Kabe Sa Dōjin Sakka no Nekoyashiki-kun wa Shōnin Yokkyū o Kojiraseteiru

Kabe Sa Dōjin Sakka no Nekoyashiki-kun wa Shōnin Yokkyū o Kojiraseteiru (壁サー同人作家の猫屋敷くんは承認欲求をこじらせている; transl. 'Popular Indie Creator Nekoyashiki is Making His Yearning for Approval Worse'), abbreviated as KabeKoji (壁こじ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuki Minamoto [ja]. It has been serialized on Comic Ryū Web since February 2020. KabeKoji follows the relationship between a gay creator of doujinshi (self-published manga) and a male idol. A live-action television drama adaptation produced by Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) aired from October to December 2022.

Kabe Sa Dōjin Sakka no Nekoyashiki-kun wa Shōnin Yokkyū o Kojiraseteiru
First volume cover, featuring Nekoyashiki (upper right) and Issei (upper left)
壁サー同人作家の猫屋敷くんは承認欲求をこじらせている
Genre	Comedy, boys' love
Manga
Written by	Kazuki Minamoto [ja]
Published by	Tokuma Shoten
Imprint	Ryu Comics
Magazine	Comic Ryū Web
Original run	February 10, 2020 – present
Volumes	9
Television drama
Directed by	Tatsunori Satō
Produced by	Yosuke Inakuma, Kota Yamazaki, and Muneo Miyagawa
Written by	Shinya Hokimoto [ja]
Music by	Yuta Mori
Original network	ABC-TV
Original run	October 3, 2022 – November 21, 2022
Episodes	8

Synopsis

Mamoru Nekoyashiki is doujinshi (self-published manga) creator who authors boys' love (male-male romance manga) under the pen name "Kōniku-sensei". Nekoyashiki is a highly popular creator at doujinshi conventions,^[a] and uses this popularity to fulfill his desire for external validation. At a convention he has a chance reunion with Kazama Issei, a childhood friend he once had a crush on, and who now performs as an idol under the stage name "Issay".

Media

Manga

KabeKoji began serialization on Comic Ryū Web in February 2020.^[1] The series has been released as nine collected tankōbon volumes published by Tokuma Shoten:

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	September 12, 2020[2]	978-4199507175
2	April 13, 2021[3]	978-4199507373
3	November 12, 2021[4]	978-4199507595
4	June 13, 2022[5]	978-4199507694
5	October 13, 2022	978-4199507946
6	February 13, 2023	978-4199508011
7	July 13, 2023	978-4199508196
8	March 13, 2024	978-4199508479
9	November 13, 2024	978-4199508776

Television drama

A live-action television drama adaptation of KabeKoji produced by ABC was announced on June 9, 2022,^[1] and aired from October 3, to November 21, 2022,^[6] broadcasting on ABC-TV and streaming on Rakuten TV and TVer [ja].^[7] The series stars Koudai Matsuoka [ja] as Nekoyashiki and Masaki Nakao as Issei,^[8] with Tatsunori Satō as director, Shinya Hokimoto [ja] as writer, music by Yuta Mori, and Yosuke Inakuma, Kota Yamazaki, and Muneo Miyagawa as producers.^[7] Filming wrapped on the series on August 30, 2022.^[6]

Notes

1. "Kabe sa" in the series' title refers to "kabe circle" (壁サークル, kabe sākuru; "wall circle"), a slang term for doujinshi groups or "circles" that are popular enough to be placed along the wall of the convention venue for purposes of crowd management.^[1]