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Chūgaku Sei Nikki Live-Action Series Reveals Cast, Staff, October Premiere
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The staff of the live-action series adaptation of Junko Kawakami's Chūgaku Sei Nikki manga revealed the show's cast, staff, and October premiere on Monday. Kasumi Arimura (seen below) will play the main character Hijiri Suenaga.
Ayuko Tsukahara, Kentarō Takemura, and Toshio Tsuboi are directing the series. Arisa Kaneko is penning the script. The series will premiere on TBS on Fridays at 10:00 p.m. starting in October.
The manga is a love story between Akira Kuroiwa, a 14-year-old boy who knows nothing of love, and Hijiri Suenaga, his new 25-year-old homeroom teacher. One fated summer, Akira begins to realize he has feelings for Hijiri, but Hijiri has a long distance fiance. The story follows the pair over the course of several years.
Kawakami (It's your world, Galaxy Girl, Panda Boy) launched the manga in June 2013, although the first volume did not ship until July 2016. The third volume shipped in October and the fourth volume will ship on July 19. The manga won the seventh anan Manga Awards in 2016.
Source: Comic Natalie
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