“Library Club president Kyoutarou saves Tsugumi, joins her "Shiomi Happy Project," and seeks the mysterious wish-granting Shepherd.”
A Good Librarian Like a Good Shepherd
大図書館の羊飼い
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Synopsis
Library Club president Kyoutarou saves Tsugumi, joins her "Shiomi Happy Project," and seeks the mysterious wish-granting Shepherd.
"The Shepherd," an urban legend of Shiomi Academy, is said to appear before hardworking students to grant them a wish. While engrossed in a book inside the school's renowned Great Library, Kyoutarou Kakei, a second year student and the Library Club's de facto president, receives an email from the Shepherd foretelling an event that will change his fate. Worried by the message, Kyoutarou rushes over to a nearby train station and encounters fellow student Tsugumi Shirasaki, whom he saves from being hit by a derailing train. Grateful for his heroic actions, Tsugumi joins the Library Club and invites Kyoutarou to participate in her mysterious "Shiomi Happy Project." Together with other new members of the club, they strive to make the academy a better place and uncover the identity of the enigmatic Shepherd.
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Derived from 25 sampled reviews
What 25 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 1.85 · split reception
4.8 pts
Recommenders 7.5 · others 2.8
↑ 0.92
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- Format 12 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 36m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2014 – Dec 2014 Fall 2014
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-7728 catalog
Produced by
- Brave Hearts Producer
- DMM.com Labo Producer
- TIS Producer
Licensed by
- Funimation Licensor