Kill Me Baby

{{Infobox animanga/Header

| name = Kill Me Baby

| image = Baby, Please Kill Me! vol 1.jpg

| caption = Cover of the first manga volume, featuring Sonya carrying Yasuna Oribe

| ja_kanji = キルミーベイベー

| ja_romaji = Kiru Mī Beibē

| genre = Comedy, slice of life{{cite web|title=Kill Me Baby|url=https://www.sentaifilmworks.com/blogs/catalog/kill-me-baby|publisher=Sentai Filmworks|access-date=March 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602175510/https://www.sentaifilmworks.com/blogs/catalog/kill-me-baby|archive-date=June 2, 2024|url-status=live}}

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = manga

| author = Kaduho

| publisher = Houbunsha

| demographic = Seinen

| imprint =

| magazine = Manga Time Kirara Carat

| first = July 2008

| last =

| volumes = 14

| volume_list =

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = TV series

| director = Yoshiki Yamakawa

| producer =

| writer = Hideki Shirane

| music = EXPO

| studio = J.C.Staff

| network = TBS

| network_en = {{English anime network|SEA=Animax Asia}}

| licensee = {{english anime licensees|NA=Sentai Filmworks|UK=MVM Films}}

| first = January 5, 2012

| last = March 29, 2012

| episodes = 13

| episode_list = #Episode list

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = ova

| director = Yoshiki Yamakawa

| producer =

| writer = Hideki Shirane

| music = EXPO

| studio = J.C.Staff

| network =

| licensee =

| released = October 16, 2013

| runtime = 30 minutes

| first =

| last =

| episodes =

| episode_list =

}}

{{Nihongo|Kill Me Baby|キルミーベイベー|Kiru Mī Beibē}} is a Japanese four-panel gag comedy manga series written and illustrated by Kaduho which began serialization in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Carat from July 2008. It follows the school lives of a high school girl Yasuna Oribe and her friends Sonya, an assassin, and Agiri Goshiki, a ninja. An anime television series adaptation animated by J.C.Staff aired in Japan between January 5, 2012 and March 29, 2012, with an OVA episode released on October 16, 2013.

Characters

;{{Nihongo|Yasuna Oribe|折部やすな|Oribe Yasuna}}

:{{animevoices|Chinatsu Akasaki|Hilary Haag}}

:A normal high school girl and self proclaimed friend of Sonya, who is often friendly to Sonya despite how dangerous she is. She tends to take on the brunt of Sonya's attacks whenever she takes her by surprise or goes overboard with her pranks. She is quite simple minded and is not afraid of Sonya at all, despite the fact that she is an assassin.

;{{Nihongo|Sonya|ソーニャ|Sōnya}}

:{{animevoices|Mutsumi Tamura|Luci Christian}}

:A foreign trained assassin attending a regular high school. As she constantly takes on assassin work she is constantly alert and often attacks Yasuna to punishment. She takes her by surprise or tries to play jokes on her. Despite her tough composure, she is scared of various things such as cockroaches, ghosts, and dogs (even domestic dogs). She also has been shown to care a little for Yasuna.

;{{Nihongo|Agiri Goshiki|呉織あぎり|Goshiki Agiri}}

:{{animevoices|Ai Takabe (anime), Minami Shinoda (Kirara Fantasia){{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2018-01-18/kill-me-baby-gets-a-fresh-coat-of-paint-in-kirara-fantasia-game/.126610|title=Kill Me Baby Gets a Fresh Coat of Paint in Kirara Fantasia Game|last=Loveridge|first=Lynzee|website=Anime News Network|date=January 18, 2018|access-date=January 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314023004/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2018-01-18/kill-me-baby-gets-a-fresh-coat-of-paint-in-kirara-fantasia-game/.126610|archive-date=March 14, 2018|url-status=live}}|Rozie Curtis}}

:A laid back ninja from the same organization as Sonya. She transferred to Sonya's school for some assignments and stays at a former ninja club room without permission. She often perplexes Sonya and Yasuna with dubious 'ninjutsus'. She is shown to be calm and have long purplish hair.

;{{nihongo|Unused Character|没キャラ|Botsu-kyara}}

:{{animevoices|Rie Kugimiya|Brittney Karbowski}}

:A redheaded, green-eyed, nameless character who was supposed to be part of the main cast, but was dropped as Yasuna had supposedly taken on all her personality traits. She has since vowed revenge against Yasuna and Sonya.

