is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kashiko Amane. It originally began a preview serialization in Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine in July 2022, before beginning serialization in Hakusensha's Manga Park and Young Animal Web services in September 2022. The series has been compiled into nine volumes as of July 2026. An anime television series adaptation produced by Gekkou is set to premiere in April 2027.
Plot Hizashi Hiruno, a first-year high school student, is surprised to learn that he has failed his academic proficiency exam, the result of a careless mistake. He ends up taking remedial classes with Rei Kuromiya, his beautiful and popular classmate who is also a popular idol. Rei feels her own pressures due to promising her mother that she would quit being an idol if she failed at her studies. With the two both unexpectedly getting low scores, the two decide to help each other in their studies, hoping to meet their respective expectations. The two fall for each other as Hizashi realizes that there is more to Rei than her public image.
Characters
A first-year student at Houtei Academy, a prestigious escalator school. Due to family pressures, he aims to have high grades. However, due to a careless mistake in his academic proficiency exam, he fails that and is forced to take remedial classes. He starts taking the classes with Rei Kuromiya, where she asks him to teach her. He eventually realizes that he has feelings for Rei.
Hizashi's classmate, she is the center of the popular idol group Indigo Impulse. She has a public reputation for being a genius idol, being able to balance both her studies and entertainment career. However, her studies have suffered due to her idol work, leading her to also fail the proficiency exam. She asks Hizashi to help her study, knowing that she will be forced to quit her entertainment activities if her grades keep failing. As time goes on, she harbors a deep crush for Hizashi.
A member of Indigo Impulse.
A member of Indigo Impulse.
Development Kashiko Amane originally began developing the manga during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, when she was working on a fan fiction work about the character Rin Shibuya from The Idolmaster. Her editor suggested that she work on a story about someone being in a romantic relationship with Rin, which Amane eventually developed into an original series. The series was also inspired by her fantasies about sharing a class with an idol, while noting that she found it unrealistic that a normal person could ever be in contact with a celebrity. Her career as a manga artist was inspired by an idea by game director Masahiro Sakurai about keeping her goals secret from and "raising her internal pressure" to allow her to focus on actually doing things rather than being distracted by external pressures.
Media Manga Written and illustrated by Kashiko Amane, the series initially had a preview serialization in Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine from July 8 to August 12, 2022. The series began serialization in Hakusensha's Manga Park and Young Animal Web services on September 18, 2022. The first volume was released on February 28, 2023; nine volumes have been released as of July 29, 2026. The series is licensed in English by Yen Press, which released its first English volume on January 21, 2025.
Anime An anime television series adaptation was announced on September 28, 2026. It will be produced by Gekkou and directed by , with series composition and screenplays handled by Fumihiko Shimo, characters designed by Kibidango 14-gō, and music composed by Satoru Kōsaki and . The series is set to premiere in April 2027.
References
External links Manga official website at Manga Park Anime official website