Kimi ni Todoke

{{Main|List of Kimi ni Todoke characters{{!}}List of Kimi ni Todoke characters}}

The story takes place in Hokkaido. 15-year-old high school freshman Sawako Kuronuma—dubbed Sadako by her classmates for her resemblance to the character from The Ring—has always been feared and misunderstood because of her appearance. Rumors around school report that she can see ghosts and curse people. However, despite her ominous appearance, she is actually a sweet and unassuming girl who only longs to be helpful. She has been shunned for so long that the idea of making friends has become foreign to her. When a popular boy, Kazehaya, begins talking with her, everything changes. She finds herself in a new world, making new friends and talking to different people, and she cannot thank Kazehaya enough for giving her these opportunities. Slowly, but surely, a sweet love blossoms between the two as they overcome circumstances and obstacles standing in their way.

{{See also|List of Kimi ni Todoke chapters{{!}}List of Kimi ni Todoke chapters}}

Written and illustrated by Karuho Shiina, Kimi ni Todoke was first published as a one-shot in Shueisha's Shōjo manga magazine Bessatsu Margaret on August 11, 2005,{{cite web|script-title=ja:別冊マーガレット 2005年9月|url=http://www.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/magazine/rack.cgi/magazine/b_margaret.html?key=detail&zashimei=b_margaret&janru=girlc|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=July 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050829172225fw_/http://www.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/magazine/rack.cgi/magazine/b_margaret.html?key=detail&zashimei=b_margaret&janru=girlc|archive-date=August 29, 2005|language=ja}} and planned to be compiled in her previous work, Crazy For You. Shiina decided to expand the story and make it into a full series.{{gnr|ch|1|:author's note}} The manga started in the January 2006 issue of Bessatsu Margaret, released on December 13, 2005.{{cite web|script-title=ja:君に届け|url=https://betsuma.shueisha.co.jp/memories/series/author/shiina/kiminitodoke.html|website=Bessatsu Margaret|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=July 1, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=February 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207141430/https://betsuma.shueisha.co.jp/memories/series/author/shiina/kiminitodoke.html|url-status=live }}{{cite web|script-title=ja:別冊マーガレット１月号［表紙＆カラー：「君に届け」椎名軽穂／付録：「ラブ★コン」セレブ手帳２００７］|url=http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/2368026/s/|website=Jbook|access-date=June 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070705103810/http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/2368026/s/|archive-date=July 5, 2007|language=ja}} The manga was put on hiatus in February 2009, due to Shiina's childbirth,{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-01-19/karuho-shiina-puts-kimi-ni-todoke-on-hold-to-have-baby|title=Karuho Shiina Puts Kimi ni Todoke on Hold to Have Baby|publisher=Anime News Network|date=January 19, 2009|access-date=January 14, 2010|archive-date=January 14, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114085921/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-01-19/karuho-shiina-puts-kimi-ni-todoke-on-hold-to-have-baby|url-status=live}} and resumed in September of that same year. The manga finished on November 13, 2017.{{cite web|title=Kimi ni Todoke Manga Ends in November|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-10-12/kimi-ni-todoke-manga-ends-in-november/.122574|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 12, 2017|date=October 12, 2017|archive-date=October 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012201647/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-10-12/kimi-ni-todoke-manga-ends-in-november/.122574|url-status=live}} Shueisha collected its chapters in 30 {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}}' volumes, released from May 25, 2006,{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-846061-8|title=Kimi ni Todoke 1|publisher=Shueisha Booknavi|access-date=January 14, 2010|language=ja|archive-date=September 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928180101/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-846061-8|url-status=live}} to March 23, 2018.{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-844007-1|title=Kimi ni Todoke 30|publisher=Shueisha Booknavi|access-date=June 30, 2018|language=ja|archive-date=July 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701140254/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-844007-1|url-status=live}}

