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D-Frag! | |
ディーふらぐ! (Dīfuragu!) | |
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Genre | Harem, comedy |
Manga | |
Written by | Tomoya Haruno |
Published by | Media Factory |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Monthly Comic Alive |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | July 26, 2008 – present |
Volumes | 18 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Seiki Sugawara |
Written by | Makoto Uezu |
Music by | Nijine |
Studio | Brain's Base |
Licensed by | Crunchyroll[a] |
Original network | TV Tokyo, TVA, TVO, AT-X |
English network | |
Original run | January 6, 2014 – March 24, 2014 |
Episodes | 12 + OVA |
D-Frag! (Japanese: ディーふらぐ!, Hepburn: Dīfuragu!), also known as D-Fragments, is a comedic manga series by Tomoya Haruno that began serialization in Media Factory's Monthly Comic Alive in July 2008. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Brain's Base aired from January 6 to March 24, 2014.[1]
The story focuses on a semi-connected series of sketches as delinquent student Kenji Kazama is forced into joining his school's struggling "Game Creation Club" (Game Development Club in the Seven Seas translation) by its members, a quartet of crazy women with their own eccentricities and self-proclaimed elemental affinities that drive him crazy. As he attempts to distance himself from the club, the more he seems to run into not only his fellow club members, but others from his school who drive him insane to different degrees.
Most main characters' names are reference to railway stations in Tokyo, particularly Keiō Line. Some main character's first names, like Takao's and Funabori's, are not yet revealed.[2]
Written and illustrated by Tomoya Haruno, the manga began serialization in Media Factory's Monthly Comic Alive in July 2008. The chapters are being collected and released in the tankōbon format by Media Factory. As of November 2023, eighteen volumes were released. Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed the manga.[8]
No. | Title | Original release date | North American release date | ||
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1 | D-Frag! 01 ディーふらぐ! 01 | February 23, 2009[9] 978-4-8401-2533-8 | August 5, 2014[10] 978-1-62692-070-5 | ||
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2 | D-Frag! 02 ディーふらぐ! 02 | October 23, 2009[11] 978-4-8401-2929-9 | September 23, 2014[10] 978-1-62692-071-2 | ||
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3 | D-Frag! 03 ディーふらぐ! 03 | July 23, 2010[12] 978-4-8401-3347-0 | December 16, 2014[10] 978-1-62692-091-0 | ||
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4 | D-Frag! 04 ディーふらぐ! 04 | February 23, 2011[13] 978-4-8401-3758-4 | March 10, 2015[10] 978-1-62692-117-7 | ||
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5 | D-Frag! 05 ディーふらぐ! 05 | December 22, 2011[14] 978-4-8401-4078-2 | June 9, 2015[10] 978-1-62692-136-8 | ||
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6 | D-Frag! 06 ディーふらぐ! 06 | October 23, 2012[15] 978-4-8401-4734-7 | September 8, 2015[10] 978-1-62692-172-6 | ||
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7 | D-Frag! 07 ディーふらぐ! 07 | August 10, 2013[16] 978-4-8401-5302-7 | December 29, 2015[10] 978-1-62692-219-8 | ||
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8 | D-Frag! 08 ディーふらぐ! 08 | December 21, 2013[17] 978-4-0406-6192-6 | April 26, 2016[10] 978-1-62692-248-8 | ||
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8.5 | D-Frag! 8.5 ディーふらぐ! 8.5 | December 21, 2013[18] 978-4-0406-6192-6 | — | ||
9 | D-Frag! 09 ディーふらぐ! 09 | September 23, 2014[19][20] 978-4-0406-6848-2 (regular ed.) ISBN 978-4-0406-6554-2 (special ed.) | August 2, 2016[10] 978-1-62692-285-3 | ||
10 | D-Frag! 10 ディーふらぐ! 10 | September 19, 2015[21] 978-4-0406-7803-0 | December 27, 2016[10] 978-1-62692-365-2 | ||
11 | D-Frag! 11 ディーふらぐ! 11 | October 22, 2016[22] 978-4-0406-7803-0 | April 25, 2017[10] 978-1-62692-451-2 | ||
12 | D-Frag! 12 ディーふらぐ! 12 | August 23, 2017[23] 978-4-0406-9441-2 | September 11, 2018[10] 978-1-62692-700-1 | ||
13 | D-Frag! 13 ディーふらぐ! 13 | August 23, 2018[24] 978-4-0406-5052-4 | July 30, 2019[10] 978-1-642751-04-8 | ||
14 | D-Frag! 14 ディーふらぐ! 14 | August 23, 2019[25] 978-4-0406-4026-6 | July 28, 2020[10] 978-1-64505-494-8 | ||
15 | D-Frag! 15 ディーふらぐ! 15 | September 23, 2020[26] 978-4-04-065922-0 | June 22, 2021[10] 978-1-64827-234-9 | ||
