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Domestic Girlfriend Anime Gets 2 New Character Visuals


As always, presented without comment.

On September 5, The official Domestic Girlfriend (Domestic na Kanojo anime website updated with a pair of character visuals. Character sheets for lead characters Hina and Rui Tachibana were revealed, which you can check out below.

In addition, series creator Kei Sasuga took to Twitter with a pair of sketches, commemorating Hina Tachibana’s birthday. You can check both out below:

Shōta Ihata (Girlish Number) was tapped to direct the project at diomedea, with Naomi Ide (KanColle, Riddle Story of Devil) providing character designs. Tatsuya Takahashi (And you thought there is never a girl online?, Beatless) is in charge of series comopsition for the title.

Domestic Girlfriend Anime VisualThe series will star the following:

  • Hina Tachibana: Yōko Hikasa
  • Rui Tachibana: Maaya Uchida

Kei Sasuga’s Domestic Girlfriend launched in the pages of Kodansha’s Weekly Shōnen Magazine in July 2014. To date, 17 volumes have been released, with volume 18 slated to ship to retailers on July 14.

Kodansha Comics currently holds the rights to the title in North America, and describes it as:

High schooler Natsuo is hopelessly in love with his cheerful and popular teacher, Hina. However, one day at a mixer, he meets a moody girl by the name of Rui and ends up sleeping with her. Soon after, his father announces that he’s getting remarried to a woman with two daughters of her own. And who shows up in tow, other than both Hina and Rui?! Natsuo’s outrageous new life starts now!

Source: Ota-suke

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