Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo (さくら荘のペットな彼女 Sakura-sō no Petto na Kanojo, lit. The Pet Girl of Sakura Dormitory) is a Japanese light novel series written by Hajime Kamoshida, with illustrations by Kēji Mizoguchi. The first volume was published in January 2010, and 10 volumes have been released by ASCII Media Works as of October 2012.
Official Synopsis
Sakura Dormitory is a dorm of the high school affiliated with Suimei University of the Arts (often shortened as Suiko), which hosts the strangest, most trouble-making students. After being kicked out of the normal dorm for keeping a stray cat, Sorata Kanda moves into Sakura Dormitory. As he starts to get used to the life in the dorm, Mashiro Shiina, a world-famous artist who cannot even take care of her daily life, moves in. Sorata is forced to become Mashiro's caretaker. The story is about their daily lives as well as mental growth.
Characters
Sakura Dormitory residents
- Sorata Kanda (神田 空太, Kanda Sorata)
- Voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Japanese); Greg Ayres (English)
- Mashiro Shiina (椎名 ましろ, Shiina Mashiro)
- Voiced by: Ai Kayano (Japanese); Caitlynn French (English)
- Nanami Aoyama (青山 七海, Aoyama Nanami)
- Voiced by: Mariko Nakatsu (Japanese); Christina Kelly (English)
- Misaki Kamiigusa (上井草 美咲, Kamiigusa Misaki)
- Voiced by: Natsumi Takamori (Japanese); Luci Christian (English)
- Jin Mitaka (三鷹 仁, Mitaka Jin)
- Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai (Japanese); Scott Gibbs (English)
- Ryūnosuke Akasaka (赤坂 龍之介, Akasaka Ryūnosuke)
- Voiced by: Yui Horie (Japanese); Blake Shepard (English)
- Maid (メイド, Meido)
- Voiced by: Yui Horie (Japanese); Holly Segarra (English)
- Chihiro Sengoku (千石 千尋, Sengoku Chihiro)
- Voiced by: Megumi Toyoguchi (Japanese); Olivia Swasey (English)
- Rita Ainsworth (リタ・エインワーズ, Rita Einwāzu)
- Voiced by: Ayako Kawasumi (Japanese); Skyler Sinclair (English)
- Iori Himemiya (姫宮 伊織, Himemiya Iori)
- Voiced by: Nobunaga Shimazaki (Japanese); Bryson Baugus[3] (English)
- Kanna Hase (長谷 栞奈, Hase Kanna)
- Voiced by: Haruka Yamazaki (Japanese); Hilary Haag (English)
- Yūko Kanda (神田 優子, Kanda Yūko)
- Voiced by: Yui Ogura (Japanese); Brittney Karbowski (English)
- Daichi Miyahara (宮原 大地, Miyahara Daichi)
- Voiced by: Taishi Murata (Japanese); Adam Gibbs (English)
- Mayu Takasaki (高崎 繭, Takasaki Mayu)
- Voiced by: Yurika Kubo (Japanese); Avery Smithhart (English)
- Saori Himemiya (姫宮 沙織, Himemiya Saori)
List of Light Novel Volumes
- Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo 01 - January 10th, 2010
- Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo 02 - April 10th, 2010
- Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo 03 - August 10th, 2010
- Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo 04 - December 10th, 2010
- Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo 05 - May 10th, 2011
- Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo 5.5 - September 10th, 2011
- Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo 06 - December 10th, 2011
- Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo 07 - April 10th, 2012
- Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo 7.5 - August 10th, 2012
- Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo 08 - October 10th, 2012
- Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo 09 - March 9th, 2013
- Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo 10 - July 10th, 2013
- Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo 10.5 - March 8th, 2014