Character Books

Character Books (キャラクターズブック) is a series of printed merchandise created by magazine publishing company YOU and published under Shuueisha. This series of books consisted of six editions, each focusing on a different sextuplet.

These books contained stickers, posters, profiles, trivia, character designs, lyrics to the second ending of the first season of the anime, articles about selected episodes, and other various art from the anime, which varied based on which sextuplet's book was purchased. Additionally, information on the locations found in Akatsuka Ward, the sextuplets' thoughts on selected scenes, and even personality quizzes themed after each sextuplet were included.

The most well-known aspect of these books was the exclusive posters. Furthermore, the most well-known among those was the poster found in Todomatsu's Character Book. This poster featured the very first official youkai designs.

The sextuplets' corresponding youkai in the poster are the corresponding:

* Osomatsu - Kitsune (狐)
* Karamatsu - Karasu Tengu (烏天狗)
* Choromatsu - Dodomeki (百々目鬼)
* Ichimatsu - Nekomata (猫又)
* Jyushimatsu - Rokurokubi (ろくろ首)
* Todomatsu - Yuki Onna (雪女)

Osomatsu and Karamatsu's books were released on May 25, 2016, while Choromatsu and Ichimatsu's were released on June 24, 2016. Jyushimatsu and Todomatsu's were released on July 25, 2016.

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General References:

1. ↑ https://dic.pixiv.net/a/%E5%A6%96%E6%80%AA%E6%9D%BE
2. ↑ https://trinketprince.tumblr.com/post/636417664896696320/all-the-youkaimatsus-so-far
3. ↑ https://twitter.com/animatefuse/status/704241830129307649?s=20

Gallery Image Sources:

1. https://st-channel.jp/news/222
2. https://www.animatetimes.com/news/img.php?id=1462524296&p=1&n=6
3. https://www.amazon.co.jp/TV%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A1%E3%81%8A%E3%81%9D%E6%9D%BE%E3%81%95%E3%82%93%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%96%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF-3-%E3%83%81%E3%83%A7%E3%83%AD%E6%9D%BE-%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%82%B3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9-YOU%E7%B7%A8%E9%9B%86%E9%83%A8/dp/4088455665
4. https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/YOU%E7%B7%A8%E9%9B%86%E9%83%A8/dp/4088455673/ref=sr\_1\_4?camp=247&creative=1211&dchild=1&keywords=%E3%81%8A%E3%81%9D%E6%9D%BE%E3%81%95%E3%82%93+%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%96%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF&linkCode=as2&qid=1627190668&sr=8-4
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6. https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/YOU%E7%B7%A8%E9%9B%86%E9%83%A8/dp/408845569X/ref=sr\_1\_7?camp=247&creative=1211&dchild=1&keywords=%E3%81%8A%E3%81%9D%E6%9D%BE%E3%81%95%E3%82%93+%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%96%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF&linkCode=as2&qid=1627190668&sr=8-7
7. https://twitter.com/osomatsu\_illust/status/738184059025686528