Hundred (novel series)

Hundred

Hundred light novel volume 1 cover
ハンドレッド
(Handoreddo)
Genre
Light novel
Written by Jun Misaki
Illustrated by Nekosuke Ōkuma
Published by SB Creative
Demographic Male
Imprint GA Bunko
Original run November 15, 2012 – present
Volumes 11
Manga
Written by Jun Misaki
Illustrated by Sasayuki
Published by Fujimi Shobo
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Monthly Dragon Age
Original run December 2013 – January 2015
Volumes 2
Anime television series
Directed by Tomoki Kobayashi
Produced by Hideo Momoda
Hiroyuki Tanaka
Jun Fukuda
Masanori Ishii
Mika Shimizu
Natsuko Nagase
Seiji Ando
Takeshi Ishigaki
Taro Iwahana
Taro Takezawa
Yōsuke Takabayashi
Yuzo Sawada
Written by Hideki Shirane
Music by Shuhei Naruse
Studio Production IMS
Network
Original run April 5, 2016 – June 20, 2016
Episodes 12

Hundred (ハンドレッド Handoreddo) is a Japanese light novel series written by Jun Misaki and illustrated by Nekosuke Ōkuma. SB Creative has published 11 novels since November 15, 2012 under their GA Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Sasayuki was serialized in Fujimi Shobo's Monthly Dragon Age magazine. An anime television series adaptation, produced by Production IMS and directed by Tomoki Kobayashi, aired from April to June 2016.

Plot

Hundred is the only weapon that can counter the mysterious Savage life form attacking Earth. To become a Slayer who wields this Hundred, Hayato Kisaragi successfully enrolls in the marine academy city ship Little Garden. However he feels a strange yet familiar sense of incongruity towards Emile Crossford, his roommate who somehow knows him from somewhere. On top of that, as soon as he enters the school, he is challenged to a duel by the "Queen" and the school's most powerful Slayer, Claire Harvey.

