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Recreation of Martin Luther King's cell in Birmingham Jail at the National Civil Rights Museum
The Letter from Birmingham Jail, also known as the Letter from Birmingham City Jail and The Negro Is Your Brother, is an open letter written on April 16, 1963, by Martin Luther King Jr. The letter defends the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism. It says that people have a moral responsibility to break unjust laws and to take direct action rather than waiting potentially forever for justice to come through the courts. Responding to being referred to as an "outsider," King writes, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere".
The letter, written during the 1963 Birmingham campaign, was widely published, and became an important text for the American Civil Rights Movement.
Contents
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1 Background
2 Summary and themes
3 Publication
4 Notes
5 References
5.1 Footnotes
5.2 Bibliography
6 Further reading
Background[edit]
The Birmingham campaign began on April 3, 1963, with coordinated marches and sit-ins against racism and racial segregation in Birmingham, Alabama. The nonviolent campaign was coordinated by the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR) and King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). On April 10, Circuit Judge W. A. Jenkins issued a blanket injunction against "parading, demonstrating, boycotting, trespassing and picketing." Leaders of the campaign announced they would disobey the ruling.[1] On April 12, King was roughly arrested with SCLC activist Ralph Abernathy, ACMHR and SCLC official Fred Shuttlesworth and other marchers, while thousands of African Americans dressed for Good Friday looked on.[2]
King was met with unusually harsh conditions in the Birmingham jail.[3] An ally smuggled in a newspaper from April 12, which contained "A Call for Unity": a statement made by eight white Alabama clergymen against King and his methods.[2] The letter provoked King, and he began to write a response on the newspaper itself. King writes in Why We Can't Wait: "Begun on the margins of the newspaper in which the statement appeared while I was in jail, the letter was continued on scraps of writing paper supplied by a friendly black trusty, and concluded on a pad my attorneys were eventually permitted to leave me."[4]
Summary and themes[edit]
The letter responded to several criticisms made by the "A Call for Unity" clergymen, who agreed that social injustices existed but argued that the battle against racial segregation should be fought solely in the courts, not the streets. As a minister, King responded to these criticisms on religious grounds. As an activist challenging an entrenched social system, he argued on legal, political, and historical grounds. As an African American, he spoke of the country's oppression of black people, including himself. As an orator, he used many persuasive techniques to reach the hearts and minds of his audience. Altogether, King's letter was a powerful defense of the motivations, tactics, and goals of the Birmingham campaign and the Civil Rights Movement more generally.
King began the letter by responding to the criticism that he and his fellow activists were "outsiders" causing trouble in the streets of Birmingham. To this, King referred to his responsibility as the leader of the SCLC, which had numerous affiliated organizations throughout the South. "I was invited" by our Birmingham affiliate "because injustice is here", in what is probably the most racially divided city in the country, with its brutal police, unjust courts, and many "unsolved bombings of Negro homes and churches."[5] Referring to his belief that all communities and states were interrelated, King wrote, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly… Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds."[6] King also warned that if white people successfully rejected his nonviolent activists as rabble-rousing outside agitators, this could encourage millions of African Americans to "seek solace and security in black nationalist ideologies, a development that will lead inevitably to a frightening racial nightmare."[7]
The clergymen also disapproved of tensions created by public actions such as sit-ins and marches. To this, King confirmed that he and his fellow demonstrators were indeed using nonviolent direct action in order to create "constructive" tension.[8] This tension was intended to compel meaningful negotiation with the white power structure, without which true civil rights could never be achieved. Citing previous failed negotiations, King wrote that the black community was left with "no alternative."[8] "We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed."[9]
The clergymen also disapproved of the timing of public actions. In response, King said that recent decisions by the SCLC to delay its efforts for tactical reasons showed they were behaving responsibly. He also referred to the broader scope of history, when "'Wait' has almost always meant 'Never.'"[6] Declaring that African Americans had waited for these God-given and constitutional rights long enough, King quoted Chief Justice Earl Warren, who said in 1958 that "justice too long delayed is justice denied."[6] Listing numerous ongoing injustices toward black people, including himself, King said, "Perhaps it is easy for those who have never felt the stinging darts of segregation to say, 'Wait.'"[10] Along similar lines, King also lamented the "myth concerning time," by which white moderates assumed that progress toward equal rights was inevitable, so assertive activism was unnecessary.[11] King called it a "tragic misconception of time" to assume that its mere passage "will inevitably cure all ills."[11] Progress takes time as well as the "tireless efforts" of dedicated people of good will.[11]
Against the clergymen's assertion that demonstrations could be illegal, King argued that not only was civil disobedience justified in the face of unjust laws, but it was necessary and even patriotic. "I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law."[12] King stated that an unjust law was a law that degraded a human personality. Citing Augustine of Canterbury, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Buber, and Paul Tillich—and examples from the past and present—King described what makes laws just or unjust. For example, "A law is unjust if it is inflicted on a minority that, as a result of being denied the right to vote, had no part in enacting or devising the law."[13] In terms of obedience to the law, King stated that citizens have "not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws," and at the same time "to disobey unjust laws." [13] King stated that it is not morally wrong to disobey a law that pertains to one group of people differently than another. Alabama has used "all sorts of devious methods" to deny its black citizens their right to vote and thus preserve its unjust laws and broader system of white supremacy.[13] Segregation laws are immoral and unjust "because segregation distorts the soul and damages the personality. It gives the segregator a false sense of superiority and the segregated a false sense of inferiority."[14] Even some just laws, such as permit requirements for public marches, are unjust when used to uphold an unjust system.