An irregularly published spin-off/sequel manga series, titled {{nihongo|Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You: Soulmate|君に届け 番外編～運命の人～|Kimi ni Todoke Bangaihen: Unmei no Hito}} (also a spin-off/sequel of Shiina's earlier manga Crazy for You), was serialized in Bessatsu Margaret from April 13, 2018, to May 13, 2022, and collected into three volumes.{{cite web|last1=Mateo|first1=Alex|title=Kimi ni Todoke Side Story Manga Ends|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-04-13/kimi-ni-todoke-side-story-manga-ends/.184594|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 13, 2022|date=April 13, 2022|archive-date=April 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413170102/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-04-13/kimi-ni-todoke-side-story-manga-ends/.184594|url-status=live}}

The series was licensed by Viz Media for an English-language North American release. The sequel manga was also licensed by Viz Media.{{cite web|last=Saabedra|first=Humberto|title=One Piece: Ace's Story and More Announced in VIZ Media's Spring 2024 Slate|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2023/6/9/one-piece-ace-s-story-and-more-announced-in-viz-media-s-spring-2024-slate|website=Crunchyroll|access-date=June 9, 2023|date=June 9, 2023|archive-date=June 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609225331/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2023/06/09-1/one-piece-aces-story-and-more-announced-in-viz-medias-spring-2024-slate|url-status=live}}

{{See also|List of Kimi ni Todoke chapters#Light novels{{!}}List of Kimi ni Todoke chapters § Light novels}}

Kimi ni Todoke has been adapted into two series of light novels in Japan released by Shueisha, one under their Cobalt imprint and one under their newer Mirai Bunko imprint.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-02-04/honey-and-clover-umino-illustrates-anne-of-green-gables|title=Interest: Honey & Clover's Umino Illustrates Anne of Green Gables|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=April 26, 2011|archive-date=March 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312012904/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-02-04/honey-and-clover-umino-illustrates-anne-of-green-gables|url-status=live}} Sixteen volumes have been released in the Cobalt imprint series; the first was released on August 1, 2007, and the last on December 25, 2015.{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-601059-7|title=Kimi ni Todoke Novel 1|publisher=Shueisha Booknavi|access-date=January 14, 2010|language=ja|archive-date=December 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207015213/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-601059-7|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-601887-6|title=Kimi ni Todoke Novel 16: Yume to Koi no Hazama de|publisher=Shueisha Booknavi|access-date=April 17, 2015|language=ja|archive-date=January 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123052943/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-601887-6|url-status=live}} They were written by Kanae Shimokawa, who also novelized the Nana movie and Yūkan Club.{{gnr|ch|26|:author note#2}} Thirteen volumes of the Mirai Bunko version have been released; the first on March 1, 2011, and the last on June 5, 2015.{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-321003-7|title=Kimi ni Todoke 1: Hajimete no Kimochi|publisher=Shueisha Booknavi|access-date=April 26, 2011|language=ja|archive-date=January 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123052943/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-321003-7|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-321264-2|title=Kimi ni Todoke 13: Hontō no Kimochi|publisher=Shueisha Booknavi|access-date=April 19, 2019|language=ja|archive-date=January 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127203047/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-321264-2|url-status=live}} They were written by Kanako Shirai. Both series were illustrated by the author of the original, Karuho Shiina.

A separate volume, {{nihongo|Kimi ni Todoke: Ashita ni Nareba|君に届け ~明日になれば~|Kimi ni Todoke: When Tomorrow Comes}}, also by Kanae Shimokawa, was released on September 11, 2009.{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-780538-3|title=Novel Original Story – Kimi ni Todoke: Ashita ni Nareba|publisher=Shueisha Booknavi|access-date=January 14, 2010|language=ja|archive-date=March 22, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100322193302/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-780538-3|url-status=live}} The volume took the place of the manga serialization in Bessatsu Margaret magazine while Karuho Shiina took a break due to her pregnancy in 2009; it contains the story of Kazehaya and Sawako's first meeting, before the events of the manga.

