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is a Japanese
manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...
series written and illustrated by Ren Kawahara. The series was serialized in
Kodansha is a Japanese privately held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha publishes manga magazines which include ''Nakayoshi'', ''Morning (magazine), Morning'', ''Afternoon (magazine), Afternoon'', ''Evening (magazine), Eveni ...
's ''Shōnen Magazine Edge'' magazine from October 2015 to December 2018, and was compiled into eight ''
tankōbon A is a standard publishing format for books in Japan, alongside other formats such as ''shinsho'' (17x11 cm paperback books) and ''bunkobon''. Used as a loanword in English, the term specifically refers to a printed collection of a manga that w ...
'' volumes. The manga is licensed in North America by
Kodansha USA Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC is a publishing company based in New York, US, and a subsidiary of Japan's largest publishing company Kodansha. Established in July 1st 2008, Kodansha USA publishes books relating to Japan, Japanese culture, and man ...
, who began releasing the manga digitally in English in September 2018. A sequel manga was launched in January 2019, and an
anime is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Ja ...
television series adaptation by
Silver Link is a Japanese animation studio. It was founded by ex-Frontline animation producer Hayato Kaneko in December 2007 and is based in Tokyo Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, ...
aired from April 6 to June 22, 2019.


Plot

Back when she was in kindergarten, Ao Horie shared a short essay about herself, which she soon regrets, because of her father, Hanasaki Horie, who is an author of erotic novels. Ao aims to go to an elite university to finally get away from her father, but soon she meets Takumi Kijima in their first year in high school. Ao can't think of a way to avoid Takumi and constantly thinks of them being with each other as a couple. Ao believes her father has influenced her way of thinking, and is often disturbed by Takumi being in love with her.


Characters

; : :Ao is a high school girl who tries not to associate with any of her classmates, especially boys, because her father is an erotic novelist. She is a top student academically, and aspires some day to live somewhere far away. She has a negative view of boys and sex, thinking they are all perverts and wolves, even though she has boys often flirting with her due to her good looks. That is until Takumi Kijima, who is in love with her, wanted to be friends with her, leaving her baffled and emotionally confused. Ao cannot seem to avoid him and often gets into embarrassing situations with Takumi. Although she's initially annoyed and disturbed by Takumi's romantic advances towards her, she later develops feelings for him and becomes his girlfriend. ; : : Ao's classmate in high school is a popular guy. He is in love with Ao and is thrilled when Ao inadvertently makes the first move in wanting to be friends with him. He occasionally points out embarrassing situations with Ao, even though she tries to ignore it and avoid him at first. He is desperate of wanting to win Ao's heart, so much so that he often gets jealous whenever other boys try to flirt with her. He later starts dating Ao when she finally reciprocates her feelings ; : : Ao's father, a well-known erotic novelist. His major works are ''Promiscuous Lament'' and ''100 Words of Significance in Bed''. He likes to intervene in Ao's social life. His character resembles Happosai from the '' Ranma ½'' manga. ; : : Miyabi is an old classmate of Ao from kindergarten. She has a crush on Takumi, but she doesn't get why he likes Ao. ; : : Souichiro is the editor for Hanasaki's novels. ; : : Masaki is one of Takumi's friends. ; : : Shuhei is one of Takumi's friends.


Media


Manga

''Ao-chan Can't Study!'', written and illustrated by Ren Kawahara, was serialized in
Kodansha is a Japanese privately held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha publishes manga magazines which include ''Nakayoshi'', ''Morning (magazine), Morning'', ''Afternoon (magazine), Afternoon'', ''Evening (magazine), Eveni ...
's ''Shōnen Magazine Edge'' magazine from October 2015 to December 2018.
Kodansha USA Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC is a publishing company based in New York, US, and a subsidiary of Japan's largest publishing company Kodansha. Established in July 1st 2008, Kodansha USA publishes books relating to Japan, Japanese culture, and man ...
has licensed the manga in North America, which has been releasing the manga digitally in English since September 2018. It was compiled into eight ''
tankōbon A is a standard publishing format for books in Japan, alongside other formats such as ''shinsho'' (17x11 cm paperback books) and ''bunkobon''. Used as a loanword in English, the term specifically refers to a printed collection of a manga that w ...
'' volumes. A sequel manga began serialization in January 2019.


''Ao-chan Can't Study!: Adult Arc''


Anime

An
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television series adaptation was announced on December 4, 2018. The series is animated by
Silver Link is a Japanese animation studio. It was founded by ex-Frontline animation producer Hayato Kaneko in December 2007 and is based in Tokyo Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, ...
and directed by Keisuke Inoue, with
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handled series composition, and Miwa Oshima designed the characters. It aired from April 6 to June 22, 2019 on the Animeism programming block on
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, TBS, and BS-TBS. Edoga Sullivan performed the series' opening theme song "Wonderful Wonder", while
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performed the series' ending theme song . Sentai Filmworks has licensed the series for international regions, excluding Asia; an English dub was produced. In Southeast Asia and South Asia, Muse Communication streamed the series on its Muse Asia
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channel.


See also

*'' We're New at This'', another manga series by Ren Kawahara


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ao-chan Can't Study! 2019 anime television series debuts Anime series based on manga Animeism Kodansha manga Muse Communication Sentai Filmworks Shōnen manga Silver Link