Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou!

Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou! (八男って、それはないでしょう！, The 8th son? Are you kidding me?) is a Japanese fantasy light novel series written by Y.A. and illustrated by Fuzichoco. It was serialized online between June 2013 and March 2017 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was acquired by Media Factory, who published the first light novel volume in April 2014 under their MF Books imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Hiroki Kusumoto has been serialized online via Kadokawa Shoten's ComicWalker website since 2015. An anime television series adaptation by Shin-Ei Animation aired from April 2 to June 18, 2020, with an English dubbed Crunchyroll debuted on May 14, 2020.

Synopsis
Ichinomiya Shingo, a 25-year-old man working at a firm company, while thinking of tomorrow's busy working day, goes to sleep. However, when he woke up, he found himself in a room unknown to him and realized that he is inside a 6-year-old body, taking over his body and mind. He soon learns from the memories of the boy that the boy was born as the youngest child of a poor noble family living in a backcountry. Having no administrative skills, he can't do anything to manage the vast land his family has. Fortunately, he is blessed with a very rare talent, the talent of magic. Unfortunately, while his talent could bring prosperity to his family, in his situation it only brought disaster. This is the story of the boy, Wendelin Von Benno Baumeister, opening his own path in a harsh world.

Novel
Hachinan tte, Sore wa Nai Deshō! is written by Y.A. and illustrated by Fuzichoco. The light novels has been published by Media Factory, under their MF Books imprint. Twenty-seven volumes have been released as of December 23, 2022. In Taiwan, a Chinese version has been released by Taiwan Kadokawa.

Manga
A manga adaptation with art by Hiroki Kusumoto has been published online by Kadokawa Shoten's ComicWalker since 2015. As of May 2022, it has been collected in eleven tankōbon volumes. The former began serialization in April 2015. The latter will be serialized from December 2019 to November 2020, and the Kusumoto version will Manga Adaptation of the episode in the Knight Baumeister territory, which is a digest.


 * YA (Original) / Choco Fuji (Character Draft) / Hiroki Kusumoto (Manga) "Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou!" KADOKAWA , 11 volumes already published (as of May 23, 2022)
 * Released on September 19, 2015 - ISBN 978-4-04-067796-5
 * Released on March 22, 2016 - ISBN 978-4-04-068150-4
 * Released on November 21, 2016 - ISBN 978-4-04-068664-6
 * Released July 22, 2017 - ISBN 978-4-04-069257-9
 * Released on March 22, 2018 - ISBN 978-4-04-069696-6
 * Released January 21, 2019 - ISBN 978-4-04-065197-2
 * Released on December 23, 2019 - ISBN 978-4-04-064207-9
 * Released on April 23, 2020 - ISBN 978-4-04-064468-4
 * Released January 22, 2021 - ISBN 978-4-04-680049-7
 * Released September 21, 2021 - ISBN 978-4-04-680807-3
 * Released on May 23, 2022 - ISBN 978-4-04-681386-2


 * YA (Original) / Choco Fuji (Character Draft) / Banirabo (Manga) "Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou! ~The Beginning Story~” KADOKAWA , 2 volumes already published (as of November 21, 2020)
 * Released on March 23, 2020 - ISBN 978-4-04-064474-5
 * Released November 21, 2020 - ISBN 978-4-04-064755-5

TV Anime
An anime adaptation of the series was announced by Media Factory on December 14, 2018. The anime was later confirmed to be a television series, which aired from April 2 to June 18, 2020 on Tokyo MX, BS11, and AT-X. The series is animated by Shin-Ei Animation, with assistance by SynergySP, and is directed by Tatsuo Miura, featuring series composition by Takeshi Miyamoto and character designs by Keiji Tanabe. Minako Sato is composing the series' music. The opening theme is "Jikū no Mayoi Hito" (時空の迷い人, "Space-Time of the Hesitant Person") performed by Demon Kakka and Arika Takarano, while the ending theme is "Tsukiakari Monologue" (月明りのMonologue, "Moonlight Monologue") performed by Akino Arai x AKINO from Bless4. The series' English dub premiered on Crunchyroll on May 14, 2020.

Staff

 * Original - YA
 * Original Planning - Frontier Works
 * Character draft - Fuji Choco
 * Director - Tatsuo Miura
 * Series composition - Takeshi Miyamoto
 * Character design - Kenji Tanabe
 * Color design -Yuko Kanamaru
 * Art Director - Hiroki Matsumoto
 * Cinematographer-Katsuyoshi Kishi
 * Editing - Keiki Miyake
 * Acoustic Director - Koichi Kikuchi
 * Music - Katerina Early Music Ensemble, Minako Seki
 * Music Producer - Yoshimoto Ishikawa
 * Music Production - Flying Dog
 * Producers - Norihiro Kurosawa, Akihiro Narita, Koji Hirokawa, Norifumi Kikushima, Daijiro Morita, Masaki Ito, Seigo Yasuguchi, Toshiyuki Miichi, Mitsuhiro Ogata
 * Animation Producer - Shunichiro Miura
 * Production cooperation - SynergySP
 * Production - Shinei Douga
 * Production - "Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou!" Production Committee

WEB radio/video live program
Web radio station [Radio Tomo], Nico Nico Channel “Yao, that’s not it!” Promotional program channel, YouTube “Yao, that’s not it!” Distributed on the promotional program channel.

CD Drama
On February 24, 2017, "Yao, that's not it! 10.5 Drama CD Booklet” (YMZN-1061) was released.

Cast

 * Wendelin - Takuma Terashima
 * Elise - Saori Hayami
 * Erwin - Showtaro Morikubo
 * Ina - Eriko Matsui
 * Luise - Asami Imai
 * Dog - Yu Sanada

External Link

 * Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou! ─ Web novel at Shōsetsuka ni Narō (in Japanese)
 * Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou! ─ Light Novel Official Website (in Japanese)
 * Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou! Misokkasu ─ Web novel at Shōsetsuka ni Narō (in Japanese)
 * Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou! "Wendelin and Shingo, Encounter" ─ Web novel at Shōsetsuka ni Narō [Extra edition]
 * Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou! ─ Official Manga Website (in Japanese)
 * TV Anime "Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou!" ─ Official Website (in Japanese)
 * TV Anime Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou! Official (@Hachinan_PR) - Twitter
 * Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou! Radio & Raw Official (@hachinan_ch) - Twitter
 * Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou! Game Official (@Hachinan_EL)- Twitter
 * Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou! CD Drama ─ Yomuson Box Website (in Japanese)
 * Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou! ─ Wikipedia (in Japanese)
 * Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou! ─ Wikipedia (in English)

Trivia
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