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Happy World! (ハッピーワールド, Happii
Waarudo
?) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Kenjirou
Takeshita. It was serialized in Shueisha's Ultra Jump. The manga was adapted into
an original video animation by KSS with animation
work done by Zexcs[1].
Plot
Takeshi Ōmura is an average middle schooler cursed with the bad
fortune, as his every day life is a misery; his house burns down,
he steps his hand on dung, he gets chased by a wild dog and all
sorts of activities that ruined his life. One day, he is visited by
an angel with the name of Elle, and she claims that she came down
from the heavens to aid Takeshi in his misfortune. To get rid of
his malediction of bad luck, he places the curse in a small ball
with the help of Elle and throws it out of sight. As Elle leaves
and Takeshi continues his daily life, he finds the ball again and
decides to wait for a person to pick it up. Unfortunately, a young
girl speculates the ball and comes into a path of a moving truck.
Takeshi, realizing that he wouldn't be happy if he didn't save the
girl. He touches the ball and shouting that he would be the
successor of the curse is saved by Elle. The angel transports them
to a backyard of a house and becomes a human (experiencing gravity
and a tangible body). From then on, Elle lives at the Ōmura
household (and adopting the name to her own), and attends Takeshi's
school.
Characters
Main
- Takeshi Ōmura (大村 猛, Ōmura Takeshi
?) is the male protagonist of the
series. Due to his house being burnt, Takeshi lives with his aunt,
Sanae, and cousin, Motoko, who constantly ridicules him. Voiced by: Masashi
Yabe
- Elle Ōmura (大村 エル, Ōmura Eru
?) is an angel who is very naïve and direct in her thoughts. She became
Takeshi's stepsister after changing into a human. Her memory was
erased when she was young after the death of her mother, Ruelle and
the sealing of her sister, Isra to prevent her from turning into a
demon like her sister Isra.Voiced by: Satomi
Hanamura
- Yuria Kasukabe (日下部 ゆりあ, Kasukabe Yuria
?) has constantly poor health since her
birth. Due to her illness, she walks very slowly and is often late
for class. She always carries around a stuffed animal,
which contains her medicines. From the end of 4th volume shes
dating maruyama. Voiced
by: Satomi Kōrogi
Others
- Sanae Ōmura (大村 早苗, Ōmura Sanae
?) is Takeshi's aunt and Motoko's
mother. After Takeshi's house burnt down, she became Takeshi's
guardian. After Elle's appearance as Takeshi's stepsister, she
becomes Elle's guardian as well. She is a shy woman with a complex
about her age and is often seen wearing white. In the manga, she works in an antique
shop. She is mysteriously strong and skilled at fighting. Voiced by: Ai
Uchikawa
- Motoko Eguchi (江口 素子, Eguchi Motoko
?) is Takeshi's tomboy cousin. She often ridicules Takeshi with
erotica journals. Voiced by: Kahoru
Sasajima
- Sisio Maruyama (丸山 獅子, Maruyama Shishi
?) is Takeshi's classmate and friend. He
is the smartest in the class and is rather cocky about it. He is
usually seen roller
skating around school corridors. He always sits behind Takeshi
in class. After Elle's appearance, he tried to molest her but later
turns his attention to Motoko. Voiced by: Thakur
Nagakuni
- Takashi Omura is Takeshi's father and Sanae's
older brother in the manga. He was the "god child" before Takeshi.
He left his son alone at home when he was only 5 years old. His
life became better when he met Ruelle. He is the savior of the
country called Parmekia in the manga and won a Nobel Prize for
world peace.
- Ruelle is an angel that was assigned to take
care of Takashi in the manga. She is also the mother of Takeshi.
She left her daughters Elle and Isra in heaven to take care of
Takashi. She lost her angel power when she give birth to her son
Takeshi. She was killed by one of the guerrila in Parmekia.
- Isra is the eldest daughter of Ruelle in the
manga. She is originally an angel but became a demon when she learn
that her mother had lost her powers and died while in Parmekia. Her
memory was seal using the "Sealing Crown" and send to deep sleep in
the sea.
- Archangel Millael is a First Class, Level 1
angel in the manga. She is the person who is the most powerful
angel in heaven. She was originally being task to take care of
Takashi but instead the task goes Ruelle due to taking care of a
"god child" in Tibet. She was killed by Isra in full demon form.
Her animal form is a white eagle.
- Prayer Omura is the daughter of Elle and
Takeshi in the manga. However, she is not a result of an incest, as she hatched from an angel's egg as a result of an Immaculate Conception. Just she
was adopted by Takeshi.