{{Main|List of Kimi ni Todoke episodes{{!}}List of Kimi ni Todoke episodes}}

The first season of the Kimi ni Todoke anime adaptation aired between October 2009 and March 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-06-15/kimi-ni-todoke-manga-to-resume-in-japan-in-september|title=Kimi ni Todoke Manga to Resume in Japan in September|publisher=Anime News Network|date=June 15, 2009|access-date=January 14, 2010|archive-date=May 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506060842/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-06-15/kimi-ni-todoke-manga-to-resume-in-japan-in-september|url-status=live}} A second season was announced in the November 2010 issue of Betsuma magazine.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-10-05/kimi-ni-todoke-2nd-anime-season-green-lit|title=Kimi Ni Todoke 2nd Season Green-Lit|publisher=Anime News Network|date=October 5, 2010|access-date=October 6, 2010|archive-date=October 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006191535/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-10-05/kimi-ni-todoke-2nd-anime-season-green-lit|url-status=live}} The second season aired in Japan on NTV from January to March 2011. Both seasons of the anime were produced by Production I.G. and directed by Hiro Kaburaki. The music was done by S.E.N.S. Project, with the opening sung by Tomofumi Tanizawa and the ending by Chara. In September 2023, a third season was announced, with Production I.G returning to animate the season and Kenichi Matsuzawa replacing Hiro Kaburaki as director.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-09-03/kimi-ni-todoke-anime-gets-sequel-from-production-i.g-on-netflix-in-2024/.201934|title=Kimi ni Todoke Anime Gets Sequel From Production I.G on Netflix in 2024|last=Loo|first=Egan|website=Anime News Network|date=September 3, 2023|access-date=September 3, 2023|archive-date=September 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903152312/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-09-03/kimi-ni-todoke-anime-gets-sequel-from-production-i.g-on-netflix-in-2024/.201934|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Kimi ni Todoke 3rd Season Anime Unveils More Returning Cast, Main Staff|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-30/kimi-ni-todoke-3rd-season-anime-unveils-more-returning-cast-main-staff/.206064|last=Loo|first=Egan|website=Anime News Network|date=December 30, 2023|access-date=December 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230163756/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-30/kimi-ni-todoke-3rd-season-anime-unveils-more-returning-cast-main-staff/.206064|archive-date=December 30, 2023|url-status=live}} It began streaming worldwide on Netflix in August 2024. The opening theme song is "et cetera" performed by imase.{{cite web|title=Kimi ni Todoke Season 3's 2nd Trailer Unveils Opening Song, August 1 Debut|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-07-09/kimi-ni-todoke-season-3-2nd-trailer-unveils-opening-song-august-1-debut/.213043|last=Loo|first=Egan|website=Anime News Network|date=July 9, 2024|access-date=July 9, 2024|archive-date=July 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709152522/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-07-09/kimi-ni-todoke-season-3-2nd-trailer-unveils-opening-song-august-1-debut/.213043|url-status=live}}

