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Koi to Yobu ni wa Kimochi Warui Manga Gets Stage Play
posted on by Alex Mateo
Koikimo) "age-gap romantic comedy" manga series is getting a stage play. The official website for the stage play unveiled a key visual on Monday:
The play will run from April 26-May 5 at Hulic Hall in Tokyo and from May 10-12 at Cool Japan Park Osaka TT Hall in Osaka.
The play stars Ruka Nemoto as Kotake, Shiori Katayama as Saito, and Asuka Ozaki as Hanaoka.
Naohiro Ise is directing and writing the screenplay.
The manga's story follows the relationship between Ryō Amakusa, a sex-crazed but highly eligible bachelor with a wandering eye for women, and Ichika Arima, an ordinary otaku high school girl who is close friends with Ryō's little sister Rio. Ryō and Ichika meet by chance one day, but Ryō's direct approach — asking Ichika for a kiss and a date on the same day they meet — is a complete turn-off for Ichika. Despite Ichika's disgusted reaction (or arguably because of it), Ryō is convinced that she is the one.
The series Ichijinsha published the manga's eighth compiled book volume in March 2021. The series has topped 1.2 million copies in circulation (including the digital edition).
The manga inspired an Amazon Prime Video in Japan.
Sources: Koi to Yobu ni wa Kimochi Warui stage play's website, Comic Natalie
