Medaka Kuroiwa Is Impervious to My Charms

Medaka Kuroiwa Is Impervious to My Charms (Japanese: 黒岩メダカに私の可愛いが通じない, Hepburn: Kuroiwa Medaka ni Watashi no Kawaii ga Tsūjinai) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ran Kuze. The series began serialization in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine in May 2021, with its chapters collected in 16 tankōbon volumes as of October 2024. The series is licensed in English by Kodansha USA. An anime television series adaptation produced by SynergySP is set to premiere in January 2025.

Medaka Kuroiwa Is Impervious to My Charms
First tankōbon volume cover
黒岩メダカに私の可愛いが通じない (Kuroiwa Medaka ni Watashi no Kawaii ga Tsūjinai)
Genre	Romantic comedy[1]
Manga
Written by	Ran Kuze
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA: Kodansha USA
Imprint	Shōnen Magazine Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	May 26, 2021 – present
Volumes	16
Anime television series
Directed by	Yoshiaki Okumura
Written by	Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
Music by	Akiyuki Tateyama
Studio	SynergySP
Licensed by	Crunchyroll
Original network	TXN (TV Tokyo)
Original run	January 2025 – scheduled

Plot

Mona Kawai, a popular queen bee, is happy that everyone at her high school adores her, except for the new transfer student Medaka Kuroiwa, who looks angry all the time, and will not even look at her. Mona then makes it her mission to make him fall in love with her, but the more she tries, and the more Medaka resists, the more she finds herself falling in love with him. It turns out that Medaka is a monk-in-training who is forbidden by his temple masters from falling in love, but he finds it difficult to resist Mona's advances. Other girls join in either as Mona's rivals or supportive friends.

Characters

Medaka Kuroiwa (黒岩 メダカ, Kuroiwa Medaka)

Voiced by: Ryota Iwasaki^[2]

The titular protagonist of the series. Medaka is a second-year high school boy who is a monk-in-training at his family's temple. He is instructed not to fall in love with any girls, so he finds it rather frustrating that these city girls give him so much attention.^{Vol. 1} However, his frustrations only grows more as he realizes he is genuinely in love with Mona.

Mona Kawai (川井 モナ, Kawai Mona)

Voiced by: Yū Serizawa^[2]

The main heroine of the series. Mona is a beautiful and friendly second-year high school girl who is originally from Osaka Prefecture and had only moved to Tokyo the year prior. She prides herself on being the queen bee of the school, charming all the boys, until she meets Medaka. She then tries to win him over but ends up falling in love with him, although she denies the latter part. She occasionally reverts to her Kansai dialect when flustered. She is easily jealous of other girls who vie for Medaka's attention. Most of the story is told from her perspective.^{Vol. 1} Issue 2021 No. 29 of Weekly Shonen Magazine has pictures of Enako cosplaying Mona as well as characters in other series.^[3]

Tsubomi Haruno (春野 つぼみ, Haruno Tsubomi)

Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa^[4]

Medaka and Mona's classmate greatly admires Mona, and has a collection of phone photos of her. Mona initially thinks of her as her love rival. After seeing Mona's interacting with Medaka, Tsubomi easily figures out that Mona likes him, and tries to push Mona towards the relationship.^{Vol. 1}

Asahi Shonan (湘南 旭, Shōnan Asahi)

Voiced by: Sora Amamiya^[5]

A first-year student and star basketball player, she has a crush on Medaka, and declares she is Mona's love rival.^{Ch. 16-18}

Tomo Namba (難波 朋, Namba Tomo)

Voiced by: Hinaki Yano^[6]

Mona's childhood friend from Osaka who transfers to her class. She is outwardly friendly and flirtatious.^{Vol. 4} She later feels conflicted for also developing a romantic interest in Medaka.

Minami Shirahama (白浜 美波, Shirahama Minami)

Voiced by: Kaori Maeda^[7]

Asahi's classmate and best friend who supports her in her pursuit of Medaka. She has dark shoulder-length hair.^{Vol. 4}

Shou Kobayakawa (小早川 翔, Kobayakawa Shō)

Medaka's classmate and friend with the glasses.^{Ch. 56, 58}

Yuzuru Kido (木戸 譲, Kido Jō)

Medaka's classmate and friend with light-colored short hair.

