MX, KBS, Sun TV, AT-X, BS Fuji • First — January 5, 2017 • Last — March 23, 2017 • Episodes — 12 + OVA

• Type — tv series • Title — Masamune-kun's Revenge R • Director — Mirai Minato • Producer — * Oshi Yoshinuma • Hisato Usui • Takashi Jinguuji • Shinji Oomori • Fumihiro Ozawa • Shouta Watase • Yuuki Konishi • Yuki Makimoto • Haruna Hirose • Writer — Michiko Yokote • Music — Tatsuya Kato • Studio — Silver Link • Licensee — * Crunchyroll (streaming) • Network — Tokyo MX, BS11, AT-X, Sun TV, KBS • First — July 3, 2023 • Last — September 18, 2023 • Episodes — 12

• Portal — yes Masamune-kun's Revenge is a Japanese manga series written by Hazuki Takeoka and illustrated by Tiv. The series is published by Ichijinsha and was serialized in their Monthly Comic Rex magazine in Japan from October 2012 to June 2018. A sequel manga, titled Masamune-kun's Revenge engagement, was serialized on Ichijinsha's Comic HOWL website from April to December 2023. The series is licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment in the United States. An anime television series adaptation by Silver Link aired from January to March 2017. The second season aired from July to September 2023.

Masamune Makabe was a chubby boy who had a close relationship with Aki Adagaki, a beautiful wealthy girl, until one day she cruelly rejected him and gave him the nickname "Pig's Foot". Seeking revenge against his tormentor, Masamune changed his name, began dieting and working out every day to become a fit and handsome, albeit vain, high school student. When he encounters Aki once again, she does not recognize him and he commits to seduce her into falling in love with him before embarrassingly rejecting her to exact vengeance. Masamune ends up allying with Aki's classmate and servant Yoshino Koiwai, who seems to know Masamune's nickname as well.

• Masamune Makabe: • Masamune Makabe is the titular protagonist of the series. He is a handsome boy, but he was once a chubby kid that people liked to make fun of. In his childhood, he befriended Aki Adagaki but was brutally rejected by her after his love confession and nicknamed him Pig's foot, causing him to undergo several diets and training and also changed his family name thanks to his grandfather. He's also committed to getting revenge on Aki; planning to make Aki fall in love with him and then cruelly reject her – calling this his "Dead or Love Plan". When Yoshino confesses that she was the real culprit, Masamune is torn as to how he should reconcile with Aki. In a turn of events, Masamune properly affirms his love for Aki in the end. • Aki Adagaki: • Aki comes from a well-off family and is known for her brutal treatment of men. As a result, she has gained the nickname "Cruel Princess" from her classmates. She allegedly rejected Masamune and gave him the nickname "Pig's foot" when the two were children leading to his transformation and commitment to revenge. It was later revealed that she had a crush on Masamune during their childhood and that her hatred of men stemmed from the incident of his "sudden departure" without saying anything and leaving Aki heartbroken. When Masamune finally inquires about the past, Aki tells him that she never called chubby Masamune "Pig's foot" in the first place and has never even heard of that nickname before. As Aki realizes Masamune's true identity, she attempts to make him the same chubby boy he used to be. Aki mentions she found his chubbiness "cute" and overall as a symbol of wealth, implying that chubby guys are her type. After she reads Masamune's entitles of revenge and hears Yoshino's regrets, Aki decides to fix everything. With the misunderstood vengeance cleared up, Aki can't help but accept Masamune's heart. • Yoshino Koiwai: • Yoshino is Aki's maid and follower. She seems to be a clumsy girl. However, beneath her clumsy and shy appearance, she is actually extremely deceptive and cold, able to deceive and hurt Aki without a second thought. Unlike Aki, Yoshino easily gained weight from sweets. Later, it was revealed that Yoshino had disguised herself as Aki eight years before, rejected Masamune, and gave him the nickname "Pig's foot" due to jealousy towards Aki's affection for him, but soon realized that her actions caused Aki to become estranged towards men. Ever since then she'd been regretting this and attempted to repay what she had done once Aki and Masamune reunited in high school. During the course of the story, in her attempts to set up Masamune and Aki, she becomes infatuated with Masamune. Aki learns of this and so she rejects Masamune and encourages Yoshino to be true to her feelings. However, Masamune refuses her confession and so Yoshino becomes determined to reunite them. Due to her and Masamune's efforts, Aki finally becomes true to her affection towards Masamune and they make up in the end with a kiss. • Neko Fujinomiya: • Neko is a frail girl who comes from a wealthy family. She transferred to the school that Masamune is attending and confessed her love soon afterward. Masamune rejects her feelings but she continues to support his choices. It is later revealed that Neko also used to be chubby and that she had fallen in love with him when they were children. Neko confronts Masamune with this info that he had forgotten when he starts doubting his feelings towards Aki. She tells him that she has also fallen in love with the person "that he is now". Due to her habit of not wearing any panties, Aki and Yoshino nicknamed her the "Commando Princess". On White Day, Neko tempts Aki to break up with Masamune, but despite learning about Neko's knowledge of Masamune's revenge she continues to pursue him anyway. • Tae Futaba: • Masamune's class rep who claimed to have confessed her feelings to Masamune once, but got rejected. • Kojūrō Shuri: • Masamune's best friend looks like a girl but is actually a guy. This is oftentimes joked on throughout the series, like when Futaba tried to make him wear a girl bikini. • He has a crush on Neko and has difficulties expressing himself to her. He loves sweets and pastries and is a master at that art. He has helped Masamune on choosing some for Aki for White Day. • Kanetsugu Gasō: • A chubby individual who claimed to be "Masamune" – Aki's childhood friend in the past. Later on, it is revealed that Kanetsugu is a female pretending to be a male. She disguised herself as Masamune so she could marry into the Adagaki family in an attempt to save her family from poverty and her hospitalized sister. After her true gender is exposed in a confrontation with Makabe, she starts working part-time at school. • Myurieru Besson: • A young French student with a keen interest in the Japanese culture (especially manga). She uses Masamune as a model of her hero and Aki as the heroine for her manga story. This eventually pays off for her as her stories gets better when she finshes a manga sketch entirely based on Masamune and Aki's convoluted past and present. • Furanku Besson: • Muriel's older brother, as well as the boss of a Milieu. He enjoys spoiling his own sister very much.

