# The Dangers in My Heart

The Dangers in My Heart (Japanese: 僕の心のヤバイやつ, Hepburn: Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu), abbreviated as BokuYaba (僕ヤバ), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Norio Sakurai. It began serialization in Weekly Shōnen Champion in March 2018 and was moved to Champion Cross, before being moved again to Manga Cross. It has been published in 11 tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by Shin-Ei Animation aired from April to June 2023. A short spin-off original net animation (ONA) for the series was released in December 2023. A second season aired from January to March 2024.

## Premise

Kyotaro Ichikawa is a disgruntled loner student who is often reading a murder encyclopedia and learning about human anatomy. He fantasizes about murdering his popular classmates, with the beautiful class idol, Anna Yamada, being his prime target. However, when he observes that Anna is rather quirky in her own way, and when she becomes increasingly friendly towards Kyotaro, he gradually warms up to her and they start to become closer and eventually fall in love.

## Characters
### Kyotaro Ichikawa (市川 京太郎, Ichikawa Kyōtarō)

    Voiced by: Shun Horie (Japanese); Clint Bickham (English)
    A middle school boy who has chūnibyō tendencies. He loves spending time reading books in the library, where he and Anna first met. Initially, Kyotaro had delusions of killing Anna and making her corpse his alone, but they are replaced by romantic affection as he spends more time around her. He can be quite perceptive in social situations but often fails to pick up on other social cues due to his lack of communication skills and low self-esteem. Aside from his macabre interests, he is also a fan of manga and anime such as Baki, Beastars, and Re:Zero. In the latter case he keeps the character Rem as the profile image for his Line account. Prior to middle school, he won a number of first-place awards for essays, a poster drawing, an independent research project, etc.
    Horie stated that at the audition stage he thought Ichikawa will probably be played by a female actor, so when he was chosen, he was confused. To get as close as possible to the voice of a real teenage boy, he watched videos of elementary school boys on YouTube.

### Anna Yamada (山田 杏奈, Yamada Anna)

    Voiced by: Hina Yōmiya (Japanese); Katelyn Barr (English)
    A tall middle school girl who is a magazine model and actress, active under the name Anna Akino (秋野 杏奈, Akino Anna). She is very popular with both boys and girls but has a clumsy side to her. Anna frequently brings snacks and candy to eat in private at the library, much to Kyotaro's dismay, even though bringing them to school is prohibited. She is very considerate of others, such as eating snacks by herself due to her friend Chii having allergies. This consideration is tied to something of a guilt complex, which leads to bouts of anxiety where she feels she is inconvenienced other people to the point of tears. She is also shown to be very jealous to the point of obsession whenever Kyotaro interacts with other girls. She is usually referred to by her last name by others, with only her family and manager calling her by her first name.

### Chihiro Kobayashi (小林 ちひろ, Kobayashi Chihiro)

    Voiced by: Ayaka Asai (Japanese); Kara Greenberg (English)
    Anna's best friend who acts as her tsukkomi (straight man). Anna calls her Chii (ちぃ) and Sekine calls her Bayashiko (ばやしこ). In Kyotaro's mind, she is Anna's "boyfriend" due to how tactile they are. She is a member of the basketball club. She is oblivious to the relationships of the people around her, even not realizing that she was once used as bait by Haruya to get closer to Anna until Moeko and Serina points it out to her, much to her embarrassment. She is also the only one of Anna's friends who is currently unaware that Anna and Kyotaro are dating.

### Moeko Sekine (関根 萌子, Sekine Moeko)

    Voiced by: Megumi Han (Japanese); Emi Lo (English)
    Anna's friend who is a gyaru and calls herself "Moe" (萌). Despite Kyotaro's belief that she is stupid, she is academically capable, once scoring fifth in her entire grade. She claims to be a manga fan while only naming more famous series during the work-study field trip. While exchanging Line with Kyotaro, she recognizes his profile icon as Rem from Re:Zero and prefers Rem's sister Ram. Moeko is also socially adept, often saving Anna and Kyotaro from embarrassing situations. However, her closeness to Kyotaro also means that Moeko is a target of Anna's jealousy. The second person to discover Anna and Kyotaro's mutual feelings for each other, she will sometimes try to subtly help push Kyotaro in the right direction when it comes to getting him to express his feelings for her.