King addressed the accusation that the Civil Rights Movement was "extreme", first disputing the label but then accepting it. Compared to other movements at the time, King finds himself as a moderate. However, in his devotion to his cause, King refers to himself as an extremist. Jesus and other great reformers were extremists: "So the question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be. Will we be extremists for hate or for love?"[15] King's discussion of extremism implicitly responded to numerous "moderate" objections to the ongoing movement, such as President Dwight D. Eisenhower's claim that he could not meet with civil rights leaders because doing so would require him to meet with the Ku Klux Klan.[16]
King expressed general frustration with both white moderates and certain "opposing forces in the Negro community."[17] He wrote that white moderates, including clergymen, posed a challenge comparable to that of white supremacists, in the sense that, "Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection."[18] King asserted that the white church needed to take a principled stand or risk being "dismissed as an irrelevant social club."[19] Regarding the black community, King wrote that we need not follow "the 'do-nothingism' of the complacent nor the hatred and despair of the black nationalist."[17]
In closing the letter, King criticized the clergy's praise of the Birmingham police for maintaining order nonviolently. Recent public displays of nonviolence by the police were in stark contrast to their typical treatment of black people, and, as public relations, helped "to preserve the evil system of segregation."[19] Not only is it wrong to use immoral means to achieve moral ends, but also "to use moral means to preserve immoral ends."[20] Instead of the police, King praised the nonviolent demonstrators in Birmingham, "for their sublime courage, their willingness to suffer and their amazing discipline in the midst of great provocation. One day the South will recognize its real heroes."[21]
Publication[edit]
King promotes Why We Can't Wait
King wrote the letter on the margins of a newspaper, which was the only paper available to him, and then gave bits and pieces of the letter to his lawyers to take back to movement headquarters, where the pastor Wyatt Tee Walker and his secretary Willie Pearl Mackey began compiling and editing the literary jigsaw puzzle.[22]
An editor at The New York Times Magazine, Harvey Shapiro, asked King to write his letter for publication in the magazine, but the Times chose not to publish it.[23] Extensive excerpts from the letter were published, without King's consent, on May 19, 1963, in the New York Post Sunday Magazine.[24] The letter was first published as "Letter from Birmingham Jail" in the June 1963 issue of Liberation,[25] the June 12, 1963, edition of The Christian Century,[26] and in the June 24, 1963, issue of The New Leader. The letter gained more popularity as summer went on, and was reprinted in the July Atlantic Monthly as "The Negro Is Your Brother".[27] King included a version of the full text in his 1964 book Why We Can't Wait.[a]
The essay was highly anthologized, and was reprinted 50 times in 325 editions of 58 readers published between 1964 and 1996 that were intended for use in college-level composition courses.[28]
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ In a footnote introducing this chapter of the book, King wrote, "Although the text remains in substance unaltered, I have indulged in the author's prerogative of polishing it."[4]
References[edit]
Footnotes[edit]
Jump up ^ "Negroes To Defy Ban". The Tuscaloosa News. 145 (101). April 11, 1963. p. 21. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b Rieder 2013, ch. "Meet Me in Galilee".
Jump up ^ Rieder 2013, ch. "Meet Me in Galilee": "King was placed alone in a dark cell, with no mattress, and denied a phone call. Was Connor's aim, as some thought, to break him?"
^ Jump up to: a b King 1964, p. 64.
Jump up ^ King 1964, pp. 65–66.
^ Jump up to: a b c King, Martin Luther. "Letter from a Birmingham Jail". Retrieved May 13, 2011.
Jump up ^ King 1964, p. 76.
^ Jump up to: a b King 1964, p. 65.
Jump up ^ King 1964, p. 68.
Jump up ^ King 1964, p. 69.
^ Jump up to: a b c King 1964, p. 74.
Jump up ^ King 1964, p. 72.
^ Jump up to: a b c King 1964, p. 71.
Jump up ^ King 1964, pp. 70–71.
Jump up ^ " "Letter from Birmingham Jail" (1963)", The King Center, accessed October 27, 2012.
Jump up ^ McCarthy 2010, p. 16.
^ Jump up to: a b King 1964, p. 75.
Jump up ^ King 1964, p. 73.
^ Jump up to: a b King 1964, p. 80.
Jump up ^ King 1964, p. 82.
Jump up ^ King 1964, p. 83.
Jump up ^ Wyatt Walker interview by Andrew Manis at New Caanan Baptist Church, New York City, April 20, 1989, p. 24. Transcription held at Birmingham Public Library, Birmingham, Alabama.
Jump up ^ Fox, Margalit (January 7, 2013). "Harvey Shapiro, Poet and Editor, Dies at 88". The New York Times. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
Jump up ^ Bass 2001, p. 140.
Jump up ^ King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1963). "Letter from Birmingham Jail". Liberation: An Independent Monthly. Vol. 8 no. 4. pp. 10–16, 23. ISSN 0024-189X.
Jump up ^ Reprinted in Reporting Civil Rights, Part One - (pp. 777–794) - American Journalism 1941 - 1963. The Library of America
Jump up ^ Rieder 2013, ch. "Free at Last?".
Jump up ^ Bloom 1999.
Bibliography[edit]
Bass, S. Jonathan (2001). Blessed Are the Peacemakers: Martin Luther King, Jr., Eight White Religious Leaders, and the "Letter from Birmingham Jail". Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-2655-4.