Characters

Hayato Kisaragi (如月 ハヤト Kisaragi Hayato)
Voiced by: Yoshiaki Hasegawa
Hayato is the male protagonist of Hundred. Originally from Yamato, Hayato became a Slayer in order to obtain state-of-the-art medical treatment for his sister. His previous encounter with a Savage 10 years ago results in him becoming a Variant - one of a very small fraction of people (fewer than 10 in the world, according to Emile) who have survived exposure to the Savages and obtained a greatly increased affinity for Hundreds as a result. He has the highest known compatibility with a Hundred and his Hundred the Flying swallow is chevalier type that takes the form of a sword and a shoulder guard. When he first met Emilia he didn't realize that she was really a girl until sometime later, but upon discovering the truth, he agreed to keep her secret. He was shown to be slightly uncomfortable sometimes whenever Emilia was showing him affection and would always blush when around her or other women who show their romantic feelings toward him. Eventually, Hayato admits his true feelings toward Emilia and they officially begin a romantic relationship.
Emilia Hermit (エミリア・ハーミット Emiria Hāmitto)
Voiced by: Rumi Ōkubo
Emilia is the female protagonist of Hundred. She is a silver-haired girl from the Britannia Empire and Hayato's roommate. She initially poses as a boy under the name Emile Crossfode (エミール・クロスフォード Emīru Kurosufōdo) with only a few people aware of her secret until she eventually reveals the truth about herself. She and Hayato are together during the second Savage attack 10 years earlier, but Hayato only has vague recollections of the event which results in her becoming a Variant. During their encounter with the Savages at Zwei Island, Hayato realizes her true identity. She is a citizen of the Gudenburg Empire by birth, and eventually reveals that she is Emilia Gudenburg (エミリア・グーデンブルグ Emiria Gūdenburugu), the Empire's third princess. Her Hundred is the Arms Shroud that is an innocence type able to change into any form of weapon, something no other Slayer's Hundred can do. Like Hayato, she too is a Variant, when ten years ago she and Hayato while fleeing from the Savages' onslaught found herself being attacked by a one and almost died, it has left a potent amount of virus in her gaping wound. Though, Hayato, in an attempt to save her life did suck some of the fluids causing him to become a Variant himself. A substantial amount were still left in her system. She is in love with Hayato and known to be very affectionate towards him and does not care about the rumors circulating their relationship as everyone believes them to be gay. Eventually, Hayato and Emilia begin an official relationship.
Claire Harvey (クレア・ハーヴェイ Kurea Hāvei)
Voiced by: M.A.O
The highest-ranked Slayer in Little Garden who is from the United States of Liberia, she is called the Queen. The newly-arrived Hayato is forced to duel her to prevent the expulsion of two students who arrived late to the entrance ceremony because they are looking for him at the airport when he arrived. During the duel Hayato accidentally gropes her and she goes all out and defeats him, but the duel is called a draw and the students are allowed to stay. After Hayato saves her from a Savage and, later, accidentally kisses her, she falls in love with him. Her Hundred is a Dragoon Type where it can utilize multiple cannons or transform into a large powerful rifle, but in doing so can drain much of her energy. She is also one of the few people who are aware of secret that Emilia is really a girl.
Karen Kisaragi (如月 カレン Kisaragi Karen)
Voiced by: Kaya Okuno
Hayato's younger sister who is ill. Hayato became a Slayer in order to obtain first-class treatment for her. While staying in the hospital she is often seen playing tarot cards, where she has become sort of a clairvoyant. Unlike her brother, Hayato, she suspected that Emilia was really a girl the moment she met her, until she was later convinced otherwise. She later becomes good friends with popular idol Sakura.
Sakura Kirishima (霧島 サクラ Kirishima Sakura)
Voiced by: Mayu Yoshioka
She is a popular idol who falls in love with Hayato after seeing him defeat the Trenta Savage at Zwei Island, having met Hayato and Karen at a shelter in Gudenberg during the second Savage attack. She remembers Karen but wasn't able to get Hayato's name at the time. After that incident, she lives with her father whom she never meets. When she later falls ill from an unknown illness, her father sells her to the Warslran Research Facility, where subjects like her are injected with vaccines that are developed from the fluids recovered from defeated Savages. She is the only one of the test subjects to have survived and, like Hayato and Emilia, she is also a Variant and a Slayer.
