Himegoto
Himegoto (Japanese: ひめゴト, lit. "Secret"), also known as Secret Princess, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Norio Tsukudani. It was originally serialized in Ichijinsha's Waai! magazine, but was later featured in three additional magazines published by Ichijinsha: Waai! Mahalo, Monthly Comic Rex and Febri. Collectively, Himegoto was serialized across the four magazines from November 2011 to June 2015 and was collected into six tankōbon volumes.
| Himegoto | |
Volume 6 manga cover, featuring Kaguya Arikawa (left) and Hime Arikawa | |
| ひめゴト | |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Norio Tsukudani |
| Published by | Ichijinsha |
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| Demographic | Seinen, shōnen |
| Original run | November 25, 2011 – June 17, 2015 |
| Volumes | 6 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Takeyuki Yanase |
| Written by | Kazuho Hyodo |
| Music by | Hiroyuki Kozu |
| Studio | Asahi Production |
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| Original network | BS11 |
| Original run | July 7, 2014 – September 29, 2014 |
| Episodes | 13 |
The story focuses on Hime Arikawa, a high school boy whose sizable debt is paid off by the girls of his school's student council. In exchange, he agrees to join the student council and spend the rest of his high school life dressed as a girl. An anime television series adaptation by Asahi Production aired from July to September 2014. Critics panned it for its characters, its focus on humiliation and shame, and reliance on a single joke throughout the series.