Nozo × Kimi

Nozo × Kimi (ノゾ×キミ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Wakō Honna [ja]. It is a spin-off of Honna's other manga series Nozoki Ana. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday S from March 2012 to February 2014, followed by a second part, serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from May 2014 to April 2015. Its chapters were collected in eight tankōbon volumes. A three-episode original video animation produced by Zexcs was launched from August 2014 to February 2015.

Nozo × Kimi
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Kimio Suga (left) and Nozomi Komine (right)
ノゾ×キミ
Genre	Risqué comedy[1] Romantic comedy[2]
Manga
Nozomi and Kimio
Written by	Wakō Honna [ja]
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Original run	February 16, 2011 – March 2, 2011
Manga
Written by	Wakō Honna
Published by	Shogakukan
Imprint	Shōnen Sunday Comics
Magazine	Shōnen Sunday S (March 25, 2012 – February 25, 2014) Weekly Shōnen Sunday (May 28, 2014 – April 15, 2015)
Original run	March 25, 2012 – April 15, 2015
Volumes	8
Original video animation
Directed by	Masato Jinbo
Produced by	Ryou Ooyama Hiro Torimitsu Tomokazu Iizumi
Written by	Hideki Shirane
Music by	Kanou Kawashima
Studio	Zexcs
Licensed by	Sentai Filmworks
Released	August 18, 2014 – April 18, 2015
Runtime	23 minutes
Episodes	3

Characters

Kimio Suga (須賀 キミオ, Suga Kimio)

Voiced by: Yūsuke Kobayashi^[3]

Nozomi Komine (小嶺 ノゾミ, Komine Nozomi)

Voiced by: Ayaka Suwa^[3]

Yūki Makino (牧野 ユウキ, Makino Yūki)

Voiced by: Shizuka Ishigami^[3]

Michiru Sonoda (園田 ミチル, Sonoda Michiru)

Voiced by: Maaya Uchida^[4]

Mirei Watanuki (綿貫 ミレイ, Watanuki Mirei)

Voiced by: Yū Serizawa^[4]

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Wakō Honna [ja], Nozo × Kimi is a spin-off to Honna's other manga Nozoki Ana. A three-chapter series, titled Nozomi and Kimio (ノゾミとキミオ, Nozomi to Kimio), was published in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from February 16 to March 2, 2011.^[5][6] Nozo × Kimi was serialized in Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday S from March 25, 2012, to February 25, 2014.^[7][8] It was followed by a second part, Nozo × Kimi: 2-nensei-hen (ノゾ×キミ 2年生編), which was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from May 28, 2014, to April 15, 2015.^[9][10] Shogakukan collected the chapters in eight tankōbon volumes, released from September 28, 2012, to June 18, 2015.^[11][12]

Volumes

No.	Japanese release date	Japanese ISBN
1	September 28, 2012[11]	978-4-09-123830-6
2	October 18, 2013[13]	978-4-09-124490-1
3	June 18, 2014[14]	978-4-09-124672-1
4	August 18, 2014[15] August 12, 2014 (SE)[16]	978-4-09-125075-9 978-4-09-941834-2 (SE)
5	November 18, 2014[17] November 14, 2014 (SE)[18]	978-4-09-125369-9 978-4-09-941841-0 (SE)
6	February 18, 2015[19] February 16, 2015 (SE)[20]	978-4-09-125597-6 978-4-09-941847-2 (SE)
7	April 17, 2015[21]	978-4-09-125808-3
8	June 18, 2015[12]	978-4-09-126156-4

Original video animation

A three–episode original video animation (OVA) adaptation was produced by Zexcs and directed by Masato Jinbo. The first episode was bundled with the special edition of manga's fourth volume, released on August 18, 2014.^[22][23] The second episode was bundled with the special edition of manga's fifth volume, released on November 18, 2014.^[4] The third and final episode was bundled with the special edition of manga's sixth volume, released on February 18, 2015.^[24]

In May 2021, Sentai Filmworks announced that it had licensed the OVA;^[25] it was released on home video on October 19 of that same year.^[26]

See also

• Hada Camera, another manga series by the same author