Hinatazaka46 idol Shiho Katō stars Kanna Mori in the 4th of July series
MBS announced on Friday that it is producing a live-action series adaptation of Sal Jiang senpai ni Koishiteru's office love manga Ayaka Is in Love with Hiroko (Ayaka-chan wa Hiroko-) to premiere. on July 4. Idol group Hinatazaka46 member Shiho Katō (right in the image below) plays Ayaka Usagida, while Kanna Mori (left) plays Hiroko Kanō.
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© 「彩香ちゃんは弘子先輩に恋してる」製作委員会・MBS
Sal Jiang drew the illustration below to celebrate this announcement:
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© Sal Jiang, Futabasha
The series will premiere on MBS and TV Kanagawa on July 4, on Chiba TV on July 5, on TV Saitama on July 10, and on Tochigi TV and Gunma TV on July 11.
Nao Nomura is directing the film and the script is written by Ayumi Shimo.
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© Sal Jiang, Futabasha
NTT Solmare Corp's MangaPlaza digital service publishes comics in English. The company describes the story:
Sweet and bubbly office girl Ayaka is madly in love with her supervisor at work, Hiroko! Two lovesick co-workers both think the other is completely in love… the latest office comedy from famous Twitter artist Sal Jiang!
Jiang launched the manga on Futabasha's Web Comic Action manga website in June 2020 and ended it in March 2023. Futabasha published the third and final volume of the manga in the same month.
Jiang's Black and White: Tough Love at the Office (Shiro to Kuro: Black & White) manga launched on Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha's Comic Ruelle manga website in March 2020 and concluded with its third volume in May 2023. Seven Seas licensed the manga in English and published the first compilation volume in October 2022. The second volume of the manga will publish in October 2024.
Source: Natalie Comics