### Serina Yoshida (吉田 芹那, Yoshida Serina)

    Voiced by: Atsumi Tanezaki (Japanese); Olivia Swasey (English)
    Anna's reserved friend with a sharp gaze and Anna calls her Nyaa (にゃあ). She is interested in dancing, hair styling, and is a big fan of delinquent manga such Crows and Worst. She has a neutral opinion of Kyotaro but also sees him as unreliable, though later on when she becomes one of the people earliest to discover Yamada and Kyotaro having feelings for each other she grows to support him, even trying to help get the two together. She attended the same elementary school as Rin.

### Shō Adachi (足立 翔, Adachi Shō)

    Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto (Japanese); Scott Gibbs (English)
    Kyotaro's classmate, who always blurts out perverted thoughts. He reveals to Kyotaro that he has seriously fallen in love with Anna, and this rivalry culminated during the sports festival in their third year. Despite Kyotaro's defeat, Adachi yielded to Kyotaro and remains his friend.

### Kenta Kanzaki (神崎 健太, Kanzaki Kenta)

    Voiced by: Gen Satō (Japanese); Greg Ayres (English)
    Kyotaro's classmate, part of the perverted trio with Adachi and Ōta, and a member of the baseball club. He is known for having proud yet strange fetishes, such as for chubby or bad-smelling women. Despite this, he is viewed favorably for being nice otherwise. He is romantically interested in Hara, who eventually reciprocates his feelings and goes out with him outside of school.

### Chikara Ōta (太田 力, Ōta Chikara)

    Voiced by: Jun Fukushima (Japanese); Courtland Johnson (English)
    Kyotaro's classmate, who is overweight. He is part of the perverted trio along with Kanzaki and Adachi.

### Honoka Hara (原 穂乃香, Hara Honoka)

    Voiced by: Aki Toyosaki (Japanese); Natalie Rial (English)
    Anna and Kyotaro's classmate. A chubby girl who is interested in Kanzaki and eventually starts dating him. She is the first person to find out about Anna and Kyotaro's romantic interest in each other.

### Kana Ichikawa (市川 香菜, Ichikawa Kana)

    Voiced by: Yukari Tamura (Japanese); Genevieve Simmons (English)
    Kyotaro's elder sister, a musician and a university student at Waseda University. She approves of her brother's relationship and is very close to Anna. She is shown to be sensitive when it comes to her own non-existent love life.

### Haruya Nanjō (南条 ハルヤ, Nanjō Haruya)

    Voiced by: Nobunaga Shimazaki (Japanese); Ben McLaughlin (English)
    An upperclassman one year above the main cast. He is nicknamed "Nanpai" (Senpai Pick-Up Artist) by Kyotaro because of his persistence in getting closer to Anna. During his graduation, he confessed to Anna and was rejected.

### Rin Kanaoya (金生谷 倫, Kanaoya Rin)

    Voiced by: Yu Serizawa (Japanese); Hilary Haag (English)
    A student and friend of Serina from elementary school. She accidentally hit Anna with a basketball once in her second year, angering Serina. She later apologizes to Anna. She joins Anna and Kyotaro as their classmate in their third year.

### Mr. Maeda (前田先生, Maeda-sensei)

    Voiced by: Kenji Nomura (Japanese); Joe Daniels (English)
    Class 2-3's homeroom teacher and a PE teacher.

### Mamiya (間宮, Mamiya)

    Voiced by: Madoka Asahina (Japanese); Cat Thomas (English)
    Haruya's childhood friend and classmate, who is interested in him.

### Yamada's mother (山田ママ, Yamada Mama)

    Voiced by: Yūko Minaguchi
    Anna's mother. She appears at first to be strict in public due to Anna's behavior, but is an overall nice woman who dotes on her daughter at home and approves of Anna's crush on Kyotaro.

### Yamada's father (山田パパ, Yamada Papa)

    Voiced by: Yoshimasa Hosoya
    Anna's father. A tall, quiet man who works as a French chef. He plays video games when off work.

