is a Japanese

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series written by Wataru Hinekure and illustrated by Aruko. It was serialized in '' Bessatsu Margaret'' from June 2019 to June 2022. A

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, titled ''Kieta Hatsukoi: Shōgekijō'', began serialization in July 2021. A

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television drama adaptation premiered in October 2021. In 2022, ''My Love Mix-Up!'' won the 67th

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in the '' shōjo'' category.

Cast

;Sota Aoki : ;Kōsuke Ida : ;Mio Hashimoto : ;Hayato "Akkun" Aida : ;Masahiro Taniguchi : ;Jun Tomita : ;Taishō Nakabayashi :

Media

Manga

The series is written by Wataru Hinekure and illustrated by Aruko. It began serialization in '' Bessatsu Margaret'' on June 13, 2019. The series completed its serialization on June 13, 2022. In June 2021, it was revealed the series would get a

titled ''Kieta Hatsukoi: Shōgekijō'', which started serialization in the same magazine as the main series on July 13, 2021. As of July 2022, the main series' individual chapters have been collected into nine ''

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'' volumes. In February 2021,

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announced they licensed the series for English publication.

Volume list

TV drama

TV drama adaptation was announced in August 2021. The series was directed by Shōgo Kusano and Tadaaki Hōrai, with scripts by Tsutomu Kuroiwa, and Harumi Fuuki composing the music.

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and

Shunsuke Michieda is a Japanese actor and singer who is a member of idol group Naniwa Danshi under Johnny & Associates. Career Michieda Shunsuke was born in Osaka, Japan. His mother is a big fan of SMAP, so he grew up listening to songs from SMAP and Hey! Say! ...

performed the leads. It premiered on

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on October 9, 2021. Viki licensed the series for an English release.

Reception

''My Love Mix-Up!'' won the 67th

in the '' shōjo'' category in 2022. In the 2021 edition of the ''

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'' guidebook, the series tied with ''

A Sign of Affection is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Suu Morishita. It started serialization in Kodansha's ''Dessert'' magazine in July 2019. As of February 2023, eight ''tankōbon'' volumes have been released. Development In an interview wit ...

'' as the ninth highest ranked manga for female audiences. The series was also nominated for the first manga award. The television drama series was featured on ''

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'''s best BL dramas of 2021 list.

References

External links

* {{Shogakukan Manga Award - Shōjo 2021 Japanese television series debuts Japanese television dramas based on manga LGBT in anime and manga Romantic comedy anime and manga Shōjo manga Shueisha manga TV Asahi original programming Viz Media manga Winners of the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga