Yagami-kun's Family Affairs

Infobox animanga/Header
name = Yagami-kun's Family Affairs


caption = Volumes 1-7 of the manga.
ja_name = 八神くんの家庭の事情
ja_name_trans = Yagami-kun no Katei no Jijō
genre = Romantic comedyInfobox animanga/Manga
title =
author = Kei Kusunoki
publisher = Shogakukan
publisher_en =
publisher_other =
magazine = Young Sunday
first = March 1986
last = May 1990
volumes = 7
chapter_list =
demographic = ShōnenInfobox animanga/OVA
title =
director = Shin'ya Sadamitsu
writer = Akinori Endō
studio = I.G Tatsunoko / Kitty Film Mitaka Studio
licensor =
licensor_other =
episodes = 3
episode_list =
released = 1990
runtime = 90 minutes (30 minutes each)Infobox animanga/Drama
title =
director = Makoto Tsuji, Toshio Ōi, Yoshio Gōda
writer = Akira Momoi, Shōji Imai, Masahiro Kobayashi
studio = MIT Stonehills / ABC
network = TV Asahi
first = 1994-10-11
last = 1995-02-07
episodes = 11

nihongo|"Yagami-kun's Family Affairs"|八神くんの家庭の事情|Yagami-kun no Katei no Jijō is a manga series by Kei Kusunoki which was originally serialized in Japan in "Young Sunday" from March 1986 to May 1990.cite web|url=http://palettes.cool.ne.jp/manga/201-250/223_yagamikun/yagamikun.html|title=八神くんの家庭の事情|language=Japanese|publisher=Sonata Moromoro|accessdate=2008-04-17] cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=5367|title=Yagami's Family Affairs (manga)|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=2008-04-17] The manga was later adapted into a three episode OVA series in 1990,cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7007|title=Yagami-kun's Family Affairs (OAV)|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=2008-04-17] and an eleven episode television drama.

Plot

Yūji Yagami is a high school student with a problem: his mother, Nomi, looks like she's also in high school, and Yūji has a crush on her. To complicate matters, his high school homeroom teacher is also infatuated with her due to how young she looks. Nomi, however, is oblivious to all of this and is head over heels in love with her husband, Yōji, and frequently displays this affection very publicly, which only causes more embarrassment for Yūji.

Yūji's high school friends are constantly teasing him about his "mother complex". When Valentine's Day comes around, though, Yūji receives a box of handmade chocolates. Confusion ensues when he and his friends see the name on the card which can be read multiple ways, the most common way being nihongo|Masayuki Ikari|五十里 真幸|Ikari Masayuki, a male name. His friends tease him mercilessly throughout the day until it's time to meet the person who sent the chocolates at the front gate after school.

To his relief, the person who sent the chocolates is decidedly female, and cute as well, which causes all of his friends and schoolmates to become jealous and trample him into the ground. Mayuki, the girl who sent the chocolates, starts meeting him after school so they can walk home together, and they eventually become an item.

The remainder of the story follows Yūji and Mayuki as their love grows and as Yūji works to resolve his "mother complex" issues.

Characters

All of the characters have names containing numbers.

Main characters

;nihongo|Yūji Yagami|八神 裕司|Yagami Yūji:The protagonist of the story. Yūji has a "mother complex" because his mother appears to be very young and he finds her attractive. This is used throughout the series for comedic effect. He feels guilty about how he feels about his mother. animevoices|Kazuki Yao

;nihongo|Nomi Yagami|八神 野美|Yagami Nomi:Yūji's mother. She is a bit naive and has a tendency to dote on her only son. animevoices|Chieko Honda

;nihongo|Mayuki Ikari|五十里 真幸|Ikari Mayuki:Yūji's girlfriend. Due to the characters used to write her given name (which can be read "Masayuki", a "male" name), the love note she sent to announce her feelings was interpreted as being from a by, much to Yūji's chagrin and his friends' amusement. She is shy and indecisive, so it took her a long time to work up the courage to let Yūji know about her feelings. However, she has a temper and frequently gets upset at Yūji for his indecisiveness. She drives a bullet bike. animevoices|Maria Kawamura

;nihongo|Akira Yokkaichi|四日市 明|Yokkaichi Akira:Yūji's homeroom teacher. He fell in love with Nomi at first site, and is constantly flirting with her. Nomi is the only one who doesn't seem to notice his flirting, though. animevoices|Akira Kamiya

;nihongo|Yōji Yagami|八神 陽司|Yagami Yōji:Yūji's father, a salaryman. He has a very close, romantic relationship with Nomi, which often embarrasses Yūji. animevoices|Norio Wakamoto

;nihongo|Mitsuko Nanase|七瀬 密子|Nanase Mitsuko:A 23 year old office lady. She secretly wishes to have an affair with her boss, Yōji, and is very jealous. She is constantly flirting with him. animevoices|Hiromi Tsuru

;nihongo|Shigeki Yaoi|八百井 刺激|Yaoi Shigeki:Nomi's student. He acts as the comic foil to Nomi's unwitting naive mistakes. animevoices|Nozomu Sasaki

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Other characters

;nihongo|Kazuki Ichigaya|一ヶ谷一樹|Ichigaya Kazuki:One of Yūji's friend's from his homeroom at high school. animevoices|Mitsuo Iwata

;nihongo|Futamura|二村|:One of Yūji's friend's from his homeroom at high school. animevoices|Ryō Horikawa

;nihongo|Miyake|三宅|:One of Yūji's friend's from his homeroom at high school. animevoices|Hiroyuki Satō

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Anime

Video releases

The OVA series has been released on VHS, Laserdisc, and DVD.
*VHS: KVVA-1001, KVVA-1002, KVVA-1003 (30 minutes each), Kitty Film, 1990
*Laserdisc: KVLA-1001, KVLA-1002, KVLA-1003 (30 minutes each), Kitty Film, 1990
*DVD: POBE-1020 (90 minutes), Universal Japan, 2003

Sources:cite web|url=http://d.hatena.ne.jp/run_about/20060613|title=八神くんの家庭の事情（OVA）|date=2006-06-13|accessdate=2008-04-18] cite web|url=http://homepage2.nifty.com/PESAN/ld3.htm|title=A&G YAMADA　ＬＤ－ＢＯＸ商品リスト３|accessdate=2008-04-18] cite web|url=http://ryokuga.sakura.ne.jp/ani/archives/000997.html|title=八神くんの家庭の事情|publisher=緑画舎|accessdate=2008-04-18]

TV drama

References

External links

* Production I.G official pages: [http://www.production-ig.co.jp/contents/works_sp/0070_/index.html Japanese] · [http://www.productionig.com/contents/works/04_/000105.html English]