# My Master Has No Tail

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.

## 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.
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
| 1 | September 6, 2019 | 978-4-06-517007-6 | December 7, 2021 | 978-1-6369-9504-5 |
| 2 | December 6, 2019 | 978-4-06-517932-1 | January 4, 2022 | 978-1-6369-9547-2 |
| 3 | May 7, 2020 | 978-4-06-519472-0 | February 1, 2022 | 978-1-6369-9600-4 |
| 4 | October 7, 2020 | 978-4-06-520912-7 | March 1, 2022 | 978-1-6369-9639-4 |
| 5 | March 5, 2021 | 978-4-06-522663-6 | May 3, 2022 | 978-1-6849-1112-7 |
| 6 | August 5, 2021 | 978-4-06-524517-0 978-4-06-524723-5 (SE) | June 7, 2022 | 978-1-6849-1158-5 |
| 7 | January 7, 2022 | 978-4-06-526555-0 | July 5, 2022 | 978-1-6849-1208-7 |
| 8 | June 7, 2022 | 978-4-06-528218-2 | December 6, 2022 | 978-1-6849-1581-1 |
| 9 | October 6, 2022 | 978-4-06-529509-0 | May 30, 2023 | 978-1-6849-1945-1 |
| 10 | February 7, 2023 | 978-4-06-530565-2 | October 3, 2023 | 979-8-8893-3179-7 |
| 11 | July 6, 2023 | 978-4-06-532224-6 | April 30, 2024 | 979-8-8893-3452-1 |
| 12 | February 7, 2024 | 978-4-06-534480-4 | September 17, 2024 | 979-8-8893-3694-5 |

### 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.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original release date |
| 1 | "I'll Become a Rakugoka!" Transliteration: "Watashi, Rakugoka ni Naru!" (Japanese: 私、落語家になるっ！) | Kazuya Fujishiro | Touko Machida | Hideyo Yamamoto | September 30, 2022 (2022-09-30) |
| Mameda, a young tanuki, leaves her family to visit Osaka, hoping to play pranks on hapless humans. Her archaic antics are thwarted by her lack of understanding of city life in the Taisho era. However, she is fascinated by the young female rakugoka, Bunko Daikokutei, who holds an audience spellbound with a story told simply by her words and a fan. ||||||
| 2 | "Just Go Ahead and Try to Steal My Technique" Transliteration: "Uchi no Gei, Nusumeru Mon nara Nusundemi" (Japanese: ウチの芸、盗めるもんなら盗んでみ) | Hideyo Yamamoto & Yoshitsugu Kimura | Kei Shimobayashi | Hideyo Yamamoto | October 7, 2022 (2022-10-07) |
| 3 | "Watch Carefully" Transliteration: "Yō Shigoto Mitoki" (Japanese: よう仕事見とき) | Yutaka Hirata | Aya Satsuki | Hideyo Yamamoto | October 14, 2022 (2022-10-14) |
| 4 | "It's the Mistakes You See, Not the Ones You Don't" Transliteration: "Misen Hetakuso yori, Miseru Hetakuso ya" (Japanese: 見せん下手くそより、見せる下手くそや) | Dede Yokoyama | Touko Machida | Hideyo Yamamoto | October 21, 2022 (2022-10-21) |
| 5 | "Mejiro, Hamachi, Buri" Transliteration: "Mejiro, Hamachi, Buri" (Japanese: メジロ、ハマチ、ブリ) | Kazuya Fujishiro | Aya Satsuki | Hideyo Yamamoto | October 28, 2022 (2022-10-28) |
| 6 | "The Audience is Food!" Transliteration: "Kyaku wa Kuimono!" (Japanese: 客は食い物！) | Yutaka Hirata | Kei Shimobayashi | Hideyo Yamamoto | November 4, 2022 (2022-11-04) |
| 7 | "You'll Stumble Again and Again with the First Step" Transliteration: "Hajime no Ippo wa Koronde Nanbo" (Japanese: はじめの一歩は転んでなんぼ) | Fumihiro Matsui | Touko Machida | Hideyo Yamamoto | November 11, 2022 (2022-11-11) |
| 8 | "Nobody in Their Right Mind Becomes a Performer" Transliteration: "Shōki Yattara Geinin Yatte Hennen" (Japanese: 正気やったら芸人やってへんねん) | Toshiyuki Anzai | Aya Satsuki | Hideyo Yamamoto | November 18, 2022 (2022-11-18) |
| 9 | "There's No Point If It Isn't Master" Transliteration: "Shishō ja Nakya Iminain da" (Japanese: 師匠じゃなきゃ意味ないんだ) | Tsutomu Murakami | Kei Shimobayashi | Hideyo Yamamoto | November 25, 2022 (2022-11-25) |
| 10 | "Why Not Me?" Transliteration: "Nande Ate wa Akan no ka" (Japanese: 何でアテはあかんのか) | Yutaka Hirata | Yūho Togashi | Hideyo Yamamoto | December 2, 2022 (2022-12-02) |
| 11 | "Let My Art End With You" Transliteration: "Ore no Gei, Omae de Owarasetekure yo na" (Japanese: オレの芸、お前で終わらせてくれよな) | Hideyo Yamamoto | Yūho Togashi | Hideyo Yamamoto | December 9, 2022 (2022-12-09) |
| 12 | "There's No Point to You Being Interesting" Transliteration: "Kimi ga Omoshirokucha Imiganai" (Japanese: 君が面白くちゃ意味がない) | Satoshi Nakagawa | Touko Machida | Hideyo Yamamoto | December 16, 2022 (2022-12-16) |
| 13 | "You Taught Me Everything, Master" Transliteration: "Zenbu Shishō ga Oshiete Kureta" (Japanese: 全部師匠が教えてくれた) | Hideyo Yamamoto & Dede Yokoyama | Touko Machida | Hideyo Yamamoto | December 23, 2022 (2022-12-23) |

## Reception

In 2020, the manga was one of the 50 nominees for the 6th Next Manga Awards in the print category.