Kiss Him, Not Me

Not to be confused with WataMote.
Kiss Him, Not Me

Cover of the first volume
私がモテてどうすんだ
(Watashi ga Motete Dōsunda)
Genre Romantic comedy, Reverse harem
Manga
Written by Junko
Published by Kodansha
English publisher Crunchyroll (online)
Kodansha USA
Demographic Shōjo
Magazine Bessatsu Friend
Original run 2013 – present
Volumes 9
Audio drama
Released January 13, 2015
Anime television series
Directed by Hiroshi Ishiodori
Written by Michiko Yokote
Music by Ruka Kawada
Studio Brain's Base
Licensed by

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Network TBS, BS-TBS
Original run October 6, 2016 – present
Episodes 9

Kiss Him, Not Me, known in Japan as Watashi ga Motete Dōsunda (Japanese: 私がモテてどうすんだ Hepburn: lit. What's the Point of Me Getting Popular?), is a Japanese romantic comedy shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Junko.[1] It is published by Kodansha since 2013 on Bessatsu Friend magazine.[2] Nine volumes compiling the chapters have been released so far.[1] It is published online in English by Crunchyroll and the volumes will be published by Kodansha USA.[2] An audio drama adaptation of the first chapter was released on January 13, 2015.[3] An anime adaptation by Brain's Base began airing in Japan from October 2016.[4][5] The manga won Best Shōjo Manga at the 40th Kodansha Manga Awards.

Plot

Kae Serinuma is a fujoshi, a female otaku who loves reading yaoi material and imagining men together in romantic relationships, both fictional and real. After one of her favorite anime characters is killed off, the shock causes Kae to lock herself in her room for a whole week. When she eventually comes out, she discovers that she has suddenly lost a lot of weight, becoming a beautiful girl that catches the eye of four boys at her school; Yūsuke Igarashi, Nozomu Nanashima, Hayato Shinomiya, Asuma Mutsumi. Despite learning about Kae's bizarre tendencies, the four boys, along with another fujoshi girl named Shima Nishina, all fall for Kae and begin competing with each other for her affection, much to Kae's frustration as she wants them to get together with each other.

Characters

Main characters

Kae Serinuma (芹沼 花依 Serinuma Kae)
Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa[3] (drama CD), Yū Kobayashi[6] (anime) (Japanese); Jeannie Tirado (English)[7]
A fujoshi in her second year of high school and part of the history club, who becomes excited over the sight of two boys together. Initially possessing a chubby appearance, Kae loses weight after a week of mourning over the death of her favorite anime character, becoming attractive as a result. Despite becoming the object of affection for several boys as a result, she still thoroughly enjoys her otaku hobbies and is unsure how to deal with the attention she gets from the boys.
Yūsuke Igarashi (五十嵐 祐輔 Igarashi Yūsuke)
Voiced by: Yoshimasa Hosoya[3] (drama CD), Yūki Ono[6] (anime) (Japanese); Alejandro Saab (English)[7]
One of Kae's classmates, who is part of the football club. He is characterized as "the boy next door" type and is the most competitive out of Kae's suitors.
Nozomu Nanashima (七島 希 Nanashima Nozomu)
Voiced by: Tatsuhisa Suzuki[3] (drama CD), Keisuke Kōmoto[6] (anime) (Japanese); Orion Pitts (English)[7]
One of Kae's classmates, who is categorized as a "bad boy tsundere" type. He used to be a football player when he was much younger, but lost confidence following an incident with Yūsuke. He has a younger sister and is good at housekeeping.
Hayato Shinomiya (四ノ宮 隼人 Shinomiya Hayato)
Voiced by: Hiroshi Kamiya[3] (drama CD), Yoshitsugu Matsuoka[6] (anime) (Japanese); Justin Briner (English)[7]
A half-Norwegian first year student and member of the nursing committee, who started having a crush on Kae after she lost weight. He has an effeminate appearance, prone to blushing and getting flustered, and is often characterised as a tsundere by the other boys. He owns a female iguana named Thor, whom he cares for dearly.
Asuma Mutsumi (六見 遊馬 Mutsumi Asuma)
Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai[3] (drama CD), Nobunaga Shimazaki[6] (anime) (Japanese); David Wald (English)[7]
A third year student who is president of the history club and one of the few people who liked Kae before she lost her weight. While more laid back and less competitive than the other boys, he can become aggressive when someone picks on Kae. He's very open minded and doesn't seem to notice nor mind any of Kae's otaku eccentricities.
Shima Nishina (二科 志麻 Nishina Shima)
Voiced by: Chinatsu Akasaki[3] (drama CD), Miyuki Sawashiro[6] (anime) (Japanese); Michelle Rojas (English)
A masculine-looking first year girl who is the descendant of a rich family and is skilled in both sports and arts. Like Kae, she is also a fujoshi and even runs her own dōjin circle. Having had trouble being respected for her art due to her family's status, Shima came to admire Kae from even before her transformation, receiving the motivation to pursue drawing.

Secondary characters

Amane Nakano (中野あまね Nakano Amane)
Voiced by: Asami Shimoda[8] (anime) (Japanese); Whitney Rodgers (English)[7]
Kae's best friend and classmate and a fellow otaku and fujoshi. She has a boyfriend who is unaware of her hobbies.
Takurō Serinuma (芹沼 拓郎 Serinuma Takurō)
Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto[9] (drama CD), Takahiro Mizushima[8] (anime) (Japanese); Cris George (English)[7]
Kae's older brother, who acts hostile towards Kae but generally means well.
Kazuma Mutsumi (六見 一馬 Mutsumi Kazuma)
Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe[9] (drama CD), Yūichi Nakamura[8] (anime)
Asuma's older brother, a flirtatious character who doesn't mind flirting with other boys.
Mitsuko Serinuma (芹沼 みつこ Serinuma Mitsuko)
Voiced by: Yū Sugimoto (anime)[8]
Kae's mother, who used to have her own harem of suitor back in school.
Hideo Serinuma (芹沼 英男 Serinuma Hideo)
Kae's father, who is very protective of her.
Takeru Mitsuboshi (満星 猛 Mitsuboshi Takeru)
Kae's childhood friend and crush. His parents are divorced and he lives with his father, but uses his mother's maiden name. He is later revealed to be a seiyū.
Kirari Nanashima (七島 光 Nanashima Kirari)
Voiced by: Sayuri Yahagi (anime)
Nozomu's little sister, who enjoys the magical girl anime, Puri Puri Moon.

Others

Shion (シオン Shion)
Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa (anime)[8]
Shion is Kae's favorite character in her favorite anime, Mirage Saga. His death caused a great shock to Kae that she lost weight in a week. His appearance bears a striking resemblance to Kae's classmate Nozomi Nanashima. Due to her anime-loving mind, she sees Nanashima as Shion himself, much to Nanashima's dismay. However after Kachu Rabu aired, Kae changed her obsession, stating that Shion will be always in her heart.
Tera (テラ Terra)
Voiced by: Kenjirō Tsuda (anime)[8]
A character in Mirage Saga.
Lord (殿 Tono)
Voiced by: Daisuke Ono (anime)[10]
A character in Kanchu Ranbu who is modeled after fictional samurai Hyakki Sametora.
Akane (朱)
Voiced by: Shouta Aoi (anime)[10]
A character in Kanchu Ranbu, he is a anthropomorphized armor of Hyakki Sametora's iconic red armor.

Media

Manga

Volumes

Anime

A television anime adaptation of the manga was announced in the Bessatsu Friend magazine's April 2016 issue. Brain's Base is producing the anime, with Hiroshi Ishiodori directing, Michiko Yokote handling series composition and Kazuhiko Tamura designing the characters.[4] The series began airing in Japan from October 6, 2016 and is being simulcast by Crunchyroll,[19] with an English dub by Funimation streaming from November 8, 2016.[20] The opening theme is "Prince×Prince" by From4to7 (Yūki Ono, Keisuke Koumoto, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, and Nobunaga Shimazaki), while the ending theme is "Dokidoki no Kaze" (ドキドキの風 Heart-pounding Wind) by Rie Murakawa. Anime Limited has licensed the series in the UK.[21]