NIS America announced at Anime Expo 2011 that they have licensed the first season of Kimi ni Todoke.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-07-01/nis-america-adds-kimi-ni-todoke-dororon-emma-kun|title=NIS America Adds Kimi ni Todoke, Dororon Enma-kun|publisher=Anime News Network|date=July 1, 2011|access-date=July 1, 2011|archive-date=July 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704083907/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-07-01/nis-america-adds-kimi-ni-todoke-dororon-emma-kun|url-status=live}} They released the subtitled first season on DVD/Blu-ray on January 10 and April 10, 2012, and released the second season on July 3 of the same year.{{cite press release|title=Kimi ni Todoke Press Release|url=http://nisamerica.com/nart/pbombs/2011/166/KimiTodo_Announcement_20110913pb.pdf|date=September 13, 2011|access-date=January 30, 2012|work=NIS America|archive-date=March 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327052705/http://nisamerica.com/nart/pbombs/2011/166/KimiTodo_Announcement_20110913pb.pdf|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=January 10, 2012|title=North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 8–14|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-01-10/north-american-anime-manga-releases-january-8-14|access-date=August 19, 2024|website=Anime News Network}}{{Cite web|date=April 10, 2012|title=North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 8–14|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-04-10/north-american-anime-manga-releases-april-8-14|access-date=August 19, 2024|website=Anime News Network|archive-date=August 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819192122/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-04-10/north-american-anime-manga-releases-april-8-14|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=July 3, 2012|title=North American Anime, Manga Releases, July 1–7|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-07-03/north-american-anime-manga-releases-july-1-7|access-date=August 19, 2024|website=Anime News Network|archive-date=August 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819192124/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-07-03/north-american-anime-manga-releases-july-1-7|url-status=live}} NIS America later re-released the series on February 4, 2014.{{cite web|title=NIS America Schedules Standard Editions for "kimi ni todoke -From Me to You-" and "Natsume's Book of Friends"|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/01/14-1/nis-america-schedules-standard-editions-for-kimi-ni-todoke-from-me-to-you-and-natsumes-book-of-friends|publisher=Crunchyroll|date=January 14, 2014|access-date=January 14, 2020|archive-date=January 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114021947/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/01/14-1/nis-america-schedules-standard-editions-for-kimi-ni-todoke-from-me-to-you-and-natsumes-book-of-friends|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Standard Editions announced for kimi ni todoke and Natsume's Book of Friends Season 1 & 2|url=http://www.capsulecomputers.com.au/2014/01/standard-editions-announced-for-kimi-ni-todoke-and-natsumes-book-of-friends-season-1-2/|publisher=Capsule Computers|date=January 14, 2014|access-date=January 14, 2020|archive-date=January 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114021931/http://www.capsulecomputers.com.au/2014/01/standard-editions-announced-for-kimi-ni-todoke-and-natsumes-book-of-friends-season-1-2/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Kimi Ni Todoke –From Me to You- Volumes 1-3 and Natsume's Book of Friends Season 1 & 2 Announced|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2014-01-13/kimi-ni-todoke-from-me-to-you-volumes-1-3-and-natsume-book-of-friends-season-1-and-2-announced|publisher=Anime News Network|date=January 13, 2014|access-date=January 14, 2020|archive-date=January 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114025339/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2014-01-13/kimi-ni-todoke-from-me-to-you-volumes-1-3-and-natsume-book-of-friends-season-1-and-2-announced|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=NIS America Sets 'Kimi ni Todoke' Anime Standard Edition Releases|work=The Fandom Post |url=http://www.fandompost.com/2014/01/15/nis-america-sets-kimi-ni-todoke-anime-standard-edition-releases/|date=January 15, 2014|access-date=January 15, 2020|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125020107/https://www.fandompost.com/2014/01/15/nis-america-sets-kimi-ni-todoke-anime-standard-edition-releases/|url-status=live}} The North American license was passed to Funimation on April 15, 2021,{{cite web|title=Daily Lives of High School Boys, More NISA Classics Come to Funimation|url=https://blog.funimation.com/2021/04/14/daily-lives-of-high-school-boys-and-more-nis-america-anime-come-to-funimation/|website=Funimation|access-date=7 May 2022|date=14 April 2021|archive-date=February 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221125047/https://blog.funimation.com/2021/04/14/daily-lives-of-high-school-boys-and-more-nis-america-anime-come-to-funimation/|url-status=live }} and subsequently to Netflix on January 1, 2023,{{cite web|last=Beveridge|first=Chris|title=Netflix Sets 'kimi ni todoke' Anime Streaming Premiere|url=https://www.fandompost.com/2022/12/05/netflix-sets-kimi-ni-todoke-anime-streaming-premiere/|website=The Fandom Post|access-date=February 1, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240201205640/https://www.fandompost.com/2022/12/05/netflix-sets-kimi-ni-todoke-anime-streaming-premiere/|archive-date=February 1, 2024|date=December 5, 2022|url-status=live}} which began streaming the first two seasons with an English dub on February 1, 2024.{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Original Kimi ni Todoke Anime Gets English Dub|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-02-01/original-kimi-ni-todoke-anime-gets-english-dub/.207109|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201204127/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-02-01/original-kimi-ni-todoke-anime-gets-english-dub/.207109|archive-date=February 1, 2024|date=February 1, 2024|url-status=live}}

