Kanojo mo Kanojo

Kanojo mo Kanojo (カノジョも彼女, "She is the Girlfriend too") is a Japanese romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki. It began serialization in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine in March 2020, and has been compiled into three tankōbon volumes as of November 2020. An anime television series adaptation by Tezuka Productions will premiere in 2021.

Kanojo mo Kanojo
Cover of the first manga volume
カノジョも彼女
GenreRomantic comedy[1]
Manga
Written byHiroyuki
Published byKodansha
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runMarch 4, 2020 – present
Volumes3
Anime television series
Directed bySatoshi Kuwabara
Written byKeiichirō Ōchi
StudioTezuka Productions
Original run 2021 – scheduled

Plot

The series follows Naoya Mukai, who had recently begun a relationship with his childhood friend Saki Saki. Nagisa Minase, his classmate, decides to confess her feelings to him as well, and after some initial hesitation, accepts her request to be her boyfriend as well. Naoya decides that he will have both Saki and Nagisa as girlfriends at the time. As Naoya currently lives alone due to his parents living elsewhere for work, Saki and Nagisa decide to live with him. The series follows their daily school life, as Naoya, Saki, and Nagisa experience difficulties and challenges in maintaining their love triangle relationship.

Characters
Naoya Mukai (向井 直也, Mukai Naoya)
Saki's childhood friend. He confessed to her every month until she accepted, but also agrees to take Nagisa as a girlfriend as well as he found her to be cute.
Saki Saki (佐木 咲, Saki Saki)
Voiced by: Ayana Taketatsu (PV)[2]
Naoya's childhood friend and his initial girlfriend. She shares a first and last name as her parents thought such a name would be cute. She has a complex about her small chest, especially when compared to Nagisa.
Nagisa Minase (水瀬 渚, Minase Nagisa)
Voiced by: Ayane Sakura (PV)[2]
A classmate of Naoya, who becomes his second girlfriend after confessing to him. She fell in love with Naoya as he inspired her to pursue skills that she was good at.
Rika Hoshizaki (星崎 理香, Hoshizaki Rika)
A schoolmate of Naoya. She is secretly a popular vlogger who goes by the online alias Mirika (ミリカ). She intends to become Naoya's third girlfriend, going as far as stalking him and his girlfriends, as well as camping outside his house to get his attention.

Media

Manga

The manga by Hiroyuki began serialization in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine on March 4, 2020.[3] Three tankōbon volumes have been published as of November 17, 2020.[4] A commercial to promote the series, starring Ayana Taketatsu and Ayane Sakura, was released on October 23, 2020.[2]

Volume list
No. Release date ISBN
1 June 17, 2020[5]978-4-0651-9743-1
2 September 17, 2020[6]978-4-0652-0747-5
3 November 17, 2020[4]978-4-0652-1409-1

Anime

In November 2020, the 51st issue of Weekly Shōnen Magazine announced that the series will receive an anime television series adaptation.[1][7] Tezuka Productions is animating the series, with Satoshi Kuwabara as director, Keiichirō Ōchi as scriptwriter, and Akiko Toyoda designing the characters. It is scheduled to premiere in 2021.[8]

References
  1. Hazra, Adriana (November 16, 2020). "Hiroyuki's Kanojo mo Kanojo Manga Listed With Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
  2. "漫画『カノジョも彼女』PV公開 佐倉綾音&竹達彩奈がヒロイン演じる" (in Japanese). Oricon. October 23, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  3. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (February 27, 2020). "Aho-Girl Author Hiroyuki Details New Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  4. カノジョも彼女（３） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  5. カノジョも彼女（１） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  6. カノジョも彼女（２） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  7. Sherman, Jennifer (November 16, 2020). "Hiroyuki Confirms Kanojo mo Kanojo Manga Gets TV Anime in 2021". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
  8. "Kanojo mo Kanojo Anime Unveils Main Staff, Teaser Visual". Anime News Network. January 14, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
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