### Ichikawa's mother (市川母, Ichikawa Haha)

    Voiced by: Chinami Nishimura (Japanese); Shelley Calene-Black (English)
    Kyotaro and Kana's mother.

### Yurine Hanzawa (半沢 ユリネ, Hanzawa Yurine)

    Voiced by: Reina Ueda
    Yamada and Kyotaro's new classmate during their final year. She is a tall and beautiful girl with blonde hair. Her classmates see her as a cool beauty, but in truth, she also has a cute and clumsy side, just like Anna. She is close friends with Kanna.

### Kanna Andou (安堂 カンナ, Andō Kanna)

    Voiced by: Yuka Iguchi
    Nickname Kankan (カンカン). Anna and Kyotaro's classmate during their final year. She always wears a black mask and twin tails. Kanna is greatly interested in others' love lives to the point of throwing a flash mob for a new couple, despite their embarrassment.

### Nico Kouda (香田 ニコ, Kōda Nico)

    Voiced by: Rio Tsuchiya
    Anna's 19-year-old model colleague, who is also her stalker. She always laments the distance between her and Anna and thus strives to get more information from Anna's friends, much to Kyotaro's dismay. She owns a summer house in Kamakura, Kanagawa, as a means to reduce her tax payment.

### Ms. Moriya (守屋先生, Moriya-sensei)

    Voiced by: Kaori Nazuka
    Class 3-1's homeroom teacher and also PE teacher. Kyotaro sees her as a stereotypical annoying PE teacher with an overly competitive side to her.

## Production

Norio Sakurai has stated in an interview that she is a fan of idols, and that she enjoys daydreaming about how she would interact with his favorite idol if she were in the same class as her. She was inspired by these thoughts and decided to create the manga and Anna Yamada. She stated that she was thinking about herself when creating Ichikawa. Sakurai decided to call the chapters "karte" to emphasize that Ichikawa "heals" himself after his interactions with Yamada.
Producer Kazuki Endo found the manga interesting after reading the second and third volumes and sent a proposal to the editors of Akita Shoten for an anime adaptation. Editor Keita Takakashi stated in an interview that Endo's enthusiasm for the project was one of the main factors in his acceptance of the proposal. Endo approached Jukki Hanada for the script, and Hanada, who was already familiar with the manga, immediately accepted the offer. Endo chose Kensuke Ushio as the anime's composer, as he had enjoyed his soundtrack for A Silent Voice. To compose the anime's soundtrack, Ushio traveled to his hometown and recorded the route he used to go to school as a child. Director Hiroaki Akagi focused on the colors to reflect the emotions and changes in the characters. With Sakurai's permission, he slightly changed the seating arrangements in the classroom for the anime.

## Media
### Manga

The series is written and illustrated by Norio Sakurai. It started serialization in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine on March 8, 2018. On April 10, 2018, the series was transferred to the Champion Cross manga website. On July 10, 2018, Akita Shoten merged Champion Cross with their newly created manga website, Manga Cross. When the websites merged, it was transferred to Manga Cross. As of November 2024, 11 tankōbon volumes have been released.
In December 2020, Seven Seas Entertainment announced they licensed the series for English publication. The series is also licensed by Tong Li Publishing in Taiwan. Individual chapters of the series are called kartes.

