Rooming with a Gamer Gal (ゆうべはお楽しみでしたね, Yūbe wa Otanoshimi Deshita ne, lit. "It Was Fun Last Night" or "Thou hast had a good night's sleep I hope.") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Renjuro Kindaichi. It began serialization on Square Enix's Gangan Online manga website in June 2014. It also began serialization in Square Enix's seinen manga magazine Young Gangan the same month. A six-episode live-action television drama adaptation aired from January to February 2019.
| Rooming with a Gamer Gal | |
 First tankōbon volume cover | |
| ゆうべはお楽しみでしたね (Yūbe wa Otanoshimi Deshita ne) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Romantic comedy[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Renjuro Kindaichi |
| Published by | Square Enix |
| English publisher | Square Enix |
| Magazine | |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | June 20, 2014 – present |
| Volumes | 10 |
| Television drama | |
| Directed by | Kiyotaka Taguchi |
| Written by | Kouta Fukihara |
| Original network | MBS TV, TBS, HBC, CBC |
| Original run | January 7, 2019 – February 11, 2019 |
| Episodes | 6 |
Synopsis
The series is centered around two gamers who are members of the same party in the MMORPG Dragon Quest X. Takumi Satsuki, a man in his early 20s who plays the game using a female Poppet avatar named Powder, and Miyako Okamoto, a gyaru who plays the game using a male Ogre avatar named Goro. The two befriend each other while playing DQX, and decide to move in to a shared house complex, without any prior knowledge of the other's real gender. The series focuses on their relationship, and interactions with other members of their party.
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Renjuro Kindaichi, Rooming with a Gamer Gal began serialization on Square Enix's Gangan Online manga website on June 20, 2014. It also began serialization in Square Enix's seinen manga magazine Young Gangan the following day.[1] The series' chapters have been compiled into ten tankōbon volumes as of September 2023.[2] The series is published in English on Square Enix's Manga UP! Global app.[3]
| No. | Release date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 25, 2015[4] | 978-4-7575-4595-3 |
| 2 | February 12, 2016[5] | 978-4-7575-4881-7 |
| 3 | November 11, 2016[6] | 978-4-7575-5175-6 |
| 4 | September 13, 2017[7] | 978-4-7575-5469-6 |
| 5 | August 27, 2018[8] | 978-4-7575-5823-6 |
| 6 | January 25, 2019[9] | 978-4-7575-5984-4 |
| 7 | May 13, 2020[10] | 978-4-7575-6622-4 |
| 8 | June 24, 2021[11] | 978-4-7575-7331-4 |
| 9 | June 23, 2022[12] | 978-4-7575-7981-1 |
| 10 | September 25, 2023[2] | 978-4-7575-8808-0 |
Drama
A six-episode live-action television drama adaptation aired on MBS TV and other networks from January 7 to February 11, 2019. The series starred Amane Okayama as Takumi Satsuki (Powder) and Tsubasa Honda as Miyako Okamoto (Goro).[13][14][15]
Reception
In 2019, the series, alongside Oni o Kau, won the Men's Comic Prize at NTT Solmare's "Minna ga Erabu!! Denshi Comic Taishō 2019".[16]
See also
- Haré+Guu, another manga series by Renjuro Kindaichi
- La La La, another manga series by Renjuro Kindaichi
- Liar × Liar, another manga series by Renjuro Kindaichi
References
External links
- Official manga website at Gangan Online (in Japanese)
- Official manga website (in Japanese)
- Official drama website (in Japanese)
- Rooming with a Gamer Gal (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia