Medaka Kuroiwa Is Impervious to My Charms | |
黒岩メダカに私の可愛いが通じない (Kuroiwa Medaka ni Watashi no Kawaii ga Tsūjinai) | |
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Genre | Romantic comedy[1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Ran Kuze |
Published by | Kodansha |
English publisher | |
Imprint | Shōnen Magazine Comics |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | May 26, 2021 – present |
Volumes | 13 |
Medaka Kuroiwa Is Impervious to My Charms (Japanese: 黒岩メダカに私の可愛いが通じない, Hepburn: Kuroiwa Medaka ni Watashi no Kawaii ga Tsūjinai) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ran Kuze. The series began serialization in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine in May 2021, with its chapters collected in 13 tankōbon volumes as of February 2024. The series is licensed in English by Kodansha USA.
Mona Kawai, a popular queen bee, is happy that everyone at her high school adores her, except for the new transfer student Medaka Kuroiwa, who looks angry all the time, and won't even look at her. Mona then makes it her mission to make him fall in love with her, but the more she tries, and the more Medaka resists, the more she finds herself falling in love with him. It turns out that Medaka is a monk-in-training who is forbidden by his temple masters from falling in love, but he finds it difficult to resist Mona's advances. Other girls join in either as Mona's rivals or supportive friends.
Written and illustrated by Ran Kuze, Medaka Kuroiwa Is Impervious to My Charms was originally published as a one-shot in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine on December 23, 2020,[3][4] before beginning serialization in the same magazine on May 26, 2021.[5][6] Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on August 17, 2021.[7] As of February 16, 2024, thirteen volumes have been released.[8]
The series is licensed in English by Kodansha USA; the first English volume was released in digital on March 8, 2022.[9] During their panel at Anime Expo 2022, Kodnasha USA announced that they would begin publishing the manga in print in Q2 2023.[10]
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN | ||
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1 | August 17, 2021[11] | 978-4-06-524490-6 | March 8, 2022 (digital)[12] June 20, 2023 (print) | 978-1-64-729232-4 | ||
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Covers chapters in Weekly Shonen Magazine issues 2021 No. 26 to No. 32 | ||||||
2 | November 17, 2021[13] | 978-4-06-525932-0 | April 12, 2022 (digital)[14] August 15, 2023 (print) | 978-1-64-729306-2 | ||
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Covers chapters in Weekly Shonen Magazine issues 2021 No. 33 to No. 39, No. 41 to No. 44 | ||||||
3 | January 17, 2022[15] | 978-4-06-526591-8 | July 12, 2022 (digital)[16] November 21, 2023 (print) | 978-1-64-729307-9 | ||
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Covers chapters in Weekly Shonen Magazine issues 2021 No. 45 to No. 47, No. 49 to 2022 No. 4/5 | ||||||
4 | April 15, 2022[17] | 978-4-06-527540-5 | October 11, 2022 (digital)[18] December 26, 2023 (print) | 978-1-64-729308-6 | ||
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Covers chapters in Weekly Shonen Magazine issues 2022 No. 6 to No. 13, and No. 15 | ||||||
5 | July 15, 2022[19] | 978-4-06-528498-8 | January 17, 2023 (digital)[20] February 20, 2024 (print) | 978-1-64-729335-2 | ||
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Covers chapters in Weekly Shonen Magazine issues 2022 No. 16 to No. 25 | ||||||
6 | September 16, 2022[21] | 978-4-06-529129-0 | April 4, 2023 (digital)[22] April 9, 2024 (print) | 978-1-64-729338-3 | ||
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Covers chapters in Weekly Shonen Magazine issues 2022 No. 26, and No. 28 to No. 35 | ||||||
7 | November 17, 2022[23] | 978-4-06-529708-7 | July 4, 2023 (digital)[24] June 18, 2024 (print) | 978-1-64-729344-4 | ||
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Covers chapters in Weekly Shonen Magazine issues 2022 No. 36/37 to No. 43, No. 45, and No. 46 | ||||||
8 | January 17, 2023[25] | 978-4-06-530350-4 | October 10, 2023 (digital)[26] August 13, 2024 (print) | 978-1-64-729375-8 | ||
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9 | April 17, 2023[27] | 978-4-06-531236-0 | December 12, 2023 (digital)[28] November 12, 2024 (print) | 978-1-64-729383-3 | ||
Covers chapters in Weekly Shonen Magazine issues 2023 No. 6 to No. 10, and No. 12 to No. 15 | ||||||
10 | July 14, 2023[29] | 978-4-06-531889-8 | February 13, 2024 (digital)[30] | 979-8-88-933373-9 | ||
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11 | September 14, 2023[31] | 978-4-06-532892-7 | April 9, 2024 (digital)[32] | 979-8-88-933437-8 | ||
12 | November 16, 2023[33] | 978-4-06-533554-3 | — | — | ||
13 | February 16, 2024[8] | 978-4-06-534572-6 | — | — | ||
14 | May 16, 2024[34] | 978-4-06-535512-1 | — | — |
In January 2022, Kodansha reported that the series had over 150,000 copies in circulation.[35] In August 2022, it was announced to have reached 1 million copies in circulation.[36]