Meimei (メイメイ Meimei)
Voiced by: Ayaka Imamura
Liddy Steinberg (リディ・スタインバーグ Ridi Sutainbāgu)
Voiced by: Rika Kinugawa
Little Garden's student council Vice President who is in charge of enforcement, she is very loyal to Claire and can be very uptight when enforcing the school's rules and regulations. Her Hundred takes the form of a lance and a shield.
Fritz Granz (フリッツ・グランツ Furittsu Gurantsu)
Voiced by: Wataru Hatano
Hayato's classmate and Latia's partner. His Hundred takes the form of a sniper rifle. He and Latia were childhood friends, he often pokes fun at her. He is curious about the relationship between Hayato and Emilie and often teases them about their relationship, including sometimes referring to them as a couple on occasion.
Erica Candle (エリカ・キャンドル Erika Kyandoru)
Voiced by: Yui Makino
She is also student council Vice President however she is mostly in charge of strategic planning, she has a high admiration for Claire, were it is suggested that she has certain feelings for her. Her Hundred, the Everlasting, is an Arsene type, which takes a form of a massive chained yoyo that she uses for restraining, however her Hundred is ineffective against much stronger Savages. She is also one of the few people who became aware of Emilia's secret.
Latia Saint-Émilion (レイティア・サンテミリオン Reitia Santemirion)
Voiced by: Yuka Ōtsubo
She is classmates with Hayato and Emilia, she is also Fritz's partner. Her Hundred is a close quarter melee type. She is Fritz's childhood friend.
Charlotte Dimandias (シャーロット・ディマンディウス Shārotto Dimandiusu)
Voiced by: Yui Horie
She is a child prodigy who serves as the Little Garden's only main technical expert and chief researcher on Hundreds. Her authority is equal to that of the student council, that she can go against them or question their decisions. She is best friends with Emilia, and she is the only one who knows her secret.
Souffle Clearrail (スフレ・クリアレール Sufure Kuriarēru)
Voiced by: Rina Satō
Sakura's manager, she is also a genetic engineer who treated her when she is struck by an unknown illness. Both she and Charlotte attended the same university and are even classmates.
Judal Harvey (ジュダル・ハーヴェイ Judaru Hāvei)
Voiced by: Yoshimasa Hosoya
Liza and Claire's older brother. He is the president of the Warslran Research Facility. He acts professionally but also seems rather sadistic and unsympathetic.
Claudia Lowetti (クラウディア・ローエッティ Kuraudia Rōetti)
Voiced by: Chinatsu Akasaki
Emile's friend from Gudenburg. She is very protective of Emile and heartily wishes for her to come home with her. When Emile refuses however, she puts the blame on Hayato and is constantly wanting to prove she is better than him to get Emile to come home. Despite Emile telling her to call her Emile, she still addresses her as Emilia, her real name.
Krovanh Olfred (クロヴァン・オルフレッド Kurovan Orufureddo)
Voiced by: Yuuhei Takagi
One of the three Hunters that have Variant powers injected into them by Vitaly. He, along with his two sisters, were originally orphans who were slaves and treated brutally, causing him to hate the world. He is very protective of them and puts their safety at the highest priority.
Nesat Olfred (ネサット・オルフレッド Nesatto Orufureddo)
Voiced by: Saori Ōnishi
One of the three Hunters that have Variant powers injected into them by Vitaly. She, along with her brother and sister, were originally orphans who were slaves and treated brutally. When they escaped together, she hurt her eye, and was brought to Vitaly for treatment. There, Vitaly injects each of them with Variant powers, and gives her injured eye the power to duplicate objects. She is quieter than her brother and sister.
Nakri Olfred (ナクリー・オルフレッド Nakurī Orufureddo)
Voiced by: Machico
One of the three Hunters that have Variant powers injected into them by Vitaly. She, along with her brother and sister, were originally orphans who were slaves and treated brutally. As such, she develops an obstinate attitude. She is also very active.
Vitaly Tynyanov (ヴィタリー・トゥイニャーノフ Vitarī Tuinyānofu)
Voiced by: Romi Park
One of the main antagonists of the series. She was originally a member of the Warslan Research Facility, allowing her to gain much access to the data of the Little Garden and have much knowledge about the technologies. She later developed many Savage-like monsters to attack the Little Garden.