16 | D-Frag! 16 ディーふらぐ! 16 | October 21, 2021[27] 978-4-04-680795-3 | August 30, 2022[10] 978-1-63858-378-3 | ||
17 | D-Frag! 17 ディーふらぐ! 17 | November 22, 2022[28] 978-4-04-681880-5 | February 27, 2024[10] 978-1-68579-562-7 | ||
18 | D-Frag! 18 ディーふらぐ! 18 | November 22, 2023[29] 978-4-04-682957-3 | March 4, 2025[10] 979-8-89160-750-7 | ||
19 | D-Frag! 19 ディーふらぐ! 19 | December 23, 2024[30] 978-4-04-684068-4 | — |
An anime television series adaptation by Brain's Base aired from January 6 to March 24, 2014 on TV Tokyo. The series is directed by Seiki Sugawara, Makoto Uezu is in charge of series composition, while Nijine composed the music.[1] Crunchyroll LLC (then known as Funimation) has licensed the series in North America and Australia. As of 2022, it can be streamed on its namesake service.[31][32]
No. | Title[33] | Original air date[34] | |
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1 | "Kazama's Party" Transliteration: "Kazama Ippa Da!" (Japanese: 風間一派だ!) | January 6, 2014 | |
Kenji Kazama arrives at school looking to leave an impression, but ends up forced into joining the Game Creation Club, from taking out a small fire. Later, the Student Council Vice-President and fourth member of the Kazama Party, Ataru, reveals some backstory about the Student Council President Chitose. | |||
2 | "Curse You, Fake Game Creation Club" Transliteration: "Onore Nisegēmu Seisakubu Me!!" (Japanese: おのれニセゲーム製作部め!!) | January 13, 2014 | |
When Kenji is at a park (not at school due to the suspension he got from the events of the first episode), he finds himself confronted by members of the "real" Game Creation Club, claiming the one he joined was a fake club. When he confronts his own club members about it, he discovers that the leaders of both Game Creation Clubs were actually friends in one club, but Roka didn't like how the other members talked about her, so with Chitose's help she started her own club. | |||
3 | "Fujou Academy Freedom Festival, AKA FuF Festival" Transliteration: "Fujō Gakuen Furīdamu Sai. Tsūshō Fufusai" (Japanese: 府上学園フリーダム祭。通称フフ祭) | January 20, 2014 | |
As the day of the school festival draws near, the presidents of both Game Creation Clubs prepare to make their own games to show the students at the festival. Takao and Roka agree that the loser's club will be absorbed by the winner, while Chitose threatens to do "that" (an undefined action) to Takao if her club wins. Later that day, Kenji discovers that Takao's club did a decent job of making their own video game, while Takao finds that the "fake" club made a mini-carnival with various analog games, as the rules never specified the type of game they had to make. | |||
4 | "They're the Band of 14 Devils!!" Transliteration: "Are wa Ma no Jūyon Gakudan!!" (Japanese: あれは魔の十四楽団!!) | January 27, 2014 | |
After some debate, Minami reveals that the club's official name is "Game Creation Club (Provisional)." While trying to avoid having to play the "Quest for Porn Mags in Space" board game that Roka created, the Kazama Party gets ambushed by the "Band of 14 Devils" (minus two for personal reasons). Despite his best efforts, Kazama and his friends are captured, though Ataru escapes to warn the Game Creation Club (Provisional) about what happened. The club and Takao decide to fake going to the bathroom and rush to Kenji's rescue. | |||
5 | "What?! Your Little Sister Makes Your Lunches?!" Transliteration: "Nanī !? Imōto ni bentō o!?" (Japanese: 何ー!? 妹に弁当を!?) | February 3, 2014 | |
Kenji tries to get out of playing the newest edition of "Quest for Porn Mags in Space" again, promising Takao anything if she'll switch places with him. Unfortunately, after striking the deal, Roka reveals that this edition can be played by five people. Later, Chitose bullies Kenji into eating a green pepper off the floor. After lunch, Kenji reveals some backstory about his relationship with legendary Japanese classic literature teacher Shawn Konekone. | |||
6 | "So That Means We're in a Love Triangle!" Transliteration: "Koi no Sankaku Kankei tte Koto Desu ne!" (Japanese: 恋の三角関係ってことですね!) | February 10, 2014 | |
Pretty boy and newest Game Creation Club (Provisional) member Shio appears to proclaim his love for Roka, but Roka is only interested in Kenji, and Kenji wants nothing to do with either of them. Later, after Funabori reveals she washed and cleaned one of Roka's bags, Shio, Kenji and Roka decide to have a contest over who owns that bag, and Chitose expands the contest into a school-wide event that begins with a King of the Hill-style tournament. | |||
