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is a collection of illustrations by Japanese artist
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began serialization online via Yomu's
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account in September 2019. Seven volumes have been released as of August 2022. A short-form 12-episode original net animation (ONA) adaptation by AtelierPontdarc was released from September to December 2021.


Premise

The story follows Douki-chan, an office lady who works with Douki-kun. Unbeknownst to Douki-kun, Douki-chan secretly has feelings for him. As Douki-chan struggles to confess her feelings, her colleagues, both the kouhai co-worker, and their senpai from a related company, also vie for his affection.


Characters

; : :An office worker at a Tokyo-based company. She is a serious worker and promising prospect within the company. However, she is inexperienced when it comes to romance, and is unsure of how to approach the man she has feelings for. ; : :The male office coworker of Douki-chan and Kouhai-chan, who is drawn without visible eyes. He has a romantic interest towards Douki-chan and often goes to look after her when she gets isolated, but is too shy to confess his feelings to her. ; : :A coy woman with a soft vibe who is always smiling. She is a junior in the same department as Douki-chan and Douki-kun. She is always trying to seduce Douki-kun and isolate him from the other girls. She enjoys
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, picking popular characters and leaving Douki-chan with less attractive
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costumes. Many other men are attracted to her. ; / : :Maiko is a woman with a mature female aura, and is the only character with an actual name and a visible name tag. She is currently an employee of a business partner. She is free-spirited and likes to drink. As Douki-kun's senior in college, she was very close with him, but had turned down his confession, saying that she was already seeing someone. Her younger sister is Yuiko Okuzumi from the author's related web manga ''
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''. ; :A girl with short blonde hair who gives Douki-kun a kiss on the lips the first time they bump into each other. She becomes an
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in their department, and later a permanent hire. She easily deduces that Douki-chan has a crush on Douki-kun. In one of the chapters, she tells Douki-kun that she joined the company because she likes him romantically too, but quickly adds "just kidding". In a later chapter, it is revealed that her name is Shinchin-chan.


Media


Volume list


Original net animation

An original net animation (ONA) adaptation was announced on August 14, 2021. The series is produced by AtelierPontdarc and directed and storyboarded by Kazuomi Koga, with Yoshiko Nakamura writing the series' scripts, Yuki Morikawa designing the characters, and Ryōsuke Naya serving as the sound director. The ending theme is "Lady Go", performed by
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. It was released on the Abema service from September 20 to December 6, 2021.
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licensed the series outside of Asia. Muse Communication licensed the series in South and Southeast Asia. A
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with a bonus episode was released on December 24, 2021.


Episode list


See also

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Explanatory notes


References


Works cited

* "Ch." is a shortened form for "chapter" and refers to chapters of the ''Ganbare Doukichan'' manga.


Other references


External links

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