The wraparound band on the third volume of Sumiko Arai's Kininatteru Hito ga Otoko ja Nakatta (The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All) manga announced an anime adaptation on Thursday (pictured right).

Arai originally began posting the music-themed girls love manga, also known by its short title Kinioto, on their X (formerly Twitter) account in April 2022. Kadokawa began printing the manga in April 2023 and published the second volume last February. Kinioto has a cumulative 950,000 copies of its volumes in print.

Yen Press licensed the manga in English in April 2024 and released the first volume in October that year. The second volume went on sale on Tuesday. The manga is also published in multiple foreign languages, including Spanish, Italian, Polish, and Brazilian Portuguese.

Frontier Works released a drama CD last April, featuring voice actresses Mariya Ise (JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Stone Ocean) and Akari Kitou (Tonikaku Kawaii) as the main characters Mitsuki Koga and Aya Oosawa, respectively.

Kininatteru Hito ga Otoko ja Nakatta placed first in the Web Manga category in the 2023 Tsugi no Kuru Manga Awards and second in the female readers division in the 2024 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! rankings.

Synopsis
The black-clad boy that Aya Oosawa likes is perfect: he is effortlessly nonchalant, has a sharp sense of style, and listens to the best music. Ever since the trendy Aya stumbled upon a small CD store to enjoy the rock classics her friends are not familiar with, the mysterious employee behind the counter has been on her mind. Meanwhile, the quiet and aloof Mitsuki Koga listens to her popular classmate Aya rave about her crush, tormented by a nagging thought: how to tell Aya that the guy she is interested in is not a guy at all!

In reality, when Mitsuki sheds her plain high school uniform, she is the one manning the counter at her uncle Joe's CD shop. She wrestles with how to reveal her identity, but flirting with the stunning and clueless Aya is just too tempting. As music becomes their shared passion, it seems that Aya's feelings will remain unchanged—even when Mitsuki's secret comes to light. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Announcement


Manga special site: https://kadobun.jp/special/arai-sumiko/kinioto/
Manga official X: @kinioto_PR

Source: PR Times

Kininatteru Hito ga Otoko ja Nakatta on MAL