Bloom, Lynn Z. (1999). "The Essay Canon" (PDF). College English. 61 (4): 401–430. doi:10.2307/378920. ISSN 0010-0994. Retrieved January 18, 2012.
Fulkerson, Richard P. (1979). "The Public Letter as a Rhetorical Form: Structure, Logic, and Style in King's 'Letter from Birmingham Jail'". Quarterly Journal of Speech. 65 (2): 121–136. doi:10.1080/00335637909383465.
Gilbreath, Edward (2013). Birmingham Revolution: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Epic Challenge to the Church. Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press. ISBN 978-0-8308-3769-4.
King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1964). Why We Can't Wait. New York: Signet Classic (published 2000). ISBN 978-0-451-52753-0.
McCarthy, Anna (2010). The Citizen Machine: Governing by Television in 1950s America. New York: The New Press. ISBN 978-1-59558-498-4.
Oppenheimer, David Benjamin (1993). "Martin Luther King, Walker v. City of Birmingham, and the Letter from Birmingham Jail" (PDF). U.C. Davis Law Review. 26 (4): 791–833. ISSN 0197-4564. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
Rieder, Jonathan (2013). Gospel of Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter From Birmingham Jail. New York: Bloomsbury Press. ISBN 978-1-62040-058-6.
Snow, Malinda (1985). "Martin Luther King's 'Letter from Birmingham Jail' as Pauline Epistle". Quarterly Journal of Speech. 71 (3): 318–334. doi:10.1080/00335638509383739. ISSN 1479-5779.
Further reading[edit]
Bass, S. Jonathan (2014). "Letter from Birmingham Jail". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Alabama Humanities Foundation. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
Carpenter, C. C. J.; Durick, Joseph Aloysius; Grafman, Milton L.; Hardin, Paul; Harmon, Nolan Bailey; Murray, George M.; Ramage, Edward V.; Stallings, Earl (1963). Public Statement by Eight Alabama Clergymen (PDF). Retrieved October 12, 2017 – via Quia.
King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1963). Letter from Birmingham Jail (PDF). Stanford, California: The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
"Letter from Birmingham Jail". Bhamwiki. 2017. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
"Martin Luther King, Jr. and Nonviolent Resistance". EDSITEment!. National Endowment for the Humanities. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
Walker v. Birmingham , 388 U.S. 307 (1967).
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And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online?
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And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online?
First light novel volume cover featuring the character Ako Tamaki
ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った?
(Netoge no Yome wa Onna no Ko Janai to Omotta?)
Genre
Comedy, Romance
Light novel
Written by
Shibai Kineko
Illustrated by
Hisasi
Published by
ASCII Media Works
Demographic
Male
Imprint
Dengeki Bunko
Original run
July 2013 – present
Volumes
15 (List of volumes)
Manga
Written by
Shibai Kineko
Illustrated by
Kazui Ishigami
Published by
ASCII Media Works
Demographic
Seinen
Magazine
Dengeki G's Comic
Original run
August 30, 2014 – present
Volumes
4 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by
Shinsuke Yanagi
Produced by
Kei Fukura
Takao Kiyose
Written by
Tatsuya Takahashi
Music by
Maiko Iuchi
Studio
Project No.9
Licensed by
AUS
Madman Entertainment
NA
Funimation
UK
MVM Entertainment
Original network
AT-X, Tokyo MX, BS11, SUN
Original run
April 7, 2016 – June 23, 2016
Episodes
12 (List of episodes)
Anime and Manga portal
And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online? (Japanese: ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った?, Hepburn: Netoge no Yome wa Onna no Ko Janai to Omotta?, lit. "You Thought Your Online Game Wife Wasn't A Girl?") is a Japanese light novel series, written by Shibai Kineko and illustrated by Hisasi. ASCII Media Works have published nine volumes since 2013 under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Kazui Ishigami began serialization in ASCII Media Works' seinen manga magazine Dengeki G's Comic from August 30, 2014, and has been collected in two tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Project No.9 aired from April 7, 2016 to June 23, 2016.
Contents
[hide]
1 Plot
2 Characters
3 Media
3.1 Light novel
3.2 Manga
3.3 Anime
3.3.1 Episode list
4 Works cited
5 Notes
6 References
7 External links
Plot[edit]
Teenager Hideki Nishimura plays a massively multiplayer online role-playing game called Legendary Age (LA), but one day he proposes online to a girl who tells him she is really a man, so he swears off online marriages. Two years later, he has been involved with a guild and eventually accepts an in-game marriage offer from his persistent guildmate, Ako. When the guild has their first-ever real-life meeting, Hideki is shocked to discover that his teammates are not only all girl gamers, but they also attend his school. The story follows their adventures as they form a school club to play the game while Hideki tries to help Ako, who is infatuated with Hideki as his game character, try to separate fantasy from reality.