#### Volumes

| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
| 1 | December 7, 2018 | 978-4-25-322615-8 | July 20, 2021 | 978-1-64-827425-1 |
| "I Was Robbed" (僕は奪われた, Boku wa Ubawareta)"I Got Angry" (僕は憤怒した, Boku wa Funnu Shita)"I Set Things Up" (僕はお膳立てした, Boku wa Ozendate Shita)"I Handed It to Her" (僕は渡した, Boku wa Watashita)"I Ran Into Her" (僕は遭遇した, Boku wa Sōgū Shita)"I Hate It" (僕は嫌だ, Boku wa Iya Da)"I Kneaded and Kneaded" (僕は練りに練った, Boku wa Neri ni Netta)"I Got Heated" (僕は沸騰した, Boku wa Futtō Shita) "I Sheltered Her" (僕は匿った, Boku wa Kakumatta)"I Died" (僕は死んだ, Boku wa Shinda)"I Broke Through" (僕は突破した, Boku wa Toppa Shita)"I Couldn't Sleep" (僕は眠れない, Boku wa Nemurenai)"I Was Productive" (僕は捗った, Boku wa Hakadotta)"I Couldn't Do Anything" (僕は何もできない, Boku wa Nanimo Dekinai)"I Wanted to Hold Her" (僕は抱きしめたい, Boku wa Dakishimetai) Extra: "The Waterside Distance" (水辺の距離, Mizube no Kyori) |||||
| 2 | September 6, 2019 | 978-4-25-322616-5 | September 21, 2021 | 978-1-64-827443-5 |
| "I Have a Mental Illness" (僕は心の病, Boku wa Kokoro no Yamai)"I Yielded" (僕は譲った, Boku wa Yuzutta)"I Heartily Participated" (僕は奮って参加した, Boku wa Furutte Sanka Shita)"I Ran Into Her Again" (僕は再び遭遇した, Boku wa Futatabi Sōgū Shita)"I Defended Her" (僕は弁護した, Boku wa Bengo Shita)"I Left Things Alone" (僕はそっとしておいた, Boku wa Sotto Shite Oita)"I Got Drenched" (僕はずぶ濡れた, Boku wa Zubu Nureta)"I Heard Some Gossip" (僕は恋バナを聞いた, Boku wa Koibana o Kiita)"I Won't Get Picked" (僕は選ばれない, Boku wa Erabarenai) "I Pretended to be Calm" (僕は平静を装った, Boku wa Heisei o Yosōtta)"I Sealed It Away" (僕は封じた, Boku wa Fūjita)"We Got Separated" (僕らははぐれた, Bokura wa Hagureta)"I'm Enjoying School" (僕は学校が楽しい, Boku wa Gakkō ga Tanoshii)"The Line Separating My 'Like'" (僕の「好き」の境目, Boku no "Suki" no Sakaime)"I Melted It" (僕は溶かした, Boku wa Tokashita) Extra1: "Chocolate and Mint" (チョコとミント, Choko to Minto) Extra2: "Permeating Feelings" (染みこむ気持ち, Shimikomu Kimochi) |||||
| 3 | June 8, 2020 | 978-4-25-322617-2 978-4-25-322618-9 (SE) | November 16, 2021 | 978-1-64-827462-6 |
| "I Use LINE" (僕はLINEをやっている, Boku wa Rain o Yatteiru)"I Can't Keep My Distance" (僕は距離をとれない, Boku wa Kyori o Torenai)"We Swapped Places" (僕は入れ替わってる, Boku wa Irekawatteru)"I Tuned In" (僕は視聴した, Boku wa Shichō Shita)"I Did Some Tutoring" (僕は勉強を教える, Boku wa Benkyō o Oshieru)"I Am Not Like My Mother" (僕は母親と似ていない, Boku wa Hahaoya to Niteinai)"I Attempted to Make Contact" (僕は接触を試みた, Boku wa Sesshoku o Kokoromita)"I Was Really Drenched" (僕はホントにずぶ濡れた, Boku wa Honto ni Zubu Nureta)"I Had a Dream" (僕は夢を見た, Boku wa Yume o Mita) "I Became Her Practice Partner" (僕は練習台になった, Boku wa Renshūdai ni Natta)"I Can't See" (僕は見えない, Boku wa Mienai)"I Was Used" (僕は利用された, Boku wa Riyō Sareta)"I Hate Yamada" (僕は山田が嫌い, Boku wa Yamada ga Kirai)"We Use LINE" (僕らはLINEをやっている, Bokura wa Rain o Yatteiru) Extra1: "Dark Mage" (闇の能力者, Yami no Nōryokusha) Extra2: "I Had My Height Measured" (身長測ってもらった, Shinchō Hakattemoratta) Extra3: "Strawberries and Bavarois" (イチゴとババロア, Ichigo to Babaroa) |||||
| 4 | February 8, 2021 | 978-4-25-322619-6 978-4-25-322620-2 (SE) | April 26, 2022 | 978-1-63-858171-0 |
