{{Short description|Japanese manga series}} {{Infobox animanga/Header | name = Ashi-Girl | image = Ashi-Girl volume 1 cover.jpg | caption = First {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume cover | ja_kanji = アシガール | ja_romaji = Ashigāru | genre = {{ubl|Historical<ref name="genre">{{cite web|script-title=ja:森本梢子の戦国ラブコメ「アシガール」黒島結菜と健太郎でドラマ化|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/232922|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|website=Comic Natalie|date=May 17, 2017|access-date=April 14, 2024|language=ja}}</ref>|Romantic comedy<ref name="genre"/>|Science fiction<ref name="genre"/>}}<!-- Note: Use and cite reliable sources to identify genre/s, not personal interpretation. Please don't include more than three genres (per MOS:A&M). --> | creator = }} {{Infobox animanga/Print | type = manga | author = Kozueko Morimoto | publisher = Shueisha | publisher_en = | imprint = Margaret Comics | magazine = Cocohana | first = November 28, 2011 | last = December 27, 2021 | volumes = 16 | volume_list = }} {{Infobox animanga/Video | type = drama | director = | producer = | writer = | music = | studio = | licensee = | network = NHK | network_en = | first = September 23, 2017 | last = December 16, 2017 | episodes = 12 | episode_list = }} {{Infobox animanga/Video | type = live tv film | title = Ashi Girl SP: Chō Jikū Rabukome Futatabi | director = | producer = | writer = | music = | studio = | licensee = | network = NHK | network_en = | released = {{Start date|2018|12|24}} | runtime = }} {{Infobox animanga/Print | type = manga | title = Tama no Koshi Ire: Ashi-Girl Season 2 | author = Kozueko Morimoto | publisher = Shueisha | publisher_en = | imprint = Margaret Comics | magazine = Cocohana | first = February 28, 2023 | last = | volumes = 4 | volume_list = }} {{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{Nihongo|'''''Ashi-Girl'''''|アシガール|Ashigāru}} is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kozueko Morimoto. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''josei'' manga magazine ''Cocohana'' from November 2011 to December 2021. A live-action television drama adaptation aired from September to December 2017.
==Synopsis== Yui Hayakawa is a lazy, underperforming student whose only talent is her leg strength. One day, she suddenly gets transported in time to the Sengoku period due to accidentally falling in her brother Takeru's time machine.
==Media== ===Manga=== Written and illustrated by Kozueko Morimoto, ''Ashi-Girl'' began serialization in the first-ever issue of Shueisha's ''Cocohana'' ''josei'' manga magazine released on November 28, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Shueisha's Cocohana Magazine Manga Lineup Revealed|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-11-28/lineup-revealed-for-shueisha-cocohana-magazine|website=Anime News Network|date=November 28, 2011|access-date=April 12, 2024}}</ref> It ended serialization on December 27, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「アシガール」新婚編がココハナで完結、4月号から森本梢子の新連載|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/459603|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|website=Comic Natalie|date=December 27, 2021|access-date=April 14, 2024|language=ja}}</ref> The series' chapters were collected into sixteen {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes from July 25, 2012, to February 25, 2022.<ref name="vol1"/><ref name="vol16"/>
A sequel manga titled, ''Tama ni Koshi Ire: Ashi-Girl Season 2'' began serialization in the same magazine on February 28, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cayanan|first=Joanna|title=Kozueko Morimoto's Janomenome Manga Goes on Hiatus, Ashi-Girl Season 2 Manga Launches|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-01-02/kozueko-morimoto-janomenome-manga-goes-on-hiatus-ashi-girl-season-2-manga-launches/.193517|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 14, 2024|date=January 2, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「アシガール」シーズン2がココハナで開幕！唯の弟・尊の一人娘が主人公|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/514648|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|website=Comic Natalie|date=February 28, 2023|access-date=April 14, 2024|language=ja}}</ref> The sequel's chapters have been collected into four {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes as of October 24, 2025.<ref name="sequel-vol4"/>
