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Shomin Sample (庶民サンプル) is an anime television series adapted from the light novels of the same title by Takafumi Nanatsuki. The opening theme is "Ichizu Recipe" by Idol College, while the ending theme is "Twilight ni Kienaide" by Yumi Hara. The series follows the life of Kimito Kagurazaka, a high school student who has been kidnapped by an all girls elite school. He is brought there in order to teach the innocent girls there whom have no contact with the outside world the ways of a "commoner".
Episode list
| No. | Title | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Welcome, Commoner" Transliteration: "Yōkoso shomin" (Japanese: ようこそ庶民) | October 7, 2015 (2015-10-07) | |
| High school student Kimito Kagurazaka is abruptly kidnapped from school by extremely muscular men and deposited at the Seikan School for girls. He learns from Head Maid Miyuki Kojo that the school is a well-kept secret academy for the daughters of extremely wealthy families. However, due to being cut off from the realities of the outside world, many of their students become antisocial shut-ins upon graduation. Kimito has been selected as the school's first-ever gay male student or Shomin Sample to remedy this. However, there is a problem, not only is Kimito not gay, he has a fetish for women's thighs. Therefore, to preserve the purity of the female students, Kimito must either masquerade as a gay man with a muscle fetish or face the wrath of Head Maid Miyuki and her giant scissors. Upon entering the classroom, Kimito meets trendy student Reiko Arisugawa and extremely naïve and antisocial student Aika Tenkubashi with whom he forms the first "Commoners Club." | |||
| 2 | "Reiko Is Who We Wish to Be Like" Transliteration: "Reiko-sama wa watashi-tachi no akogare desu wa" (Japanese: 麗子様は私たちの憧れですわ) | October 14, 2015 (2015-10-14) | |
| Kimito is abruptly awoken from sleep by Miyuki, who professes her wish that he had never woken up. Many of the girls in his class are extremely impressed with his commoner ways, including cell phones, handheld games, athletic abilities, and "commoner food," i.e. Ramen. During a welcoming party in his honour Kimito manages to waltz with Reiko without embarrassing himself. Aika is introduced to manga for the first time and falls for Kimito's prank, where she becomes convinced she has the ability to freeze time, during which she not only flashes Kimito her panties but almost kisses him. Later, following a naked accident in the shower, Reiko becomes convinced she must now marry Kimito, an idea she finds most appealing. | |||
| 3 | "It Was Like the Garden of Eden" Transliteration: "Eden no sono tte kanji datta" (Japanese: エデンの園ってカンジだった) | October 21, 2015 (2015-10-21) | |
| Kimito learns that his parents had been heavily bribed to allow him to attend Seikan. He later stumbles upon youthful-looking student Hakua Shiodome who strips naked while scribbling scientific notes on a statue. Following a ramen meal in his room, Hakua begins to strip once again, where Aika gets the wrong idea. Kimito returns Hakua to her laboratory, where he learns not only is Hakua as old as he is, she is a super genius and is now very attached to him, to the delight of her maids. Kimito meets the entomophobic katana-wielding martial artist Karen Jinryo who, through a misunderstanding, is defeated by Kimito in a naked duel. She swears loyalty as his slave until she becomes strong enough to kill him and joins the commoners club, where she becomes strangely interested in Hakua and the idea of selfies. | |||
| 4 | "The Tea Party Incident" Transliteration: "O-chakai jiken" (Japanese: お茶会事件) | October 28, 2015 (2015-10-28) | |
| Reiko invites Kimito to a tea party in her room, but he declines as he already had plans with Aika. This later causes Reiko to uncharacteristically shout at her friends, upsetting them. Meanwhile, Kimito helps Aika plan a "commoners party" so Aika can make friends. Hakua helps by providing free cell phones she helped design so everyone in the class can text each other. However, on learning of Reiko's plight, Aika secretly allows Reiko to host the party to apologize to her friends. When Kimito tells Reiko about Aika's plan, she gets upset and argues with Aika about her antisocial behavior and they get into fight. Kimito tries to stop them, but Aika throws a pillow at him. She and Reiko both stop fighting after Aika realizes what she did and they put their differences aside. Reiko and Hakua officially join the Commoners Club. Miyuki is not impressed to find four girls in Kimito's room, and Kimito has to act quickly to avoid the giant scissors. | |||