| "I Had a Meetup" (僕は待ち合わせをした, Boku wa Machiawase o Shita)"I Was Taken Away" (僕は連行された, Boku wa Renkō Sareta)"I Couldn't Say 'Cute'" (僕は可愛いが言えない, Boku wa Kawaii ga Ienai)"We Walked Slowly" (僕らはゆっくり歩いた, Bokura wa Yukkuri Aruita)"I Felt Uneasy" (僕はモヤモヤする, Boku wa Moyamoya Suru)"I Felt Elated" (僕は高揚している, Boku wa Kōyō Shiteiru)"It Was Difficult For Me" (僕には難しい, Boku niwa Muzukashii) "We Are Slightly Similar" (僕らは少し似ている, Bokura wa Sukoshi Niteiru)"I Wanted To Hear Her Voice" (僕は声が聞きたい, Boku wa Koe ga Kikitai)"I Went To the Shrine" (僕は参拝した, Boku wa Sanpai Shita)"A Revealing Visit" (僕は開示された, Boku wa Kaiji Sareta)"I Was Investigated" (僕は探られた, Boku wa Sagurareta)"I Wanted Her To Know Me" (僕は僕を知ってほしい, Boku wa Boku o Shittehoshii) Extra: "My Tale of Times Past (僕の今昔物語, Boku no Konjaku Monogatari) |||||
| 5 | July 8, 2021 | 978-4-25-322667-7 978-4-25-322666-0 (SE) | December 6, 2022 | 978-1-63858-723-1 |
| "I Want To Rely On Her" (僕は頼りたい, Boku wa Tayoritai)"I Gave It Away" (僕はバラしてしまった, Boku wa Barashiteshimatta)"I Was Having Fun, Though" (僕は楽しいのに, Boku wa Tanoshii noni)"We're Looking" (僕らは探している, Bokura wa Sagashiteiru)"I Took a Bath" (僕はお風呂をいただいた, Boku wa Ofuro o Itadaita)"I Accepted It" (僕は受け止めた, Boku wa Uketometa)"We Aren't Grown-ups" (僕らは大人じゃない, Bokura wa Otona Janai)"I'm Growing Up" (僕は大人のなりかけ, Boku wa Otona no Narinake) "I Was Thrown" (僕は投げられた, Boku wa Nagerareta)"I Can't Look Right At Her" (僕は直視できない, Boku wa Chokushi Dekinai)"I Was Invited" (僕は誘われた, Boku wa Sasowareta)"I Want to Believe" (僕は信じてみたい, Boku wa Shinjitemitai)"I Tasted It" (僕は試食した, Boku wa Shishoku Shita)"Yamada and Me" (僕は山田と, Boku wa Yamada to) Extra: "The Fate of the Jersey" (ジャージの行方, Jāji no Yukue) |||||
| 6 | January 7, 2022 | 978-4-25-322669-1 978-4-25-322668-4 (SE) | July 18, 2023 | 978-1-68579-618-1 |
| "I Got Chocolate" (僕はチョコをもらった, Boku wa Chokko o Moratta)"I Gave Chocolate" (僕はチョコをあげた, Boku wa Chokko o Ageta)"Yamada Likes..." (山田は僕を, Yamada wa Boku o)"How Do I Live?" (僕はどう生きるか, Boku wa Dō Ikiru ka)"I Invited Her After School" (僕は放課後誘った, Boku wa Hōkago Sasotta)"I Paid a Surprise Visit" (僕は突撃訪問した, Boku wa Totsugeki Hōmon Shita)"I Want to Know" (僕は知りたい, Boku wa Shiritai) "I'm In Study Mode" (僕は学びモード, Boku wa Manabi Mōdo)"I'm Playing House" (僕はおままごと, Boku wa Omamagoto)"I Dropped By" (僕はお邪魔した, Boku wa Ojama Shita)"I'm Rehearsing" (僕はリハーサル中, Boku wa Rihāsaru-chū)"I'm Ready" (僕は準備万端, Boku wa Junbibantan)"I'm Okay" (僕は大丈夫, Boku wa Daijōbu)"Yamada Likes Me" (山田は僕が好き, Yamada wa Boku ga Suki) |||||
| 7 | August 8, 2022 | 978-4-253-22684-4 978-4-253-22670-7 (SE) | October 3, 2023 | 978-1-68579-619-8 |
| "I Am Creepy" (僕はキモい, Boku wa Kimoi)"I Am Going On a Double Date" (僕はダブルデートする, Boku wa Daburudēto Suru)"What Am I Even Saying" (僕は何を言っているのか, Boku wa Nani o Itteiru no ka)"I Am Overflowing" (僕は溢れ出る, Boku wa Afurederu)"I Am Complicated" (僕はややこしい, Boku wa Yayakoshii)"We Made a Goal" (僕らはゴールした, Bokura wa Gōru Shita)"I Was Born" (僕は生まれた, Boku wa Umareta)"I'm a Star Today" (僕は本日の主役, Boku wa Honjitsu no Shuyaku) "We Stayed Up Late" (僕らは夜更かしした, Bokura wa Yofukashi Shita)"We Reflected" (僕らは反省した, Bokura wa Hansei Shita)"I Feel Guilty" (僕は後ろめたい, Boku wa Ushirometai)"I Am Just Worried" (僕はただ心配, Boku wa Tada Shinpai)"We Expressed Ourselves" (僕らは表明した, Bokura wa Hyōmei Shita)"We Made a Promise" (僕らは約束した, Bokura wa Yakusoku Shita) Extra: "Last Night's Anguish" (前夜の懊悩, Zenya no Ōnō) |||||