Characters[edit]
Hideki Nishimura (西村 英騎, Nishimura Hideki)
Voiced by: Toshiyuki Toyonaga[1] (Japanese); Dallas Reid[2] (English)
The viewpoint character of the light novels, Hideki is a first-year high school student who plays Legendary Age (LA), under the name Rusian (ルシアン, Rushian), a male knight. He distrusts girls online after having been rejected by a girl who told him that she was actually a guy in real life. Outside of LA, he is an otaku.LN 1[3]
Ako Tamaki (玉置 亜子, Tamaki Ako)
Voiced by: Rina Hidaka[1] (Japanese); Trina Nishimura[2] (English)
The cover girl of the series, Ako is Hideki's schoolmate who goes by the game name Ako (アコ), a female cleric, in LA. She is Hideki's in-game wife as a result of her repeated in-game proposals to him and his reluctant acceptance.LN 1 In real life, she attends the same school as Hideki, but is often absent due to her heavy addiction to the online game. She is shy and a loner at school, but is extremely happy to meet Rusian in real life. She has a hard time distinguishing between the gaming world and reality, casually calling her guild mates by their character names at school, and going into psychotic trances in reactions to non-gaming "normies", saying that they should die.LN 1[4]
Akane Segawa (瀬川 茜, Segawa Akane)
Voiced by: Inori Minase[1] (Japanese); Jad Saxton[2] (English)[a]
A petite twin-tailed blonde classmate, she despises otakus and scolds Hideki whenever he acts like one or tries to interact with her. However, she is actually a gamer herself under the moniker Schwein (シュヴァイン, Shuvain), a male knight (sword dancer).[5] Her character name is German for pig, which she did not know until Kyo informs her offline, much to her chagrin. Although she is popular at school, she has turned down many boys so she can have more gaming time.LN 1[5]
Kyō Goshoin (御聖院 杏, Goshōin Kyō)
Voiced by: M·A·O[1] (Japanese); Mallorie Rodak[2] (English)[b]
The student council president at Hideki's school and the leader of the Alley Cats guild in LA. She has long dark hair and goes under the character name Apricot (アプリコット, Apurikotto), a male mage at the beginning of the series. Her guild mates call her Master. She comes from a wealthy family; her father is on the school board, and her family has several companies. She often uses in-game purchases to boost her game attributes, but does not depend on her family's money but on her personal investments to fund it. Outside of the guild, she does not have any friends as her family does not give her much chance to socialize. She sponsors the creation of the school's game club.LN 1[6]
Nanako Akiyama (秋山 奈々子, Akiyama Nanako)
Voiced by: Hitomi Ōwada[7] (Japanese); Tia Ballard (English)
Akane's friend who discovers she plays online games, and agrees to keep it a secret. Shortly afterwards, she begins playing LA under the character name Sette (セッテ)Ep. 5, who is a summoner. She has pink hair in the anime.[8]
Yui Saito (斉藤 結衣, Saitō Yui)
Voiced by: Yoshino Nanjō[7] (Japanese); Monica Rial[9] (English)
Hideki's teacher who watches over him and the girls, and becomes their club's advisor.Ep. 3 She gives him advice on how to interact with girls and balance his gaming life. It is later revealed that she was the LA player Nekohime (猫姫), a catgirl who rejected Hideki's in-game proposal two years prior, stating that she was actually a guy.LN 1 She has a large fan following in LA.[10]
Media[edit]
The first light novel volume was published on July 10, 2013 by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. As of February 2017, thirteen volumes have been published.
Light novel[edit]
No.
Japanese release date
Japanese ISBN
1
July 10, 2013[11] ISBN 978-4-04-891799-5
2
October 10, 2013[12] ISBN 978-4-04-866030-3
3
February 8, 2014[13] ISBN 978-4-04-866332-8
4
May 10, 2014[14] ISBN 978-4-04-866572-8
5
August 9, 2014[15] ISBN 978-4-04-866780-7
6
December 10, 2014[16] ISBN 978-4-04-869090-4
7
April 10, 2015[17] ISBN 978-4-04-865065-6
8
August 8, 2015[18] ISBN 978-4-04-865340-4
9
December 10, 2015[19] ISBN 978-4-04-865587-3
10
April 9, 2016[20] ISBN 978-4-04-865914-7
11
June 10, 2016[21] ISBN 978-4-04-865956-7
12
October 8, 2016[22] ISBN 978-4-04-892452-8
13
February 10, 2017[23] ISBN 978-4-04-892664-5
Manga[edit]
No.
Japanese release date
Japanese ISBN
1
March 10, 2015[24] ISBN 978-4-04-869365-3
2
October 10, 2015[25] ISBN 978-4-04-865470-8
3
April 9, 2016[26] ISBN 978-4-04-865918-5
4
June 10, 2016[27] ISBN 978-4-04-865919-2
Anime[edit]
An anime television series adaptation by Project No.9 ran from April 7 to June 23, 2016 on AT-X.[28][29] The opening theme is "1st Love Story" by Luce Twinke Wink☆, and the ending theme is "Zero Ichi Kiseki" (ゼロイチキセキ, lit. "Zero One Miracle") by Yoshino Nanjō.[30] Universal Pictures originally announced that they would release the series in the UK,[31] however, it was later revealed that MVM Entertainment would release the series within the region.[32]
Episode list[edit]
No.
Official English title[c]
Original Japanese title[33]
Original air date
1
"And you thought there is never a girl online?"
"Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko Janai to Omotta?" (ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った？) April 7, 2016
In the MMORPG Legendary Age, Hideki Nishimura (in-game name Rusian) receives a marriage proposal from his guild mate Ako who has been persistently asking him. Along with players Schwein and Apricot, they are members of the Alley Cats guild. In the real world, Hideki is a high school student who openly expresses otaku behavior amongst his friends, leading to regular disapproval by classmate Akane Segawa. In game, Rusian ultimately accepts Ako's proposal, and reveals to his guild mates that his hesitation stemmed from his previously proposing to a female character named Nekohime, only for the latter to turn him down and confess to be a cross-player (a guy playing a girl). Apricot organizes a real life meeting of the guild members. While Hideki is shocked that Ako is actually a real girl named Ako Tamaki, even more surprising are Apricot and Schwein's real identities, which are student council president Kyo Goshoin and Akane respectively. The members formally introduce their real life selves and share their common dislike for "normies" (non-gamers), Hideki is still in disbelief at Ako's true beauty in contrast to her 2D appearance.
