Hen Semi

Hen Semi (変ゼミ), also known as Abnormal Physiology Seminar, is a Japanese comedy manga series written and illustrated by TAGRO and is a remake of his earlier manga series, "Abnormal Physiology Seminar" (変態生理ゼミナール). Hen Semi has been serialized in Kodansha's Morning 2 manga magazine since 2006. It has been adapted into an original video animation in 2010, as well as a anime television series in 2011.

Plot
Nanako falls in love with Komugi and she joins a seminar which he enrolls, but the seminar is an abnormal seminar. Sexual harassment-like assignments and eccentric classmates confuse her.

Characters

 * Nanako Matsutaka (松隆 奈々子)
 * Nanako is a normal university student, who happened to enroll in Abnormal Physiology Seminar. She tries to keep her mental state sound, but other abnormal classmates start to influence her personality...
 * Nanako is a normal university student, who happened to enroll in Abnormal Physiology Seminar. She tries to keep her mental state sound, but other abnormal classmates start to influence her personality...


 * Komugi Musashi (武蔵 小麦)
 * Nanako feels affection for him. He is a handsome boy, but a very straightforward person who is not afraid to discuss his perversions, much to the displeasure of others nearby. He also has a Netorare fetish.
 * Nanako feels affection for him. He is a handsome boy, but a very straightforward person who is not afraid to discuss his perversions, much to the displeasure of others nearby. He also has a Netorare fetish.


 * Miwako Mizukoshi (水越 美和子)
 * Komugi's girlfriend. She is a beautiful woman, but a masochist and losts in wild fancies very often.
 * Komugi's girlfriend. She is a beautiful woman, but a masochist and losts in wild fancies very often.


 * Anna Katō (加藤 あんな)
 * A new student from Kanazawa, Ishikawa. She looks a delinquent, but actually has a split personality.
 * A new student from Kanazawa, Ishikawa. She looks a delinquent, but actually has a split personality.


 * Yesterday Taguchi (田口 イエスタディ)
 * A dissolute student who wants to be a mangaka. He is in a codependency relation with Makiko.
 * A dissolute student who wants to be a mangaka. He is in a codependency relation with Makiko.


 * Makiko Gregory (蒔子＝グレゴリー)
 * A elusive pretty blonde girl who is half British and half Japanese. She is an assistant of Yesterday.
 * A elusive pretty blonde girl who is half British and half Japanese. She is an assistant of Yesterday.


 * Hishiyasu Ichikawa (市河 菱靖)
 * A punk rock and otaku style student who films of other people's perversions. He is also a mysophobe.
 * A punk rock and otaku style student who films of other people's perversions. He is also a mysophobe.


 * Kenji Meshiya (飯野 堅治)
 * The seminar's professor. He looks like Kenji Eno.
 * The seminar's professor. He looks like Kenji Eno.


 * Yūji Horii (堀井 幽璽)
 * Kenji's senpai who sometimes asks him for some money despite a wealthy man. He looks like Yuji Horii.
 * Kenji's senpai who sometimes asks him for some money despite a wealthy man. He looks like Yuji Horii.

Original video animation
The first volume was released with the limited edition of volume four of the manga on July 23, 2010; and the second volume was released with the limited edition of volume five of the manga on March 23, 2011. The opening theme is "Maniaekirakira (マニアエキラキラ)" by Nobuhiro Makino (composition and arrangement), Hitomi Mieno (lyrics), and Kana Hanazawa (vocals) and the ending theme is "Hen Rin Shan; Hen da yo. Rinsū no Ato ni Shanpū te (変・リン・シャン　～変だよ. リンスーの後にシャンプーて～)" by Ataru Sumiyoshi (composition and arrangement), Hitomi Mieno (lyrics), and Kana Hanazawa, Minoru Shiraishi, Norihisa Mori, Takashi Matsuyama (vocals).

Anime television series
In December 2010, an anime television series adaptation of Hen Semi was announced on Kodansha's website. Produced by Xebec under the direction of Takao Kato and scripts by Takamitsu Kōno, the series began its broadcast run on MBS on April 3, 2011. The duration of the episodes is half of that of a regular anime episode: 12 minutes instead of 24 minutes.

The opening theme is a non-lyric song "Hen Zemi Hajimaru yo! (変ゼミ始まるよ！)" by Masaru Yokoyama and the ending theme is "Punctuation!" by Hajime Kikuchi (composition and arrangement), Hitomi Mieno (lyrics), and Kana Hanazawa (vocals).