Media

=Manga=

Kill Me Baby began its serialization in the July 2008 issue{{cite web|date=July 2008|url=http://www.dokidokivisual.com/magazine/carat/book/index.php?mid=69|script-title=ja:まんがタイムきららキャラット|trans-title=Manga Time Kirara Carat|script-website=ja:まんがタイムきららWeb ドキドキ★ビジュアルドットコム|trans-website=Manga Time Kirara Web Doki Doki Visual dot com|publisher=Houbunsha|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407020428/http://www.dokidokivisual.com/magazine/carat/book/index.php?mid=69|archive-date=April 7, 2022|url-status=live|access-date=November 10, 2022|language=ja|script-quote = ja:遂に本格連載開始★カヅホ「キルミーベイベー」：新感覚殺し屋ギャグに病み付きの予感…。|trans-quote=Full-scale serialization finally started ★ Kazuho "Kill Me Baby": I have a feeling that I'm addicted to the new sense of killer jokes...}} of Manga Time Kirara Carat manga magazine after a prototype of the strip was published in an earlier issue of the magazine. Houbunsha published the first compilation volume on January 27, 2009, with fourteen volumes published.{{cite book|title=|date=June 27, 2023|isbn=978-4-8322-7465-5|volume=14|language=ja|script-title=ja:キルミーベイベー|trans-title=Kill Me Baby|oclc=1391285584|df=dmy-all|author1=カヅホ|publisher=芳文社}}

=Anime=

An anime adaptation by J.C.Staff aired on TBS between January 5, 2012 and March 29, 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-07-26/baby-please-kill-me-4-panel-comedy-manga-gets-tv-anime|title=Baby, Please Kill Me! 4-Panel Comedy Manga Gets TV Anime|last=Loo|first=Egan|website=Anime News Network|date=July 26, 2011|access-date=August 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129013110/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-07-26/baby-please-kill-me-4-panel-comedy-manga-gets-tv-anime|archive-date=November 29, 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-09-27/baby-please-kill-me-anime-staff-premiere-time-revealed|title=Baby, Please Kill Me! Anime's Staff, Premiere Time Revealed|last=First|first=Joseph|website=Anime News Network|date=September 27, 2011|access-date=September 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929161344/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-09-27/baby-please-kill-me-anime-staff-premiere-time-revealed|archive-date=September 29, 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-12-22/please-kill-me-baby/kill-me-baby-1st-tv-ad-streamed|title=Please Kill Me Baby/Kill Me Baby's 1st TV Ad Streamed|last=Loo|first=Egan|website=Anime News Network|date=December 22, 2011|access-date=December 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151027214914/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-12-22/please-kill-me-baby/kill-me-baby-1st-tv-ad-streamed|archive-date=October 27, 2015|url-status=live}} The opening theme is {{nihongo|"Kill Me no Baby!"|キルミーのベイベー！|Kiru Mī no Beibē}} by Mutsumi Tamura and Chinatsu Akasaki while the ending theme is {{nihongo|"Futari no Kimochi no Honto no Himitsu"|ふたりのきもちのほんとのひみつ|The True Secrets of the Pair's Feelings}} by Tamura and Akasaki. These theme songs and all of background music are composed by EXPO, a synthpop group consisting Kimitaka Matsumae and Suguru Yamaguchi. The series has been licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-02-14/sentai-filmworks-adds-kill-me-baby-tv-anime|title=Sentai Filmworks Adds Kill Me Baby TV Anime|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|website=Anime News Network|date=February 14, 2013|access-date=February 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522133009/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-02-14/sentai-filmworks-adds-kill-me-baby-tv-anime|archive-date=May 22, 2019|url-status=live}} A CD Album, Kill Me Baby Super, was released on October 16, 2013 and includes an original video animation.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-08-10/kill-me-baby-cd-to-bundle-new-half-hour-bonus-anime|title=Kill Me Baby CD To Bundle New Half Hour Bonus Anime|last=Loo|first=Egan|website=Anime News Network|date=August 10, 2013|access-date=August 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928213619/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-08-10/kill-me-baby-cd-to-bundle-new-half-hour-bonus-anime|archive-date=September 28, 2018|url-status=live}}

==Episode list==

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 1

| Title = Sneaking Dog, Blossoming Cherry

| TranslitTitle = Inu o Shinobi te Sakura Saku

| NativeTitle = いぬをしのびてさくらさく

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| RTitle =

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|1|5}}

| ShortSummary = Yasuna Oribe gets a lot of injuries from classmate and hired assassin, Sonya. When a dog wanders into the classroom, the two think of a way to get rid of it. Later, Yasuna meets a self-proclaimed ninja named Agiri Goshiki who tries to sell her some 'ninjitsus'.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 2

| Title = Nunchaku Skills Bear Balloons

| TranslitTitle = Waza Nunchaku de Kuma Fuusen

| NativeTitle = わざぬんちゃくでくまふうせん

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| RTitle =

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|1|12}}

| ShortSummary = Yasuna tries and fails to learn to use nunchuks before she and Sonya encounter an escaped bear. The next day, a little girl gets Sonya and Yasuna to play with her.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 3

