is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Megumi Morino. It started serialization in Kodansha's magazine Dessert in December 2017. As of June 2023, thirteen tankōbon volumes have been released. An anime television series adaptation is set to premiere in 2024.
Media
Manga
The series is written and illustrated by Megumi Morino. It premiered in the February 2018 issue of Dessert, which shipped on December 22, 2017. The first volume was released on May 11, 2018. As of June 2023, thirteen tankōbon volumes have been released.
On March 8, 2020, Kodansha USA announced they would publish the series digitally. During their panel at Anime Expo 2022, Kodansha USA announced that they would begin publishing the manga in print in Q2 2023.
Volume list
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on June 7, 2023. It is set to premiere in 2024.
Reception
The series was a nominee for the 64th Shogakukan Manga Awards in the shōjo category. It was also the runner-up for the ninth An An manga award. In 2018, employees of one of the largest Japanese bookstores ranked the series as the tenth best manga of 2018. The series ranked fifteenth in the 2020 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook's top manga for female readers. Also in 2020, it was nominated for the Kodansha Manga Award in the shōjo category. In 2021, it won the Kodansha Manga Award in the shōjo category.
As of June 2023, the series has 3.8 million copies in circulation.
Rebecca Silverman from Anime News Network rated the first volume a C, praising the art and the character Hotaru, while criticizing Hananoi and their relationship, calling it "toxic".
See also
Wake Up, Sleeping Beauty — Another manga series by the same author
References
External links
2024 anime television series debuts
Anime series based on manga
Kodansha manga
Romance anime and manga
School life in anime and manga
Shōjo manga
Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (Shōjo)