Episode list

No. Official English title[lower-alpha 1] Original air date
1 "Can She Do It? A Real Life Otome Game"
"Dekiru ka na? Riaru Otogē" (できるかな？リアル乙女ゲー) 		October 6, 2016
Kae Serinuma is a chubby fujoshi who enjoys shipping boys together in yaoi pairings. One night, as Kae watches the latest episode of the Mirage Saga anime, she becomes horrified after her favorite character, Shion, is killed off. After spending an entire week locked up in her room due to shock, Kae emerges to find she has lost all of her weight. Kae's new-found beauty quickly attracts the attention of her male schoolmates; Yūsuke Igarashi, Nozomu Nanashima, Hayato Shinomiya, and Asuma Mutsumi, who all invite her to watch a movie with them. While trying to deal with all the new attention, Kae ends up giving into her repressed urges when an anime shop has limited goods on sale, revealing to the boys that she is an otaku. Despite this, the boys decide to accept Kae as she is and spend the rest of the day doing what she wants. 
2 "The Strange Room And The Four High School Boys"
"Fushigi na o Heya to Yonnin no DK" (不思議なお部屋と4人のDK) 		October 13, 2016
Kae is asked to fill in for the school's Soccer Club, only to quickly discover she has no idea how to play soccer. Irked by some of the bad words said behind her back, Nozomu decides to help Kae with her practise, and she ultimately manages to win the match by turning her flaw into an advantage. Later, the group get together at Kae's house to help her study for the exams, much to the ire of her brother, Takuro, who tries to shoo them away by revealing Kae's fujoshi hobby. 
3 "The Clear and Blue Autumn Sky, and Passionate Otome"
"Tentakaku Otome Moe Yuru Aki" (天高く乙女萌ゆる秋) 		October 20, 2016
Upon the arrival of the culture festival, the boys make an agreement to each spend thirty minutes alone with Kae without interference from the others. As a result, Kae ends up helping Nozomu with cosplay, eating lunch with Asuma, watching a play with Yūsuke, and going to a haunted house with Hayato. As Kae becomes overwhelmed by everyone hitting on her, she becomes harrassed by some other students, prompting the others to come to her aid. When the fight becomes violent, Kae urges them to stop, explaining that she is not used to having so much attention. As the boys agree to take things more slowly with Kae, she is treated to the sight of them dancing together. 
4 "Christmas in the Holy Land"
"Kurisumasu wa Seichi de" (クリスマスは聖地で) 		October 27, 2016
Come Christmas Eve, the boys end up joining Kae to Comiket, unprepared for how packed the event is. While the boys are sent to buy dōjinshi, Kae is harrassed by a photographer but is rescued by someone cosplaying as a butler character. Upon returning to school, Kae discovers that the cosplayer she met is actually a female underclassman named Shima Nishina. After being introduced to the boys, Shima invites everyone to her place to act as models for her dōjinshi. When Kae offers her own advice for poses, Shima suddenly takes the initiative, and Kae's first kiss. 
5 "Back to My Original Self! What Should I Do?"
"Moto ni Modotte Dōsun desu" (元に戻ってどうすんです) 		November 3, 2016
When a Valentine's Day event is announced allowing fans to give chocolate to Mirage Saga characters, Kae struggles with trying to craft a 3D chocolate sculpture of Shion. Although Shima offers to let her submit the one she made, Kae realises that feelings are the most important thing and sends in her avant-garde creation, winning a special prize. However, as a result of eating all of the leftover chocolate, Kae ends up putting on all the weight she had lost. Wanting Kae to go back to her more beautiful self, the boys try and get Kae to lose her weight, only to discover that their methods are doing more harm than good. As Yūsuke comes to realise that he loves Kae regardless of his weight, the boys come up with a reward system, awarding Kae with yaoi fanservice for every weight goal reached. Thanks to this, Kae quickly goes back to her normal weight and is treated to the sight of Yūsuke and Nozomu kissing. 
6 "Let The Shipping Wars Begin!"
"Kappuringu Sensō Boppatsu!" (カップリング戦争勃発！) 		November 10, 2016
While obsessed with a new anime titled Kanchu Ranbu, Kae and Shima fall out with each other when they get into a heated argument over which of the two male leads should be the more dominant one. After the boys fail in an attempt to get them to make up with each other, Shima challenges Kae to a fanfiction writing competition to determine which pairing is superior. Shima wins the contest in the end, but doesn't feel happy with her victory. Recalling how she came to fall in love with Kae in the first place, Shima properly apologises to Kae and the two compromise by declaring their ship to have a reversible dynamic. 
7 "On A Journey to the Holy Land of Kachu☆Rabu"
"Seichi Junrei Kachu☆Rabu no Tabi" (聖地巡礼かちゅ☆らぶの旅) 		November 17, 2016
Wanting to attend a requiem mass for the samurai that Kanchu Ranbu's main character was based on, Hyakki Sametora, Kae and the others end up spending the night at an inn, where Yūsuke lands on top of Kae during a pillow fight. The next day, the gang attend the mass, look at a museum, and visit Sametora's grave. While taking swan boats to an island where Sametora's head was buried separately, the group gets swept up by a whirlpool and stranded on the island, with Kae and Asuma becoming separated from the others. As the two groups struggle to find each other due to an alleged curse surrounding the island, Asuma is forced to take drastic measures when Kae comes down with a fever. After Kae recovers, she and Asuma come up against the alleged ghost of Sametora, managing to use charms bought at the shrine to bring him to peace. Afterwards, the gang learn that the curses they saw were apparently hallucinations caused by poisonous mushrooms they had for lunch, though Asuma suspects there is some truth to what he and Kae experienced. 
8 "I'm at a Disadvantage!"
"Ore wa Adobantēji Mainasu!" (俺はアドバンテージ・マイナス！) 		November 24, 2016
While Nozomu worries that everyone has been making progress with Kae except him, Kae reveals she is working part-time at an amusement park, performing as part of a Puri Puri Moon stage show. As everyone else ends up getting various roles at the park as well, Nozomi, having experience with Puri Puri Moon due to watching the TV series with his little sister Kirari, gets a part in the show alongside Kae. On the first day of practise, Nozomu comes down with a cold, so Kae comes over to his house to look after him. Delirious from the fever, Nozomu forces himself upon Kae and kisses her before Yūsuke stops him. As Kae ends up catching his cold and becoming afraid as a result, Nozomu apologises for his actions and encourages Kae to get better in time for the stage show. When rowdy otakus cause a disturbance during the show, Nozomu puts on an ad-lib performance to drive them off before filling in for one of the other girls in the dance number. 
9 "The Beach! Bathing Suits! Time to Get Serious!"
"Umi da Mizugi da Honki dasu!" (海だ水着だ本気出す!) 		December 1, 2016
During a trip to the beach, Hayato's attempts to impress Kae keep either backfiring or getting upstaged by the others. After an attempt to save Kae from a snake ruins barbecue preparations, Hayato becomes depressed and runs off into the forest, prompting the others to search for him. While the others end up having to take another path after a bridge collapses, Kae catches up to Hayato and takes shelter in an abandoned hotel, which turns out to be the hideout of some delinquents that the other boys shooed away. With Kae in danger, Hayato manages to overcome his fear and deliver a swift kick to one of the delinquents, helping Kae to reunite with the others. 
10 "Brother Invasion"
"Ani, Shūrai" (兄, 襲来) 		TBA