Media
Manga
Happy World! is written and illustrated by Kenjirou
Takeshita. It was serialized in Shueisha's Ultra Jump, ending the serialisation at
72 chapters. Shueisha published the manga's 11 bound volumes
between February 24, 2001 and July 19, 2006.[2][3]
Volume
listing
| No. |
Release date |
ISBN |
| 1 |
February 24, 2001[3] |
ISBN 978-4-088-76128-2 |
- 1. The Angel Has Come to My Hopeless Self
- 2. Be a Good Girl
- 3. Family Game
- 4. Train, Train
- 5. Ring
- 6. School Heaven
- 7. Runner
- 8. Every Little Thing, Every Precious Thing
|
|
| 2 |
October 24, 2001[4] |
ISBN 978-4-088-76222-7 |
- 9. Looking at Flowers
- 10. Boobies
- 11. Super Fast Spinner!
- 12. The Shadows of Youth
- 13. A Useless Guy
- 14. Fighting Club
- 15. To Win or to Lose
|
|
| 3 |
May 17, 2002[5] |
ISBN 978-4-088-76305-7 |
- 16. To Become a Mangaka
- 17. Angel's Egg
- 18. Bubbles
- 19. Good Morning Baby!
- 20. Your Song is My Song
- 21. Invincible!
- 22. Hell
|
|
| 4 |
November 19, 2002[6] |
ISBN 978-4-088-76373-6 |
- 23. Drifting Classroom
- 24. Demonic Gluttony
- 25. Demonic Kiss
- 26. Demonic Creature
- 27. A Little Love Melody
- 28. My Summer Vacation
- 29. The One and Only Idol
|
|
| 5 |
August 19, 2003[7] |
ISBN 978-4-0887-6482-5 |
- 30. Glass Boy
- 31. One-Night Gigolo
- 32. Bitterness
- 33. Hero - it's the time to become a hero
- 34. Exciting Zoo
- 35. There Friday: Decisive Battle
|
|
| 6 |
February 19, 2004[8] |
ISBN 978-4-088-76575-4 |
- 36. A Festival by 10 People
- 37. Fighting Without Humanity and Justice
- 38. An Area of Shadows
- 39. Cruel Angel's Thesis
- 40. After the Festival
- 41. Play Banned
|
|
| 7 |
June 18, 2004[9] |
ISBN 978-4-088-76632-4 |
- 42. Dream Within a Dream
- 43. The School Block's Cafe
- 44. Being a Guy is Tough
- 45. I Want a Kiss
- 46. Wounded Angel
- 47. She's Not an Angel: Tohma Sariel!!!
|
|
| 8 |
February 18, 2005[10] |
ISBN 978-4-088-76733-8 |
- 48. We're Angels!
- 49. Christmas Love
- 50. Kill Me With Eros
- 51. The Distance of the Stars
- 52. Shooting Stars
- 53. Below the Many Stars
- 54. Orihime and Hikoboshi
|
|
| 9 |
October 18, 2005[11] |
ISBN 978-4-088-76845-8 |
- 55. Let's Search for Fragments of Stars
- 56. Words as a Gift
- 57. Dad Returns
- 58. The Storm-Bringing Man
- 59. God Help Me!
- 60. The Twilight of the Gods
|
|
| 10 |
March 17, 2006[12] |
ISBN 978-4-088-77060-4 |
- 61. Wings, Please!
- 62. Let's Talk About Old Times
- 63. To the Small Ones
- 64. Mother at the Quay
- 65. Full Metal Jacket
- 66. Hell Change
|
|
| 11 |
July 19, 2006[2] |
ISBN 978-4-088-77121-2 |
- 67. You Can't Put it into Words
- 68. The Men's Journey
- 69. At the End of the World
- 70. Even if the World Falls from the Sky...
- 71. Happy World!
- 72. A Happy End
|
|
OVA
Directed by Takashi Ikehata, a 3-episode original video animation was
created by KSS
for Happy World!. The OVA uses two pieces of theme music. "Kami-sama
no Okuri mono ~Naked Angel~" (神様の贈り物〜Naked Angel〜
?) by Millio is the opening theme, while
"Shiawase Biyori" (幸せ日和
?) by Satomi Hanamura is the ending theme. On
August 9, 2002, an animation CD was released for Happy
World!, containing both opening and ending themes.[13] The
first episode was released on a DVD by Happinet Pictures on
December 13, 2002[14] and
on VHS on December 20, 2002.[15] The
second episode was released on DVD on March 28, 2003.[16] The
third episode was released on DVD on June 27, 2003.[17]
Episode
listing
| # |
Title |
Original air date |
| 01 |
"An Angel Came to Me When I
Was Hopeless" |
December 13, 2002 |
| 02 |
"Chase the Chance"
|
March 28, 2003 |
| 03 |
"Over the Rainbow"
|
June 27, 2003 |
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