Yano-kun's Ordinary Days

Yano-kun's Ordinary Days (矢野くんの普通の日々, Yano-kun no Futsū no Hibi; lit. 'Mr. Yano's Ordinary Days') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yui Tamura. It began serialization on Kodansha's Comic Days website in June 2021. A live-action film adaptation premiered in Japanese theaters in November 2024. An anime television series adaptation produced by Ajiado premiered in October 2025.

Yano-kun's Ordinary Days
First tankōbon volume cover
矢野くんの普通の日々 (Yano-kun no Futsū no Hibi)
Genre	Romantic comedy[1]
Manga
Written by	Yui Tamura
Published by	Kodansha
Imprint	Morning KC
Magazine	Comic Days
Original run	June 27, 2021 – present
Volumes	11
Live-action film
Directed by	Takehiko Shinjō
Written by	Noriaki Sugihara Kei Watanabe Hajime Ibuki
Music by	Nobuaki Nobusawa
Studio	Shochiku
Released	November 15, 2024 (2024-11-15)
Runtime	106 minutes
Anime television series
Directed by	Shinpei Matsuo
Written by	Deko Akao
Music by	Hideakira Kimura [ja]
Studio	Ajiado
Licensed by	Crunchyroll
Original network	Nippon TV, BS11, AT-X
Original run	October 1, 2025 – present
Episodes	3

Characters

Tsuyoshi Yano (矢野剛, Yano Tsuyoshi)

Voiced by: Kōhei Amasaki^[2]

Portrayed by: Yūsei Yagi^[3]

Kiyoko Yoshida (吉田清子, Yoshida Kiyoko)

Voiced by: Yuka Nukui^[2]

Portrayed by: Anji Ikehata^[3]

Yūdai Hashiba (羽柴雄大, Hashiba Yūdai)

Voiced by: Taito Ban^[4]

Portrayed by: Kaito Nakamura^[3]

Izumi (泉)

Voiced by: Rie Takahashi^[4]

Portrayed by: Mizuho Shiromiya^[5]

Mei Yuzukawa (柚川メイ, Yuzukawa Mei)

Voiced by: Atsumi Tanezaki^[4]

Portrayed by: Ria Niinuma^[5]

Haruto Tanaka (田中晴人, Tanaka Haruto)

Voiced by: Ryota Iwasaki^[4]

Portrayed by: Keigo Itō^[5]

Yano's father (矢野父, Yano Chichi)

Voiced by: Satoshi Hino^[6]

Mr. Omiya (大宮先生, Ōmiya Sensei)

Voiced by: Takuya Eguchi^[6]

Okamoto (岡本)

Voiced by: Konomi Kohara^[7]

Portrayed by: Ayame Tsutsui^[5]

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Yui Tamura, Yano-kun's Ordinary Days began serialization on Kodansha's Comic Days website on June 27, 2021.^[8] Its chapters have been collected into eleven tankōbon volumes, as of October 2025.^[9]

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	November 10, 2021[10]	978-4-06-525930-6
2	February 9, 2022[11]	978-4-06-526748-6
3	June 8, 2022[12]	978-4-06-528095-9
4	October 12, 2022[13]	978-4-06-529451-2
5	March 8, 2023[14]	978-4-06-530720-5
6	September 13, 2023[15]	978-4-06-533058-6
7	February 14, 2024[16]	978-4-06-534457-6
8	July 10, 2024[17]	978-4-06-535982-2
9	November 13, 2024[18]	978-4-06-537332-3
10	March 12, 2025[19]	978-4-06-538766-5
11	October 8, 2025[9]	978-4-06-540990-9

Live-action film

A live-action film adaptation was announced on July 4, 2024. Produced by Shochiku and directed by Takehiko Shinjō, with scripts written by Noriaki Sugihara, Kei Watanabe and Hajime Ibuki, and music composed by Nobuaki Nobusawa, the film premiered in Japanese theaters on November 15, 2024,^[3] featuring the insert song "Staying with You", performed by Travis Japan.^[5]

Anime

An anime adaptation was also announced on July 4, 2024,^[3] which is later confirmed to be a television series produced by Happinet,^[20] animated by Ajiado and directed by Shinpei Mitsuo, with Deko Akao handling series composition, Toshihasa Kaya designing the characters, and Hideakira Kimura [ja] composing the music. The series premiered on October 1, 2025, on Nippon TV's AnichU [ja] programming block and other networks.^[2][6][a] The opening theme song is "Pop Life", performed by Fantastics from Exile Tribe,^[4] while the ending theme song is "Better Off", performed by iScream [ja].^[7] Crunchyroll is streaming the series.^[21]