====Volumes==== {{Graphic novel list/header | OneLanguage = yes | Width = 72% }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 1 | RelDate = July 25, 2012<ref name="vol1">{{cite web|script-title=ja:アシガール 1|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-846807-5|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=April 13, 2024|language=ja}}</ref> | ISBN = 978-4-08-846807-5 }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 2 | RelDate = February 25, 2013<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:アシガール 2|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-845003-2|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=April 14, 2024|language=ja}}</ref> | ISBN = 978-4-08-845003-2 }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 3 | RelDate = October 25, 2013<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:アシガール 3|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-845117-6|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=April 14, 2024|language=ja}}</ref> | ISBN = 978-4-08-845117-6 }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 4 | RelDate = May 23, 2014<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:アシガール 4|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-845218-0|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=April 14, 2024|language=ja}}</ref> | ISBN = 978-4-08-845218-0 }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 5 | RelDate = January 23, 2015<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:アシガール 5|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-845338-5|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=April 14, 2024|language=ja}}</ref> | ISBN = 978-4-08-845338-5 }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 6 | RelDate = August 25, 2015<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:アシガール 6|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-845436-8|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=April 14, 2024|language=ja}}</ref> | ISBN = 978-4-08-845436-8 }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 7 | RelDate = April 25, 2016<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:アシガール 7|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-845558-7|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=April 14, 2024|language=ja}}</ref> | ISBN = 978-4-08-845558-7 }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 8 | RelDate = December 22, 2016<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:アシガール 8|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-845689-8|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=April 14, 2024|language=ja}}</ref> | ISBN = 978-4-08-845689-8 }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 9 | RelDate = September 25, 2017<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:アシガール 9|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-845814-4|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=April 14, 2024|language=ja}}</ref> | ISBN = 978-4-08-845814-4 }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 10 | RelDate = April 25, 2018<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:アシガール 10|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-844029-3|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=April 14, 2024|language=ja}}</ref> | ISBN = 978-4-08-844029-3 }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 11 | RelDate = August 24, 2018<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:アシガール 11|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-844089-7|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=April 14, 2024|language=ja}}</ref> | ISBN = 978-4-08-844089-7 }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 12 | RelDate = February 25, 2019<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:アシガール 12|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-844175-7|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=April 14, 2024|language=ja}}</ref> | ISBN = 978-4-08-844175-7 }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 13 | RelDate = September 25, 2019<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:アシガール 13|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-844249-5|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=April 14, 2024|language=ja}}</ref> | ISBN = 978-4-08-844249-5 }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 14 | RelDate = April 24, 2020<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:アシガール 14|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-844331-7|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=April 14, 2024|language=ja}}</ref> | ISBN = 978-4-08-844331-7 }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 15 | RelDate = December 24, 2020<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:アシガール 15|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-844433-8|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=April 14, 2024|language=ja}}</ref> | ISBN = 978-4-08-844433-8 }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 16 | RelDate = February 25, 2022<ref name="vol16">{{cite web|script-title=ja:アシガール 16|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-844518-2|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=April 14, 2024|language=ja}}</ref> | ISBN = 978-4-08-844518-2 }} {{Graphic novel list/footer}}