| Title = Cursed Psychic Rain Wrestling

| TranslitTitle = Esupa Noroeba Ame Sumō

| NativeTitle = えすぱのろえばあめすもう

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| RTitle =

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|1|19}}

| ShortSummary = Yasuna tries her hand at psychic powers and voodoo curses, before finding some activities to do on a rainy day. Later, a red haired girl who was rejected from the main cast tries to take revenge on Yasuna and Sonya, but keeps missing them.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 4

| Title = Ice Cream Scream Watermelon

| TranslitTitle = Aisuru Suika Yoga Shikaku

| NativeTitle = あいするすいかよがしかく

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| RTitle =

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|1|26}}

| ShortSummary = On a hot summer's day, Yasuna and Sonya buy some ice cream, where Yasuna becomes obsessed with finding a winning stick. The next day, they head to the beach to try and break open a watermelon. Later, Sonya is targeted by another assassin, who is eventually stopped by Agiri. On another day, more assassins disguised as Yasuna target Sonya, which becomes more confusing when the real Yasuna shows up and plays along.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 5

| Title = Buggy Festival Sea Dolls

| TranslitTitle = Mushi o Matsuri te Umi Ningyō

| NativeTitle = むしをまつりてうみにんぎょう

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| RTitle =

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|2|2}}

| ShortSummary = Yasuna's attempt to get Sonya interested in bug catching goes awry when she attracts a lot of bees. Later, Yasuna and Sonya go to a festival and try out all the stalls. While at the beach, Yasuna and Sonya deal with a loose dog and get stranded at sea. Later, Yasuna practises a puppet routine, which just annoys Sonya.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 6

| Title = Navel Mechanism Paper Toll Ice

| TranslitTitle = Heso Karakuri de Teru Gōri

| NativeTitle = へそからくりでてるごおり

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| RTitle =

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|2|9}}

| ShortSummary = As summer ends, Yasuna gets a craving for shaved ice and asks Agiri for help. Later, Yasuna and Sonya go to Agiri's house, filled with hidden mechanisms, before later having to deal with a stormy day.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 7

| Title = Culture Beanbag Jousting Duel

| TranslitTitle = Bunka Otedama de Kibasen

| NativeTitle = ぶんかおてだまできばせん

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| RTitle =

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|2|16}}

| ShortSummary = As Yasuna tries to come up with a project for the upcoming culture festival, Sonya demonstrates how long she is able to hold her breath. At a sports festival, the girls debate who should be on top in a tower battle. Later, Yasuna becomes irritated when Sonya trumps her at juggling. Afterwards, both Yasuna and Sonya become engaged in a battle against a mosquito.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 8

| Title = Sticking, Strumming, Stabbing

| TranslitTitle = Hamari Kanaderi Tsukisasari

| NativeTitle = はまりかなでりつきささり

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| RTitle =

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|2|23}}

| ShortSummary = While trying to play a prank on Sonya, Yasuna gets a bin stuck on her head. Later, Yasuna has Sonya try out various musical instruments before roping her into a game of darts.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 9

| Title = Fishing Hammer's Spawn Branch Forgotten

| TranslitTitle = Tsuri Tsuchinoko shi Wasure Eda

| NativeTitle = つりつちのこしわすれえだ

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| RTitle =

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|3|1}}

| ShortSummary = When both Yasuna and Sonya end up misplacing some things, they help each other search them. While searching for the legendary tsuchinoko, Yasuna and Sonya end up encountering an enemy assassin, Yasuna competes with Sonya to see who can catch the most fish, Yasuna luckily gets saved by a flower vase and decides to test her luck.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 10

| Title = Santa Icicle Snow Mantra

| TranslitTitle = Santa Tsurara te Yukidarumu

| NativeTitle = さんたつららてゆきだるむ

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| RTitle =

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|3|8}}

| ShortSummary = As snow falls on the schoolyard, Yasuna enjoys the snow, unlike Sonya. The next day, Yasuna catches a cold but goes to school anyway, much to Sonya's annoyance. Later, Yasuna pretends to be a remote controlled toy before having a paper airplane contest with Sonya. A week before Christmas, the girls have a Christmas party where Agiri tries to incorporate Halloween.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 11

| Title = Bath Kite Rice Cake New Year's First Dream

| TranslitTitle = Furo Tako Mochi te Hatsuyume shi

| NativeTitle = ふろたこもちてはつゆめし

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| RTitle =

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|3|15}}

| ShortSummary = As Yasuna has various New Year's dreams, she attempts to get Sonya interested in making mochi. After attempting to fly some kites, Yasuna and Sonya go to a public bath together. Yasuna was punch in the face in a Boxing Match.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 12

