Love Lab
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| Genre | Romantic comedy, slice of life[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Ruri Miyahara |
| Published by | Houbunsha |
| Imprint | Manga Time Comics |
| Magazine | Manga Home → Manga Time Special |
| Original run | 2006 – 2019 |
| Volumes | 15 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Masahiko Ohta |
| Produced by | Yosuke Toba Tsuguharu Sakurai Hiromasa Minami Tetsuya Endo Kozue Kaneniwa Hajime Kamata Hiroo Maruyama |
| Written by | Takashi Aoshima |
| Music by | Yasuhiro Misawa |
| Studio | Doga Kobo |
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| Original network | MBS, TBS, CBC, AT-X, BS-TBS, Niconico |
| Original run | July 5, 2013 – September 27, 2013 |
| Episodes | 13 |
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Plot
Love Lab is set in Fujisaki Girls Academy, which is known for their school body being composed of very proper students. The most prominent one of them is Natsuo Maki, the student president who is admired by her classmates for her calm and polite demeanor. On the other hand, Riko Kurahashi is also admired but for having a very forward and boyish personality. Riko accidentally walks into Maki when she is kissing a body pillow with a picture of a guy for practice, and learns that she is not as collected as everyone thinks she is. Riko is forced into keeping Maki's secret and joins her in practicing romance activities such as holding hands and more.
Characters
Main characters
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- Voiced by: Rie Kugimiya (drama CD)[2] / Manami Numakura (anime)[3]
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- Voiced by: Yui Horie (drama CD)[2] / Chinatsu Akasaki (anime)[3]
- The student council president, Script error: No such module "Nihongo". has a polite and calm demeanor. She is admired by the majority of students in their academy. Despite her reputation as a model student, in truth, Maki aims to learn about romance. Her devotion to this can lead to extremities to the point where she owns a hug pillow named Script error: No such module "Nihongo".,[4] which she sometimes uses as practice for kissing. Another fact is that, despite her vast intelligence and rumored "perfection," whenever she is alone with Riko, she appears to have almost no common sense or perception of tact, almost to the point where one might think she's actually an airhead. Her lack of logic is especially prominent when it comes to the topic of romance that she loves so much; not only that, her perception of an ideal romance appears to mainly consist of common anime tropes, even down to having extremely melodramatic dialogue and bumping into someone while carrying bread in her mouth. Her father owns a famous undergarments manufacturer. She cross-dresses herself (Makio) sometimes to help Riko. She always finds herself having misunderstandings with Yan.
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- Voiced by: Ryōko Shintani (drama CD)[2] / Inori Minase (anime)[3]
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- Voiced by: Ryō Hirohashi (drama CD)[2] / Ayane Sakura (anime)[3]
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- Voiced by: Akeno Watanabe (drama CD)[2] / Yō Taichi (anime)[3]
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Supporting characters
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- Voiced by: Ayaka Suwa
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- Voiced by: Takahiro Mizushima
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- Voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
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- Voiced by: Chuna
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- Voiced by: Rina Hidaka
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- Voiced by: Yoshiko Kamei
- Riko's mother.
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- Voiced by: Yuka Terasaki
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- Voiced by: Ayumu Murase
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- Voiced by: Ikuko Tatsu
- An elder looking school teacher at Fujisaki Academy. She often wears a long black dress with a white turtleneck blouse underneath.
Media
Manga
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The series has been released in fifteen Script error: No such module "lang". volumes.[5]
The fifteenth and final volume was released on January 7, 2020.[6][7]
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Anime
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". An anime television series adaptation aired in Japan on MBS from July 5 to September 27, 2013. The series was animated by Doga Kobo, produced by Aniplex and directed by Masahiko Ohta, with series composition by Takashi Aoshima, original character designs by Chiaki Nakajima and music by Yasuhiro Misawa.[8][9] The series was streamed on Niconico, after premiering on July 14, 2013, and on Crunchyroll, starting with the 9th episode on August 30, 2013.[10] Sentai Filmworks licensed the series for release in North America.[1]
The opening and ending themes are Script error: No such module "Nihongo". and "Best Friends", both by the lead cast: Manami Numakura, Chinatsu Akasaki, Inori Minase, Ayane Sakura, and Yō Taichi.[9]
Reception
Carl Kimlinger of Anime News Network gave Love Lab an overall B− grade.[4] He wrote that the series works better as a straightforward comedy when director Masahiko Ohta has the cast delivering slapstick humor than emotional moments throughout the three storylines that each carry a weighty dramatic ending like Kotoura-san, concluding that: "Even weighted down, though, this is a very funny comedy: easy to get into and easy to enjoy. It just isn't quite so easy to love."[4] Tim Jones and Stig Høgset of THEM Anime Reviews praised the series' ongoing and complete plot, its main cast being "a fun bunch" (highlighting Sayo and her "hilarious deadpan, genre-savvy wit") and having "an equal amount of respect" towards both genders, concluding that: "It drags a bit at the end, but overall Love Lab is one of the funniest, quirkiest entries in the now well-tread high school girl comedy anime genre we've seen in a good while."[11]
See also
- The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior, another manga series by Ruri Miyahara.
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Love Lab - Sentai Filmworks". Sentai Filmworks. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."ドラマCD 恋愛ラボ" (in 日本語). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Loo, Egan (May 17, 2013). "Schoolgirl Comedy Anime Love Lab's 1st TV Ad Aired". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 3, 2020. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kimlinger, Carl (October 11, 2013). "Love Lab Episodes 1-13 Streaming – Review". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 26, 2018. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content. 恋愛ラボ (12) (まんがタイムコミックス) (in 日本語). ASIN 4832255312.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."コミックス | まんがタイムWeb 芳文社の月刊誌 新刊案内 芳文社". manga-time.com. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Pineda, Rafael Antonio (October 21, 2019). "Manga Time Special Magazine Ends Publication". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on November 26, 2020. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."スタッフ・キャスト ｜ TVアニメ「恋愛ラボ」公式サイト". love-lab.tv (in 日本語). Aniplex. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Loo, Egan (June 23, 2013). "Schoolgirl Anime Love Lab's Promo Previews Cast's Opening Song". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on February 25, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Crunchyroll to Stream "Love Lab", "Rozen Maiden", and "Jubei Chan"". Crunchyroll. August 29, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jones, Tim; Høgset, Stig (December 3, 2013). "Love Lab". THEM Anime Reviews. Archived from the original on February 21, 2024. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
External links
- Official anime website Template:In lang
- Love Lab (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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