| 8 | March 8, 2023 | 978-4-253-22685-1 978-4-253-22967-8 (SE) | April 23, 2024 | 979-8-88843-387-4 |
| "My Dear, Small World" (僕の愛しき狭い世界, Boku no Itoshiki Semai Sekai)"I Want to Get Closer to Yamada" (僕は山田に近づきたい, Boku wa Yamada ni Chikazukitai)"I Am a Stranger" (僕は他人, Boku wa Tanin)"I Reminisced" (僕は回想した, Boku wa Kaisō Shita)"I Like Her More" (僕の方が好きだ, Boku no Hō ga Suki da)"I Don't Want to Lose" (僕は負けたくない, Boku wa Maketakunai)"We Are Losing" (僕らは負けている, Bokura wa Maketeiru)"I Am Looking Forward to It" (僕は楽しみ, Boku wa Tanoshimi)"I Didn't Notice" (僕は気が付かない, Boku wa Ki ga Tsukanai) "I Noticed" (僕は気が付いた, Boku wa Ki ga Tsuita)"I Want to Tell Her" (僕は伝えたい, Boku wa Tsutaetai)"My Love" (僕の恋心, Boku no Koigokoro)"I Want to Tell Him" (私は伝えたい, Watashi wa Tsutaetai)"My Love" (私の恋心, Watashi no Koigokoro) Extra1: "The Time Adachi-kun Helped Fill in the Gaps" (足立くんが補足してくれる回, Adachi-kun ga Hosoku Shite Kureru Kai) Extra2: "The Time I Showed Off My Treasures to the World" (宝物を世界に見せびらかす回, Takaramono o Sekai ni Misebirakasu Kai) |||||
| 9 | November 8, 2023 | 978-4-253-22969-2 978-4-253-22968-5 (SE) | October 22, 2024 | 979-8-89160-505-3 |
| Bokura wa Tsukiatteiru (僕らは付き合っている)Boku wa Uchiaketai (僕は打ち明けたい)Boku wa Yurushi o Kou (僕は許しを乞う)Boku mo Mae ni Susumitai (僕も前に進みたい)Boku wa Kabe o Tsukutteita (僕は壁を作っていた)Bokura wa Raibu ni Itta (僕らはライブに行った)Bokura wa Yotteiru (僕らは酔っている)Boku wa Jikaku ga Tarinai (僕は自覚が足りない) Boku wa Kakugo ga Tarinai (僕は覚悟が足りない)Boku wa Kikitai (僕は聞きたい)Boku wa Benkyō-chū (僕は勉強中)Bokura wa Ikuji Suru (僕らは育児する)Boku wa Yowane o Haku (僕は弱音を吐く)Bokura wa Tsuzuku (僕らは続く)Boku wa mō Oshimai (僕はもうおしまい) |||||
| 10 | April 8, 2024 | 978-4-253-28476-9 978-4-253-22970-8 (SE) | February 25, 2025 | 979-8-89373-171-2 |
| Boku wa Gasshuku ni Kita (僕は合宿に来た)Boku wa Umi ni Kita (僕は海に来た)Boku wa Mottekitenai (僕は持ってきてない)Bokura no Yoru wa Fuketeiku (僕らの夜は更けていく)Boku wa Itabasami (僕は板挟み)Boku mo Mukatsuku (僕もムカつく) Boku wa Shūchū Shita (僕は集中した)Boku wa Taisetsu na Koto o Omoidashita (僕は大切なことを思い出した)Bokura wa Jiyū da (僕らは自由だ)Boku wa Hyōryū Suru (僕は漂流する)Bokura wa Samayou (僕らは彷徨う)Bokura wa Yokunai Ningen-tachi (僕らはよくない人間たち) |||||
| 11 | November 8, 2024 | 978-4-253-28477-6 978-4-253-28478-3 (SE) | — | — |
| Boku wa Aida ni Hairu (僕は間に入る)Boku wa Zatsunen-darake (僕は雑念だらけ)Boku wa Yudan Shiteiru (僕は油断している)Bokura wa Uso o Tsuita (僕らはウソをついた)Boku wa Furareta Otoko (僕はフラれた男)Boku wa Matsuri Dokoro Janai (僕は祭りどころじゃない)Bokura wa Barete ita (僕らはバレていた) Bokura wa Hanabi o Shiru (僕らは花火を知る)Boku wa Majime ni Kataritai (僕は真面目に語りたい)Boku wa Bunkamatsuri e iku (僕は文化祭へ行く)Boku wa Akiramenakatta (僕は諦めなかった)Boku wa Kantoku ni Natta (僕は監督になった)Bokura wa Tsukuri Ageta (僕らは創り上げた)Boku wa Dokoni ite mo Kimi o Mitsukeru (僕はどこにいても君を見つける) |||||

