Taisho Otome Fairy Tale
Plot. It is late 1921, the 10th year of the Taishō era. Tamahiko Shima, second son of the wealthy Shima family, has his life turned upside-down after his right arm is paralyzed in a car accident that also claims the life of his mother. Now seen as worthless to his calculating father's long-term plans for his business empire, his family treats him as “dead”. But since it would bring shame to the family were they to disown him outright, he instead finds himself shunted off to a villa in the mountains of Chiba , out of public view. Though he quickly resigns himself to the idea that he will die alone and forgotten, one snowy December night a girl appears at his doorstep and announces that she is there to be his live-in caretaker, and when she is old enough, his bride. The girl, named Yuzuki Tachibana, or “Yuzu” for short, was purchased from her impoverished home by Tamahiko's father, and while she too finds herself uprooted from her home and family, she throws herself into her new role with gusto. Tamahiko is initially extremely cynical and depressed due to his exile , and Yuzuki's irrepressibly sunny disposition grates on his nerves at first, but her presence gradually helps brighten his mood. In time, Tamahiko and Yuzuki fall in love. In 1922, Tamahiko's younger sister, Tamako, visits the couple, and, though initially cold, warms up to Yuzuki. They also meet Ryō Atsumi, the older sister and caretaker of a number of younger siblings, who teases, picks on and steals from Tamahiko. However, she grows close to him and Yuzu, and Tamahiko helps her younger siblings with school. In 1923, Yuzuki and one of Ryō's brothers, Ryotaro, leave for Tokyo - the  former to see her friend from school, and the latter to pursue an apprenticeship. However, they are caught up in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, leading Tamahiko and Ryō to walk to Tokyo, with Tamahiko leaving his house open as a temporary shelter for the affected population in his town. Tamahiko finds Yuzuki, bringing her to a temporary hospital run by his estranged uncle. After the earthquake, the famous singer Kotori Shiratori visits Chiba and plays a show with Yuzuki and Ryō attending. Later on, Tamahiko returns to school, passing the entrance exams and making friends with Kotori's twin  brother, Hakaru. Kotori visits Yuzuki and Tamahiko and asks them about love to support her songwriting. Yuzu suddenly leaves one day, and Tamahiko falls back into his depressed state. It is revealed that the heir to the Shima family, Tamaki, has died, and Tamahiko, despite being previously ostracized, is invited back into the family to serve as heir. As a result, Yuzuki is assigned to become the wife of Tamahiko's brother Tamao. Tamahiko goes back to Tokyo, gets Yuzuki back, and cuts ties with his father, with Tamako and Tamao following him, leaving only the oldest sister, Tamayo, to  succeed the Shima family. In preparation for their wedding, Tamahiko and Yuzuki visit Yuzuki's family in Iwate. Eventually, Tamahiko takes Yuzuki's last name, Tachibana, and becomes a teacher. Tamao and Tamako are adopted by their uncle. Media. Manga. "Taisho Otome Fairy Tale", written and illustrated by Sana Kirioka, ran in Shueisha's "Jump Square" magazine from July 4, 2015, to September 4, 2017. Shueisha collected its chapters in five "tankōbon" volumes, released from February 4, 2016, to October 4, 2017. A sequel, titled , was serialized on Shueisha's "Shōnen Jump+" online magazine from August 21, 2018, to May  12, 2020. Shueisha collected its chapters in five "tankōbon" volumes, released from January 4, 2019, to July 3, 2020. A spin-off series, titled , was serialized on "Shōnen Jump+" from July 3 to December 31, 2021. Shueisha released the first volume on October 4, 2021. Anime. On December 20, 2020, at the Jump Festa '21 online event, it was announced that the series would receive an anime television series adaptation by SynergySP. It is directed by Jun Hatori, with scripts written by Hiroko Fukuda and Mayu Watanabe designing the characters. Yasuharu Takanashi is composing the series' music. It aired from  October 9 to December 25, 2021, on TV Tokyo, TVO, BS11, and AT-X. Garnidelia performed the opening theme , while Shun'ichi Toki performed the ending theme . Ayasa Itō performed the ending theme of episode 12. Funimation licensed the series while Muse Communication licensed it in Southeast Asia.