Writer Hazuki Takeoka and Korean female artist Tiv began serializing the manga in the December 2012 issue of Ichijinsha's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Comic Rex on October 27, 2012. Ten tankōbon volumes were released between April 2013 and July 2018. A spin-off titled "Masamune-kun's Re??? (Somehow))" is drawn by Yūki Shinichi and is serialized on Gekkan ComicREX starting from November 2016 issue. North American publisher Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they had licensed the series on September 4, 2015. The series concluded in 2018, with the final chapter being released on June 27. Volume 0, a collection of extra chapters not published in the original volumes, was released on April 27, 2017. Takeoka and Tiv launched an epilogue manga in Monthly Comic Rex on September 27, 2018. The short manga, titled Masamune-kun no Revenge After School, is a series of after-stories focusing on various characters. The short manga was released in tankōbon as 11th volume of the main series. A sequel manga, Masamune-kun's Revenge engagement, began serialization on Ichijinsha's new Comic Howl manga website on April 26, 2023, and ended on December 26 of the same year. The sequel was released in tankōbon as 12th and 13th volume of the main series.

A light novel adaptation by Hazuki Takeoka, with art by Tiv, has been published by Ichijinsha in a single volume released on December 20, 2013.

On June 23, 2016, publisher Ichijinsha announced that the series would receive an anime television series adaptation. The anime is produced by Silver Link and directed by Mirai Minato, with Michiko Yokote supervising the scripts, and Yokote and Kento Shimoyama writing the scripts, featuring character designs by Yūki Sawairi. Toshiki Kameyama is the series' sound director while Lantis produced the music. The opening theme is "Wagamama Mirror Heart" performed by Ayaka Ōhashi, and the ending theme is "Elemental World" performed by ChouCho. The AT-X broadcast uses the song "Manazashi Silent" as its ending theme; it was sung by Ōhashi and Suzuko Mimori under their respective character names Aki Adagaki and Neko Fujinomiya. The series aired from January 5 to March 23, 2017. It was broadcast on Tokyo MX, AT-X, and BS Fuji. The anime ran for 12 episodes and was released across six BD/DVD volumes. Crunchyroll streamed the series, while Funimation produced an English dub. An OVA of the series has been released and tells an "after story" for the manga. • Illustration — Kochi Ozu High School inspired the design of school setting Revenge 's set design is inspired by real locations in the Tokyo metro, especially near Mitaka, Musashino and Yokohama. The school's exterior was modeled on Kochi Ozu High School. On April 2, 2022, a second season titled Masamune-kun's Revenge R was announced. The main staff and cast members are reprising their roles. It was initially scheduled for April 2023, but was later delayed to July due to the COVID-19 pandemic affecting the production, which aired from July 3 to September 18, 2023. The opening theme is "Please, please!" performed by Ayaka Ōhashi. Medialink licensed the series in South, Southeast Asia and Oceania (except Australia and New Zealand) and will stream it on Ani-One Asia's YouTube channel.

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