yojouhan shinwa taikei
(4½ Tatami Mythological Chronicles, also known in English as the Tatami Galaxy)
Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei is a Japanese novel by Morimi Tomihiko, originally published in December 2004 as a tankoubon and later re-published in March 2008 a bunkoban. It was adapted into an anime television series by Madhouse and began airing on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block on April 22, 2010.
Both the novel and anime series detail the exploits of the unnamed protagonist who struggles to find a girlfriend by joining multiple college circles.
Characters
- Watashi, the protagonist
- Ozu, the protagonist's ostensible friend
- Akashi, a freshman at the protagonist's university
- Higuchi Seitarou, a supposed Shinto deity who lives in the protagonist's dorm
- Jougasaki Masaki, a popular eighth year student
- Hanuki Ryouko, a dental hygienist who knows the protagonist and Jougasaki
- The Fortune Teller who foretells the protagonist's woes
- Johnny, a personification of the protagonist's sexual desire