Media

Print

The Hundred light novel series is written by Jun Misaki, with illustrations by Nekosuke Ōkuma. SB Creative published the first volume on November 15, 2012 under their GA Bunko imprint, and 11 volumes have been released as of June 15, 2016.[1][2]

A manga adaptation, illustrated by Sasayuki, was serialized in Fujimi Shobo's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Dragon Age between the December 2013 and January 2015 issues. Two tankōbon volumes were released on August 8, 2015.[3][4]

Anime

An anime television series adaptation, produced by Production IMS and directed by Tomoki Kobayashi,[5] aired from April 5 to June 20, 2016. Miyu Matsuki was initially cast as Charlotte Dimandias, but she was replaced by Yui Horie following her death in October 2015.[6][7] The opening theme song is "Bloodred" by D-Selections, and the first ending theme is "Eyes On Me" by Rumi Ōkubo and Mayu Yoshioka.[8] The second ending theme is "Tabooless" by M.A.O, Rika Kinugawa, and Yui Makino.[9] The third ending theme is "Hardy Buddy" by Yuka Ōtsubo and Wataru Hatano. The fourth ending theme is "Jewels Of Love" by Mayu Yoshioka and Kaya Okuno.

Episode list

No. Title Original air date[10]
1 "Little Garden"
"Ritoru Gāden" (リトルガーデン) 		April 5, 2016

Hayato Kisaragi is a student going to the Little Garden to go to school, where he is training to become a Slayer, human beings who can defeat monsters known as Savages, which are endangering the lives of other fellow human beings. As he exits from the plane, two girls from the school rush to meet him but he hides from them out of embarrassment. However, he later attracts attention at the school campus due to his high scores. There, he meets fellow first-year students Fritz Granz, Latia Saint-Emilion and Emile Crossfode. As Hayato begins to feel welcomed at the school, the two girls become late to the entrance ceremony as they were looking for him, and they are expelled then and there by the Student Council President and the Captain of the Little Garden, Claire Harvey. At this, Emile speaks up and rebuffs Claire, much to the anger of the Student Council Vice-Presidents Liddy Steinberg and Erica Candle. However, Claire turns to Hayato instead, who musters his courage and says that he feels that the students should not be expelled. Claire then challenges him to a one-on-one duel to determine the students' fates. After the entrance ceremony, Emile takes Hayato to see her friend, the technician of the Little Garden, Charlotte Dimandias. At her lab, she reveals herself to also be the Chief Researcher on Hundreds, special gems that can grant powers to humans, turning them into Slayers. She gives Hayato his Hundred, which reacts to him almost immediately. Seeing this, Emile takes Hayato to the training grounds to train him for the upcoming duel.

Later, he goes to put his luggage in his dormitory, and accidentally spots Emile wearing nothing but towel. He is then knocked out by him. He then learns that him and Emile are room-mates. 
2 "The Invincible Queen"
"Zettai Muteki no Pāfekuto Kuīn" (絶対無敵の女王 (パーフェクトクイーン)) 		April 12, 2016

The duel begins early next morning, and all of the students have gathered at the auditorium to watch. There, Liddy explains the rules. The duel will last 15 minutes and will end once one of them is knocked out, when one of their energy is used up or when one of them is disarmed. However, as the duel begins, Hayato accidentally falls over her and grabs Claire's breasts, angering her and firing shots at him. Hayato puts up an energy barrier on Emile's command and deals a heavy shot at Claire. However, this has no effect on her as she puts up her own shield with her numerous cannons, and deals the final blow. This causes Hayato to lose a lot of his energy and as he slowly rises, Claire prepares to use a Buster Cannon against him, shocking everyone and even the Student Council Vice-Presidents. As she shoots, Hayato feels that his body has turned hot, and manages to deflect Claire's blow, pushing her back with different movements and ends up using a full-body armament, the full release of his Hundred powers. In the end, he is still defeated by Claire using her full-body armament even though she said she would not at the start of the match, as he is unable to control his powers and collapses. The match is thus declared a tie as, Claire won officially, but lost to herself. Claire then cancels the expulsion of the girls.

After Hayato recovers, Emile takes him to Central, the business district of the Little Garden, where Karen, Hayato's sister, comes to meet them to check on Hayato after the duel. She begins to suspect theat Emile is a girl but leaves it at that, giving him a warning. They then have lunch but is interrupted by Claire, Liddy, Erica and Chris Steinbelt, Claire's assistant. Claire then recruits Hayato into The Selections, the special unit under the student council, much to Emile's objection. Emile then wishes to join Hayato, and transforms then and there, willing to prove himself. The duel between him and Liddy ends abruptly due to a Savage alert on Zwei Islands. 
3 "Variant Awakening"
"Varianto Kakusei" (ヴァリアント覚醒) 		April 19, 2016

Claire, Liddy and Erica then take Hayato and Emile to a special private room, where dozens of other people are working. The current situation shows that they are presently tracking three Savages on Zwei Islands. At first, Claire was comtemplating on deploying Emile and Hayato, but after receiving the shocking reports on just merely one of the Savages, she refuses as they have no experience just yet even though they have Charlotte's recommendation. However, Charlotte says that LIZA, the main machine and power source of the Little Garden agrees that Hayato and Emile should join them. At this, Claire reconsiders and finally gives her approval. They then prepare to deal with the Savages.