### Anime

In August 2022, it was announced that the manga would receive an anime television series adaptation. The series is produced by Shin-Ei Animation and directed by Hiroaki Akagi, with scripts written by Jukki Hanada, character designs handled by Masato Katsumata, and music composed by Kensuke Ushio. It aired from April 2 to June 18, 2023, on the NUMAnimation [ja] programming block on TV Asahi and its affiliates. The opening theme is "Shayō" (斜陽, 'Setting Sun') performed by Yorushika, while the ending theme is "Sū Sentimental" (数センチメンタル, 'A Few Sentimental') performed by Kohana Lam. At Anime NYC 2022, Sentai Filmworks announced that they licensed the series and is streaming it on Hidive. Plus Media Networks Asia to carried the anime in Southeast Asia, to be premiered on Aniplus Asia.
On December 10, 2023, an animated collection of shorts based on the spin-off series posted on the author's Twitter account, titled "Twi-Yaba", was released in a standalone episode with the official English title of "Bonus Dangers". The shorts within the special last a few minutes each. Each short contains either a standalone gag, view into their daily lives, or a holiday special.
A second season was announced after the airing of the twelfth episode, and aired from January 7 to March 31, 2024, on the same programming block. The opening theme is "Boku wa..." (僕は..., "I Am..."), performed by Atarayo, while the ending theme is "Koi Shiteru Jibun Sura Aiserunda" (恋してる自分すら愛せるんだ, "I Can Even Love My Loving Self"), performed by Kohana Lam. The opening animation is storyboarded and directed by Tetsurō Araki, who is known for directing the anime series Attack on Titan, and produced with the assistance from Wit Studio. Some scenes take place at Meguro Station and Senzoku Station.
A compilation film version with extra footage was announced during the "Fan Kansha Kikaku!! TV Anime Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu Furikaeri Jōei-kai ~Bokura wa Futatabi Atsumatta" event on September 29, 2024.

