My Master Has No Tail (Japanese: うちの師匠はしっぽがない, Hepburn: Uchi no Shishō wa Shippo ga Nai) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by TNSK. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine good! Afternoon from January 2019 to January 2024, with its chapters collected in twelve tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by Liden Films aired from September to December 2022.
Contents
Characters
Mameda (まめだ)
Voiced by: M.A.O
A tanuki girl.
Bunko (文狐)
Voiced by: Hibiku Yamamura
A seven tailed kitsune.
Shirara Tsubaki (椿 しらら, Tsubaki Shirara)
Voiced by: Lynn
Byakudanji Tsubaki (椿 白檀治, Tsubaki Byakudanji)
Voiced by: Takuya Eguchi
Sakujiro (作次郎, Sakujirō)
Voiced by: Ayumu Murase
Omatsu (お松)
Voiced by: Natsuki Aikawa
Koito (小糸)
Voiced by: Ikumi Hasegawa
Rakuda (らくだ)
Voiced by: Yūichirō Umehara
Enshi Kirino (霧の圓紫, Kirino Enshi)
Voiced by: Ayana Taketatsu
Utaroku Ebisuya (恵比寿家 歌緑, Ebisuya Utaroku)
Voiced by: Akira Ishida
Buncho Daikokutei (大黒亭 文鳥, Daikokutei Bunchō)
Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe
Mameda's father (まめだの父, Mameda no Chichi)
Voiced by: Junya Enoki
Media
Manga
My Master Has No Tail is written and illustrated by TNSK. The series was serialized in Kodansha's good! Afternoon from January 7, 2019, to January 5, 2024. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. Twelve volumes were released from September 6, 2019, to February 7, 2024. The manga is licensed digitally in North America by Kodansha USA.
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced in the September 2021 issue of good! Afternoon. It is produced by Liden Films and directed by Hideyo Yamamoto, with Touko Machida supervising the scripts co-written by Kei Shimobayashi, Aya Satsuki, and Yūho Togashi. Ryō Yamauchi is designing the characters and serving as chief animation director. Tsukasa Yatoki, Atsushi Harada, and Yuki Honda from Arte Refact composed the music. The series aired from September 30 to December 23, 2022, on Tokyo MX, MBS, and BS Asahi. The opening theme song is "Genai Yūgi" (幻愛遊戯; lit. 'Fleeting Love Game') by Garnidelia, while the ending theme song is "Virginia" (ヴァージニア, Vājinia) by Hinano. Sentai Filmworks licensed the series and is streaming it on Hidive. Medialink licensed the series in Asia-Pacific and is streaming it on its Ani-One Asia YouTube channel.
Reception
In 2020, the manga was one of the 50 nominees for the 6th Next Manga Awards in the print category.