Claire, Liddy and Erica finish off the first Savage first. Hayato and Emile then take on the next one and manage to defeat it by working together. However, the third Savage, the Trenton-class one and also the strongest one, proves to be more of a challenge, injuring Liddy and Erica badly. Hayato and Emile want to help, but Claire goes alone to beat it. She fires a strong blow at it, but it counters with its own. Claire prepares for another, but a beep from her wristband warns her that she does not hav enough energy. As the Savage fires another deadly attack, she is saved by Hayato, and managed to deflect the third blow with his help. Emile then lunges in to break its core, but her clothes are ripped by its heavy claw, revealing a thin scar and large breasts. The sight of the scar then triggers a distant memory in Hayato, and he remembers a girl with long white hair like Emile's, wearing a dress and bleeding profusely from a wound in her chest, a wound that was leaking with yellowish-green poison, the poison of a Savage. And then there was him, crying, and trying to suck out the poison. With a start he then realises that Emile really wasn't a boy, or called Emile for that matter. With a cry, he rushes in to save his childhood friend, Emilia Hermit. Hayato releases his Variant powers in the process, and defeats the Savage, and collapses but his lifted up by Emilia. She is then confronted by Claire, who is shocked at finding out that Emilia was originally just posing as a boy but was really a girl. In the end, she reluctantly agrees to keep Emilia's true identity a secret, but requests that Hayato and Emilia change rooms. However, her warning falls on deaf ears as she stumbles into the room to find her and Hayato kissing. As Hayato gets up with a start, he trips over Emilia's foot and stumbles towards Claire, kissing her in the process. This angers Emilia and a kissing match begins. 
4 "Bodyguard"
"Bodīgādo" (ボディーガード) 		April 26, 2016

The popular singer Sakura Kirishima is looking for a bodyguard and Claire recommends Hayato. As there are more Savages still lurking on Zwei Islands, where Sakura is having her numerous concerts, Hayato has to go to her concert to take care of her. Liddy then brings him to the airport to meet her. Before that, Karen has requested that he bring her Sakura's autograph, and Hayato is determined not to let her down. Sakura proves to be different from what he expected as she falls in love with him and starts chattering about a wedding with all the details planned. Awkward as usual, poor Hayato can do nothing but listen. Later, when Sakura goes to the bath and then requests Hayato bring in her PDA to record a good tune, he is reminded strongly of Karen, how she used to sing in the bath and how she left her clothes all over the place. After the bath, Sakura handles all her autograph signings, her fan meetings and numerous other events, impressing Hayato. Later on, she also shows him her Hundred, in which she takes the form of something like a fairy. After a long day, Hayto receives a phone call from Claire, telling him to come to her summer house tomorrow morning. He then later go to the public baths to bathe, where he invites Emilia out for a trip at Zwei Islands, however, accidentally gropes her and she leaves angrily.

Meanwhile, three people with glowing yellow eyes are seen to be hanging around the Zwei Islands, planning something after Sakura's concert. 
5 "Imitation Girl"
"Imitēshon Gāru" (イミテーション・ガール) 		May 3, 2016

At her messy hotel room, Sakura thinks about her past with her mother and her words of wisdom: Music has the power to make people feel happy. Meanwhile, Hayato goes to Claire's summer house as requested, where he spots the Claire, Liddy and Erica all wearing swimsuits, causing him to blush furiously. When Claire stands up, Erica had taken off her bra to help her apply sunscreen lotion, causing a wildly embarrassing scene. Liddy, defensive as always, leaps from the pool towards Hayato, but slips and falls on him instead. This squabble all ends when Chris comes to bring Claire a cool drink, and is appalled by the scene. After all the commotion, Claire finally gets to the matter at hand and explains to Hayato that a variable stone that Sakura was going to use in her concert was stolen amid the chaos that erupted when the three Savages appeared on Zwei Islands, telling him to be even more cautious in guarding Sakura. Sha also proposes a swimming contest, but Hayato denies. After Claire's meeting, he goes to Central to meet Emilia for her date, but it is interrupted by a phone call from Claire, telling him that Sakura has disappeared from her hotel room. However, when Emilia went to buy drinks, he stumbles upon Sakura, who takes him to a 'special place'. Forced to do work, Hayato texts Emilia about the situation. It turns out Sakura brought him to the Grand Canyon, a special place in her heart that Hayato protected, and she wanted to thank him. Later, she finds out that when she lost her mother and begin singing, the sibling pair she met and praised her singing was actually Karen and Hayato, changing her life. Moved to tears, she repeatedly thanks Hayato and explains her past to him. She came down with a mysterious illness and was sold by her father to the Warslarn Research Facility, where Vitaly Tynyanov injected the children there, including Sakura, with a vaccine made from Savage fluids. It cured Sakura alright, but they continued doing it, no matter the side effects. There, Sakura sang to calm the children down. One by one, all of them died, leaving Sakura, who was rescued by Souffle and Charlotte. However, even though she has a Hundred, Sakura is unable to fight Savages.

