Kō Iu no ga Ii

Kō Iu no ga Ii (こういうのがいい; lit. "This Kind of Thing is Fine") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Souryu. It was initially published as a one-shot in Weekly Young Jump in March 2020. It later began serialization on Shueisha's Young Jump! and Tonari no Young Jump manga websites in October 2020. An 8-episode live-action television drama adaptation aired from October to December 2023.

Kō Iu no ga Ii
First tankōbon volume cover
こういうのがいい
Genre	Slice of life[1]
Manga
Written by	Souryu
Published by	Shueisha
Imprint	Young Jump Comics
Magazine	Young Jump! Tonari no Young Jump
Original run	October 16, 2020 – present
Volumes	10
Television drama
Directed by	Kōichirō Miki
Written by	Kōichirō Miki
Music by	Erina Koyama
Original network	ABC
Original run	October 30, 2023 – December 18, 2023
Episodes	9

Characters

Motoki Murata (村田元気, Murata Motoki)

Voiced by: Kengo Kawanishi (vomic)^[2]

Portrayed by: Jun Nishiyama^[3]

Tomoka Eguchi (江口友香, Eguchi Tomoka)

Voiced by: Hiromi Igarashi (vomic)^[2]

Portrayed by: Mirei Tanaka^[3]

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Souryu, Kō Iu no ga Ii was initially published as a one-shot in Weekly Young Jump on March 26, 2020.^[4] It later began serialization on Shueisha's Young Jump! and Tonari no Young Jump websites on October 16, 2020.^[5] Its chapters have been collected into ten volumes as of May 2025.^[6]

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	May 19, 2021[7]	978-4-08-891887-7
2	December 17, 2021[8]	978-4-08-892168-6
3	June 17, 2022[9]	978-4-08-892334-5
4	December 19, 2022[10]	978-4-08-892497-7
5	June 19, 2023[11]	978-4-08-892731-2
6	July 19, 2023[12]	978-4-08-892749-7
7	November 17, 2023[13]	978-4-08-893051-0
8	May 17, 2024[14]	978-4-08-893297-2
9	November 19, 2024[15]	978-4-08-893468-6
10	May 19, 2025[6]	978-4-08-893634-5
11	October 17, 2025[16]	978-4-08-893817-2
12	November 19, 2025[17]	978-4-08-893892-9

Drama

On September 16, 2023, a live-action television drama was announced. It stars Jun Nishiyama and Mirei Tanaka in the lead roles and aired on ABC from October 30 to December 18, 2023.^[3][18][19]

Reception

The series was nominated for the seventh Next Manga Awards in the web manga category in 2021.^[20]

The series has 1.3 million copies in circulation as of September 2023.^[21]

See also

• Machimaho, another manga series by the same author