Bandai Namco Games released a game for the Nintendo DS in Japan based upon the series on October 16, 2009, entitled {{nihongo|Kimi ni Todoke ~Sodateru Omoi~|君に届け ~育てる想い~}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.banpresto-game.com/kimitodo/|title=Kimi ni Todoke: Sodateru Omoi|publisher=Banpresto|access-date=January 14, 2010|archive-date=May 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522102126/http://www.banpresto-game.com/kimitodo/|url-status=live}} A second Nintendo DS game, also from Bandai Namco, was released on April 7, 2011 under the title {{nihongo|Kimi ni Todoke ~Tsutaeru Kimochi~|君に届け〜伝えるキモチ〜}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2010-12-29/kimi-ni-todoke-gets-2nd-nintendo-ds-game|title=Kimi ni Todoke Gets 2nd Nintendo DS Game|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=January 14, 2011|archive-date=January 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102011926/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2010-12-29/kimi-ni-todoke-gets-2nd-nintendo-ds-game|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-01-14/daily-video/2nd-kimi-ni-todoke-ds-game-trailer|title=2nd Kimi ni Todoke DS Game Trailer|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=January 14, 2011|archive-date=January 18, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110118000425/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-01-14/daily-video/2nd-kimi-ni-todoke-ds-game-trailer|url-status=live}}

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The February 2010 issue of Bessatsu Margaret (released in January 2010), announced that a live-action film adaptation of the series had been approved.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-01-06/kimi-ni-todoke-manga-gets-live-action-film-green-lit|title=Kimi ni Todoke Manga Gets Live-Action Film Green-Lit|publisher=Anime News Network|date=January 6, 2010|access-date=January 14, 2010|archive-date=February 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213183113/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-01-06/kimi-ni-todoke-manga-gets-live-action-film-green-lit|url-status=live}} Mikako Tabe and Haruma Miura starred in the film, released in Japanese theatres on September 25, 2010, and directed by Naoto Kumazawa.{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-5978|title=Mikako Tabe, Haruma Miura to star in "Kimi ni Todoke"|publisher=Tokyograph|date=April 1, 2010|access-date=August 30, 2012|archive-date=August 14, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100814205500/http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-5978|url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/entertainment/news/20100402-OHT1T00006.htm|script-title=ja:多部未華子&三浦春馬で純愛届けます…漫画｢君に届け｣映画化|language=ja|publisher=Sports Hochi|date=April 2, 2010|access-date=June 19, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100405031729/http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/entertainment/news/20100402-OHT1T00006.htm|archive-date=April 5, 2010|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://kiminitodoke-movie.com/|title=映画「君に届け」 » 映画「君に届け」|publisher=Kiminitodoke-movie.com|access-date=August 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201085136/http://kiminitodoke-movie.com/|archive-date=December 1, 2012|url-status=dead }} The movie was released on Blu-ray and DVD on March 11, 2011.{{cite web| url = http://www.kiminitodoke-movie.com/story.html| title = Kimi ni Todoke Official Movie Website| publisher = Production I.G.| language = ja| access-date = February 24, 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101227225532/http://www.kiminitodoke-movie.com/story.html| archive-date = December 27, 2010| url-status = dead| df = mdy-all }}

In September 2022, a live-action television series was announced. The series is a joint production by TV Tokyo and Netflix, and is directed by Takehiko Shinjō and Takeo Kikuchi, with Hayato Miyamoto handling series composition. The series premiered on March 30, 2023 with 12 episodes.{{cite web|last1=Loo|first1=Egan|title=Kimi ni Todoke Shōjo Romance Manga Gets Live-Action Show on Netflix in 2023|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-09-06/kimi-ni-todoke-shojo-romance-manga-gets-live-action-show-on-netflix-in-2023/.189392|website=Anime News Network|access-date=September 7, 2022|date=September 7, 2022|archive-date=September 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906235222/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-09-06/kimi-ni-todoke-shojo-romance-manga-gets-live-action-show-on-netflix-in-2023/.189392|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Live-Action Kimi ni Todoke Show Reveals More Cast, March 30 Global Debut|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-02-06/live-action-kimi-ni-todoke-show-reveals-more-cast-march-30-global-debut/.194598|website=Anime News Network|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|date=February 6, 2023|access-date=February 13, 2023|archive-date=February 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213062641/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-02-06/live-action-kimi-ni-todoke-show-reveals-more-cast-march-30-global-debut/.194598|url-status=live}}

Volumes of the series commonly ranked in listings of top selling manga in Japan. All the volumes have been translated and published in English.

At the debut of the twelfth volume, all twelve of the current volumes were ranked on Oricon's list of 100 best-selling manga for the week. According to Anime News Network, Kimi ni Todoke is now the "shōjo manga with the most #1 books and the most books to sell one million copies since 2008" in Japan.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-09-29/all-12-kimi-ni-todoke-books-on-japan-weekly-top-100-manga|title=All 12 Kimi ni Todoke Books on Japan's Weekly Top 100 Manga|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=September 29, 2010|archive-date=October 1, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101001103246/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-09-29/all-12-kimi-ni-todoke-books-on-japan-weekly-top-100-manga|url-status=live}} The series was the third best-selling manga series in Japan in 2010, with 6,572,813 copies sold.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-11-30/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-series/2010|title=Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 2010|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=November 30, 2010|archive-date=November 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106161622/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-11-30/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-series/2010|url-status=live}} As of the release of the 16th volume in May 2012, Kimi ni Todoke had reached a total of over 20 million copies in print.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-05-12/kimi-ni-todoke-manga-has-20-million+copies-in-print|title=Kimi ni Todoke Manga Has 20 Million+ Copies in Print|publisher=Anime News Network|date=May 12, 2012|access-date=May 12, 2012|archive-date=October 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015220939/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-05-12/kimi-ni-todoke-manga-has-20-million+copies-in-print|url-status=live}} In 2013, Kimi ni Todoke sold over 3.4 million copies, placing 11th on Oricon's best selling manga series for that year.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-01/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-series/2013|title=Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 2013|website=animenewsnetwork.com|access-date=July 31, 2017|archive-date=December 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202043338/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-01/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-series/2013|url-status=live}}

Anime News Network called the series "hands down one of the best new English-translated manga series of 2009" and suggested that everyone, not just shōjo manga fans, read the series.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/kimi-ni-todoke/gn-1|title=Kimi ni Todoke GN 1 - Review|publisher=Anime News Network|date=July 7, 2009|access-date=January 14, 2010|archive-date=January 23, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123232055/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/kimi-ni-todoke/gn-1|url-status=live}} The first volume of the series was listed as a "Hot Fall Graphic Novel" for libraries in the teen section by YALSA.{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/540000654/post/1210045321.html|title=Hot Fall Graphic Novels for Libraries at BEA|publisher=Publishers Weekly|date=June 4, 2009|access-date=January 14, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The series was also listed in the Best Comics for Teens category of the School Library Journal's Best Comics for Kids in 2009 list.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-12-08/school-library-journal-names-best-books-in-2009|title=School Library Journal Names Best Books in 2009|publisher=Anime News Network|date=December 8, 2009|access-date=January 14, 2010|archive-date=January 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102200308/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-12-08/school-library-journal-names-best-books-in-2009|url-status=live}} Kimi ni Todoke has also been included on the American Library Association's list of 2010 Great Graphic Novels for Teens.{{cite web|url=http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/greatgraphicnovelsforteens/ggnt10.cfm|title=ALA 2010 Great Graphic Novels for Teens|publisher=American Library Association|access-date=January 20, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123183551/http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/greatgraphicnovelsforteens/ggnt10.cfm|archive-date=January 23, 2010|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}

