SHOSHIMIN: How to Become Ordinary
2024 • TV Asahi
- Format
- TV
- Aired
- 2024
- Episodes
- 10
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- TV Asahi · Lapin Track · NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan · NetEase Games
- Genres
- Mystery · Slice of Life
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?
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SHOSHIMIN: How to Become Ordinary is a 2024 anime adaptation based on the popular mystery light novel series by Honobu Yonezawa. Produced by Lapin Track and aired as part of TV Asahi’s programming, the series follows two protagonists who attempt to suppress their innate investigative talents to lead peaceful, conventional high school lives. This work fits into the broader tradition of Japanese 'seishun' mystery, where adolescent social anxieties are framed through low-stakes enigmas rather than high-octane action.
The character designs were handled by Atsushi Saito, who focused on a soft, clean aesthetic intended to contrast with the underlying tension of the characters' pasts. The production team aimed to capture the subtle, introspective tone of Yonezawa’s prose, moving away from traditional genre tropes to emphasize atmosphere and character study. Upon its release, the series was received as a faithful interpretation of the source material, noted by critics for its understated visual storytelling and atmospheric direction.
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