Notes

  1. ↑ All English titles are taken from Funimation.

Reception

Volume 3 of the manga reached the 44th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and, as of June 15, 2014, has sold 17,994 copies;[22] volume 4 reached the 43rd place and, as of September 14, 2014, has sold 22,107 copies;[23] volume 5 reached the 17th place and, as of January 18, 2015, has sold 41,112 copies.[24]

The manga won Best Shōjo Manga at the 40th Kodansha Manga Awards.[25] It was number four on the 2015 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Top 20 Manga for Female Readers survey.[26]

References

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  2. 1 2 "Kodansha USA Licenses Maria the Virgin Witch Exhibition, Appleseed α, Fairy Tail Spinoff Manga". Anime News Network. January 14, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Junko's Watashi ga Motete Dousunda Manga Gets Drama CD". Anime News Network. September 8, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Kiss Him, Not Me Shōjo Romantic Comedy Manga Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. March 9, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
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  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Kiss Him, Not Me Anime Casts Yu Kobayashi, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Yuuki Ono, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Keisuke Koumoto, Miyuki Sawashiro". Anime News Network. July 12, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
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  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Kiss Him, Not Me Anime Casts Takahiro Mizushima, Asami Shimoda, Yūichi Nakamura". Anime News Network. September 19, 2016. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  9. 1 2 "「私がモテてどうすんだ」7巻発売、声優陣＆ぢゅん子のサイン色紙当たる". natalie.mu. October 13, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  10. 1 2 "Kiss Him, Not Me Adds Shouta Aoi, Daisuke Ono to Cast". Anime News Network. October 7, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
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  18. ↑ "Watashi ga motete dôsunda jp Vol.8". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved March 2, 2016.
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  23. ↑ "Japanese Comic Ranking, September 8–14". Anime News Network. September 17, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  24. ↑ "Japanese Comic Ranking, January 12–18". Anime News Network. January 21, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
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  26. ↑ "Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2015's Series Ranking for Female Readers". Anime News Network. December 9, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2015.

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