Shomin Sample: I Was Abducted by an Elite All-Girls School as a Sample Commoner
Seikain Girls’ School: an elite boarding academy for girls from only the richest and most prestigious of families. Here, the students are raised to be perfect young ladies, cut off from the real world to preserve their innocence and ensure that they’re free from all distractions. This student body has never even met a boy their own age, until they abduct Kagurazaka Kimito, an average high school boy who will teach them about the world beyond the school’s ivory gates—whether he likes it or not!
Things haven’t gotten any easier for Kimito, Seikain Girls’ School’s resident “Sample Commoner” at Sekain Girls School. Every day, the ever-enthusiastic Aika bursts her way into his room, hoping that mastery of the so-called commoner arts will finally make her popular, while the silent but brilliant Hakua Shiodome continues to cling to him. Enter Jinryou Karen–the beautiful girl he meets in the garden who promptly attacks him with a sword. Kimito’s not-so-common life is about to get much more interesting!
Despite being an abductee, Kimito is adjusting to life at Seikain Girls School. Everything seems almost normal, until the members of the Commoner Club turn the tables on Kimito and make him the target of their own dating sim. Then, Kimito and Hakua spend a peaceful day in the kitchen…leaving Aika and Arisugawa alone together! It’s play dates, potatoes, and soda pop in this side-splitting third volume of Shomin Sample.
“Astrology?!” The members of Club Commoner are fascinated by cell phone astrology, and their emotions soar or plummet based on what their fortune says about their romantic compatibility with Kimito! Let the seduction begin! Eri, Kimito’s childhood friend and idol/voice actress, makes an appearance. There’s also an intimate glimpse at Karen’s home life. Add in the maids’ plan to get Kimito and Hakua together and the Legendary Forbidden Book, and you have volume 5 of this heartwarming comedy about high school love featuring Kimito’s popularity with all the students!!
Kimito takes his teasing of Aika to the next level and accidentally unleashes a GET’S fad that takes the school by storm! In the meantime, Reiko’s mother shows up with a shocking announcement: “Your engagement has been arranged”! While Reiko returns home to obey her parents’ wishes, Club Commoner decides to take matters into their own hands.
Mystified by the idea of a “maid café,” the members of Club Commoner decide it’s time for a truly immersive experience–and make their very own maid café! Later on, not only do Kimito’s pent-up desires rise to the surface once again, he even has a go at teaching–all while Aika explores the secrets of the Commoner Diet. The mysteries of the mundane just keep getting deeper!
Karen has always been a bit different–aloof and isolated, a descendant of samurai, yet with a secret desire to be popular. She and her friend Aika make a pact: They’ll make Karen the talk of the school however they can! When Karen rescues a fellow student from a bear attack, the whole school grows obsessed with one question: Who is this anonymous hero? Why does she always leave a stuffed rabbit behind? It’s a cult of personality in the making, and the school’s sample commoner, Kimito, is bound to be left cleaning up the mess.
Once, Kimito would have given anything to be rescued from Seikain Girls’ School–but now, help from the outside just might be danger in disguise! His childhood friend Eri has found her way into the hidden academy grounds, and she’s stirring up trouble. As a voice actress and idol, she’s a whole different grade of commoner than Kirito, and the students don’t quite know what to make of her. If she gets discovered, it’d be big trouble for Kimito…and worst of all, the girls of Club Commoner just might think Eri’s his girlfriend!
It’s Kimito’s duty as the “Sample Commoner” to introduce elements of his world to the highborn young ladies at Seikain Academy, and when he exposes them to the wonders of social media, Aika finally sees her chance to take her turn in the spotlight. When a bunch of insulated, naïve, and impressionable young women gain the ability to broadcast their every thought, what could possibly go wrong?
Slowly, Kimito’s memories of his past with Kujo-san start to return. Memories of being a fourth grader, of being a member of the Kagurazaka family, and of being Miyuki’s older brother mix in a very confusing way. At the same time, the students at Seikain are super curious about “Hanae Eri,” the new sample commoner who also happens to be Kimito’s childhood friend.
What really happened to Kimito in the winter of fourth grade? Under the watchful eyes of Club Commoner and Kujo-san, his long-forgotten memories finally return. Meanwhile, Eri, who has become a star at Seikain Girls School, has told the young ladies about independent women. The young ladies adore her for this, but the school sees it as problematic. A confrontation is inevitable, and things will not go as Eri expects!
Seikain Girls’ Academy has received word that Aika’s family, the Tenkubashi, have gone bankrupt. Now, Aika must go live with Kimito at his “commoner” home. How will Kimito deal with having a roommate?!
After Aika’s family, the Tenkubashi, went bankrupt, Aika was forced to leave school and go live at Kimito’s house. Under one roof, Kimito and Aika spend more time together and grow closer…but how will their story end? It’s the heartfelt conclusion to this romantic high school comedy. FINAL VOLUME