| 5 | "Just Friends" Transliteration: "Tomodachi dake" (Japanese: 友達だけ) | November 4, 2015 (2015-11-04) | |
| Kimito's childhood friend, selfish teen idol Eri Hanae, who originally lied about Kimito's sexual preferences, angrily wonders where Kimito has vanished to. Kimito wakes up to find Hakua asleep naked in his bed. While teaching her how to cook potato cakes, she once again strips naked while scribbling notes on the wall. Following a game of riddles which Hakua is surprisingly bad at, Kimito returns her to her lab, after which Hakua is embarrassed when Kimito sees she has a plushie of him on her bed. Meanwhile, the other girls, jealous of how close Hakua is to Kimito, attempt to become closer to Hakua so she spends less time with Kimito. Later, Reiko and Aika read manga together in Kimito's room before an accident with a soft drink that requires them to strip down to their underwear. A fight breaks out just in time for Kimito to witness the two girls on his bed together in their underwear. He quickly flees from the room, as Aika desperately tries to clear up the misunderstanding. | |||
| 6 | "Step Outside" Transliteration: "Omote ni dero" (Japanese: 表に出ろ) | November 11, 2015 (2015-11-11) | |
| To help their students get used to commoner life, Seikan takes everybody to the specially built Shomin Land that contains a fake commoner city street complete with shops and restaurants where the girls can learn such things as crossing the road and ordering food at a counter. Despite Kimito noticing numerous things wrong with the fake setting, he uses it as another chance for Aika to become popular. Elsewhere, Hakua is upset to learn Kimito has gone on the trip and cannot spend the day with her. | |||
| 7 | "The Tsun-Pure In Her Element" Transliteration: "Tsunpyua-san no honryō" (Japanese: ツンピュアさんの本領) | November 18, 2015 (2015-11-18) | |
| Whilst still on the school trip, Aika has become extremely popular due to her knowledge of commoner culture. Meanwhile, Kimito, realising Karen is secretly afraid of his fighting skills, manages to convince her to try on some revealing clothes she secretly likes. Karen is shocked to learn Kimito finds her attractive. Reiko and Aika become closer as friends. The next day, Kimito is again awoken by Miyuki, who wishes he had not woken up. Kimito attends an outdoor bath only to realise Aika and her new friends also wish to bathe. Kimito is forced to hide underwater in a spot Aika finds a little embarrassing. Finding that Kimito has almost drowned, Aika desperately uses the kiss of life, spawning a rumour that they are dating, which Karen is not happy about. Back at Seikan, it is revealed Head Maid Miyuki has been waking Kimito every morning with a kiss, the real reason she wishes he would stay asleep. | |||
| 8 | "Aika-sama Has a Lot of Friends" Transliteration: "Aika-sama wa tomodachi ga ōi" (Japanese: 愛佳様は友達が多い) | November 25, 2015 (2015-11-25) | |
| Kimito introduces Aika to a fortune telling game on his cell phone. Now obsessed with such games, the girls compete to find out which of them would be best suited to one day marry Kimito. To everyone's surprise, Karen and Kimito are given a 100% relationship rating. The next day Kimito is once more awoken by Miyuki, who reacts rather aggressively when he asks if his alarm can wake him in the future. Karen invites Kimito to her room on the pretext of repairing a shirt she damages on purpose. Upon entering her room, Karen immediately changes into the revealing clothes Kimito had earlier complimented. As the two become closer, they are almost discovered by the others, forcing both Karen and Kimito to hide in the closet, where Kimito gets closer than he ever dreamed to Karen's thighs. However, they are soon discovered, and Kimito is quick to scramble for an explanation. | |||