Episodes

No.	Title [22][23]	Directed by [22]	Written by [22]	Storyboarded by [22]	Original release date [24][a]
1	"Yano-kun" Transliteration: "Yano-kun" (Japanese: 矢野くん)	Shinpei Mitsuo	Deko Akao	Shinpei Mitsuo	October 1, 2025 (2025-10-01)[b]
Kiyoko Yoshida is voted class president and is immediately sat next to Tsuyoshi Yano who turns up covered in bruises; worrying Yoshida he is being bullied. One day she follows him and realises Yano is the clumsiest person she has ever met, injuring himself multiple times by accident. Yano thanks her for worrying about him. She continues to think about him for several days, leading her to realise she has a crush on him. Yano is absent for several days and Yoshida eventually learns he was hit by a truck. Yano turns out to be ok as the truck didn't actually hit him, but he did run into a wall. After this the two steadily become closer but Yoshida feels like Yano deliberately avoids people. She tries several times to get close to him but each attempt ends with Yano being injured again. Feeling guilty she asks if she can treat his injuries, since she carries a first aid kit everywhere anyway. She also offers to support him in doing whatever he wants to so he won't be injured as often. Yano admits he just wants a normal high school life.
2	"A Lovely Portrait" Transliteration: "Suteki na E" (Japanese: 素敵な絵)	Takahide Ogata	Deko Akao	Takahide Ogata	October 8, 2025 (2025-10-08)[b]
Yoshida's friend Yuzukawa believes Yoshida and Yano are dating, but Yoshida insists she is just helping him live a normal school life. Yano drops his bento but is unconcerned as he drops it every day. Yoshida decides to help him eat lunch in a normal manner. Over several days Tanaka accidentally drops a bin on Yano's head, a crow steals part of his bento, a bookshelf falls on him and he is hit by a basketball. For their safety Yano decides to return to eating alone, but Yoshida decides she will make his lunch for him. The next day a picture frame falls on him, but amazingly he manages to not drop Yoshida's bento and finishes eating it. Yoshida almost confesses but instead demands they eat lunch together every day. In art class they are tasked with drawing each other's faces, but Yano has so many accidents they barely finish. Yoshida realises she has never really looked closely at his face before, making her flustered. She ends up drawing a basic picture of his face but everyone is surprised Yano turns out to be a skilled artist and he draws her face perfectly. At Yano's request they pose for a commemorative photo together, amusing Yuzukawa.
3	"So Cool" Transliteration: "Kakkoii" (Japanese: かっこいい)	Madoka Yaguchi	Hiroyuki Kishikura	Kazuhiro Yoneda	October 15, 2025 (2025-10-15)[b]
During PE Yoshida worries Yano will be hurt more than normal. Yano turns out to be surprisingly athletic, plus the ball always hits him in the face, which doesn't count so he is impossible to beat. Yoshida finds herself even more attracted to him, until they end up facing each other. Panicking, she throws and misses, so Yano deliberately lets the ball hit him when thrown by someone else, losing the game. As he lost on purpose Yoshida tells him he is cool, surprising him as people usually call him pitiful. Yoshida notices boys usually react when shown any attention from girls, yet Yano barely reacts to her. After school she spots a man as accident prone as Yano who turns out to be Yano's father. Yano ends up inviting her into their house. Yoshida notices they have accident-proofed the entire house. Yoshida almost confesses, but Yano assures her he isn't as great as she thinks. Yoshida starts to wonder if he is acting dumb on purpose. However, his father explains that by necessity Yano focuses entirely on avoiding injury, so it is not surprising he didn't notice she likes him. Yoshida realises Yano might have noticed after all, he is just so different from normal boys he was incapable of reacting and instead was just nice to her all the time.
4	"My Crush" Transliteration: "Sukina Hito" (Japanese: 好きな人)	Hidekazu Oka	Azuki Azuki	Shinpei Mitsuo	October 22, 2025 (2025-10-22)[c]
Yano starts working at a sweet shop. Yuzukawa notices Yoshida is more relaxed and Yoshida admits Yano used to make her anxious, but now she just enjoys spending time with him. She becomes depressed when the teacher changes everyone's seats. Fortunately, classmate Tanaka conspires with the rest of the class to come up with reasons why Yano can't sit in certain places, ensuring he is sat next to Yoshida again. Classmate Hashiba waits until Yoshida is alone and suddenly confesses to her, though he doesn't expect anything from her as he knows she likes Yano. As they are on committee together they realise they actually have a lot in common. Yoshida returns to being anxious. Hashiba wonders why Yoshida likes looking after him, only to end up looking after him himself after another accident. He eventually realises Yano is a genuinely nice person but questions why he is becoming friends with a love rival. Hashiba tells Yano he likes Yoshida and asks how he feels about her. Yano admits he has been thinking of her as a friend so far. Hashiba feels unexpectedly sorry for Yoshida and wishes her luck, confusing her.

Notes

1. Nippon TV listed the series premiere on September 30 at 25:29, which is effectively October 1 at 1:29 a.m. JST.
2. This episode aired at 1:35 a.m. JST, 6 minutes after the regular air time on Nippon TV.^[25][26][27]
3. This episode aired at 1:55 a.m. JST, 26 minutes after the regular air time on Nippon TV.^[28]