is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro. It has been serialized online via Shueisha's Tonari no Young Jump website since August 2016, with the chapters collected in twelve tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by CloverWorks aired from January to March 2022.

Plot
Throughout her young life, Komichi has always adored sailor attire (being inspired by her idol Miki Fukumoto), even going so far as to have her mother Yuwa make a sailor-style school uniform for her when she enters middle school. When she gets accepted to her mother's old private school Roubai Girls' Academy, she is delighted that she'll get to wear her homemade uniform; once arriving at her new school, she is surprised to find out that Roubai's dress code no longer uses sailor uniforms and have been replaced with blazers instead. Despite the circumstances, the school's headmistress happily makes an exception and allows her to wear the traditional sailor uniform. As she goes through her years of early adolescence, even experiencing some struggles along the way, she meets and befriends many of her school peers and enjoys her school life.

Characters

Roubai Academy Class 1-3

 Seat 1: A first year middle school student/the titular protagonist and is a graduate of Futaba Elementary School who has recently been accepted to the elite all-girls' Roubai Academy, the same school her mother Yuwa attended when she was her age; since she was a child, she has had a fascination for sailor attire as well as sailor school uniforms. She eventually gets her mother to make her one, an exact replica to her mother's school uniform, for her first day of school. Once she arrives at the school's entrance ceremony, she at first feels out of place due to her sailor school uniform, which happens to be Roubai Academy's original dress code from when Yuwa was a student there. Meanwhile, the other students are wearing blazer-styled school uniforms instead. Despite the misunderstanding, Komichi is happily given permission by the principal to wear the sailor uniform, making her the only student in the school and her class to wear the school's original uniform design. While she attends her new school and living out her adolescent years, she hopes to make hundreds of friends. At the school, she quickly becomes popular for her extroverted personality and joins the school's drama club. She is fond of performing gymnastics tricks thanks to her flexible body.

 Seat 2: A mischievous student who is originally from Tokyo. She is Kizaki's dormmate, and befriends Akebi on her first day. A member of the softball club, Usagihara is known among her classmates for cooking and baking various food for her schoolmates, having a kitchen in her dormitory, as well as her poor grades. She went to the same cram school as Tatsumori.

 Seat 3: An inquisitive girl. Ohkuma does not like socializing, preferring instead to take notes of people while observing them in the hopes of using it in the future. She also takes notes of various wild animals she sees. In the anime, she shares a dorm with Togeguchi.

 Seat 4: A girl with the tendency to sleep a lot. She is Usagihara's roommate and belongs to the archery club.

 Seat 5: A girl from Tokyo and the first person who Komichi meets on her first day of school, quickly becoming her best friend. She hails from a rich family as her family back at home owns and lives in a mansion. When feeling nervous or anxious, she has a habit of using her nail clippers, saying that the sound of the clippers are a therapeutic relief for her; she has learned many hobbies, such as playing the violin, piano, and horseback riding, but ultimately joins the climbing club.

 Seat 6: A shy, quiet girl with glasses who is originally from Nagano Prefecture. She is a bookworm and thus a member of the literature club.

 Seat 7: A self-conscious girl who used to play tennis.

 Seat 8: A studious, serious student. She is the class vice president and a member of the track club.

 Seat 9: The class president. She gives off the aura of a tough, no-nonsense student and thus is somewhat unpopular, but Akebi befriends her anyway. She is a member of the photography club, as well as the best student in the class academically.

 Seat 10: A loner girl and Ohkuma's roommate. She has twin-tailed hair. Tougeguchi suffers from severe anxiety to the point of taking medication, which Akebi assists her with. She is a member of the table tennis club.

 Seat 11: A girl in the basketball club.

 Seat 12: A friendly, popular girl in the school's volleyball club.

 Seat 13: A girl from Kansai and a member of the swim team. She is playful and competitive, but does not perform well academically.

 Seat 14: A sweet and soft-spoken girl in Komichi's class with the height of a grade schooler, making her one of the shortest students in her class.  

 Seat 15: A girl with a penchant for punk rock and Togano's roommate. Despite her love for music, she initially cannot read music, though she eventually learns the guitar.

 Seat 16: A tall, stoic girl whose only interest is volleyball, and is thus a member of the volleyball club. She is subsequently Nawashiro's best friend.

Others

Komichi and Kao's mother and Sato's wife. She is an alumna of Roubai Girls Academy; Yuwa can be seen in an old photograph with two of her friends wearing Roubai Academy's original sailor school uniform, which inspired Komichi to have Yuwa create her a sailor uniform of her own. 

