I Cannot Reach You

I Cannot Reach You (君には届かない。, Kimi ni wa Todokanai) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mika. It began serialization on Media Factory's Pixiv Comic-based Gene Pixiv website in November 2018. An 8-episode live-action television drama adaptation aired from September to November 2023.

I Cannot Reach You
First tankōbon volume cover
君には届かない。 (Kimi ni wa Todokanai)
Genre	Boy's love[1] Coming of age[2]
Manga
Written by	Mika
Published by	Media Factory
English publisher	NA: Yen Press
Imprint	MFC Gene Pixiv Series
Magazine	Gene Pixiv
Original run	November 23, 2018 – present
Volumes	8
Television drama
Directed by	Masahide Izumi
Written by	Maki Hiraki
Studio	TBS Sparkle
Licensed by	Netflix
Original network	TBS
Original run	September 19, 2023 – November 7, 2023
Episodes	8

Characters

Kakeru (カケル)

Voiced by: Yūsuke Kobayashi (drama CD)^[2]

Portrayed by: Haru Kashiwagi^[3]

Yamato (ヤマト)

Voiced by: Hirofumi Nojima (drama CD)^[2]

Portrayed by: Kentaro Maeda^[3]

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Mika, I Cannot Reach You began serialization on Media Factory's Pixiv Comic-based Gene Pixiv website on November 23, 2018.^[1] Its chapters have been compiled into nine tankōbon volumes as of February 2025.^[4]

During their panel at the Virtual Crunchyroll Expo in 2020, Yen Press announced that they licensed the series for English publication.^[5]

A manga anthology was released on November 27, 2023.^[6]

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	June 27, 2019[7]	978-4-04-065776-9	March 9, 2021[8]	978-1-97-531947-2
2	December 26, 2019[9]	978-4-04-064222-2	June 29, 2021[10]	978-1-97-531949-6
3	August 27, 2020[11]	978-4-04-064862-0	January 25, 2022[12]	978-1-97-533812-1
4	March 27, 2021[13]	978-4-04-680280-4	May 17, 2022[14]	978-1-97-533820-6
5	November 27, 2021[15]	978-4-04-680879-0	December 13, 2022[16]	978-1-97-535156-4
6	June 27, 2022[17]	978-4-04-681447-0	May 23, 2023[18]	978-1-97-536915-6
7	March 27, 2023[19]	978-4-04-682150-8	February 20, 2024[20]	978-1-97-538045-8
8	October 27, 2023[21]	978-4-04-682929-0	November 19, 2024[22]	979-8-85-540544-6
9	February 27, 2025[4]	978-4-04-684224-4	—	—

Light novel

A spin-off light novel written by Kotoko Hachijou, titled I Cannot Reach You: Our Cultural Festival, was released on March 27, 2021.^[23]

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	March 27, 2021[24]	978-4-04-680281-1
2	April 26, 2024[25]	978-4-04-683520-8

Drama

A live-action television drama adaptation was announced on April 23, 2023. The drama aired on Netflix from September 19 to November 7 and on TBS the following week that same year.^[26] The drama starred Haru Kashiwagi and Kentaro Maeda as the two leads.^[3]

Other media

A drama CD adaptation was released in the January 2020 issue of Monthly Comic Gene published on December 26, 2019. It contained the performances of Yūsuke Kobayashi and Hirofumi Nojima as the two leads and Aoi Koga, Takuya Makimura, Taichi Kusano, Shohei Tanaka and Nene Hieda in other unnamed roles.^[2]

Reception

By October 2023, the series had over 750,000 copies in circulation.^[21]