2
"I thought we couldn't play net games at school?"
"Gakkō ja Netoge wa Dekinai to Omotta?" (学校じゃネトゲはできないと思った？) April 14, 2016
Hideki apologizes for assuming his guild mates were all guys, and they all look forward to seeing each other at school, although Akane and Hideki agree to keep their real life apart from their game life and interact like they usually do at school. On LA, Hideki begins to picture Schwein and Apricot as their real-life girl counterparts. The next day, Ako visits but casually calls Hideki Rusian and declares that she is his wife, catching the other students' attention. Hideki and Akane pull Ako aside and try several ways to explain that their school life and game life are supposed to be separate, but Ako perceives this as their not wanting to be her friend. Kyo organizes a Net Game club and recruits Hideki, Akane, and Ako. The club's purpose is to enable Ako to play with her guild mates under the same building to demonstrate the coexistence of her real and gaming friends. Later that day, Rusian surprisingly meets Nekohime in the game.
3
"I thought net games and reality were different?"
"Netoge to Riaru wa Chigau to Omotta?" (ネトゲとリアルは違うと思った？) April 21, 2016
Homeroom teacher Saito tells Hideki that Ako has been attending school more and opening up a little thanks to him, and tasks him to watch over her. As the Net Game Club finishes another gaming session, Akane dotes on how the club's activities have blurred the distinction between fantasy and reality for Ako even more. The club has a limited time to find a faculty advisor or be disbanded. After Rusian consults Nekohime for advice, Hideki tries his luck to reassure Ako of the distinction, only to later have an overly jealous Ako stalk Rusian in the game talking to Nekohime. Ako stops going to school again, but later appears at the guild hub telling players that she is going to have an offline meeting with an unknown stranger. Akane and Kyo confront Hideki to try and stop Ako as Hideki admits that spending time with the real Ako has made him develop feelings for her outside the game. Hideki runs to the contact place to persuade Ako to not meet the person but then Saito shows up. Hideki discovers Saito is actually Nekohime. Kyo recruits Saito to be the club's new advisor.
4
"I thought her secret wasn't going to get out?"
"Ano Ko no Himitsu ga Barenai to Omotta?" (あの子の秘密がバレないと思った？) April 28, 2016
As Hideki notices Ako's usual behavior getting worse and the club members sympathizing with her, Ms. Saito proposes to shut down the club and to quit gaming for the remaining school term, to which Kyo threatens her again with her Nekohime accent. Shortly after under Kyo's persuasion, the players try their luck with Legendary Age's mystery box feature, to which Ako's pulls yield underwhelming luck. After Hideki cheers her up with popsicles, Ako is in distress the following day as rumors about her and Hideki's relationship begin to surface and starts becoming a center of attention to other girls. As Hideki seeks advice from his fellow players about it, Akane's friend Nanako Akiyama walks inside the club room, and Akane becomes shaken as Nanako questions her about the club and why she's there. Frantically covering up for herself, Akane is left in despair after shoving her friend out the door. Meanwhile in the game, as they are waiting for Schwein and Master, Rusian and Ako explore the sights and briefly crosses paths with Nekohime and her crazy fanatic guild. After saving a newbie player named Sette, she learns the basics of the game from Rusian while triggering Ako's jealousy. As Akane is in high spirits the next day for having Nanako keep her gaming secret, Alley Cats prepares for another quest as Sette finds Rusian and runs into his guild.
5
"I thought reincarnating would give me my big chance?"
"Tensei Sureba Wanchan Aru to Omotta?" (転生すればワンチャンあると思った？) May 5, 2016
As Rusian explains to the guild that Sette is a fresh player, Schwein offers to teach her, to which she playfully declines. The next day, as Ako suggests that the club should play a different game, Kyo's searches result in them playing the FPS game Ultra Force, using Ako's hatred of normies to snipe targets with exceptional skill. After an all-night Ultra Force gaming session, a sleep-deprived Hideki finds Ako exhibiting behavior similar to the game, while Nanako questions them on their whereabouts within Legendary Age. Hideki and the others soon realize her identity as Sette within the game, and while a dazed Akane rocks back and forth, a frustrated Ako storms off after Nanako clarifies her in-game marriage as her perception of a way to take Hideki away from her. After no signs of communication with Ako in the real world, Hideki decides to talk to Ako in the game, revealing her intention of maxing out her level and reincarnating as a different character. Completely devoted to playing Legendary Age, Ako has blocked the in-game chat as well, leaving Hideki to bring back Ako on his own. Deciding to confront Ako at her house, Ako's mom gives Hideki the key to her room, where he helps her to max out her character. Staying at her house overnight, Rusian and Ako confront their fellow players in the morning with Hideki intending to drop out of school like Ako, and while Ako goes against it, he states that the players will miss her as much as they do him. Knowing how she really feels and empathizing with her struggle with reality, Hideki convinces Ako to come back to school again, standing by her side all the way.