Komichi's younger sister and a third grader who attends elementary school.

Komichi and Kao's father and Yuwa's husband who is usually away on business, but he does make time to see his family whenever he does not have to work.

An idol that Komichi deeply admires. Her use of a sailor uniform in a water bottle ad is what inspired Komichi to adopt a sailor uniform.

Production
Akebi's Sailor Uniform is Hiro's first work published by Shueisha. Around half year before the end of his previous work, Yumekuri, he was reached out to by the editorial department of Weekly Young Jump. He knew that it would be impossible for him to carry out a weekly serialization and therefore had little interest in working with Young Jump. He however still had a meeting with them and surprisingly found out they could provide options other than weekly serialization.

Media

Manga
Akebi's Sailor Uniform is written and illustrated by Hiro. The series began serialization in Shueisha's Tonari no Young Jump website on August 2, 2016. The first volume was released on April 19, 2017. As of October 19, 2023, twelve volumes have been released.

Volumes

Anime
An anime television series adaptation by CloverWorks was announced on March 26, 2021. Miyuki Kuroki directed the series, while Rino Yamazaki wrote and oversaw the series' scripts. The character designs were provided by Megumi Kouno. Kana Utatane composed the series's music. It aired from January 9 to March 27, 2022 on Tokyo MX and other networks. The 16 main cast members, under the name , performed the opening theme song , while Manatsu Murakami (credited as Komichi Akebi) performed the ending theme song "Baton".  by Manatsu Murakami (credited as Komichi Akebi) was used as the ending theme song for episode 4. A cover of the Spitz song  sung by Mitsuho Kambe (the voice of Oshizu Hebimori) is featured in episode 7. Funimation (now Crunchyroll, LLC) licensed the series outside of Asia. Muse Communication licensed the series in Southeast Asia.

On January 27, 2022, Funimation announced the series would receive an English dub, which premiered on January 29.

Episodes

Reception
By March 2023, the series has over one million copies in circulation.

See also
 Super Cub, a light novel series also illustrated by Hiro

Notes

References

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《아케비의 세일러복》()는 히로가 원작한 일본의 만화이다. 2016년부터 슈에이샤의 웹 코믹 사이트 《이웃집 영 점프》에서 격월 연재 중이다.

2023년 3월 시점에서 단행본의 누계 발행 부수는 100만 부를 돌파했다.

줄거리 
아케비 코미치는 동경하는 아이돌 후쿠모토 미키가 CM로 입고 있던 세일러복의 귀여움에 매료되어 언젠가 자신도 입고 싶다고 꿈꾸고 있었다. 어머니 유와의 모교인 시골 명문 여학교인 사립 로우바이 학원 중등부 교복이 세일러복이었던 것에 운명을 느껴 자신도 로우바이 학원에 응시하고 만약 합격하면 어머니에게 세일러복을 지어줄 약속을 한다. 코이치는 무사히 합격하고 약속한 세라복을 입고 입학식을 하는데 거기서 로우바이 학원 교복이 이미 블레이저로 변경됐다는 것을 알게 된다. 학교 측은 사정을 고려해 세일러복으로 학교생활을 허용하지만 골목길은 자신 이외의 학생이 블레이저를 입고 있는 환경에 위축돼 엄살을 부린다. 그러나 동생 카오의 질타에 나만 세일러복을 입는다면 남보다 주목을 받고 친구를 사귀기 쉽지 않을까 생각한다.이튿날 아침, 코이치는 세일러복을 입고 현관에 서서, 웃는 얼굴로 등교한다. 폐교 직전의 초등학교로, 고독한 초등학교 시절을 보내 온 골목길에는 포부가 있었다. "멋있어지고 싶다", "친구를 많이 만들고 싶다" 그런 골목길의 중학교 생활이 그려져 간다.

