Jump to content

Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Fuji kyosuke (talk | contribs) at 14:03, 23 June 2018. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
Cover of the first volume featuring Umetarō Nozaki
月刊少女野崎くん
(Gekkan Shōjo Nozaki-kun)
GenreRomantic comedy
Manga
Written byIzumi Tsubaki
Published bySquare Enix
English publisher
MagazineGangan Online
Original runAugust 25, 2011 – present
Volumes9 (List of volumes)
Audio drama
Produced byFrontier Works
ReleasedJune 26, 2013
Episodes1
Anime television series
Directed byMitsue Yamazaki
Produced byGekkan Shōjo Nozaki-kun Production Committee
Written byYoshiko Nakamura
Music byYukari Hashimoto
Media Factory
StudioDoga Kobo
Licensed by
Original networkTV Tokyo, TVO, TVA, TSC, TVh, TVQ, AT-X
Original run July 7, 2014 September 22, 2014
Episodes12 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Directed byMitsue Yamazaki
StudioDoga Kobo
Licensed by
Released September 24, 2014 February 25, 2015
Runtime3 minutes (per episode)
Episodes6

Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun (Japanese: 月刊少女野崎くん, Hepburn: Gekkan Shōjo Nozaki-kun) is an ongoing Japanese four-panel romantic comedy webcomic written and illustrated by Izumi Tsubaki. Its chapters are serialized in Gangan Online, have been published in both physical and digital releases of Shoujo Romance Girly[1] and tankōbon volumes by Square Enix.[2] An anime television series adaptation by Doga Kobo began airing in July 2014.[3]

Plot

High school student Chiyo Sakura has a crush on schoolmate Umetarō Nozaki, but when she confesses her love to him, he mistakes her for a fan and gives her an autograph. When she says that she always wants to be with him, he invites her to his house and has her help on some drawings. Chiyo discovers that Nozaki is actually a renowned shōjo manga artist working under the pen name Sakiko Yumeno. She then agrees to be his assistant in order to get closer to him. As they work on his manga Let's Fall in Love (恋しよっ, Koi Shiyo, Let's Have a Romance),[4][5] they encounter other schoolmates who assist them or serve as inspirations for characters in the stories.

Characters

The major characters of the series. From left to right: Wakamatsu, Seo, Sakura, Nozaki, Mikoshiba, Kashima, and Hori.

