Cyclops Shōjo Saipu (Japanese: サイクロプス少女さいぷ～, Hepburn: Saikuropusu Shōjo Saipū, "Cyclops Girl Saipu" or "Cyclops Girl Cypu") is a Japanese yonkoma manga series written and illustrated by Yasu Tora. It first appeared in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump as various one-shot chapters from November 2010 to March 2011 and was then regularly serialized in the magazine from July 2011 to September 2014. Shueisha compiles them into four tankōbon volumes. It was adapted into an original net animation (ONA) in 2013. The manga focuses on the adventures of a middle school girl named Fuuka Saitou known for her height and hair that covered her left eye, earning her the nickname "Saipu" (based on cyclopes).
| Cyclops Shōjo Saipu | |
 Cover of the first volume of Cyclops Shōjo Saipu manga featuring Fuuka Saitou | |
| サイクロプス少女さいぷ～ (Saikuropusu Shōjo Saipū) | |
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| Genre | Comedy[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yasu Tora |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Magazine | Weekly Young Jump |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | July 7, 2011 – September 25, 2014 |
| Volumes | 4 |
| Original net animation | |
| Released | March 12, 2013 – May 30, 2013 |
| Runtime | 2–3 minutes |
| Episodes | 12 |
Plot
editFuuka Saitou, a middle school student known for her nickname "Saipu", has a brother complex towards her brother Hikaru. The story follows their daily lives as she tries to gain his affection through perverted ways.
Characters
edit- Fuuka Saitou (斎藤 楓香, Saitō Fūka)
- Voiced by: Mai Nakahara
- Fuuka Saitou is a 14-year-old girl in her second year of junior high (8th grade).[2] Because of her 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) stature and peekaboo bangs hairstyle, she is nicknamed "Saipu" (さいぷ), shorten for cyclops (サイクロプス, saikuropusu) from Greek and Roman mythology.[1] Two years before the start of the series, when she was shorter than her brother Hikaru, Fuuka makes a promise that she would grow up and marry him.Ch. 1 She has a strong brother complex and is extremely sensitive and jealous of any female affections directed towards him. Fuuka often cosplays as girls that Hikaru likedCh. 11, 22, 35 and teases him with perverted innuendos, although some situations turn out to be innocent wordplay.Ch. 1, 2 She is admired by everyone for her model-like figure; she also is a resourceful cook and has excellent grades. When asked the reason for hiding her left eye, Fuuka replies that it hid a dark power.Ch. 35
- Hikaru Saitou (斎藤 光, Saitō Hikaru)
- Voiced by: Kengo Takanashi
- Hikaru Saitou is Fuuka's older brother and the object of her affection; he is a first-year university student currently living at home with his younger sister. He is the shortest at 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[3] in his family and has to regularly fend off her teases and advances,Ch. 1 as well as others in the series. When Fuuka acted cold on him the other day, Hikaru becomes flustered.Ch. 41, 42
Fuuka has several female classmates that she regularly hangs out with: Rin (りん) (voiced by Saki Fujita), who wears pigtails, is strongly perverted that her other classmates often ignore her comments;Ch. 5, 7, 16 Nacchan (なつ, Natsu) (voiced by Kahoru Sasajima), acts as the straight-man as she retorts Rin's perverted comments;Ch. 2, 39 Class Representative, who wears glasses and braids and secretly crushes on Fuuka;Ch. 2 and Kamiji, a tall girl with short hair who gives off a cool attitude like a delinquent, but is actually soft-spoken and rather self-conscious.Ch. 3
Other recurring characters include: the Saitou parents, who approve of Fuuka's brother complex; Hikaru's college radio club friends Sato and Suzuki,Ch. 6, 9 and their flirtatious president Eri, the last of whom causes Fuuka to be extremely jealous;Ch. 29 their cousins Akari and Souta Haruno, who conspire to split them apart;Ch. 12 and their neighbors the Yamakuras.Ch. 24
Media
editManga
editCyclops Shōjo Saipu, written and illustrated by Yasu Tora, debuted as a series of one-shots in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump from November 18, 2010, to March 24, 2011.[4][5] It was then regularly serialized in the magazine from July 7, 2011, to September 25, 2014.[6][7] Shueisha has compiled its chapters into four tankōbon volumes, released from May 18, 2012, to November 19, 2014.[8][9]
Volume list
edit| No. | Release date | ISBN | ||
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| 1 | May 18, 2012[8] | 978-4-08-879331-3 | ||
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| 2 | March 19, 2013[10] | 978-4-08-879538-6 | ||
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| 3 | January 17, 2014[11] | 978-4-08-879737-3 | ||
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| 4 | November 19, 2014[9] | 978-4-08-890029-2 | ||
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Original net animation
editThe manga was adapted into an original net animation, which was released from March 12 to May 30, 2013.[1] Each episode is about 2–3 minutes long and consists of short gags from the manga.[1][12]
Episode list
edit| No. | Original air date | |
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| 1 | March 12, 2013 | |
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Fuuka Saitou makes a promise from two years ago to marry her brother named Hikaru Saitou once she grows up. Fuuka's popularity in school attracts the attention of Natsu but she shockingly learns from Rin Fujisaki about Fuuka's nickname. Fuuka consumes milk and a banana but her actions make Hikaru uncomfortable. Fuuka bakes a cake for the first time for Hikaru. | ||
| 2 | March 19, 2013 | |
