Gimai Seikatsu

Gimai Seikatsu (義妹生活, lit. "Days with my Step Sister") is a Japanese mixed-media project created by Ghost Mikawa. It started with a YouTube channel created in April 2020, with its first video uploaded on May 1, 2020. A light novel series is written by Ghost Mikawa and illustrated by Hiten. The series began publication by Media Factory under their MF Bunko J imprint in January 2021. A manga adaptation by Yumika Kanade began serialization online in Kadokawa Shoten's Shōnen Ace Plus in July 2021.

Gimai Seikatsu
First light novel volume cover featuring Yūta Asamura and Saki Ayase
義妹生活
Light novel
Written byGhost Mikawa
Illustrated byHiten
Published byMedia Factory
ImprintMF Bunko J
DemographicMale
Original runJanuary 25, 2021 – present
Volumes5
Manga
Written byGhost Mikawa
Illustrated byYumika Kanade
Published byKadokawa Shoten
MagazineShōnen Ace Plus
DemographicShōnen
Original runJuly 16, 2021 – present
Volumes1

Characters
Yūta Asamura (浅村 悠太, Asamura Yūta)
Voiced by: Kōhei Amasaki

The protagonist of the Gimai Seikatsu series. He is Saki Ayase's step-brother and a second-year high school student.

Saki Ayasa (綾瀬 沙季, Ayase Saki)
Voiced by: Yuki Nakashima

The female lead of the series. She is Yuuta Asamura's step-sister and a second-year high school student.

Tomokazu Maru (丸友 和, Maru Tomokazu)
Voiced by: Daiki Hamano

Yuuta Asamura's classmate and only friend at school. He is a member of the baseball team and an otaku.

Maaya Narasaka (奈良坂 真綾, Narasaka Maaya)
Voiced by: Ayu Suzuki

Saki Ayase's classmate. She is always cheerful and meddlesome. She got increasingly involved with Saki because couldn't stand to see her isolated, and later became her friend. They are often seen together in school.

Shiori Yomiuri (読売 栞, Yomiuri Shiori)
Voiced by: Minori Suzuki

A university student and works part-time as a senior in the same bookstore where Yuuta Asamura works.

Taichi Asamura (浅村太一, Asamura Taichi)
Voiced by: Kōhei Amasaki

Yuuta Asamura's biological father and Saki Ayase's step-father. After divorcing from his ex-wife for various reasons, he remarried Akiko Ayase. He has a good relationship with Yuuta and Saki.

Akiko Ayase (綾瀬亜季子, Ayase Akiko)
Voiced by: Eriko Hara

Saki Ayase's biological mother and Yuuta Asamura's step-mother. After her divorce from her ex-husband, she worked tirelessly and raised Saki by herself until she remarried Taichi Asamura.

Media

YouTube channel

While writing several works, author Ghost Mikawa learned of the existence of a reader who had a request to "deeply dig into the daily life of the characters". He was interested in seeing what would happen if he tried to write an unusual work, and decided to write a story depicting the relationship between step-siblings.

Regarding the production of the videos, Mikawa is the original author of the Gimai Seikatsu storyline, but the script of the story is handled by multiple writers. According to Mikawa, the writing style of each writer is shown in each script, so it is often taken as it is.

All videos on the YouTube channel are subtitled in English, Chinese, Spanish and Vietnamese.

Light novels

The light novel series is written by Ghost Mikawa and features illustrations by Hiten. It is published by Media Factory under their MF Bunko J imprint, with the first volume being released on January 25, 2021; five volumes have been released as of April 25, 2022.[1]

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 January 25, 2021[2]978-4-04-064726-5
2 March 25, 2021[3]978-4-04-680326-9
3 July 21, 2021[4]978-4-04-680607-9
4 December 24, 2021[5]978-4-04-681001-4
5 April 25, 2022[1]978-4-04-681361-9

Manga

A manga adaptation with art by Yumika Kanade began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's Shōnen Ace Plus online web service on July 16, 2021.[6]

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 April 26, 2022[7]978-4-04-112284-6

See also

References
  1. 義妹生活５ [Gimai Seikatsu 5] (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  2. 義妹生活 [Gimai Seikatsu] (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  3. 義妹生活２ [Gimai Seikatsu 2] (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  4. 義妹生活３ [Gimai Seikatsu 3] (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  5. 義妹生活４ [Gimai Seikatsu 4] (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  6. 『義妹生活』のコミカライズ連載が開始　7月21日発売の小説第3巻初回限定版にはASMR「義妹と先輩に挟まれて」も付属. LN News (in Japanese). July 16, 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  7. 義妹生活　（１） [Gimai Seikatsu (1)] (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
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