Anri Sunigawa (品川 杏莉, Shinagawa Anri)

A girl who takes an interest in Medaka. She plays guitar.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Ran Kuze, Medaka Kuroiwa Is Impervious to My Charms was originally published as a one-shot in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine on December 23, 2020,^[8][9] before beginning serialization in the same magazine on May 26, 2021.^[10][11] Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on August 17, 2021.^[12] As of October 17, 2024, sixteen volumes have been released.^[13]

The series is licensed in English by Kodansha USA; the first English volume was released in digital on March 8, 2022.^[14] During their panel at Anime Expo 2022, Kodnasha USA announced that they would begin publishing the manga in print in Q2 2023.^[15]

Volumes

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	August 17, 2021[16]	978-4-06-524490-6	March 8, 2022 (digital)[17] June 20, 2023 (print)	978-1-64-729232-4
That Jerk Won't Fall for Me P.E. with That Jerk Sketching with That Jerk That Fiendish Jerk In the Library with That Jerk Love and That Jerk That Girl's Wallpaper Cosplaying with That Jerk
Covers chapters in Weekly Shonen Magazine issues 2021 No. 26 to No. 32
2	November 17, 2021[18]	978-4-06-525932-0	April 12, 2022 (digital)[19] August 15, 2023 (print)	978-1-64-729306-2
Glued to That Jerk School Festival with That Jerk The Legend and That Jerk Cleaning with That Jerk Post-Festival Party with That Jerk Cooking with That Jerk That Jerk Gets Chewed Out That Jerk, Rain, and the Basketball Girl That Jerk and Asahi Private Lesson with That Jerk and Asahi
Covers chapters in Weekly Shonen Magazine issues 2021 No. 33 to No. 39, No. 41 to No. 44
3	January 17, 2022[20]	978-4-06-526591-8	July 12, 2022 (digital)[21] November 21, 2023 (print)	978-1-64-729307-9
Nursing That Jerk Nursing Battle Over That Jerk That Jerk and a K- That Jerk and a Bad Slump That Jerk's Home Screen Wallpaper A Pic for That Jerk Shopping with That Jerk Halloween with That Jerk Playing Games with That Jerk Taking Pics with That Jerk
Covers chapters in Weekly Shonen Magazine issues 2021 No. 45 to No. 47, No. 49 to 2022 No. 4/5
4	April 15, 2022[22]	978-4-06-527540-5	October 11, 2022 (digital)[23] December 26, 2023 (print)	978-1-64-729308-6
That Jerk and a Doofus That Jerk and a Blushing Girl That Jerk and Her Best Friend That Jerk and a Prank That Transfer Student and Being in Love That Jerk and a Kiss That Jerk and the Welcome Party At the Amusement Park with That Jerk On the Rollercoaster with That Jerk
Covers chapters in Weekly Shonen Magazine issues 2022 No. 6 to No. 13, and No. 15
5	July 15, 2022[24]	978-4-06-528498-8	January 17, 2023 (digital)[25] February 20, 2024 (print)	978-1-64-729335-2
That Jerk and Tomo That Jerk and Getting Separated All Alone with That Jerk Smitten with That Jerk That Jerk and an Admission That Jerk and the Magic of Love That Jerk and a Fever That Jerk and a Declaration Conquering That Jerk
Covers chapters in Weekly Shonen Magazine issues 2022 No. 16 to No. 25
6	September 16, 2022[26]	978-4-06-529129-0	April 4, 2023 (digital)[27] April 9, 2024 (print)	978-1-64-729338-3
A Date with That Jerk At the Arcade with That Jerk Matching with That Jerk That Jerk and the Phone Case A Secret with That Jerk That Girl Is on Cloud Nine That Jerk, Asahi, and a Secret Meeting Studying with That Jerk That Jerk and a Beauty Contest
Covers chapters in Weekly Shonen Magazine issues 2022 No. 26, and No. 28 to No. 35
7	November 17, 2022[28]	978-4-06-529708-7	July 4, 2023 (digital)[29] June 18, 2024 (print)	978-1-64-729344-4