Main characters

Umetarō Nozaki (野崎 梅太郎, Nozaki Umetarō)
Voiced by: Yuichi Nakamura[3][6] (Japanese); Ty Mahany[7] (English)
Umetarō Nozaki is a tall and handsome high school student and the object of Sakura's affection.[8] He is secretly a manga artist going by the pen name of Sakiko Yumeno (夢野咲子, Yumeno Sakiko), creator of the shōjo manga Let's Fall in Love which is published in the magazine Monthly Girls' Romance (月刊少女ロマンス, Gekkan Shōjo Romansu). Despite making a romance-oriented manga, he has no personal experience in love (as such, his story ideas are often ridiculous and farfetched).[ch. 1,2] He appreciates Sakura's drawing ability but is oblivious to her feelings.[ch. 1] He lives on his own, having convinced his father that he can cover expenses with his manga royalties, and that he can cook for himself.[ch. 33] In middle school, he was captain of the school basketball team.[ch. 11] He is now in class 2-B.
Chiyo Sakura (佐倉 千代, Sakura Chiyo)
Voiced by: Ari Ozawa[3] (Japanese); Juliet Simmons[9] (English)
Sakura is a high school girl with a crush on Nozaki, but when she incorrectly words her confessions, she ends up getting autographs, and when she says she wants to be with him, she ends up becoming Nozaki's inker assistant. She is in class 2-A and a member of the school's art club. She is petite and notably wears two large ribbons that have a polka dot pattern;[ch. 1] the ribbon style is adapted by Nozaki for the lead heroine of his manga.[ch. 26,29] Due to her enthusiasm on telling about Nozaki's activities to her friends, almost all of her classmates know trivial things about Nozaki too.[ch. 50]
Mikoto Mikoshiba (御子柴 実琴, Mikoshiba Mikoto)
Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto[3] (Japanese); Scott Gibbs[10] (English)
Mikoshiba, nicknamed Mikorin (みこりん), is one of Nozaki's assistants. He is introduced to Sakura as a handsome guy with an aloof attitude.[ep 2] Despite being popular and flirtatious with the girls, he is shy and often hides in embarrassment shortly after making bold statements. Sakura learns that he is the inspiration for Nozaki's heroine character Mamiko (while Mikoshiba himself does not know). His expertise is not in drawing single objects or characters, but in filling backgrounds with flowers to bring out a character's charms. He is in class 2-G.[ch. 3] His hobbies include collecting bishōjo figurines.[ch. 12,19] Three years prior, he could not talk well with real girls so he practiced with girls in dating simulation games.[ch. 8]
Yuzuki Seo (瀬尾 結月, Seo Yuzuki)
Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro[6] (Japanese); Joanne Bonasso[11] (English)
Sakura's popular classmate and friend, Seo is often asked to help on various extracurricular activities. Her brash personality often offends others. Nozaki classifies her as "KY" (空気を読まない, Kūki o yomanai, oblivious, thick-skinned): she cannot read the atmosphere or context. For instance, the basketball team has her practice with them so they can learn how to deal with selfish and difficult players.[ep 2] Despite her rude and tomboyish demeanor, she has an angelic singing voice and is nicknamed "Choir Club's Lorelei" (声楽部のローレライ, Seigaku-bu no Rorerai).[ch. 4] She enjoys pestering Wakamatsu, whom she calls "Waka".[ch. 23,34] Nozaki makes a male character based off her named Oze.[ch. 5]
Yū Kashima (鹿島 遊, Kashima Yū)
Voiced by: Mai Nakahara[6] (Japanese); Monica Rial[12] (English)
Mikoshiba's best friend and classmate. She is a tall girl who has a "prince" personality that makes girls fawn over her. Mikoshiba and Kashima considered each other rivals in their first year, although Kashima was clearly better in all aspects. She is dense and often gets wrong ideas regarding Hori,[ch. 16] making her the target for Hori's anger, but she often comically desires his attention. Due to her tendency to ditch, Kashima is often dragged by Hori to their club activities.[ch. 5] Later, it is revealed that she is tone deaf, and that she asks Yuzuki to be her singing coach.[ch. 25]
Masayuki Hori (堀 政行, Hori Masayuki)
Voiced by: Yūki Ono[6] (Japanese); Adam Noble[11] (English)
President of the school drama club and Nozaki's assistant for background work, in exchange for Nozaki writing scenarios for him. Despite having incredible acting talent, he is conscious of his own short height and prefers to work on stage props instead of acting on stage. He reacts violently towards Kashima whenever she makes some inappropriate comments or disrupts the club.[ch. 6] But despite all of that, he still favors her and somewhat acts like a doting parent to her.[ch. 20] He is in class 3-C.[ch. 6]
Hirotaka Wakamatsu (若松 博隆, Wakamatsu Hirotaka)
Voiced by: Ryōhei Kimura[6] (Japanese); Cameron Bautsch[11] (English)
Wakamatsu is Nozaki's junior from their basketball team in middle school.[ch. 15] He joins Nozaki's staff to do screentones. He has a bad experience when his basketball team had Seo participate. Due to stress caused by Seo's behavior at the club, he suffers from insomnia, however when he hears Lorelei singing, he immediately falls asleep, which makes him fall in love with her despite being unaware of who Lorelei actually is. He is in class 1-D.[ch. 15] Nozaki makes a female character based off him named Waka and he enjoys giving screentones to Oze's hair, still unaware who Oze is based from.