6
"I thought if I declared my love, I was sure to succeed"
"Kokuhaku Shitara Seikō Kakutei Da to Omotta?" (告白したら成功確定だと思った？) May 12, 2016
As Rusian shares a story about Yuyun, a crossplay-marrying player he met during his solo playing days, he struggles to get his feelings of affection across to Ako outside the game. As Nanako tries to help Ako adjust to real-life conventions, the group helps Sette with a job promotion quest, and is now a Summoner able to call upon pets as supporting party members. Despite the easygoing attitude of the group, Nanako mentions the final exams coming up, leading Kyo to announce a temporary suspension of club activities until exams are over. When Hideki questions Ako about her previous test scores which are all below passing, Hideki and the other guild members pull through to help her study within the game, to which everyone passes, including Ako. While an exhausted Ako logs off to rest, Rusian has an honest conversation with Schwein and Master about how to confess to Ako, to which none of them have any real love experience to say much. Nevertheless, they still think of ways for Hideki to confess, and as Hideki and Ako have an afternoon stroll while talking about the upcoming training camp, they have a stop at the park, where their methods are revealed as extremely vague and lackluster. Despite this, Hideki gathers his courage and asks Ako to be his girlfriend, and much to his shock, she declines the proposal. After Kyo and Akane do a comical dance to console Hideki, Akane calls up Ako revealing that her in-game wife mentality was the reason for her decline.
7
"I thought if I went to the beach, I would become a normie?"
"Umi ni Ittara Riajū ni Nareru to Omotta?" (海に行ったらリア充になれると思った？) May 19, 2016
Alley Cats summer vacation training camp has finally started and Kyo has a few surprises to help Ako better understand the real world whilst helping connect her and Hideki's relationship. After enjoying Kyo's private beach and villa for a couple hours, Ms. Saito gets angered that the group isn't using the most of their "youth" and demands they all hangout together for the rest of the day. Night falls and Kyo sets up a special line of fireworks where Hideki then pronounces his love to Ako on the villa steps, but even with Ako accepting and pronouncing hers, she still sees their relationship as husband and wife. To no avail, Kyo sees the vacation as a failure and thus sets up another at Hotel Flores, a hotel that is collaborating with Legendary Age. The group then spends most the day going on "code quests" that give the player items when they purchase stuff from different areas in the hotel. Around midday Hideki returns to his hotel room and starts up Legendary Age with Ako where she then invites Hideki (Rusian) to her room via the game. As Hideki randomly logs out and logs back in, Ako suggests that they should engage in couples chat, yet something doesn't seem right about the newly logged in Rusian.
8
"I thought I was giving up being a net game husband?"
"Netoge no dan'na o Akirameru to Omotta?" (ネトゲの旦那を諦めると思った？) May 26, 2016
Hideki suddenly becomes logged out of his Legendary Age account, and after failing to log back in multiple times, realizes a hacker has taken over his account and is chatting with Ako. Rushing to her room to warn Ako of the impostor posing as Rusian, Hideki takes a look at their couples chat box in which the hacked Rusian made very sexually aggressive advances on her, much to Ako's horror. As she apologizes for briefly mistaking the hacked Rusian for the real one, Kyo and the others drop by to assess the damage done to Hideki's account. Despite regaining access to his account, his character Rusian has been terminated, and while Ako grieves over his disappearance, the group resolves to do what they can to help. While Akane and Kyo scour the game's shops and auction houses for Rusian's sold items, Hideki consults the guild leader Black Magician under a backup character named Peroshiki to help him find his items, to which he agrees to. As Nekohime drums up help from her guild mates, Master and Peroshiki come across a merchant under the name Rontan selling some of Rusian's items at ridiculously high prices. Taking note of Rontan as a prime suspect, members of Nekohime's Elite Guard manage to recover Rusian's wedding ring as a monster drop item, much to Ako's delight. As Hideki and Kyo have a talk at school about how fragile Ako's ties to Hideki are, Kyo assures him that the tone of the chat box brought Ako back to her senses, reinvigorating Hideki. At the guild hub, the Black Magician sends the Alley Cats a URL of a hacking blog under Lon, an experienced hacker and RMTer (Real Money Trader), who recently bragged about Hideki's account hack. Hatching a sinister plot to catch the hacker, the group (excluding Ako) go through hours of unknown activity over the computer. Coming to Hideki's house to check on him, Ako realizes the deletion of Rusian has also annulled their marriage, much to her shock. Putting his plan into motion, Hideki makes an RMT with the hacker who is under the name Shoko, which catches the attention of admin Game Master Nyack. Also accused of hacking Rontan and several other characters, Shoko confronts Peroshiki who gave away his IP address on the trading board Hideki and the others made three days ago, working nonstop to authenticate several years worth of posts. While Peroshiki faces a three-day suspension for an attempted RMT, GM Nyack restores Rusian's character, and he and Ako soon reinstate their marriage.
9
"I thought if we stayed over, we would get along better?"
"Otomari shitara Nakayoku nareru to Omotta?" (お泊まりしたら仲良くなれると思った？) June 2, 2016
It's an all-girls slumber party at Kyo's extravagant mansion as they gather to finish their summer break homework, especially Ako who hasn't made any progress with it. Cut off from contact with Hideki as well, the other girls take this as an opportunity for Ako to socialize without having him there, much to her chagrin. As the girls are led by a maid into Kyo's room, Ako struggles to stay focused and gets up for a bathroom trip. Distrusted by the others into believing she'll run away, Nanako walks with her, and the pair soon become caught up exploring the mansion due to Ako's curiosity. Stumbling upon a study with a hidden room behind the bookshelf, they become chased by the maid after discovering a secret book chronicling Kyo's "growth" and the lost pair calls out to the others from the courtyard. While they decide to carry out the remainder of their work from there, Ako's minimal progress draws the attention of a frustrated Akane. After going through dinner and bath time, Nanako asks Ako about Hideki's preferences in girls, to which not even she doesn't know. With cellphone in hand, Ako prepares to contact him as the others realize the troubling situation, where her video chat will leave the girls in full view of their naked bodies. While Ako leads the girls on a chase, Nanako manages to calm the dilemma as Ako throws her the cellphone only for her to turn it off. As the girls get settled in a single bed, Nanako also questions Ako about the views of her wife mentality, where she gives a scenario in how husbands and wives in the game and in real life have certain bonuses. Perceiving Ako as unfaithful, the girls quickly log into Legendary Age to confront Rusian about his views on Ako's mentality.
