Orenchi no Furo Jijō (Japanese: オレん家のフロ事情, lit. "The Circumstances in My Home's Bathtub") is a Japanese four-panel comedy manga series by Itokichi, serialized in Media Factory's Monthly Comic Gene since 2011. It has been collected in five tankōbon volumes as of September 2014. An anime television series adaptation began airing in Japan on October 6, 2014.
The four-panel manga begins with Tatsumi, a high-school boy who lives by himself. Then, a devastatingly handsome merman named Wakasa moves into the bathtub in Tatsumi's home. Wakasa is a bit self-centered but cute, while Tatsumi is cool but a busybody. The manga offers a peek into their lives together.
Tatsumi (龍己)
Voiced by: Nobunaga Shimazaki
Tatsumi is a high school student who found Wakasa drying out by a river and took him in, thinking he was hurt. He was shocked to find out he was a merman, but decided to let him stay in his bathtub. While usually cool and shy, he's gotten used to living with Wakasa and all his other friends.
Wakasa (若狭)
Voiced by: Yuichiro Umehara
Wakasa is a merman, who was originally living in a heavily polluted river by the upstream dam. As it became too troublesome to live in that area, since rumors about mermaid sighting had started to go around, he decided he had to leave this place and was soon found stranded by Tatsumi, who invited him to live in his comfortable, clean bathroom.
Takasu (鷹巣)
Voiced by: Tatsuhisa Suzuki
Takasu is an octopus merman who likes to check on Wakasa, and the two of them seem to have been friends from before Tatsumi met Wakasa. Takasu likes climbing into small spaces like Tatsumi's washing machine.
Kasumi (霞)
Voiced by: Ibuki Kido
Tatsumi's little sister. She loves her brother a lot and considers Wakasa her rival.
Mikuni (三国)
Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae
A jellyfish merman who can split himself into many smaller versions and administer electric shocks. He has an easygoing personality and has wanderlust so he tends to move around a lot.
Maki (真木)
Voiced by: Kenjiro Tsuda
Maki is a sea snail merman who Tatsumi saved from some bullying children. Maki normally has a self-deprecating, negative personality, but a little kindness brings out a bright, happy snail from his (literal and figurative) shell.
Agari (安賀里)
Voiced by: Yuri Chinen
Agari is a big shark merman rumored to be the model for the movie Jaws. He is referred to as "senpai" (an older person, usually of higher rank or just deeply respected by the person using this term) by Wakasa because sharks are the top among the fish. Although Agari looks scary, he is actually rather shy. He hides underneath the water with only his fin visible because he is too nervous to speak, mainly because he often ends up scaring people when he opens his mouth and flashes his many sharp teeth. Therefore, he uses body language to communicate instead.
Gorōmaru (五郎丸)
A starfish mermaid, who is a younger acquaintance of Wakasa. He likes children and has a really sticky body.
Sōsuke (聡介, Sōsuke)
A friend and classmate of Tatsumi. He does not know that his friend is living with a merman.
Duck-chan (アヒルちゃん, Ahiru-chan)
Voiced by: Yoshihisa Kawahara
A rubber duck that stands in the bathroom of Tatsumi's home. It also serves as a narrator role in the anime.
Five manga volumes have been released so far.
An anime television series adaptation by Asahi Production began airing on October 6, 2014. The series is directed by Sayo Aoi and written by Yuniko Ayana, with character designs by Koji Haneda. The series was obtained by Crunchyroll for streaming in North America and other select parts of the world. The opening theme is "Chimeishō" (致命傷, lit. Fatal Wound) by Matenrou Opera.