Supporting characters

Ken Miyamae (宮前 剣, Miyamae Ken)
Voiced by: Kenta Miyake[13] (Japanese); Luis Galindo[11] (English)
Nozaki's current editor. Although Miyamae appears as a grumpy overweight guy who wears glasses and sweats, Nozaki thinks he is very cool because he responds quickly in comparison to his previous editor.[ch. 7] Miyamae is 28 years old (27 in the anime),[ep 11] and although he is the same year as Maeno, he had to retake the college entrance exams and ended up being two years behind Maeno.[ch. 21] It is revealed that his body became overweight whenever there's Maeno.
Mitsuya Maeno (前野 蜜也, Maeno Mitsuya)
Voiced by: Daisuke Ono[13] (Japanese); Ned Gayle[11] (English)
Nozaki's former editor, Maeno is in charge of Miyako Yukari. He is a narcissist who is fond of cute characters such as tanukis.[ch. 7,9] He and Miyamae have known each other since high school. He regularly posts on Monthly Girls' Romance editor's blog. He is careless in his actions, for example, he casually loses Yukari's manuscript, and spills curry on another one.[ch. 9]
Yukari Miyako (都 ゆかり, Miyako Yukari)
Voiced by: Ayako Kawasumi[13] (Japanese); Brittany Djie[11] (English)
Nozaki's upstairs neighbor. She is a college student who is also a shōjo manga artist going by her real name. Her manga works feature a tanuki, mainly because her editor Maeno suggested it.[ch. 9] By smiling often, she keeps her identity as a manga artist a secret from her schoolmates, who are regularly confused about her relationship status.[ch. 26,53]
Mayu Nozaki (野崎 真由, Nozaki Mayu)
Nozaki's overly lazy younger brother. Because he was bullied when he was young, he rarely talks. He sometimes writes abbreviated phrases on what he wants to say, but will talk if it is quicker.[ch. 33,37] The rare time when he puts in effort is when he captains his school's judo club.[ch. 49] In the earlier draft, Mayu was drawn as a girl, but the idea was scrapped due to some reasons including her comparability with other male characters.[14]
Ryōsuke Seo (瀬尾 遼介, Seo Ryōsuke)
Yuzuki's older brother is a college student who has a crush on Yukari Miyako, his classmate. He works part-time in a cafe. His efforts to be closer to Yukari usually fail, and ended up mistaking Nozaki as her boyfriend.[ch. 53] He knows that his younger sister is attracted to Wakamatsu, and thought the love is mutual when Wakamatsu states he is in love with the 'Lorelei'.[ch. 74]
Yumeko Nozaki (野崎 夢子, Nozaki Yumeko)
The younger sister to the Nozaki brothers. She is bad at drawing, and is the only one in the Nozaki family who does not know that Umetaro Nozaki is a manga artist, and refuses to believe that her big brother is the manga artist of Let's Fall in Love. She loves the Suzuki character, and her ideal guy is a transfer student.[ch. 72.5] Yumeko is originally drafted as a main character of the series, with her brother Umetarō as nothing but a support character. This idea was later scrapped and her and Umetarō's role is reversed.[15]
Towa Sakura (佐倉 十和, Sakura Towa)
Chiyo's younger brother, Towa is a second year in junior high. He is a member of the Tennis Club. His first impression of Nozaki is that he is a model.[ch. 84.5]

Let's Fall in Love characters

Mamiko (マミコ)
Voiced by: Marie Miyake[4][16] (Japanese); Melissa Molano[11] (English)
Heroine of Nozaki's ongoing manga. Her personality is modeled after Mikoshiba,[ch. 3] while her appearance is based on Nozaki's first meeting with Chiyo, when she gave one of her white-colored ribbons to him, and walked away with the other one in her hair,[ch. 48] while in the anime Chiyo wears a single white colored ribbon, styled just like Mamiko's.
Saburo Suzuki (鈴木 三郎, Suzuki Saburō)
Voiced by: Mamoru Miyano[4][16] (Japanese); Chris Patton[11] (English)
Hero of Nozaki's ongoing manga. He is Mamiko's love interest. Initially, he and his "friend" and "rival" all look the same, so Nozaki has Chiyo scout for other character designs.[ch. 4]