| Title = Drowsy Chocolate Injury Compress

| TranslitTitle = Choko ga Nemuke te Kega Shippu

| NativeTitle = ちょこがねむけてけがしっぷ

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| RTitle =

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|3|22}}

| ShortSummary = Yasuna becomes interested in bandages and decides to stick some on herself, believing she'll be protected from future wounds. Later, Sonya tries to catch up on some rest after so much work, but Yasuna misreads the situation and keeps getting in her way. Later on, Yasuna tries to convince Sonya to give up being an assassin.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 13

| Title = Make the Kill Me and Make Me Your Baby

| TranslitTitle = Kiru ga Mī shite Beibe suru

| NativeTitle = きるがみーしてべいべする

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| RTitle =

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|3|29}}

| ShortSummary = Yasuna and Sonya get in a fix when Yasuna brings in some handcuffs. Not knowing when Sonya's birthday is, Yasuna and Agiri hold a party for her anyway. Later, Yasuna tries to stop Sonya, believing she is meeting up with a target, and winds up in a pit. Sonya stops after Yasuna admits that she gets worried about Sonya when she is on assignments.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = OVA

| Title = Buddha Statues, Injuries and Fake Halloween

| TranslitTitle = Butsuzō Kegatte Nise Harowīn

| NativeTitle = ぶつぞうけがってにせはろうぃーん

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| RTitle =

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|10|16}}

| ShortSummary = Yasuna allegedly breaks an alarm clock and tries to hide it from Sonya when she believes it to be hers. Later, Yasuna attempts to break some concrete tiles she brought instead of her lunch. Afterwards, Yasuna and Sonya are asked by Agiri to clean up her storage shed, before later encountering a fake Agiri themselves.

}}

=Video game=

Characters from the series appear alongside other Manga Time Kirara characters in the 2017 mobile RPG, Kirara Fantasia.{{cite web|date=November 14, 2017|access-date=November 10, 2022|website=4Gamer.net|script-title=ja:「きららファンタジア」は12月上旬頃に配信予定。「キルミーベイベー」の参戦，スペシャルムービー公開など最新情報をお届け|trans-title="Kirara Fantasia" is scheduled to be distributed around early December. Delivering the latest information such as the participation of "Kill Me Baby" and the release of a special movie|language=ja|url=https://www.4gamer.net/games/385/G038590/20171115027/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516181342/https://www.4gamer.net/games/385/G038590/20171115027/|archive-date=May 16, 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite web|date=January 18, 2018|access-date=November 10, 2022|website=Comic Natalie|script-title=ja:「きららファンタジア」に「キルミーベイベー」正式参戦、あぎり役は篠田みなみ|trans-title=Kill Me Baby officially participates in Kirara Fantasia, Minami Shinoda as Agiri|language=ja|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/265709|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826084341/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/265709|archive-date=August 26, 2022|url-status=live}}

Reception

Theron Martin of Anime News Network found some of the humor repetitious and the mediocre animation as the series' faults but said that it was balanced out with material that did garner laughs and a workmanlike dub, calling it "a series probably best-enjoyed one or two episodes at a time; trying to marathon it can be a brain-melting experience and is so not recommended. Keep it to smaller doses, though, and it delivers often enough to make a reliable comedy diversion."{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/kill-me-baby/dvd-complete-collection|title=Kill Me Baby DVD - Review|last=Martin|first=Theron|website=Anime News Network|date=July 5, 2013|access-date=October 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121231545/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/kill-me-baby/dvd-complete-collection|archive-date=November 21, 2015|url-status=live}} Aiden Foote, writing for THEM Anime Reviews, also found the animation middling but praised the slapstick humor and its delivery by both Yasuna and Sonya, concluding that "Overall, almost from nothing, Kill Me Baby! seems to have itself a sweet little niche in the congested four-panel market. What it lacks in a large cast, it makes up for by diligently bringing the characters it does use to life."{{cite web|url=https://themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=1436|title=Kill Me Baby|last=Foote|first=Aiden|website=THEM Anime Reviews|date=May 21, 2012|access-date=October 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906065732/https://themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=1436|archive-date=September 6, 2015|url-status=live}}

Music in the anime

(Opening Theme) "Kill Me no Baby! (キルミーのベイベー!)" by Yasuna and Sonya (Chinatsu Akasaki & Mutsumi Tamura)
(Ending Theme) "Futari no Kimochi no Honto no Himitsu (ふたりのきもちのほんとのひみつ)" by Yasuna and Sonya (Chinatsu Akasaki & Mutsumi Tamura)
Kill Me Baby Character Song Agiri Akichi to Noraneko
Kill Me Baby Character Song Yasuna Kyou Mo Futari De
Kill Me Baby Character Song Sonya Yakisoba Pan
Kaerimichi - EXPO (Kill Me Baby)

Notes

References

External links

[http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/kmb/ TBS Official Site]{{in lang|ja}}
[http://killmebaby.tv/ "Substantially Official Site"]{{in lang|ja}}
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