is a Japanese

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series written and illustrated by Wakō Honna. It is a spin-off of Honna's other manga series ''

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''. It was serialized in

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's ''

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'' from March 2012 to February 2014, followed by a second part, serialized in ''

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'' from May 2014 to April 2015. Its chapters were collected in eight volumes. A three-episode

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produced by

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was launched from August 2014 to February 2015.

Characters

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Media

Manga

''Nozo × Kimi'', written and illustrated by Wakō Honna, is a spin-off of Honna's other manga ''

''. Honna published a three-chapter series, titled , in

's ''

'' from February 16 to March 2, 2011. ''Nozo × Kimi'' was serialized in Shogakukan's ''

'' from March 25, 2012, to February 25, 2014. It was followed by a second part, , which was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from May 28, 2014, to April 15, 2015. Shogakukan collected the chapters in eight volumes, released from September 28, 2012, to June 18, 2015.

Volumes

Original video animation

A three–episode

(OVA) adaptation was produced by

and directed by

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. The first episode was bundled with the special edition of manga's fourth volume, released on August 18, 2014. The second episode was bundled with the special edition of manga's fifth volume, released on November 18, 2014. The third and final episode was bundled with the special edition of manga's sixth volume, released on February 18, 2015. In May 2021,

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announced that they had licensed the OVA.

References

External links

Manga official website at ''Web Sunday''

Anime official website
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