Wasteful Days of High School Girls (manga)

Wasteful Days of High School Girls (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 SeigaComic Newtype, and pixiv Comic websites since 2014. It has been collected in nine tankōbon volumes by Kadokawa Shoten as of June 2021. 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.

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.

Media

Manga

The manga series began serialization on the Comic Newtype website in 2014. It has been collected into nine tankōbon volumes as of June 10, 2021.

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on November 1, 2018. 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. The series aired from July 5 to September 20, 2019 on AT-XTokyo MXTVAKBSSUN, and BS11. Chinatsu AkasakiHaruka 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).

Drama

A live-action drama series premiered on TV Asahi on January 24, 2020. The series’ theme song is “Starting Over” by Little Glee Monster.

Reception

Gadget Tsūshin listed both “interesting woman”, a phrase from the first episode, and Yamai in their 2019 anime buzzwords list.

 

Wasteful Days of High School Girls
Joshi Kōsei no Mudazukai volume 1 cover.jpg

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
Manga
Written by Bino
Published by Kadokawa Shoten
Imprint Kadokawa Comics Ace
Magazine
Demographic Seinen
Original run 2014 – present
Volumes 9
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-XTokyo MXTVAKBSSUNBS11
Original run July 5, 2019 – September 20, 2019
Episodes 12 (List of episodes)
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

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