### Light novel

A spin-off light novel written by Kota Nozomi with illustrations by Sakurai and sune was released under Media Factory's MF Bunko J imprint on September 25, 2024.

## Reception
### Manga

In 2019, the series ranked fourth in the Next Manga Awards in the web manga category. In 2020, the series ranked first in the same category. The series ranked third in the 2020 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook. It also ranked fourth in the fourth Tsutaya Comic Awards. It ranked thirteenth in Japanese bookstore Honya Club's employee recommendations. It was also nominated for the Manga Taishō in 2020. It ranked fourth in a 2020 poll asking people what manga they most wanted to see adapted into an anime. It ranked first in the same poll in 2021.
By September 2023, the manga has over 3 million copies in circulation.

### Anime

In June 2023, TV Asahi announced during their end-of-year fiscal results that the anime adaptation has recorded the highest global sales for an anime program in the NUMAnimation programming block.
The anime adaptation initially received mixed reviews from critics. Reviewing the first episode, Vrai Kaiser of Anime Feminist described it as mostly "harmless-to-charming school rom-com shenanigans" when Ichikawa's murder fantasies fade away, and said that they would give the series a "cautious wait-and-see" approach, saying it wasn't to their taste, comparing it to the "choppy start" of Teasing Master Takagi-san. Kaiser also said that after three episodes, their optimism was born out, being accurate and sweet to the age group, but that the show's handling of sex as "hit-or-miss for some audiences." Kaiser also argued that the series had "stumbling blocks" in the first season, but that it ends in a "really nice place" and on a "really beautiful place of feeling," and with an appealing "element of naturalness." However, another post on the site gave the series a "yellow flag" for some early monologues by Ichikawa, arguing they "veer too close to actual violent misogyny".
Reviews for Anime News Network took a different perspective. In a Spring 2023 anime preview guide, James Beckett said that the show's premiere was "irritatingly good" and said his defenses crumbled due to the series' "relentless onslaught of cuteness," calling the series "absurdly freaking cute," but hoped that Kyotaro's pension for murder was toned down, while Rebecca Silverman said the first episode blended good humor with an expected "warm emotional undercurrent" and comedic moments, and praised the plot for being "good enough," while criticizing the character designs. In contrast, Nicholas Dupree and Richard Eisenbeis were more critical. Dupree said the series is built upon "pure, undiluted cringe humor," noted that Ichikawa is an "uncompromisingly honest presentation of...an edgelord teenager" while noting that Yamada is "pretty charming." Eisenbeis said that while the story and characters make sense and the animation is fine, he said that the series made him cringe, and said while the series has a "well-written protagonist" and great coming-of-age message, he would watch if it didn't have "awkward humor." Later, MrAJCosplay, in a review on the same site, listed the series as one of their favorite anime in 2023, arguing that the series is a "very simple slice-of-life story," with a satisfying slow-burn romance, with every episode having some importance or dramatic weight, and said they couldn't "wait to see how much further the lovable goofballs will go." In another review, they praised the series "immaculate production values and a very ambient soundtrack." The anime was ranked 10th in "The Top 10 Anime of 2024" by Anime News Network.
Alan Moody of THEM Anime Reviews reviewed the first season. He said that while Kyotaro resembled Nishikata from Teasing Master Takagi-san, Kyotaro is a loner and his "countenance is mildly creepy," while arguing that Yamada differs from Takagi, as she is "statuesque, towering over Kyotaro". He also said that the series comedic timing is "nearly perfect," and that while the series is not "intellectually astute as Takagi-san, the cast...make up for much of that by their charm." He further added that due to the "mild sexual innuendo" in the series, it had mature themes as a result, while Hidive says the series is TV-14, and noted that Lovely Complex is a similar series, and noted the spinoff Twi-Yaba as a related series.
The second season of the anime became the first anime in the history of the anime polling sites Anime Corner and Anime Trending to be ranked first for an entire season.