Main image released for the play Koikimo taking place from April to May in Tokyo, Osaka
Mogusu’s “age gap romantic comedy” manga series is getting a stage play. The play’s official website released the key art on Monday:
Image via Koi to Yobu ni wa Kimochi Warui play website
© もぐす(comic POOL / 一迅社刊)/舞台 「恋と呼ぶには気持ち悪い」製作実行委員会, もぐす・一迅社/恋きも製作委員会
The play will run from April 26 to May 5 at Hulic Hall in Tokyo and from May 10 to 12 at Cool Japan Park Osaka TT Hall in Osaka.
The play stars Nogizaka46’s Yuna Shibata as Ichika Arima, Hiroki Uchi as Ryō Amakusa, NMB48’s Yayoi Tatsumoto as Rio Amakusa, Mizuki Chiba as Masuda, Ryōki Nagae as Kai Tamaru, Chiaki Omigawa as Arie Matsushima , Mayu Yashiro as Yuriko Arima, Coco as Ruri, Izumi as May, Ruka Nemoto as Kotake, Shiori Katayama as Saito and Asuka Ozaki as Hanaoka.
Naohiro Ise directed and wrote the script.
The manga’s story follows the relationship between Ryō Amakusa, a sex-crazed but eligible bachelor with a wandering eye for women, and Ichika Arima, a normal otaku high school girl who is best friends. of Rio, Ryō’s younger sister. One day, Ryō and Ichika meet by chance, but Ryō’s direct approach—asking Ichika for a kiss and a date on the same day they meet—completely disappoints Ichika. Despite Ichika’s disgusted reaction (or perhaps because of it), Ryō believes that she is the one.
The series ran on pixiv Comic’s manga website Comic Pool from 2016-2021, and Ichijinsha published the manga’s 8th compiled book volume in March 2021. The series has reached 1.2 million copies in circulation. issue (including digital edition).
The manga inspired an anime series that premiered in April 2021 on Tokyo MX, Hokkaido Bunka Hōsō, Miyazaki Broadcasting and BS Fuji, and was also streamed exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in Japan.
Source: website of the stage play Koi to Yobu ni wa Kimochi Warui, Natalie Comics