10
"I thought we would do our best at the culture festival?"
"Bunkasai nara Ganbaru to Omotta?" (文化祭なら頑張ると思った？) June 9, 2016
Nearing the end of summer vacation, Rusian tells Ako another story about a burdened healer he met during solo play, hoping that Ako will see their marriage from a more realistic standpoint. Back at school again, Akane drags Hideki into the halls, lamenting on her sullied reputation as a normal high schooler. Finding no trace of Ako yet, Hideki calls her only to realize that she has been completely oblivious of her first day at school, expecting the group to be playing the game. As the group meets in the club room once again, they are confronted by Ms. Saito in regards to the upcoming culture festival, to which they must present their club contributions to the other students. Taking advantage of Legendary Age's recent Siege Warfare update, a PvP battle among other guilds held once every week, Kyo suggests that their guild should participate in representing Maegasaki High, as victors will have a banner hoisted on top of their castle for the week in commemoration. After some rounds of practice sparring, Kyo finds herself in a bit of trouble after realizing Apricot's mage role is not suited for PvP. Participating in the next siege battle against a guild known as the Cleaning Crew, Alley Cats witnesses another guild storming in only to be demolished in under ten seconds, much to their surprise. After being party wiped twice for their first attempt and an altercation between another guild, Master gets into even more trouble after realizing the prohibited use of premium items in Siege Warfare. Witnessing Nekohime's Elite Guard siege the castle only to lose it moments later, the Alley Cats group mocks Nekohime, much to her chagrin. While Ako gets into some trouble at school after being put in charge of her class' maid cafe, Master enlists some reinforcements in the game in the form of mercenary guild Wallenstein.
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"I thought we could win by delegating to others?"
"Taninmakase de Kateru to Omotta?" (他人任せで勝てると思った？) June 16, 2016
Master and Wallenstein's leader Bats make a formal alliance to help Alley Cats win their siege battle. Evaluating the guild members one by one, Bats gives Alley Cats a vague strategy rundown assuring that his guild can handle the dirty work, with Akane and Nanako capitalizing on his pretentious attitude. Arriving at Fort Cantor with defending guild Emperor Sword on guard, Bats instructs Ako and Sette to run across opposite sides of the castle, spreading out their stationary guards. As Rusian and Schwein charge the defending line, Alley Cats soon witness Wallenstein's true power as they eliminate the entire defending party with little effort, instructing the others to take cover. Once the carnage begins to clear, Ako and Sette runs inside and regroups with the others, where Fort Cantor becomes captured in the name of Alley Cats. While Wallenstein takes their leave, the group feels unsatisfied with their easy victory feeling somewhat unaccomplished. However, once their moment of reprieve is up, Bats instantly dissolves the alliance and stages a takeover on the castle, single-handedly killing every guild member except for a grief-stricken Ako. While real world Ako procures maid outfits from Kyo's maids for her class' maid cafe, more problems arise as she neglects shift duties and serving manuals a week before the cultural festival, to which Hideki helps her classmates become notified. On the matter of taking revenge on Wallenstein, Hideki forms alliances with Nekohime's Elite Guard as well as the Dark Magician's guild TMW. With only one more siege battle before the culture festival, will their combined efforts be enough to take down Wallenstein?
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"My net game wife is a girl online"
"Netoge no yome wa on'nanoko nandesu yo!" (ネトゲの嫁は女の子なんですよ！) June 23, 2016
With only one chance to take back Fort Cantor from Wallenstein, Kyo explains her plan to the others of taking and defending the castle until time runs out. Rallying the alliance party composed of members from Nekohime's Elite Guard, Yuyun witnesses the guild Emperor Sword retake Fort Cantor as the alliance party Alley Cat Princess Elite Guard makes their move. Destroying the front gate using the gi, Sette provides a distraction to the first wave of defending guards by taking advantage of the chat window, allowing Schwein to kill them in one fell swoop. Exploiting the opening, the alliance makes quick work of the remaining members before arriving inside and placing the Alley Cats siege crystal. Tasked with defending the castle for 20 minutes, the alliance demolishes Emperor Sword's invading army using a well-executed Meteor spell performed by Master. With 10 minutes remaining, Wallenstein makes their return, quickly eliminating Kyo's stationary line and Rusian's secondary defense. Arriving in the courtyard, Schwein's forces are shot down by their archer, until Schwein teleports in with her finishing move and kills her. Arriving inside the castle, the surprises keep coming as Sette gets herself killed to disable Wallenstein's abilities, and additional forces from Nekohime's guild conduct an ambush on the remaining members, killing their mage and healer. As Rusian stalls out Wallenstein's knight, Bats arrives to Master, the lone defender of the crystal. Despite being the only thing standing in his way, Bats becomes increasingly irritated as his attacks have no effect on her. Calling upon his knight to inflict Master with a stun skill, Ako takes the stun as Bats slices her down. With Rusian stalling the knight and Master still immune to Bats' attacks, the group manages to hold out until Alley Cats is declared the lords of Fort Cantor. Using a Drop of Yggdrasil per hit to nullify all of her damage, Master tells Bats that despite the huge monetary loss, doing it for the sake of her friends is what made it worthwhile. Admitting defeat and giving respects to Alley Cats, Wallenstein gallantly takes their leave. At the culture festival, the Net Game Club shows off their screenshot of their most recent victory, and Ako's maid cafe becomes a big success. During cleanup, Hideki promises Ako an in-game reward for staying strong during the culture festival, and while mere moments away from kissing each other, the rest of group comes in to talk about Legendary Age's Player Housing update. While Hideki tries to clear up the misunderstanding, Ako exclaims her in-game reward is similar to a real life one, to which Hideki shouts that the game and reality are separate, much to her frustration.