Making a Sign with That Jerk That Jerk and Being Mature That Jerk and an Info Session That Jerk and the Night Before the Contest That Jerk and the Beauty Contest That Jerk and Self Intros That Jerk and a First That Jerk and a Kneeling That Jerk and a Swimsuit Fight
Covers chapters in Weekly Shonen Magazine issues 2022 No. 36/37 to No. 43, No. 45, and No. 46
8	January 17, 2023[30]	978-4-06-530350-4	October 10, 2023 (digital)[31] August 13, 2024 (print)	978-1-64-729375-8
That Jerk and the End of the Battle That Jerk and a Love Confession That Jerk and His Contemplation That Jerk and That Girl's True Feelings That Jerk and Changes Putting Up with That Jerk Batting with That Girl That Girl and Her Best Friend A Heart-to-Heart with That Girl
9	April 17, 2023[32]	978-4-06-531236-0	December 12, 2023 (digital)[33] November 12, 2024 (print)	978-1-64-729383-3
Girl Talk with That Girl That Jerk and a Three-Way War A New Everyday Routine with That Jerk Inviting That Jerk That Jerk and Flunking A Study Session with That Jerk A Break with That Jerk That Jerk and an Invitation That Jerk and the Kawai Family
Covers chapters in Weekly Shonen Magazine issues 2023 No. 6 to No. 10, and No. 12 to No. 15
10	July 14, 2023[34]	978-4-06-531889-8	February 13, 2024 (digital)[35]	979-8-88-933373-9
That Jerk and a Detour That Jerk and Exams Shopping with That Jerk That Jerk and Basketball Shoes That Jerk and Basketball That Jerk and Christmas Schedule That Jerk and the One He's Going on a Date With Christmas with That Jerk Horror Movies with That Jerk
Covers chapters in Weekly Shonen Magazine issues 2023 No. 16 to No. 24, and No. 26
11	September 14, 2023[36]	978-4-06-532892-7	April 9, 2024 (digital)[37]	979-8-88-933437-8
On the Couple Seat with That Jerk That Jerk and His Reason Christmas Party with That Jerk That Girl and the Precepts That Girl and the Popular Boy Texting That Jerk Sleepover with That Girl A Game with That Girl That Jerk and Girls
12	November 16, 2023[38]	978-4-06-533554-3	June 11, 2024 (digital)[39]	979-8-88-933568-9
That Jerk and the Mysterious Girl That Jerk and the Girl with a Dream Running into That Girl That Jerk and the Precepts That Jerk and the Rule-Breaking Girl That Jerk and Warmth That Jerk and a Makeover That Girl and the Basketball Game Watching the Game with That Jerk
13	February 16, 2024[40]	978-4-06-534572-6	August 13, 2024 (digital)[41]	979-8-88-933693-8
That Girl and Her Love Confession That Girl and Love That Jerk and Witnessing a Confession That Girl Goes on the Attack That Jerk and a Concert That Girl and Holding Hands That Girl and Willpower That Girl and Taking a Step Forward That Girl and a Declaration
14	May 16, 2024[42]	978-4-06-535512-1	October 8, 2024 (digital)[43]	979-8-89-478102-0
15	July 17, 2024[44]	978-4-06-536157-3	—	—
16	October 17, 2024[13]	978-4-06-537134-3	—	—
17	December 17, 2024[45]	978-4-06-537774-1	—	—

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on May 13, 2024. It will be produced by SynergySP and directed by Yoshiaki Okumura, with scripts written by Kazuyuki Fudeyasu, characters designed by Mayumi Watanabe, and music composed by Akiyuki Tateyama.^[46][47] It is set to premiere in January 2025 on TV Tokyo.^[2][48] Crunchyroll licensed the series.^[49]

Reception

In January 2022, Kodansha reported that the series had over 150,000 copies in circulation.^[50] In August 2023, it was announced to have reached 1 million copies in circulation.^[51]

Works cited

• ^ "Ch." and "Vol." is shortened form for chapter and volume of the Medaka Kuroiwa Is Impervious to My Charms manga.

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External links

• Official manga website at Pocket Shōnen Magazine (in Japanese)
• Official anime website (in Japanese)
• Medaka Kuroiwa Is Impervious to My Charms at Anime News Network's encyclopedia