is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Coco Uzuki. It began serialization in Kodansha's manga magazine Dessert in April 2023. An anime television series adaptation produced by MAPPA is set to premiere in 2027.
The series won the 49th Kodansha Manga Award in the category in 2025.
Plot Otogi Katsura portrays an alter ego at school, being known for her angelic personality. However, she is secretly a callous person. Her true self is discovered by Toki Ninomae, who has a similar false persona. They compete for dominance while falling in love through the romantic comedy story. Characters
The representative for Class 1-A and publicly self-proclaimed "perfect beautiful girl." She is known as the "School Madonna" because of her beauty, proper conduct, and grace. However, the "School Madonna" is merely an alter-ego she shows publicly, in reality, she is a blunt, rough, and tomboyish, at first only known by her childhood best friend Beni. Because of her ability to captivate anyone, she has been nicknamed the , however, she dislikes the name, finding it "unrefined." She mistakenly calls Toki "Ikkoku", not knowing the actual reading of his name. Her secret gets uncovered by Toki after an incident at the train station.
The vice class representative for Class 1-A, he is considered to be a handsome young man with a tall stature and long hair. He also excels academically and possesses an impeccable, polite demeanor, making him a highly popular "perfectly handsome guy." However, much like Otogi, this is merely a public persona he meticulously crafted, and he has been hiding his true nature underneath. Otogi refers to his true self as "Black Ikkoku."
Otogi's childhood friend and the only one where Otogi shows her true self.
Toki's childhood friend who is older than him, he is in charge of running his parent's café.
A male class fellow of Otogi and Toki, he is very close with Toki. He has a twin brother, Nono.
Nene's twin brother, he is in the class right next to his older brother.
Media Manga Written and illustrated by Coco Uzuki, Fall in Love, You False Angels began serialization in Kodansha's manga magazine Dessert on April 24, 2023. Its chapters have been compiled into seven volumes as of June 2026.
During their panel at Sakura-Con 2024, Kodansha USA announced that they licensed the series for English publication beginning in Q2 2025.
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Anime An anime television series adaptation was announced on June 12, 2026. It will be produced by MAPPA and directed by Yasutomo Okamoto, with Yōhei Yamazaki handling the series composition, Mariko Oka designing the characters, Yuriko Waki serving as animation producer, Yūnosuke Senoo and Yuhki Kurihara composing the music, and Kensuke Ushio serving as music producer. The series is set to premiere in 2027.
Reception The series, alongside Itsuka Shinu nara E o Utte kara and Ohitori-sama Hotel, was ranked eighteenth in the 2024 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook for the best manga for female readers. The series was ranked fifth in the 2025 edition, and fifteenth in the 2026 edition. The series was also ranked fourth in the Nationwide Publishers Recommended Comics list of 2024. The series was also ranked ninth in the print category and won the U-Next Prize at the tenth Next Manga Awards in 2024. It was also ranked ninth in the 2025 edition in the same category. The series was ranked fourth in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics list of 2025. The series won the 49th Kodansha Manga Award in the category in 2025. The series was nominated for the 71st Shogakukan Manga Award.
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