====''Tama no Koshi Ire: Ashi-Girl Season 2''==== {{Graphic novel list/header | OneLanguage = yes | Width = 72% }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 1 | RelDate = October 25, 2023<ref name="sequel-vol1">{{cite web|script-title=ja:たまのこしいれ ―アシガールEDO― 1|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-844840-4|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=April 14, 2024|language=ja}}</ref> | ISBN = 978-4-08-844840-4 }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 2 | RelDate = June 25, 2024<ref name="sequel-vol2">{{cite web|script-title=ja:たまのこしいれ ―アシガールEDO― 2|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-843026-3|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=October 9, 2024|language=ja}}</ref> | ISBN = 978-4-08-843026-3 }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 3 | RelDate = February 25, 2025<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:たまのこしいれ ―アシガールEDO― 3|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-843108-6|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=December 17, 2024|language=ja}}</ref> | ISBN = 978-4-08-843108-6 }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 4 | RelDate = October 24, 2025<ref name="sequel-vol4">{{cite web|script-title=ja:たまのこしいれ ―アシガールEDO― 4|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-843191-8|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=August 17, 2025|language=ja}}</ref> | ISBN = 978-4-08-843191-8 }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 5 | RelDate = July 24, 2026<ref name="sequel-vol5">{{cite web|script-title=ja:たまのこしいれ ―アシガールEDO― 5|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-843283-0|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=May 19, 2026|language=ja}}</ref> | ISBN = 978-4-08-843283-0 }} {{Graphic novel list/footer}}
===Drama=== A 12-episode live-action television drama adaptation was announced on May 17, 2017. The drama aired on NHK from September 23 to December 16, 2017. The series starred Yuina Kuroshima as Yui Hayakawa and Kentarō as Tadakiyo Hagikuhachirō.<ref>{{cite web|first=Karen|last=Ressler|title=Kozueko Morimoto's Ashi-Girl Time Travel Manga Gets Live-Action TV Series|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-05-17/kozueko-morimoto-ashi-girl-time-travel-manga-gets-live-action-tv-series/.116225|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 14, 2024|date=May 17, 2017}}</ref>
A sequel television special was announced in February 2018.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Ashi-Girl Manga Gets Sequel Live-Action TV Special|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-02-18/ashi-girl-manga-gets-sequel-live-action-tv-special/.127944|website=Anime News Network|date=February 18, 2018|access-date=April 14, 2024}}</ref> The special premiered on NHK on December 24, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ドラマ「アシガール」続編は12月24日放送、森本梢子も「シャッ!!!」|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/296315|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|website=Comic Natalie|date=August 21, 2018|access-date=April 14, 2024|language=ja}}</ref>
===Other media=== A musical stage reading adaptation was announced on June 28, 2023. Three performances were held at the TOYUSU PIT Theatre in Tokyo between August 5–6, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「アシガール」8月に東京で音楽朗読劇化、タイムスリップラブコメを朗読と生バンドで|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/530507|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|website=Comic Natalie|date=June 28, 2023|access-date=April 14, 2024|language=ja}}</ref> The reading featured the performances of Miyu Honda and Ayako Konno as Yui Hayakawa, Toshiki Masuda, Miku Fukahori, and Takuya Kusakawa as Tadakiyo Hagikuhachirō, Hiromu Mineta, Yuuki Shin and Shūichirō Umeda as Takeru Hayakawa, Yuka Ozaki and Makoto Koichi as Ako Matsumaru, and Kentarō Kumagai, Seiichiro Yamashita and Tatsumaru Tachibana as Nariyuki Hagi.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:朗読劇「アシガール」追加キャスト9人一挙解禁、森本梢子のコメントも|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/532527|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|website=Comic Natalie|date=July 12, 2023|access-date=April 14, 2024|language=ja}}</ref>
==Reception== By February 2022, the series had 4 million copies in circulation.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:森本梢子「アシガール」完結巻、くらもちふさことのコラボマンガも収録|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/467094|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|website=Comic Natalie|date=February 25, 2022|access-date=April 14, 2024|language=ja}}</ref>
==See also== *''Gokusen'', another manga series by Kozueko Morimoto *''Kōdai-ke no Hitobito'', another manga series by Kozueko Morimoto
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website|https://cocohana.shueisha.co.jp/story/morimoto/ashigirl/|Official manga website}} {{in lang|ja}} *[https://www2.nhk.or.jp/archives/movies/?id=D0009050819_00000 Official drama website] {{in lang|ja}} *{{Official website|https://www.nhk-ep.com/special/ashigirl|Official special website}} {{in lang|ja}} *{{Anime News Network|manga|19631}}
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