Never Say Ugly

Never Say Ugly (ブスなんて言わないで, Busu Nante Iwanaide) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Arako Toaru. It began serialization on Kodansha's &Sofa manga website in November 2021.

Never Say Ugly
First tankōbon volume cover
ブスなんて言わないで (Busu Nante Iwanaide)
Manga
Written by	Arako Toaru
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	Kodansha
Imprint	Afternoon KC
Magazine	&Sofa
Original run	November 22, 2021 – present
Volumes	5

Publication

Written and illustrated by Arako Toaru, Never Say Ugly began serialization on Kodansha's &Sofa manga website on November 22, 2021.^[1] Its chapters have been compiled into five tankōbon volumes as of November 2024.^[2]

The series is published in English on Kodansha's K Manga app.^[3]

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	May 23, 2022[4]	978-4-06-527907-6
2	November 22, 2022[5]	978-4-06-529511-3
3	July 21, 2023[6]	978-4-06-531912-3
4	March 22, 2024[7]	978-4-06-534833-8
5	November 21, 2024[2]	978-4-06-537169-5

Reception

The series was ranked seventh in the 2023 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook's list of the best manga for female readers.^[8] The series was nominated for the 29th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2025.^[9] The series won the Manga Kingdom Tottori Award at the 54th Japan Cartoonists Association Awards.^[10]