SHOSHIMIN: How to Become Ordinary
小市民シリーズ
Shoushimin Series
Binge-ready
Finished airing — 10 episodes, ready to binge.
- Format
- TV
- Season
- Summer 2024
- Studio
- Lapin Track
- Based on
- Other
- Episode length
- 23 min
- Started
- 7 Jul 2024
- Ended
- 15 Sep 2024
- Score
- 74/100
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SHOSHIMIN: How to Become Ordinary is a TV anime series from 2024, produced by Lapin Track. The team includes direction by Mamoru Kanbe, series composition by Toshiya Ono, character design by Atsushi Saitō and music by Takahiro Obata. The Japanese voice cast includes Makoto Furukawa as Kengo Dōjima, Shūichirō Umeda as Jōgorō Kobato and Hina Yomiya as Yuki Osanai. The opening theme is “Sweet Memory” by Eve. The ending theme is “Itokenai” by ammo. It streams on Crunchyroll and YouTube. It ran for 10 episodes from July 2024 to September 2024.
Kobato decides to become an honest, humble citizen after enduring a bitter experience known as “wisdom work.” He forms a pact with Osanai, his classmate with the same goal, and they plan to enter high school leading quiet lives. But for some reason, inexplicable events and disasters keep happening around them. Will Kobato and Osanai ever manage to live ordinary, peaceful lives? (Source: Crunchyroll)
Where to watch
Opening and ending songs
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Credits, releases and news
Staff
- Director
- Mamoru Kanbe
- Original creator
- Honobu Yonezawa
- Series Composition
- Toshiya Ono
- Script
- Teruko Utsumi, Toshiya Ono
- Character Design
- Atsushi Saitō
- Music
- Takahiro Obata
- Art Director
- Akira Itō
- Sound Director
- Katsunori Shimizu
- Chief Animation Director
- Mayu Gushiken
Japanese voice cast
- Kengo Dōjima: Makoto Furukawa
- Jōgorō Kobato: Shūichirō Umeda
- Yuki Osanai: Hina Yomiya
Latest news
- 30 Nov 2025 SHOSHIMIN: How to become Ordinary, Noragami Aragoto Anime Stream on Anime Times in India
- 14 Sep 2024 SHOSHIMIN: How to become Ordinary Anime Gets 2nd Season in April
- 19 Aug 2024 Ani-One Asia Streams SHOSHIMIN: How to become Ordinary Anime in India
- 14 Aug 2024 SHOSHIMIN: How to become Ordinary Anime Reveals Promo Video, Visual for Next Case
- 24 Jul 2024 SHOSHIMIN: How to become Ordinary Anime Delays Episode 4 by 1 Week
Episode titles (10)
- 1. Sheep Costume
- 2. How to Make Delicious Hot Cocoa
- 3. Humpty Dumpty
- 4. Mind of a Lone Wolf
- 5. Berliner Mystery
- 6. But I Get to Keep Charlotte
- 7. Shake Half
- 8. C'mere, You Want Some Free Candy?
- 9. Sweet Memory (Part 1)
- 10. Sweet Memory (Part 2)
Anime News Network readers rate it 7.19/10 (80 votes).
Source: Anime News Network. Full details at Anime News Network.
Main characters
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Jougorou Kobato
小鳩常悟朗
Voiced by Shuuichirou Umeda
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Yuki Osanai
小佐内ゆき
Voiced by Hina Youmiya
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Kengo Dojima
堂島健吾
Voiced by Makoto Furukawa
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Chisato Dojima
堂島知里
Voiced by Chika Anzai
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Osanai Haha
小佐内母
Voiced by Saori Hayami
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Takada
高田
Voiced by Katsuyuki Miura
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