Shachiku-san wa Yojo Yurei ni Iyasaretai
Movies
Alternate Titles
社畜さんは幼女幽霊に癒されたい。
The Corporate Drone Wants to Be Healed by a Little Ghost Girl
Synopsis
Fushihara-san is a corporate slave working for an exploitative company who, while working late one night, hears an ominous voice telling her to leave. But contrary to her expectation, she is surprised to find that the voice belongs to a cute ghost girl named Yurei-chan! Worried about Fushihara-san’s health, Yurei-chan decides to move in with her to help her relax, and the two begin living together! A heartfelt story about an overworked and overstressed corporate slave and a cute ghost girl who wants to sooth her stress away begins!
Background
Shachiku-san wa Yojo Yurei ni Iyasaretai started as a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Imari Arita that was originally serialized on Twitter beginning in February 2019. In September of that year, it was picked up by Square Enix and began serialization in the shonen manga magazine Monthly Shonen Gangan. As of November 2021, six collected tankobon volumes have been published under the Gangan Comics imprint.
A TV anime adaptation was announced in July 2021 in Monthly Shonen Gangan. It is being produced by animation studio project No.9 and features Ku Minamihara as director, with Deko Akao handling series composition, Haruka Tanaka handling character designs, and Ryunosuke Kasai and Satoshi Hono composing the music. The anime’s opening theme song is "Cherish" by Kaori Ishihara, and the ending theme song is "Kikoeru?" by Maaya Uchida. The anime will premiere in Japan on April 7, 2022 on AT-X and Tokyo MX, and will also be broadcast on BS-NTV and BS-Fuji.
Characters
Yurei-chan (Voiced by: Rina Hidaka)
Yurei-chan is a cute ghost girl who worries about Fushihara-san’s health. She is pure through and through, and she motivates Fushihara-san without even realizing it. At first, she lived at the company Fushihara-san works at, but then she moves in with her and they begin living together.
Fushihara-san (Voiced by: Hisako Kanemoto)
Fushihara-san is a corporate slave working at an exploitative company. She is always saddled with having to work overtime and is always stressed out. She has the ability to see things other people can’t. She has a weakness for cute things, and since becoming aware of Yurei-chan’s existence, she becomes infatuated with her cuteness every day.
Myako (Voiced by: Konomi Kohara)
Myako is a cute black cat that Fushihara-san and Yurei-chan find. She’s actually a bakeneko and is able to take the form of a human. Together with Yurei-chan, she tries hard to help relax Fushihara-san, whom she calls “Master.”
Kurahashi-san (Voiced by: Maaya Uchida)
Kurahashi-san is a woman who lives next door to Fushihara-san. She seems to be an illustrator who works from home. She is quick to complain, to Lily’s dismay.
Lily (Voiced by: Kaori Ishihara)
Lily is a cute maid ghost girl living in Kurahashi-san’s house. Unlike the slovenly Kurahashi-san, she takes care of all the housework. Though she can get fed up with her, she loves Kurahashi-san.
Shino (Voiced by: Ikumi Hasegawa)
Shino is Fushihara-san’s junior at work.
Ryoko (Voiced by: Kana Asumi)
Ryoko is one of Fushihara-san’s coworkers.
Kaori (Voiced by: Marina Inoue)
Kaori is Fushihara-san’s friend.
Kon (Voiced by: Sayaka Kaneko)
Kon is a fox spirit and one of Miko-chan’s two attendants who can transform into a young boy whose left eye is covered.
Konta (Voiced by: Shu Natani)
Konta is a fox spirit and the other of Miko-chan’s two attendants who can transform into a young boy whose right eye is covered.
Miko-chan (Voiced by: Yui Ogura)
Miko-chan is a self-described “Oni Miko Goddess” who, despite her appearance, is over 800 years old and has an oni horn and fox tail.
Music
- Opening Theme Song: "Cherish" by Kaori Ishihara
- Ending Theme Song: "Kikoeru?" by Maaya Uchida
Official Links
- Anime Site (Japanese)
- Twitter (Japanese)
Staff
- Original Creator: Imari Arita
- Director: Ku Minamihara
- Series Composition: Deko Akao
- Character Design: Haruka Tanaka
- Sound Director: Yayoi Tateishi
- Sound Production: Bit Grooove Promotion
- Music: Ryunosuke Kasai, Satoshi Hono
- Music Production: Pony Canyon, APDREAM
- Production: Dream Shift
- Animation Production: project No.9