Series synopsis
SHOSHIMIN: How to Become Ordinary, also known as 小市民シリーズ is a Japanese animation mystery television series that premiered on HTB on July 7, 2024. It ended on June 22, 2025. It stars Shuichiro Umeda, Hina Youmiya and Makoto Furukawa.
Kobato decides to become an honest, humble citizen after enduring a bitter experience known as “wisdom work.” He forms a pact with Osanai, his classmate with the same goal, and they plan to enter high school leading quiet lives. But for some reason, inexplicable events and disasters keep happening around them. Will Kobato and Osanai ever manage to live ordinary, peaceful lives?
Premise
Kobato decides to become an honest, humble citizen after enduring a bitter experience known as “wisdom work.” He forms a pact with Osanai, his classmate with the same goal, and they plan to enter high school leading quiet lives. But for some reason, inexplicable events and disasters keep happening around them. Will Kobato and Osanai ever manage to live ordinary, peaceful lives?
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Shuichiro Umeda as Jogoro Kobato (voice)
- Hina Youmiya as Yuki Osanai (voice)
- Makoto Furukawa as Kengo Dojima (voice)
Guest cast
- Miyuri Shimabukuro as Yoshiguchi (voice)
- Katsuyuki Miura as Takada (voice)
- Tomohiro Ono as Shimomura (voice)
- Taishi Murata as Sakagami (voice)
- Haruki Ishiya as Ozaki (voice)
- Chika Anzai as Chisato Dojima (voice)
- Haruka Jinya as Teacher (voice)
- Yuuki Shin as Joji Monchi (voice)
- Asami Seto as Midori Makishima (voice)
- Kouki Osuzu as Kimiya Itsukaichi (voice)
- Gakuto Kajiwara as Home Economics Club Member (voice)
- Ruriko Noguchi as Female Clerk (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 22 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 22 | July 7, 2024 | June 22, 2025 |
| Season 2 | 0 | April 5, 2025 | June 21, 2025 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Sheep Costume Kobato and Osanai made a pact to lead a quiet life as regular students upon entering high school. However, soon after, a handbag mysteriously disappears at the school, and Kobato is asked to help solve the case. |
July 7, 2024 |
| 2 |
How to Make Delicious Hot Cocoa Kobato and Osanai are invited to Dojima's house, where he makes them cocoa using his special method. When Osanai leaves, Dojima asks Kobato about his change in personality. |
July 14, 2024 |
| 3 |
Humpty Dumpty During a class assignment, a vase in the cabinet seemingly breaks by itself, but there's an elaborate plan behind it. However, this mystery is quickly forgotten when Osanai sees the bicycle thief again and plots revenge. |
July 21, 2024 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
A Warm Winter (Part 1) After starting to get involved with Osanai, Itsukaichi investigates a possible string of fires in the city. |
April 5, 2025 |
| 2 |
A Warm Winter (Part 2) Urino begins writing articles predicting the locations of the next suspicious fires. |
April 12, 2025 |
| 3 |
Hesitant Spring There will be a change of pace in the school newspaper. Kobato shows an interest in serial fires. |
April 19, 2025 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | HTB |
|---|---|
| First aired | July 7, 2024 |
| Last aired | June 22, 2025 |
| Runtime | 23 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Saturday at 01:30:00 |