Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games

Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games (対ありでした。 ～お嬢さまは格闘ゲームなんてしない～, Tai Ari Deshita ~Ojō-sama wa Kakutō Gēmu Nante Shinai~; "Thanks For the Match: Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eri Ejima. It has been serialized in Media Factory's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Flapper since January 2020 and has been collected in nine tankōbon volumes. The manga is licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. A live-action web drama adaptation aired from May to July 2023. An anime television series adaptation produced by Diomedéa is set to premiere in 2025.

Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games
Cover of Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games volume 1 by Media Factory
対ありでした。 ～お嬢さまは格闘ゲームなんてしない～ (Tai Ari Deshita ~Ojō-sama wa Kakutō Gēmu Nante Shinai~)
Genre	Comedy drama[1] Yuri[2]
Manga
Written by	Eri Ejima
Published by	Media Factory
English publisher	NA: Seven Seas Entertainment
Magazine	Monthly Comic Flapper
Original run	January 4, 2020 – present
Volumes	9
Television drama
Directed by	Ryoma Ouchida
Written by	Anna Kawahara
Studio	NTT Docomo
Licensed by	Lemino
Original run	May 19, 2023 – July 7, 2023
Episodes	8
Anime television series
Directed by	Shōta Ihata
Written by	Wataru Watari
Music by	Kana Hashiguchi
Studio	Diomedéa
Original run	2025 – scheduled

Plot

Young school girls have a love for fighting games in a prestigious all-girl academy where video games are banned. Despite this, they enter Japan's biggest fighting game tournament.

Characters

Aya Mitsuki (深月綾, Mitsuki Aya)

Voiced by: Fairouz Ai (PV),^[3] Ikumi Hasegawa (anime)^[4]

Portrayed by: Mizuki Kayashima^[5]

Mio Yorue (夜絵美緒, Yorue Mio)

Voiced by: Rika Nagae (PV),^[3] Kana Ichinose (anime)^[4]

Portrayed by: Ririka Tanabe^[5]

Yū Inui (犬井夕, Inui Yū)

Voiced by: Sayaka Senbongi (anime)^[6]

Portrayed by: Akana Ikeda^[5]

Tamaki Ichinose (一ノ瀬珠樹, Ichinose Tamaki)

Voiced by: Shino Shimoji (anime)^[6]

Portrayed by: Riko Nagase^[5]

Media

Manga

The manga series is written and illustrated by Eri Ejima and has been serialized in Media Factory's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Flapper since January 4, 2020. Nine tankōbon volumes were released as of June 2025. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga for a North American release.^[7]

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	June 23, 2020[8]	978-4-04-064613-8	September 28, 2021[9]	978-1-64-827595-1
2	January 21, 2021[10]	978-4-04-680151-7	December 7, 2021[11]	978-1-64-827636-1
3	August 23, 2021[12]	978-4-04-680664-2	September 27, 2022[13]	978-1-63858-274-8
4	February 22, 2022[14]	978-4-04-681150-9	November 11, 2022[15]	978-1-63858-735-4
5	October 21, 2022[16]	978-4-04-681795-2	May 23, 2023[17]	978-1-68579-536-8
6	June 22, 2023[18]	978-4-04-682519-3	March 5, 2024[19]	979-8-88843-407-9
7	March 23, 2024[20]	978-4-04-683428-7	December 17, 2024[21]	979-8-89160-678-4
8	October 22, 2024[22]	978-4-04-684091-2	September 30, 2025[23]	979-8-89561-232-3
9	June 23, 2025[24]	978-4-04-684829-1	—	—

Drama

A live-action web drama adaptation was announced on October 21, 2022.^[25] It is directed by Ryoma Ouchida and written by Anna Kawahara. It aired on the Lemino streaming service from May 19 to July 7, 2023 and ran for eight episodes.^[5]

Anime

An anime adaptation was announced on January 21, 2021.^[26] It was later confirmed to be a television series that will be produced by Diomedéa and directed by Shōta Ihata, with scripts written by Wataru Watari, characters designed by Mayuko Matsumoto, and music composed by Kana Hashiguchi. The series is set to premiere in 2025.^[4][6]

Iron Senpai 4, the fictional fighting game in the manga, will be replaced by in-game footage of Street Fighter 6 in the anime.^[27]