The author of the light novelsOsamake: Romcom Where The Childhood Friend Won’t Lose“, Shuichi Nimaruhas expressed his deep disappointment with the anime adaptation of his work released in Spring-2021 (April-June) and produced by the studios Doga Kobo. Nimaru shared his discontent via Twitter, revealing that her experience with the animated series caused her great personal suffering.
In his message on the social network, Nimaru admitted that he was only able to watch the first two episodes of the anime before feeling desperate and stopping following the series. Although he tried to continue seeing her with the support of friends, he was once again forced to abandon her due to the disappointment she caused him. This experience deeply impacted the author, who confessed to having been in shock for six months, facing difficulties in resuming his creative work and immersed in alcohol consumption.
The anime adaptation of “Osamake” also had repercussions on the sales of the original light novels. While the first volume had experienced notable success with 19 reprints in 22 months, Sales stagnated following the anime’s release, with zero reprints even three years after its adaptation.
Nimaru explained that the disappointment arose from the disparity between his original vision of the story and the interpretation made by the anime’s production team. The author was frustrated to see how key elements of his work were altered or misrepresented in the animated adaptation, which affected his emotional connection to the project.
Despite the challenges and emotional damage caused by this experience, Nimaru vowed to move forward and improve his work. He expressed his determination to continue writing and complete his work in the hope of overcoming this disappointment and regaining the success he had achieved with the original light novels.
And of course, his revelation did not go without comments:
- «How can you be so unfaithful to the source material without adding original content to the anime?».
- «A romantic comedy about a childhood friend who never loses? I haven’t seen her, but was she that bad?».
- «Except for the break dancing at the cultural festival, the designs weren’t that bad. The biggest problem is that I couldn’t understand the content despite it being a romantic comedy. I thought it was going to be like a normal romantic comedy, but then the regretful meeting started as if it were a montage».
- «Even if the anime was shit from the author’s point of view. The fact that it had so many reprints means that the people who read it enjoyed it. The anime was made by a group of people who were in the same boat as the author, and they enjoyed it. You were slandered by Doga Kobo fans, who said you only made cuts because the original work was shit. The fault lies with the Committee for allowing it to be broadcast with such a poor performance, even though they put so much effort into promoting the original work.».
- «Is it possible to stop buying the original novels just because you didn’t like the adaptation?».
- «It seems that the original author interfered with the script and storyboards, but what went wrong? The animation? The designs?».
- «I think that because they got involved, they didn’t have enough time to improve the animation. It usually happens when the original author interferes and the animation falls apart».
- «I’m glad you can blame the anime when your work stagnates and becomes boring.».
- «The anime adaptation is a bet in these cases».
Fountain: Yaraon!
