There is a
fantasy that many workers in the technology sector have had in silence: that
the day they are fired, everything will fall apart. Well, Fired? But I
Maintain All the Software! It takes that fantasy, puts a completely
different spin on it, and now it's going to have anime. The publisher Shufu
to Seikatsu Sha confirmed the animated adaptation of Yuki
Kashirome's light novel, although for now the announcement comes
without a studio, without a cast and without a release date.
The
protagonist is Ai Sato, an engineer who was alone in charge of the
maintenance of all the systems in her company. One day she is fired without
warning. Instead of being paralyzed, Ai crosses paths with an old friend, Kenta
Suzuki, who is looking for a partner to start a business. The decision they
make together is to open a programming school aimed at people
who really need that support to change their situation.
What
distinguishes the series from other stories of work reincarnation or office
isekai is that its students are not background characters. Each one arrives
with their own burden: an office worker who wants to improve their family
relationship, a woman who needs to prove her value at work, an unemployed
person who wants to fulfill a dream for her mother. Ai not only teaches
them how to code, it helps them regain confidence in a job market that
left them behind. Comedy and emotion coexist in that makeshift classroom, and
that's exactly what has given the series its readership.
About
Fired? But I Maintain All the Software!
Fired?
But I Maintain All the Software! (E, Shanai System Subete Wanope Shiteiru
Watashi wo Kaiko desu ka?) it began as a web novel in Shosetsuka ni Naro between
November and December 2020, with an epilogue chapter added in July 2022. Shufu
to Seikatsu Sha began publication in light novel format with icchi illustrations
in May 2021, reaching four volumes. The manga adaptation, illustrated by io,
runs on Comic PASH! Neo since August 2022 and is in its fourth compiled volume,
with the fifth scheduled for June 5.