7 | "That's Dirty---!!" Transliteration: "Kitana!!" (Japanese: 汚なっーーー!!) | February 17, 2014 | |
Kenji wakes up after being hit by the zipper from Takao's old uniform to discover that he's locked in a thumb war with Shio as a semifinal match. Meanwhile, Takao and Roka are locked in a game of musical chairs, but seem to have forgotten the chair entirely and are instead tackling each other. The Grand Final round turns out to be a "King's Game," but with only two people the winner is whoever picks the "King" stick. | |||
8 | "I Liked The Pixels..." Transliteration: "Ano Dotto ga Yokatta no ni…" (Japanese: あのドットがよかったのに…) | February 24, 2014 | |
Kenji and Takao are informed by a panel of teachers that ever since the zipper incident from the tournament, various students have been injured trying to copy the event with each other. After Kenji stands up for Takao, she later asks him out on a date. Unfortunately, the release date of a popular new game she planned to get falls on the same day, so Kenji ends up waiting in line with her. | |||
9 | "That's Right. I'm His Little Sister." Transliteration: "Sōda yo, Aitsu no Imōto da yo" (Japanese: そうだよ、あいつの妹だよ) | March 3, 2014 | |
After getting flustered by Kenji's demands to hide his bag from Shio and Ataru, Funabori ends up preempting the boys by sticking her own head in the bag. Kenji's little sister comes to visit her brother's club room, but ends up getting increasingly scared by the girls inside, then flees after Takao accidentally smacks her against a bookshelf. Takao tries to make nice with her to get closer to Kenji, but her attempts backfire. | |||
10 | "Tama-senpai, Long Time No See" Transliteration: "Tama Senpai, Ohisashiburi" (Japanese: タマ先輩、お久しぶり) | March 10, 2014 | |
Kenji gets kidnapped again, this time by the former student council led by senior student Tama. The Game Creation Club and Ataru race to save him, but find themselves facing the Science Club's robot mascot with Shinsen ("Barfy") riding inside. Takao ends up defeating the robot by herself, but when they reach the classroom, Roka finds her usual "darkness" bag attack blocked by Tama's unique twintail hairstyle. Tama demands the Game Creation Club (Provisional) disband, and Kenji proposes a contest to save the club. | |||
11 | "What's My Secret Move?" Transliteration: "Higi tte Nani?" (Japanese: 秘技ってなに?) | March 17, 2014 | |
Takao comes up with a contest called "Cell Thievery" where each team tries to snatch an opposing player's cell phone and correctly answer a question about that person written on the phone. Roka demands that Kenji "princess carry" her after Tama's hug from earlier drained most of her strength, and the two of them run away with Sakura, but two of Tama's team are in hot pursuit. Eventually, Roka regains her strength and distracts Naganuma long enough for Kenji to knock him out of the game. Chitose finds herself losing against Tama's strength and needs help. Roka tells Kenji he has a secret move: the "Vertical Jump." Kenji literally jumps up to the second floor and is immediately surrounded by the Basketball Club. | |||
12 | "At this Rate, You'll have Zero Friends for All Eternity!" Transliteration: "Kono Mama da to Tomodachi Eien ni Zeronin da yō" (Japanese: このままだと友達永遠にゼロ人だよぉ) | March 24, 2014 | |
Some of the teachers decide to bet over whether the Game Creation Club or the former student council will win their battle. Chitose has a flashback to when she was a kindergartner playing in a sandbox. Every time she tried to build a sandcastle, Tama would come over and smash it, until Roka appeared and helped Chitose bury Tama in sand. Since that day, Chitose swore to one day build a legendary sand castle, and Tama swore to break everything that Chitose loved for her humiliation. In the present, Tama's sumo slap attacks and "double kabuki" technique are keeping both Kenji and Chitose from getting to her cell phone. However, Kenji comes up with a plan that lets him slip past her guard and pull off Tama's hair ribbons, letting Roka subsequently place a bag over her head. The Game Creation Club is declared the winner. Later, Tama plays a round of "Quest for Porn Mags in Space" to get closer to Kenji, while swearing to his club members that her original goals haven't changed. | |||
13 (OAD) | "Water!!" Transliteration: "Wōtā!!" (Japanese: ウォーター!!) | September 23, 2014 |