등장인물 
아케비 코미치(明日 小路)
성우 -  무라카미 마나츠
본작의 주인공. 출석 번호 1번. 생일은 4월 4일. 어머니 유와의 모교인 로우바이 학원의 세일러복을 동경해 입학, 친가에서 도보로 통학하고 있다. 초등학교에서는 자신 이외에 같은 학년의 학생이 없고, 반동으로 중학교에서는 적극적으로 친구 관계를 만들고 있다. 성격은 매우 밝고 외향적이다. 개방적인 시골에서 자랐기 때문인지, 약간 상식이 부족한 부분이 있어, 뒷일를 생각하지 않는 행동을 일으키기도 한다. 또, 학원 내에서는 인간 관계는 양호하더라도 사적으로의 교제에는 자신을 가지지 않는 부분이 있다. 본인은 친구 사귀기를 항상 생각하고 있어 체육제에서 '모두를 보러 갈 수 있다'라는 동기로부터 응원계를 담당했다.
우사기하라 토우코(兎原 透子)
성우 - 키토 아카리
오오쿠마 미노루(大熊 実)
성우 - 코하라 코노미
카미모쿠 네코(神黙 根子)
성우 - 이토 미쿠
키자키 에리카(木崎 江利花)
성우 - 아마미야 소라
코죠 토모노(古城 智乃)
성우 - 와카야마 시온
시죠 리오나(四条 璃生奈)
성우 - 타도코로 아즈사
타츠모리 아이(龍守 逢)
성우 - 이세 마리야
타니가와 케이(谷川 景)
성우 - 세키네 아키라
토게구치 아유미(峠口 鮎美)
성우 - 미카미 시오리
토가노 마이(戸鹿野 舞衣)
성우 - 시라이시 하루카
나와시로 야스코(苗代 靖子)
성우 - 혼도 카에데
미나카미 리리(水上 りり)
성우 - 이시카와 유이
히라이와 호타루(平岩 蛍)
성우 - 아사쿠라 모모
헤비모리 오시즈(蛇森 生静)
성우 - 칸베 미츠호
와시오 히토미(鷲尾 瞳)
성우 - 이시가미 시즈카
타무라 요리(田村 頼)
성우 - M.A.O

TV 애니메이션 
2022년 1월부터 3월까지 TOKYO MX 등에서 방송되었다.

스태프 
 원작 - 히로(博)
 감독 - 쿠로키 미유키(黒木美幸)
 시리즈 구성·각본 - 야마자키 리노(山崎莉乃)
 캐릭터 디자인 - 코노 메구미(河野恵美)
 서브 캐릭터 디자인 - 카와카미 타이시(川上大志), 안노 마사토(安野将人)
 미술 감독 - 우스이 히사요(薄井久代), 모리야스 야스나오(守安靖尚)
 미술 설정 - 시오자와 요시노리(塩澤良憲)
 색채 설계 - 요코타 아스카(横田明日香)
 촬영 감독 - 카와시타 유키(川下裕樹)
 3D 디렉터 - 미야하라 요헤이(宮原洋平)
 편집 - 사이토 아카리(齋藤朱里)
 음향 감독 - 하마노 타카토시(濱野高年)
 음악 - 우타타네 카나(うたたね歌菜)
 음악 제작 - 애니플렉스
 프로듀서- 이시카와 타츠야(石川達也), 이시야마 타카히로(石山貴大), 마츠이 유코(松井優子)
 애니메이션 프로듀서 - 후쿠시마 유이치(福島祐一)
 애니메이션 제작 - CloverWorks
 제작 - 아케비의 세일러복 제작위원회(애니플렉스, 슈에이샤, BS아사히)

주제가 
시작의 찰나(はじまりのセツナ)
로우바이 학원 중등부 1학년 3반에 의한 오프닝 테마. / 작사·작곡·편곡 - 스기야마 카츠히코
Baton
아케비 코미치(무라카미 마나츠)에 의한 엔딩 테마(제1~3화, 제5~11화). / 작사·작곡·편곡 - 나카노 료타
바람에 맡기고(風にまかせて)
아케비 코미치(무라카미 마나츠)에 의한 제4화 엔딩 테마. / 작사·작곡 - shirosagi / 편곡 - 타카하시 코이치로

삽입곡 
hem
노래 - 후쿠모토 미키(사이토 슈카) / 작사·작곡·편곡 - 스기야마 카츠히코
Delusion
노래 - 후쿠모토 미키(사이토 슈카) / 작사·작곡·편곡 - 시라토 유스케
Illumination
노래 - 후쿠모토 미키(사이토 슈카) / 작사는 쿠리하라 사토루, 편곡은 쿠보타 신고. 작곡은 둘이서 공동.
チェリー
노래 - 헤비모리 오시즈(칸베 미츠호) / 작사·작곡 - 쿠사노 마사무네

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각주

외부 링크 
 아케비의 세일러복
 TV 애니메이션 '아케비의 세일러복' 공식 사이트
 
 

2016년 만화
중학교를 배경으로 한 만화
2022년 애니메이션
CloverWorks
애니플렉스 애니메이션
중학교를 배경으로 한 애니메이션
애니플러스