ronin who failed college examinations twice. His life changes, however, when he meets several girls with special powers called "Sekirei", and is dragged into a battle to decide the fate of the world.
Sekirei
The first volume of the Sekirei manga released on June 25, 2005. セキレイ Genre
Action ,
Fantasy , [1]
Harem [2][3] Manga Written by
Sakurako Gokurakuin Published by
Square Enix English publisher
NA
Yen Press Demographic
Seinen Magazine
Young Gangan Original run
December 3, 2004 – August 21, 2015 Volumes
18 ( List of volumes ) Anime television series Directed by
Keizō Kusakawa Written by
Takao Yoshioka Music by
Hiroaki Sano Studio
Seven Arcs Licensed by
NA
Funimation Entertainment
UK
Manga Entertainment Original network
Chiba TV , KBS Kyoto ,
Nagoya Broadcasting Network
, Sun TV , Tokyo MX ,
TV Hokkaido, TV Kanagawa, TV Saitama , AT-X , TVQ English network
US
Funimation Channel Original run
July 2, 2008 –
September 17, 2008 Episodes
12 + OVA ( List of episodes ) Anime television series Sekirei: Pure Engagement Directed by
Keizō Kusakawa Produced by
Hideo Tatsumaka Written by
Takao Yoshioka Music by
Hiroaki Sano Studio
Seven Arcs Licensed by
NA
Funimation Entertainment
UK
Manga Entertainment Original network
AT-X, KBS Kyoto, Nagoya Broadcasting Network, Sun TV, Tokyo MX, TV Hokkaido, TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting English network
US
Funimation Channel Original run
July 4, 2010 –
September 26, 2010 Episodes
13 + OVA ( List of episodes ) Anime and Manga portal
Plot
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See also: List of Sekirei characters
In Tokyo known as Shinto Teito (新東帝都 Shintō Teito , "New Eastern Imperial Capital") in the year 2020, 19-year-old Minato Sahashi is extremely intelligent, yet due to his inability to cope under pressure has failed the college entrance exam twice.
One day, Minato meets a girl named Musubi , who literally falls from the sky. Minato soon learns that she is a "Sekirei" who chose him as her "Ashikabi", one of the mysterious set of humans that have the genetic trait who can make a contract - by kissing - with the Sekirei. This binds the Sekirei to him and allows them to use their full power in elimination battles with other Sekirei. Made up of 108 cute girls, buxom women, and bishōnen , the Sekirei fight in a competition known as the "Sekirei Plan" organized by Hiroto Minaka , the chairman and founder of the mysterious and powerful MBI Corporation.
Minato soon learns that being the partner of a girl is not all fun and games, especially when several other Sekirei choose him as their Ashikabi, each also forming a contract with him. Now, Minato must find a way to survive both the life-threatening battles of the Sekirei Plan and his partners' fierce competition for him.
Terminology
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Sekirei
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Sekirei (鶺鴒 lit. Wagtail) are superpowered beings with a different code similar to a human's. The Sekirei spaceship crashed on Earth in 1999 on Kamikura Island
(神座島 Kamikura-jima ), and was found by two students, Hiroto Minaka (future MBI chairman) and Takami Sahashi (future MBI head researcher and Minato's mother). On board, the pair had found 108 life-forms, described as "One pillar and 107 baby birds". [4][5]
The first of them (a pillar, shown as #00, [6] later renumbered and known as #01 Miya) was an adult.
Eight (later known as #02–09) were embryos , also known as the "Single Numbers".
99 others (later known as #10–108) were fertilized eggs .
The adult and the eight embryos are also known as the "Single Numbers". It is hinted that unwinged Single Numbers are equal or even more powerful than their winged counterparts. [7] All of the Sekirei had used adjustments for the Sekirei Plan, especially the Single Numbers. The adjustments had been used not only for making Sekirei stronger, but also for controlling and strengthening their power. Each Sekirei has a Norito (祝詞, lit. "Incantations"), a unique ability that allows them to perform powerful attacks. In order to use the Norito, a Sekirei must be kissed by their Ashikabi[8] prior to reciting it. Sekirei that are under the same Ashikabi can also merge their techniques in order to create more powerful techniques. This puts most Ashikabi at a disadvantage, as only a few Ashikabi possess more than one Sekirei.
Ashikabi
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Ashikabi (葦牙) are humans with unique genes that enable them to empower the Sekirei destined to serve them. Through mucous contact (kissing) between a Sekirei and its Ashikabi, a Sekirei without wings can become a "winged" Sekirei. Unlike Sekirei, who are mostly buxom women or handsome young men, Ashikabi can be quite innocuous as they can appear in any gender, age, and even status. In the series, the power of an Ashikabi can be determined not only by the number of Sekirei he or she has in his or her disposal, but by the bond between them. As the Sekirei fight escalates, five Ashikabi in particular, ascend as the favorites to win the Sekirei Fight, each having winged at least three Sekirei. One of them is Natsuo Ichinomi, the leader of the Disciplinary Squad, while each one of the four others control a different area in the city; Minato Sahashi from