| 9 | "Kagurazaka-sama Is Here" Transliteration: "Kagurazaka-sama ga kiteru no yo" (Japanese: 神楽坂様が来てるのよっ) | December 2, 2015 (2015-12-02) | |
| Kimito introduces the girls to the concept of a Maid café, which confuses the girls who are used to being surrounded by maids daily. To better understand, the girls dress as maids and attempt to serve Kimito in the role of a café customer. It appears to be a success until Reiko attempts to sing. Hakua, depressed over her poor compatibility rating with Kimito, invites him to spend the day with her so he can get to know her better, much to the delight of her maids who come up with numerous ways of bringing the two closer together. However, their plans are brought to a swift end with the arrival of Miyuki. Nevertheless, the other maids celebrate having brought Hakua and Kimito closer together. | |||
| 10 | "I've Been Curious About This For a While, But What is Gets?" Transliteration: "Mae kara ki ni natteitan dakedo, gettsu tte nan'na no?" (Japanese: 前から気になっていたんだけど、ゲッツってなんなの？) | December 9, 2015 (2015-12-09) | |
| Kimito's attempt to pull a prank on the naïve Aika results in a new fad spreading throughout the entire school, which, due to the students being cut off from popular culture, could last for up to ten years. Kimito has an accidental encounter with Miyuki's panties. Reiko later overhears Kimito on the phone with one of his friends and deduces that Kimito misses being able to socialize with other men and may try to leave Seikan. To remedy this, the girls decide to act more manly so he won't leave. Kimito assures them he never planned to leave; he just misses his old friends. | |||
| 11 | "Is This Not the Sky That Kimito-sama Was Looking At?" Transliteration: "Kimito-sama no miteita sora wa kō de wa arimasen no?" (Japanese: 公人様の見ていた空はこうではありませんの？) | December 16, 2015 (2015-12-16) | |
| Reiko and Kimito share a pleasant moment together in the classroom. Later both Reiko and Kimito are summoned to a meeting with Reiko's mother, Hoko, and brother, Masaomi, who is revealed to have a major sister complex and shows an immediate dislike of how close Kimito is to Reiko. Reiko's mother informs Reiko that she has arranged for her to marry the son of one of her business associates, and she is to leave Seikan immediately to attend a meeting with her future husband. Kimito and the girls are devastated at the news, but feel they cannot interfere. However, they find an ally in Masaomi, who, for obvious reasons, also does not want Reiko to get married. He arranges to smuggle them out of the academy grounds in his car to stop the meeting. | |||
| 12 | "Inexperienced Though I Am, Please Accept Me Forever" Transliteration: "Futsutsuka-mono desu ga, suenagaku onegai itashimasu" (Japanese: 不束者ですが、末永くお願い致します) | December 23, 2015 (2015-12-23) | |
| Kimito, Karen, Aika, Hakua, and Masaomi arrive at the meeting place, which is heavily guarded. Karen immediately deals with the front gates and the guards while Masaomi faces off with his martial arts instructor, Takemiya. Kimito, Hakua, and Aika head inside, where Hakua hacks the security system. Kimito and Aika, with help from the maids and the muscle men, make it to the room where the meeting is taking place. Kimito pleads with Reiko's mother to call off the meeting. Inspired by Kimito's words, Reiko refuses to get married, even though she would be disowned from her family and no longer able to attend Seikan. However, as Kimito promises he will take care of her instead, the marriage is called off, and Reiko is allowed to attend Seikan. However, Kimito's promise is taken as a marriage proposal, and he is now engaged to Reiko. Reiko's mother promises to let them get married but only so she can make his life hell every day until he divorces her. Back at Seikan, Kimito apologizes for the misunderstanding, and normal club activities resume as Kimito's bedroom descends once more into chaos. | |||
References
- "Ojō-sama Gakkō ni 'Shomin Sample' Toshite Gets-rareta Ken Anime's 3rd Promo Previews Opening Theme". Anime News Network. October 6, 2015.
External links
- Official website (anime) (in Japanese)
- Shomin Sample at Funimation
- Shomin Sample (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia