TV Asahi revealed a promotional video on Sunday for the new “Tōki Gentei Bonbon Chocolat Jiken” (The Case of the Wintertime Limited-Edition Chocolate Bonbons) arc of the second season of SHOSHIMIN: How to become Ordinary, the television anime of Honobu Yonezawa’s Shōshimin mystery novel series. The new arc begins with the 18th episode on May 24.
The staff also revealed a new visual for the new arc:
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©米澤穂信・東京創元社／小市民シリーズ製作委員会
Mamoru Kanbe (Elfen Lied, The Promised Neverland, You and Me.) returns to direct the anime at studio Lapin Track. Toshiya Ono (The Promised Neverland, Shadows House, 86) is once again overseeing the series scripts, with Atsushi Saitō (Black Fox, Love Live! Superstar!!) designing the characters and Takahiro Obata (Cinderella Nine, The Promised Neverland) composing the music.
Additional staff include:
The anime debuted on TV Asahi in the NUMAnimation programming block on April 5. The show also streams on ABEMA.
The new season adapts the Shuki Gentei Kuri Kinton Jiken (The Case of the Autumn-time Limited-Edition Candied Chestnuts and Sweet Potatoes) and Tōki Gentei Bonbon Chocolat Jiken (The Case of the Wintertime Limited-Edition Chocolate Bonbons) novels.
New cast for the season includes Teppei Uenishi as Takahiko Urino, Yume Miyamoto as Tokiko Nakamaru, and Seiichirō Yamashita as Yūto Hiya.
The first season premiered on July 6 in the NUMAnimation programming block on the TV Asahi channel and 23 of its affiliates, as well as on BS Asahi. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan.
The anime adapted the Shunki Gentei Ichigo Tart Jiken (The Case of the Springtime Limited-Edition Strawberry Tart) and Kaki Gentei Tropical Parfait Jiken (The Case of the Summertime Limited-Edition Tropical Parfait) novels in Yonezawa’s (Kotenbu series, Black Dungeon Castle) series.
The story centers on Jōgorō Kobato., who wishes to live a quiet and ordinary life after a painful experience. He and Yuki Osanai form a “mutually beneficial relationship” as Yuki also wants the same thing. They start high school as classmates with a plan to spend their peaceful days as ordinary people, but unfortunately they keep getting wrapped up in mysteries and disasters as they happen one after another.
The novel series has had several manga adaptations, including Anko Manjūya’s Shunki Gentei Ichigo Tart Jiken, which ran in 2008-2009 and has two volumes. Omiomi drew a two-volume adaptation of Kaki Gentei Tropical Parfait Jiken in 2010-2011.
Source: TV Asahi Animation’s YouTube channel
