Murai no Koi | |
![]() First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Ayano Tanaka (front) and Murai (back) | |
村井の恋 | |
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Genre | Romantic comedy[1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Junta Shima |
Published by |
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Imprint | Gene Line Comics |
Magazine | Line Manga |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Original run | June 18, 2018 – June 13, 2022 |
Volumes | 7 |
Television drama | |
Directed by |
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Produced by |
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Written by | Kōhei Kiyasu |
Studio | TBS Sparkle |
Licensed by | Viki |
Original network | TBS |
Original run | April 6, 2022 – May 25, 2022 |
Episodes | 8 |
Original net animation | |
Directed by | Yoshiki Yamakawa |
Written by | Susumu Yamakawa |
Music by | Ruka Kawada |
Studio | J.C.Staff |
Licensed by | Disney Platform Distribution |
Released | September 4, 2024 – scheduled |
Murai no Koi (Japanese: 村井の恋, lit. 'Murai in Love') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Junta Shima. It was serialized in Line Digital Frontier's Line Manga service from June 2018 to June 2022, with its chapters collected into seven tankōbon volumes. A television drama adaptation aired from April to May 2022. An original net anime (ONA) adaptation produced by J.C.Staff is set to premiere in September 2024.
Plot
Murai is a top student in his grade at his high school who falls in love with his homeroom teacher, Ms. Tanaka. However, Ms. Tanaka has no interest in him and is secretly obsessed with Hitotose, her favorite character from her otome game Feudal Era Love Scroll. After Ms. Tanaka rejects him, stating that she has no interest in men with long, black hair, he appears at school the next day with short, blond hair, becoming the spitting image of Hitotose.
Characters
- Murai (村井)
- Voiced by: Kengo Takanashi[2]
- Portrayed by: Ryūbi Miyase[3]
- Murai is the top student in his grade at his high school. He is in love with Ms. Tanaka and tries to pursue her at all costs. He is the school's A class.
- Ayano Tanaka (田中 彩乃, Tanaka Ayano)
- Voiced by: Yoko Hikasa[2]
- Portrayed by: Hikaru Takahashi[3]
- Ms. Tanaka is Murai's homeroom teacher and is nicknamed "Tetsuko" because of her "steel heart." Secretly, she is an otaku and is obsessed with Hitotose, her favorite character from the game Feudal Era Love Scroll.
- Hitotose (春夏秋冬)
- Voiced by: Nobunaga Shimazaki[2] (anime), Yuki Kaji[4] (drama)
- Hitotose is Ms. Tanaka's favorite character from the otome game Feudal Era Love Scroll.
- Portrayed by: Ryūbi Miyase[3]
- Kiriyama (桐山)
- Voiced by: Kōhei Amasaki[5]
- Portrayed by: Asahi Ito[3]
- Kiri is Murai's friend. He is in the school's art program.
- Hirai (平井)
- Voiced by: Haruki Ishiya[5]
- Portrayed by: Ryōsuke Sota[3]
- Hirai is Murai's friend. He is in the school's B class.
- Yamakado (山門)
- Voiced by: Masaya Matsukaze[5]
- Portrayed by: Kōdai Asaka[3]
- Mr. Yamakado is Ms. Tanaka's co-worker. He is known as the "teacher from hell" and has been previously divorced.
- Yūka Nishifuji (西藤 悠加, Nishifuji Yūka)
- Voiced by: Saori Gotō[6]
- Portrayed by: Noa Tsurushima[3]
- Yūka is one of Mukai's childhood friends along with her twin sister Hitomi. She is a doujinshi artist under the pseudonym Yu-katan, who also coincidentally happens to be Ms. Tanaka's favorite fan artist. She is in the school's art program.
- Hitomi Nishifuji (西藤 仁美, Nishifuji Hitomi)
- Voiced by: Mikoi Sasaki[6]
- Portrayed by: Riko[3]
- Hitomi is one of Mukai's childhood friends along with her twin sister Yūka. She is a cosplayer. She is in the school's B class.
- Yayoi Fukunaga (福永 弥生, Fukunaga Yayoi)
- Voiced by: Yuuki Hirose[6]
- Portrayed by: Nanoka Hara[3]
- Yayoi is Murai's childhood friend who has been in love with him for 10 years. She learned self-defense after she was nearly kidnapped as a child and tries to keep a docile demeanor around Murai.
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Junta Shima, Murai no Koi was serialized under the Gene Line label of Line Digital Frontier's Line Manga service from June 18, 2018,[1] to June 13, 2022.[7] Media Factory has compiled the chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. Seven volumes were published from December 2018 to June 2022.[8][9]
Volumes
No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
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1 | December 15, 2018[8] | 978-4-04-065333-4 |
2 | May 15, 2019[10] | 978-4-04-065700-4 |
3 | November 15, 2019[11] | 978-4-04-064149-2 |
4 | August 12, 2020[12] | 978-4-04-064621-3 |
5 | March 15, 2021[13] | 978-4-04-680108-1 |
6 | October 15, 2021[14] | 978-4-04-680630-7 |
7 | June 15, 2022[9] | 978-4-04-681382-4 |
Drama
A television drama adaptation was announced in March 2022, starring Hikaru Takahashi. It was directed by Taichi Imura, Aya Matsuki , and Daisuke Yamamoto, based on a screenplay by Kōhei Kiyasu. Keiko Matsumoto and Hiromi Matsushita of TBS Sparkle served as the producers. The eight-episode series aired on TBS' Drama Stream programming block from April 6 to May 25, 2022.[15][16] The opening theme is "Peace" (ピース, Pīsu) by Finlands , while the ending theme is "Niji o Yobu" (虹を呼ぶ) by Reaction the Buttha .[17]
Anime
An anime adaptation was announced in June 2022.[18] It will be produced by J.C.Staff and directed by Yoshiki Yamakawa, with scripts supervised and written by Susumu Yamakawa , and music composed by Ruka Kawada .[2] The series is set to premiere on Disney+ in Japan on September 4, 2024.[6] It will later premiere on Tokyo MX, BS NTV, and BBC on October 6, 2024.[6] The opening theme song is "Henshin!" (へんしん!) performed by Rinu, while the ending theme song is "Suko" (すこ。) performed by Yabai T-Shirt Ya-san .[5][6]
Reception
In 2019, the series ranked second in the Next Manga Awards in the web manga category.[19]
References
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External links
- Official manga website at Line Manga (in Japanese)
- Official drama website (in Japanese)
- Official anime website (in Japanese)
- Murai no Koi (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia