My Awkward Senpai
{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = My Awkward Senpai
| image = My Awkward Senpai volume 1 cover.jpg
| caption = First tankōbon volume cover featuring Azusa Kannawa
| ja_kanji = 不器用な先輩。
| ja_romaji = Bukiyō na Senpai.
| genre = Romantic comedy
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = Makoto Kudo
| publisher = Square Enix
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA=Comikey}}
| demographic = Seinen
| imprint = Young Gangan Comics
| magazine = Young Gangan
| first = December 6, 2019
| last =
| volumes = 9
| volume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = tv series
| director = Ayumu Kotake
| producer =
| writer = Mio Inoue
| music = Kōji Fujimoto
| studio = Studio Elle
| licensee =
| network =
| network_en =
| first = 2025
| last = scheduled
| episodes =
| episode_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{Nihongo|My Awkward Senpai|不器用な先輩。|Bukiyō na Senpai.}} is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Kudo. It initially began as a webcomic published on Kudo's Twitter account in March 2019. It later began serialization in Square Enix's seinen manga magazine Young Gangan in December 2019. An anime television series adaptation produced by Studio Elle is set to premiere in 2025.
Characters
;{{nihongo|Azusa Kannawa|鉄輪梓|Kannawa Azusa}}
:{{voiced by|Lynn}}
Media
=Manga=
Written and illustrated by Makoto Kudo, My Awkward Senpai initially began as a webcomic published on Kudo's Twitter account published on March 2, 2019.{{cite tweet|user=m0721804|number=1101805810252886016|script-title=ja:不器用な先輩。|last=Kudo|first=Makoto|date=March 2, 2019|access-date=December 21, 2023|language=ja}} It later began serialization in Square Enix's seinen manga magazine Young Gangan on December 6, 2019.{{cite web|script-title=ja:「ロトの紋章～紋章を継ぐ者達へ～」あと2話で完結！YG創刊号から15年の連載に幕|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/358282|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=December 21, 2023|date=December 6, 2019|lang=ja}} Its chapters have been collected into nine tankōbon volumes as of March 2025. The series is published in English by Comikey and by Square Enix through their Manga UP! Global app.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Comikey Licenses 10 New Manga Including Arte, Fenrir, Hero Classroom|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-11-07/comikey-licenses-10-new-manga-including-arte-fenrir-hero-classroom/.179291|website=Anime News Network|date=November 7, 2021|access-date=December 21, 2023}}{{cite web|title=My Awkward Senpai|url=https://global.manga-up.com/manga/154|website=Manga UP! Global|publisher=Square Enix|access-date=December 21, 2023}}
{{Graphic novel list/header
| OneLanguage = yes
}}
{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber = 1
| RelDate = March 25, 2020{{cite web|script-title=ja:不器用な先輩。 1|url=https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757565432/|publisher=Square Enix|access-date=December 21, 2023|lang=ja}}
| ISBN = 978-4-7575-6543-2
}}
{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber = 2
| RelDate = October 24, 2020{{cite web|script-title=ja:不器用な先輩。 2|url=https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757569140/|publisher=Square Enix|access-date=December 21, 2023|lang=ja}}
| ISBN = 978-4-7575-6914-0
}}
{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber = 3
| RelDate = May 25, 2021{{cite web|script-title=ja:不器用な先輩。 3|url=https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757572706/|publisher=Square Enix|access-date=December 21, 2023|lang=ja}}
| ISBN = 978-4-7575-7270-6
}}
{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber = 4
| RelDate = December 25, 2021{{cite web|script-title=ja:不器用な先輩。 4|url=https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757576438/|publisher=Square Enix|access-date=December 21, 2023|lang=ja}}
| ISBN = 978-4-7575-7643-8
}}
{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber = 5
| RelDate = August 25, 2022{{cite web|script-title=ja:不器用な先輩。 5|url=https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757580886/|publisher=Square Enix|access-date=December 21, 2023|lang=ja}}
| ISBN = 978-4-7575-8088-6
}}
{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber = 6
| RelDate = March 25, 2023{{cite web|script-title=ja:不器用な先輩。 6|url=https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757584839/|publisher=Square Enix|access-date=December 21, 2023|lang=ja}}
| ISBN = 978-4-7575-8483-9
}}
{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber = 7
| RelDate = October 25, 2023{{cite web|script-title=ja:不器用な先輩。 7|url=https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757588691/|publisher=Square Enix|access-date=December 21, 2023|lang=ja}}
| ISBN = 978-4-7575-8869-1
}}
{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber = 8
| RelDate = August 23, 2024{{cite web|script-title=ja:不器用な先輩。 8|url=https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757593756/|publisher=Square Enix|access-date=July 29, 2024|lang=ja}}
| ISBN = 978-4-7575-9375-6
}}
{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber = 9
| RelDate = March 25, 2025{{cite web|script-title=ja:不器用な先輩。 9|url=https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757597662/|publisher=Square Enix|access-date=February 28, 2025|lang=ja}}
| ISBN = 978-4-7575-9766-2
}}
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=Anime=
An anime television series adaptation was announced on December 16, 2024. The series is produced by Studio Elle and directed by Ayumu Kotake, with series composition by Mio Inoue, character designs by Kenrō Tokuda and music composition by Kōji Fujimoto. It is set to premiere in 2025.{{cite web|last=Dempsey|first=Liam|title=My Awkward Senpai Anime Announced for 2025 Release|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2024/12/16/my-awkward-senpai-anime-announced-2025|website=Crunchyroll|access-date=December 16, 2024|date=December 16, 2024}}{{cite web|last=Cayanan|first=Joanna|title=Makoto Kudo's My Awkward Senpai Manga Gets TV Anime in 2025|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-12-16/makoto-kudo-my-awkward-senpai-manga-gets-tv-anime-in-2025/.219133|website=Anime News Network|date=December 16, 2024|access-date=December 16, 2024}}
=Other=
In commemoration of the releases of volumes 3 and 4, the series had two cosplay collaborations with the model Nashiko Momotsuki dressed-up as main character Azusa Kannawa in 2021.{{cite web|script-title=ja:金田一蓮十郎「ラララ」完結、桃月なしこが「不器用な先輩。」鉄輪に扮したグラビアも|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/429044|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=December 22, 2023|date=May 21, 2021|lang=ja}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:「不器用な先輩。」桃月なしこが魔女っ娘の鉄輪に、4巻発売記念コラボグラビア掲載|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/457908|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=December 22, 2023|date=December 17, 2021|lang=ja}}
Reception
The series was ranked fifth at the sixth Next Manga Awards in the print category.{{cite web|last=Loveridge|first=Lynzee|title=Shonen Jump's Undead Unluck Wins Tsugi ni Kuru Manga 2020 Awards|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2020-08-19/shonen-jump-undead-unluck-wins-tsugi-ni-kuru-manga-2020-awards/.163084|website=Anime News Network|date=August 19, 2020|access-date=December 21, 2023}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/yg/introduction/bukiyou/|Official manga website}} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Official website|https://bukiyouna-senpai.asmik-ace.co.jp/|Official anime website}} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{ann|manga|27311}}
{{Young Gangan}}
{{Studio Elle}}
Category:2025 anime television series debuts
Category:Anime series based on manga