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Fuuka and Hikaru brush teeth together when he noticed her sister's outfit. Hikaru asks Fuuka to stop hugging him since her breasts hit his head. Fuuka keeps on hugging Hikaru as they meet Natsu and Rin. Fuuka boldly tells her classmate about forgetting to wear a bra. | ||
| 3 | March 21, 2013 | |
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Rin makes a sexual innuendo about Fuuka and tent setup during their class' camping trip. Rin later finds a phallic mushroom. Later night, Rin fondles Fuuka's breasts while the latter is sleeping. Fuuka returns home from camping and presents Hikaru the phallic mushroom. | ||
| 4 | March 28, 2013 | |
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Fuuka and Hikaru go to a festival with her classmates. Natsu and Rin then scoops goldfishes while Hikaru watches them. They watch fireworks when she asked him to lay on her lap. Hikaru then notices Fuuka's kimono that revealed her cleavage. | ||
| 5 | April 4, 2013 | |
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Fuuka persuades Hikaru to eat watermelons together. After they ate, Fuuka's full stomach makes her feel pregnant. While looking at her photo album of when she was little, Hikaru notices Fuuka's growing breasts. He also notices how she got taller than him when she reached middle school. | ||
| 6 | April 11, 2013 | |
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During their P.E. class, the boys watch Fuuka in awe with her hair tied in a ponytail. They then imagine the girls in class wearing bloomers. Rin challenges the boys and makes a bet that they could grope Fuuka's breasts if they win. In the end, they lose because they get distracted by Fuuka's breasts during their volleyball match. | ||
| 7 | April 18, 2013 | |
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Fuuka hands over a body soap refill to Hikaru while he is taking a bath and offers to scrub his back as an apology. After she washed Hikaru's back, Fuuka offers to wash his front but she gets dismayed when she found him not getting an erection. After she left, Hikaru reveals how he used his thighs to prevent his erection. | ||
| 8 | April 25, 2013 | |
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Inside a karaoke box, Natsu is left alone by Rin and begins to compare a microphone to the size of a penis. Rin catches Natsu in the act then she begins to sexually tease her and fondles her breasts until Fuuka drops by their booth. | ||
| 9 | May 9, 2013 | |
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Fuuka acts cold towards Hikaru, confusing him. Fuuka drinks milk in front of Hikaru as it drips from her mouth, arousing him. She then calls him a pervert. Fuuka cheerfully greets Hikaru the following morning. | ||
| 10 | May 16, 2013 | |
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It is revealed that Fuuka's cold attitude towards Hikaru was part of her plan to make him fall in love with her but it backfires when he started to avoid her. Fuuka then cryingly apologizes to Hikaru. Their mother watches them after her hugging sexually positioned them. | ||
| 11 | May 23, 2013 | |
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Rin makes Fuuka wear a teacher outfit and starts to fondle her breasts until Natsu stops her. Rin then invites them to her brother's room, where they found pornographic materials. | ||
| 12 | May 30, 2013 | |
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Fuuka becomes depressed when a club president stole Hikaru's first kiss. Rin suggests provoking him to make a move on her instead. | ||
Works cited
edit- ^ "Ch." is shortened form for chapter and refers to a chapter number of the Cyclops Shōjo Saipu manga
References
edit- ^ a b c d Loo, Egan (February 6, 2013). "Cyclops Shōjo Saipū Comedy Manga Gets Web Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
- ^ "Cyclops shojo saipu 2 (Young Jump Comic) [BOOK]". CDJapan. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
- ^ 『サイクロプス少女さいぷ～』WEBアニメ - 週刊ヤングジャンプ公式サイト (in Japanese). Weekly Young Jump. Archived from the original on January 7, 2015. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
- ^ 2010年｜週刊ヤングジャンプ公式サイト. Weekly Young Jump (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
- ^ 2011年｜週刊ヤングジャンプ公式サイト. Weekly Young Jump (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
- ^ "「孤高の人」あと4話で完結！次回より増ページで月イチ連載" ["Lonely Person" is completed in 4 more episodes! Monthly serialization with more pages from next time]. Natalie (in Japanese). July 7, 2011. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
- ^ "高橋ツトム、新人マンガ編集者描く新作をYJで" [Tsutomu Takahashi draws new manga editor at YJ]. Natalie (in Japanese). September 25, 2014. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
- ^ a b サイクロプス少女 さいぷ〜／1｜ 寅ヤス｜ ヤングジャンプコミックス｜BOOKNAVI｜集英社 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on November 26, 2014. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
- ^ a b サイクロプス少女 さいぷ〜／4｜ 寅ヤス｜ ヤングジャンプコミックス｜BOOKNAVI｜集英社 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on November 26, 2014. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
- ^ サイクロプス少女 さいぷ〜／2｜ 寅ヤス｜ ヤングジャンプコミックス｜BOOKNAVI｜集英社 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on November 26, 2014. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
- ^ サイクロプス少女 さいぷ〜／3｜ 寅ヤス｜ ヤングジャンプコミックス｜BOOKNAVI｜集英社 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on November 26, 2014. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
- ^ Loveridge, Lynzee (March 12, 2013). "Cyclops Shōjo Saipū Anime's 1st Episode Streamed". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
External links
edit- Official website (in Japanese)
- Cyclops Shōjo Saipu (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia