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is a Japanese
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series written and illustrated by Taichi Nagaoka. It has been serialized by
Kadokawa Shoten , formerly , is a Japanese publisher and division of Kadokawa Future Publishing based in Tokyo, Japan. It became an internal division of Kadokawa Corporation on October 1, 2013. Kadokawa publishes manga, light novels, manga anthology magazines ...
on their '' Young Ace Up'' manga website since July 2019.


Premise

Kouta Oyama is a high school student who lives alone. One day, Riko Akutsu, a delinquent classmate, suddenly arrives at his apartment complex and decides to use his room as her personal hangout. Despite wanting Akutsu to go home, Oyama is conflicted about the situation.


Characters

; : :Oyama is a second-year high school student who lives alone, but has to deal with Akutsu since she is constantly hanging out in his room after school and sometimes even stays the night. While he does want Akutsu to go home, he becomes flustered when he is around her. He is also concerned that she might stay at some other guy's place if she leaves. ; : :Akutsu is Oyama's delinquent classmate who constantly hangs out in his room to read manga, play video games, and eat snacks. While she likes to tease Oyama, she slowly develops romantic feelings towards him, especially after he makes statements like pleading her to stay and not wanting her to go off with any other guys. ; :Misaki is one of Akutsu's friends since middle school. Knowing that Akutsu has feelings for Oyama, she likes to tease her about the situation. She is the shortest of the three girls and has short black hair with
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. ; :Youko is one of Akutsu's friends since middle school. Knowing that Akutsu has feelings for Oyama, she likes to flirt with Oyama in order to get a reaction out of Akutsu. She has short brown hair in a ponytail and a large chest. ; :Ohya is the landlady's 20-year-old daughter. As a fan of
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manga, she becomes very interested in Oyama and Akutsu's relationship when she realizes Akutsu is secretly in love with Oyama but shyly denies it. ; :Oyama's mother is a kind woman who shows up at her son's apartment. She was initially skeptical of Akutsu until she is convinced that Akutsu and her son are dating. ; :Hibiki is a year younger than Oyama and Akutsu. She is a delinquent who initially tried to challenge Akutsu, but lost. Since then, she has looked up to Akutsu as a big sister and demands that Oyama give Akutsu back to her. She and Akutsu used to hang out together in the same room. ; :Reiko shows up at Oyama's apartment after she discovers her daughter's whereabouts. It is later revealed she was a delinquent herself, as she also hung out often in her future husband's room, and she behaves very much like her daughter. ; :Kenji shows up at Oyama's apartment after Reiko has made a few visits. Like Oyama, he had to deal with his future wife when she hung out in his room.


Publication

Written and illustrated by Taichi Nagaoka, ''Please Go Home, Miss Akutsu!'' began serialization on
Kadokawa Shoten , formerly , is a Japanese publisher and division of Kadokawa Future Publishing based in Tokyo, Japan. It became an internal division of Kadokawa Corporation on October 1, 2013. Kadokawa publishes manga, light novels, manga anthology magazines ...
's '' Young Ace Up'' manga website on July 29, 2019. Kadokawa has collected its chapters into individual volumes. The first volume was released on June 4, 2020. As of December 27, 2024, ten volumes have been released. On September 21, 2022,
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announced they licensed the series. They released the first volume under their Ghost Ship imprint on April 4, 2023. On November 18, 2024, Nagaoka announced the series was going on indefinite hiatus due to health issues. It resumed on June 9, 2025.


Volumes


Notes

* "Ch." is shortened form for chapter and refers to a chapter number of the manga.


References


External links

* * {{Young Ace Anime and manga set in schools Japanese webcomics Juvenile delinquency in fiction Kadokawa Shoten manga Romantic comedy anime and manga Seinen manga Seven Seas Entertainment titles Slice of life anime and manga Webcomics in print