The Delayed High School Life of a Laborer

The Delayed High School Life of a Laborer (中卒労働者から始める高校生活, Chūsotsu Rōdō-sha kara Hajimeru Kōkō Seikatsu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Minoru Sasaki. It began serialization in Nihon Bungeisha's Comic Heaven magazine in October 2012. An original net animation adaptation aired on Production I.G's Anime Beans app in November 2018.

The Delayed High School Life of a Laborer
First tankōbon volume cover
中卒労働者から始める高校生活 (Chūsotsu Rōdō-sha kara Hajimeru Kōkō Seikatsu)
Genre	Romantic comedy[1]
Manga
Written by	Minoru Sasaki
Published by	Nihon Bungeisha
English publisher	NA: Pocket Comics
Magazine	Comic Heaven
Original run	October 9, 2012 – present
Volumes	19
Original net animation
Released	November 30, 2018
Episodes	20

Characters

Makoto Katagiri (片桐真実, Katagiri Makoto)

Voiced by: Toshiki Masuda^[2]

Maaya Katagiri (片桐彩, Katagiri Maaya)

Voiced by: Yoshino Aoyama^[2]

Rio Ōsawa (逢澤莉央, Ōsawa Rio)

Voiced by: Marina Yamada^[2]

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Minoru Sasaki, Chūsotsu Worker Kara Hajimeru Kōkō Seikatsu began serialization in Nihon Bungeisha's Comic Heaven magazine on October 9, 2012.^[3] Its chapters have been collected into twenty volumes as of April 2024.^[4]

The series is published in English on Comico's Pocket Comics app.^[5]

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	May 29, 2013[6]	978-4-53-713039-3
2	January 29, 2014[7]	978-4-53-713133-8
3	September 29, 2014[8]	978-4-53-713203-8
4	May 29, 2015[9]	978-4-53-713295-3
5	November 29, 2015[10]	978-4-53-713371-4
6	May 28, 2016[11]	978-4-53-713449-0
7	November 28, 2016[12]	978-4-53-713514-5
8	May 29, 2017[13]	978-4-53-713589-3
9	November 29, 2017[14]	978-4-53-713660-9
10	May 28, 2018[15]	978-4-53-713753-8
11	November 29, 2018[16]	978-4-53-713850-4
12	May 29, 2019[17]	978-4-53-713930-3
13	March 28, 2020[18]	978-4-53-714228-0
14	September 28, 2020[19]	978-4-53-714291-4
15	April 8, 2021[20]	978-4-53-714359-1
16	September 29, 2021[21]	978-4-53-714415-4
17	May 27, 2022[22]	978-4-53-714509-0
18	January 27, 2023[23]	978-4-53-714602-8
19	September 28, 2023[24]	978-4-53-714701-8
20	April 26, 2024[4]	978-4-53-714814-5

Original net animation

An original net animation adaptation was announced on September 27, 2018. It aired on Production I.G's Anime Beans app on November 30, 2018.^[25][2]