How to Become Ordinary (Shoshimin) Season 2 unveiled a trailer and visual for its next case, Winter Special – The Bonbon Chocolate Case, which begins with Episode 8 and is set to premiere on May 24.
Mamoru Kanbe directs the sequel in Lapintrack with Toshiya Ono writing the series composition. Atsushi Saito is the character designer, Mayu Gushiken is the chief animation director, and Takahiro Obata is the music composer.
Yorushika is singing the opening theme song “Kaseijin,” while the ending theme song “SugaRiddle” is performed by Yanagi Nagi. Both theme song videos were released right after the premiere of the season 2’s first episode. The voice cast includes:
- Hina Youmiya as Yuki Osanai
- Shuichiro Umeda as Jogoro Kobato
- Makoto Furukawa as Kengo Dojima
- Yume Miyamoto as Tokiko Nakamura
- Teppei Uenishi as Takahiko Urino
The anime is based on a novel series by Honobu Yonezawa, known for the Hyouka series, published by Tokyo Sogensha. Manga adaptations of the first two novels were serialized in Monthly GFantasy magazine. The first manga (Shunki Gentei Ichigo Tart Jiken) featured art by Anko Manjuya while OmiOmI illustrated the second (Kaki Gentei Tropical Parfait Jiken).
The synopsis of the series is as follows:
“Let’s help each other and aim to become perfect ordinary citizens.”
Kobato, who once had a bitter experience through deduction activities known as “wisdom work,” was determined to become an honest and humble citizen. He secretly formed a reciprocal relationship with his classmate, Osanai, who shared the same aspiration, planning to make their high school debut as ordinary citizens and lead peaceful days. However, for some reason, mysterious incidents and misfortunes keep coming one after another into their school lives. Will Kobato and Osanai be able to achieve peaceful days as ordinary citizens?
Source: Shoshimin Official Website
©Honobu Yonezawa/Tokyo Sogensha/Shoshimin Series Production Committee
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