Koi ni Mudaguchi

Koi ni Mudaguchi (Japanese: 恋に無駄口; lit. 'Chatter About Love') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ryoko Fukuyama [ja]. It was serialized in Hakusensha's shōjo manga magazine Hana to Yume from September 2019 to July 2023, with its chapters collected into 12 tankōbon volumes. A television drama adaptation aired from April to June 2022.

Koi ni Mudaguchi
First tankōbon volume cover
恋に無駄口
Genre	Romantic comedy[1]
Manga
Written by	Ryoko Fukuyama [ja]
Published by	Hakusensha
Imprint	Hana to Yume Comics
Magazine	Hana to Yume
Original run	September 5, 2019 – July 5, 2023
Volumes	12
Television drama
Directed by	Junta Yamaguchi Ayuta Yoshikawa Miyako Yasojima
Produced by	Yūdai Minami Junpei Sakurada
Written by	Natsu Hashimoto Tomohiro Ōtoshi Ruri Hyōdō
Original network	ABC, TV Asahi
Original run	April 17, 2022 – June 19, 2022
Episodes	10

Characters

Yūri Nishina (仁科 悠里, Nishina Yūri)

Portrayed by: So Okuno^[2]

Ema Kanō (叶依 麻, Kanō Ema)

Portrayed by: Yui Oguri [ja]^[3]

Shin Mayama (真山 深, Mayama Shin)

Portrayed by: Rintarō Mizusawa [ja]^[2]

Mashiro Kagami (各務 ましろ, Kagami Mashiro)

Portrayed by: Eito Konishi [ja]^[2]

Aoi Shida (志田 葵, Shida Aoi)

Portrayed by: Maito Fujioka [ja]^[2]

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Ryoko Fukuyama [ja], Koi ni Mudaguchi was serialized in Hakusensha's shōjo manga magazine Hana to Yume from September 5, 2019,^[1] to July 5, 2023.^[4] The series was collected into 12 tankōbon volumes published from February 2020 to September 2023.^[5][6]

Volumes

No.	Japanese release date	Japanese ISBN
1	February 20, 2020[5]	978-4-59-222321-4
2	June 19, 2020[7]	978-4-59-222322-1
3	October 20, 2020[8]	978-4-59-222323-8
4	March 19, 2021[9]	978-4-59-222324-5
5	July 20, 2021[10]	978-4-59-222325-2
6	November 19, 2021[11]	978-4-59-222326-9
7	March 18, 2022[12]	978-4-59-222327-6
8	June 20, 2022[13]	978-4-59-222328-3
9	October 20, 2022[14]	978-4-59-222329-0
10	February 20, 2023[15]	978-4-59-222330-6
11	May 19, 2023[16]	978-4-59-222446-4
12	September 20, 2023[6]	978-4-59-222447-1

Drama

In March 2022, a television drama adaptation was announced, starring So Okuno, Rintarō Mizusawa, Eito Konishi, and Maito Fujioka. The series is directed by Junta Yamaguchi, Ayuta Yoshikawa, and Miyako Yasojima. The screenplay is written by Natsu Hashimoto, Tomohiro Ōtoshi, and Ruri Hyōdō. Yūdai Minami and Junpei Sakurada serve as the series' producers. It aired on ABC and TV Asahi from April 17 to June 19, 2022.^[2] Kana-Boon performed the theme song "Merry-Go-Round".^[17]

Reception

In 2021, Koi ni Mudaguchi was nominated for the seventh Next Manga Awards in the Best Printed Manga category.^[18]

See also

• Anonymous Noise, another manga series by the same author