Works cited[edit]
^ "LN" is shortened form for "light novel" and refers to a volume of the And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online? light novels.
^ "Ch." is shortened form for "Chapter" and refers to a chapter number of the And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online? manga.
^ "Ep." is shortened form for "Episode" and refers to an episode number of the And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online? anime.
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ In the first few episodes, Akane's in-game character Schwein is voiced by Masaya Matsukaze in the Japanese dub,Ep. 1 and by Josh Grelle in the English dub.[2]
Jump up ^ In the first few episodes, Kyo's in-game character Apricot is voiced by Wataru Hatano in the Japanese dub,Ep. 1 and by J. Michael Tatum in the English dub.[2]
Jump up ^ All English titles are taken from Funimation.
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c d "Netoge no Yome wa Onna no Ko ja nai to Omotta? TV Anime's Cast Revealed". Anime News Network. August 21, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Moore, Lauren (May 13, 2016). "Broadcast Dub Cast Announcement: And you thought there is never a girl online?". Funimation. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Character – Hideki Nishimura". Netoge no Yome official anime website (in Japanese). Retrieved August 9, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Character – Ako Tamaki". Netoge no Yome official anime website (in Japanese). Retrieved August 9, 2016.
^ Jump up to: a b "Character – Akane Segawa". Netoge no Yome official anime website (in Japanese). Retrieved August 9, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Character – Kyoh Goshoin". Netoge no Yome official anime website (in Japanese). Retrieved August 9, 2016.
^ Jump up to: a b "Funimation Previews 'And you thought there is never a girl online?' Anime's Broadcast Dub". animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Character – Nanako Akiyama". Netoge no Yome official anime website (in Japanese). Retrieved August 9, 2016.
Jump up ^ Martin, Theron (May 19, 2016). "And you thought there is never a girl online? ‒ Episode 7". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 10, 2016. Jad Saxton is a perfect fit as Akane, Trina Nishimura hits the right marks as Ako, and who else could be Nekohime but Monica Rial?
Jump up ^ "Character – Yui Saito". Netoge no Yome official anime website (in Japanese). Retrieved August 9, 2016.
Jump up ^ ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った？ (in Japanese). Dengeki Bunko. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
Jump up ^ ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った？ Lv.2 (in Japanese). Dengeki Bunko. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
Jump up ^ ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った? Lv.3 (in Japanese). Dengeki Bunko. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
Jump up ^ ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った? Lv.4 (in Japanese). Dengeki Bunko. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
Jump up ^ ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った？ Lv.5 (in Japanese). Dengeki Bunko. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
Jump up ^ ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った? Lv.6 (in Japanese). Dengeki Bunko. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
Jump up ^ ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った? Lv.7 (in Japanese). Dengeki Bunko. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
Jump up ^ ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った? Lv.8 (in Japanese). Dengeki Bunko. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
Jump up ^ ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った? Lv.9 (in Japanese). Dengeki Bunko. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
Jump up ^ ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った？ Lv.10 (in Japanese). Dengeki Bunko. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
Jump up ^ ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った？ Lv.11 (in Japanese). Dengeki Bunko. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
Jump up ^ ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った？ Lv.12 (in Japanese). Dengeki Bunko. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
Jump up ^ ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った？ Lv.13 (in Japanese). Dengeki Bunko. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
Jump up ^ "ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った?Lv.1｜電撃文庫公式サイト". dengekibunko.jp. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
Jump up ^ "ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った?Lv.2｜電撃文庫公式サイト". dengekibunko.jp. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
Jump up ^ "ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った?Lv.3｜電撃文庫公式サイト". dengekibunko.jp. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
Jump up ^ "ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った?Lv.4｜電撃文庫公式サイト". dengekibunko.jp. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Netoge no Yome wa Onna no Ko ja nai to Omotta? Light Novels Get TV Anime Adaptation". Anime News Network. August 7, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Netoge no Yome wa Onna no Ko ja nai to Omotta? Anime Reveals More Cast, Staff, Spring Premiere". Anime News Network. December 9, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Yoshino Nanjou Performs 'And you thought there is Never a girl online?' Anime's Ending Theme". Anime News Network. March 13, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Universal Pictures Release Schedule". Anime News Network. May 26, 2017. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
Jump up ^ "MVM Entertainment Reveals Their Summer 2018 Release Slate". Anime UK News. May 24, 2018. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
Jump up ^ "STORY" (in Japanese). Retrieved March 4, 2016.
External links[edit]
Official website at Dengeki Bunko (in Japanese)
Anime official website (in Japanese)
And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online? at Funimation
And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online? (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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