As evening approaches, Sakura and Hayato get on a bus to go back to Central. On the way, the bus is struck down by a Trenton-class Savage. As it raises its deadly claw, Sakura and Hayato are right in the way. 
6 "The Diva's Love Song"
"Utahime no Rabu Songu" (歌姫のラブソング) 		May 10, 2016

Hayato transforms and fights the Savage. Meanwhile, Claire, Liddy and Erica have pinpointed Hayato's location and deduce that he has to hold it off until reinforcements arrive. Sakura helps Hayato by defending, and tells him to attack while she cannot. This is a big help to Hayato and he defeats the Savage easily. However, a second Trenton-class Savage appears, and as Sakura tries to shield herself and Hayato from the Savage's deadly blast, gets knocked out momentarily. Thankfully, Fritz, Latia and Emilia arrive and just as they are about to defeat the Savage, it regenerates its pincer. They work together once more to bring it down with Hayato's help, but suddenly, a young boy appears in front of him and deals a severe blow to Hayato, knocking him out. Another two girls appear, and one duplicates Hayato's weapon and they easily defeat the Savage. One of the girls manage to hack into the Savages' head, and takes out two Savage cores. The trio then mention bringing back the cores to Vitaly. Back at school, Charlotte explains that Savage cores are almost like variable stones, as they both make Hundreds.

That night is Sakura's concert, and everyone goes to watch her sing. As she leaves, she kindly gives Karen her autograph and kisses Hayato, shocking everyone while promising to see him soon. Afterwards, she indeed comes to see Hayato that morning when he wakes up. Claire barges in to find Sakura there and so does Emilia. There, a fighting match begins and all of them refuse to leave. 
7 "The Captured Sleeping Beauty"
"Toraware no Ibarahime" (囚われの荊姫) 		May 17, 2016
8 "Night at the Lake"
"Kohan no Yoru" (湖畔の夜) 		May 24, 2016
9 "Dragon Type"
"Shinshu" (新種) 		May 31, 2016
10 "School Festa"
"Gakuen Fesuta" (学園祭 (フェスタ)) 		June 6, 2016
11 "Gardens Crisis"
"Gādenzu Kuraishisu" (ガーデンズ・クライシス) 		June 13, 2016
12 "Friends"
"Nakama" (仲間) 		June 20, 2016

References

  1. ↑ "ハンドレッド－ヴァリアント覚醒－" (in Japanese). SB Creative. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  2. ↑ "ハンドレッド11―リトル・フラグメンツ―" (in Japanese). SB Creative. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
  3. ↑ "ハンドレッド 1" (in Japanese). Fujimi Shobo. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  4. ↑ "ハンドレッド 2" (in Japanese). Fujimi Shobo. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  5. ↑ "School battle anime Hundred main staff cast April premiere revealed". Anime News Network. December 11, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Voice Actress Miyu Matsuki Passes Away". Anime News Network. November 1, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  7. ↑ "School Battle Anime 'Hundred' Unveils Promo Video, Additional Cast". Anime News Network. December 15, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  8. ↑ Komatsu, Mikikazu (April 5, 2016). "Spring TV Anime "Hundred" OP & ED Song Previewed with Videos". Crunchyroll. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
  9. ↑ Green, Scott (April 26, 2016). "Latest Hot "Hundred" Anime Ending Posted". Crunchyroll. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
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