Many of the first season volumes have sold well enough in the first week of release to be ranked on the weekly Oricon Sales Chart for Japan's Animation DVDs.

The second season of the anime was number one in a poll of Dengeki Online readers as their most anticipated anime series debuting in January 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-12-28/dengeki-most-anticipated-january-anime-survey|title=Dengeki's Most Anticipated January Anime Survey|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=December 28, 2010|archive-date=December 29, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229060720/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-12-28/dengeki-most-anticipated-january-anime-survey|url-status=live}} Anime News Network reviewer Carl Kimlinger gave the second season {{Frac|4|1|2}} out of 5 stars, saying, "This remains the finest series of its type since Lovely Complex, and the most beautiful since...well, I don't know when."{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2011-01-04/carl|title=Carl Kimlinger - The Winter 2011 Anime Preview Guide|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=January 14, 2011|archive-date=January 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108042415/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2011-01-04/carl|url-status=live}} Japanese viewers voted it the most enjoyable anime of the Winter 2011 season during a poll taken just before the season ended.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-03-30/goo-survey/most-enjoyable-anime-of-winter-2011|title=Goo Survey: Most Enjoyable Anime of Winter 2011|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=March 31, 2011|archive-date=April 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110403015251/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-03-30/goo-survey/most-enjoyable-anime-of-winter-2011|url-status=live}}

According to Oricon, the series was listed as 3rd on a list of titles that Japanese readers wanted a drama adaptation for.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-05-03/survey/slam-dunk-manga-is-no.1-choice-for-live-action|title=Survey: Slam Dunk Manga is #1 Choice for Live-Action (Updated)|publisher=Anime News Network|date=May 3, 2009|access-date=January 14, 2010|archive-date=June 29, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629060750/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-05-03/survey/slam-dunk-manga-is-no.1-choice-for-live-action|url-status=live}} The live action movie adaptation opened at second place in Kogyo Tsushinsha's box office chart during its first week in Japanese theaters. The movie was number 3 on Box Office Mojo's chart during its first two days, earning the equivalent to US$2,770,613 on 285 screens.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-10-03/japanese-box-office-september-25-26|title=Japanese Box Office, September 25–26|publisher=Anime News Network|date=October 3, 2010|access-date=October 3, 2010|archive-date=October 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006015029/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-10-03/japanese-box-office-september-25-26|url-status=live}}

• {{Note|Chapter|}} "Ch." and "Vol." are the shortened forms for chapter and volume and refer to a chapter or volume number of the Kimi ni Todoke manga by Karuho Shiina. The original Japanese version is published by Shueisha and the English translation is published by Viz Media.

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• [http://www.ntv.co.jp/kiminitodoke/index.html Official anime website] {{in lang|ja}}
• [https://kimitodo.com/ Official third anime season website] {{in lang|ja}}
• [https://www.viz.com/kimi-ni-todoke-from-me-to-you Viz Media series page]
• [https://mangaplanet.jp/kimi-ni-todoke-exhibition-subete-no-kimi-ni-todoke/ Official Kimi ni Todoke Exhibit in Tokyo]; {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626144657/https://mangaplanet.jp/kimi-ni-todoke-exhibition-subete-no-kimi-ni-todoke/|date=June 26, 2019 }}
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