Media

Manga

Izumi Tsubaki began serializing the manga in Square Enix's online magazine Gangan Online on August 25, 2011.[17][18] As of August 2017, the series has been collected into nine tankōbon volumes. Apart from the comics, an official fanbook and an anthology manga (containing stories by Satsuki Yoshino (Barakamon), Yasunobu Yamauchi (Daily Lives of High School Boys), Tachibana Higuchi (Gakuen Alice), Shigeru Takao, and Dan Ichikawa) have also been published, both on August 22, 2014.[19] North American publisher Yen Press announced their license to the series at Sakura-Con in April 2015.[18]

Volume list

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 April 20, 2012[20]978-4-7575-3566-4November 17, 2015[21]978-0-31630947-9
2 November 22, 2012[22]978-4-7575-3777-4February 23, 2016[23]978-0-31639157-3
3 June 22, 2013[24]978-4-7575-3985-3May 24, 2016[25]978-0-31639158-0
4 January 22, 2014[26]978-4-7575-4203-7August 30, 2016[27]978-0-31639160-3
5 July 22, 2014[28]978-4-7575-4353-9November 22, 2016[29]978-0-31639161-0
6 February 21, 2015[30]978-4-7575-4378-2February 21, 2017[31]978-0-31639162-7
7 December 22, 2015[32]978-4-7575-4830-5May 23, 2017[33]978-0-31650271-9
8 August 22, 2016[34]978-4-7575-4870-1 (regular ed.)[35]
ISBN 978-4-7575-4871-8 (limited ed.)[36]
July 18, 2017[37]978-0-31643999-2
9 August 22, 2017[38]978-4-7575-5442-9April 24, 2018[39]978-1-975300-09-8

Drama CD

Frontier Works released a drama CD on June 26, 2013 featuring the casts below which differ from the later produced anime.[40] It reached number 32 on Oricon's CD Album rankings.

Anime

Media Factory announced an anime adaptation on March 21, 2014 and the anime's official website posted several videos, revealing key cast and staff members, which differ from the drama CD.[16] The anime is produced by Doga Kobo and directed by Mitsue Yamazaki, who had worked on Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East and Durarara. Series composition is handled by Yoshiko Nakamura. Junichirō Taniguchi, who did the second season of Genshiken and the Puella Magi Madoka Magica film, is in charge of character design.[4] It premiered on July 7, 2014 in TV Tokyo, followed by TV Osaka, TV Aichi, TSC, TV Hokkaido, TVQ, AT-X over the rest of the week.[41] The opening theme, titled "Kimi Janakya Dame Mitai" (君じゃなきゃダメみたい, lit. "Seems It Can't Be Anyone Other Than You") is composed and performed by Masayoshi Ōishi, and the ending theme "Uraomote Fortune" (ウラオモテ・フォーチュン) is performed by Ari Ozawa under her character name, Chiyo Sakura.

On July 25, 2014, Sentai Filmworks announced it has licensed the series for home video release.[13] Media Factory will be releasing it on Blu-ray and DVD formats in Japan starting on September 24, 2014 across six volumes. Mini-OVA specials bundled with each Blu-ray/DVD volume.[42]

Episode list

Template:Japanese episode listTemplate:Japanese episode listTemplate:Japanese episode listTemplate:Japanese episode listTemplate:Japanese episode listTemplate:Japanese episode listTemplate:Japanese episode listTemplate:Japanese episode listTemplate:Japanese episode listTemplate:Japanese episode listTemplate:Japanese episode listTemplate:Japanese episode list
No. Title Original airdate[43][44][45]

Reception

The manga's second volume reached number 18 on Oricon's weekly manga chart,[46] its third volume reached number 11,[47] and its fourth volume debuted at number 5 with 117,310 copies.[48] The fifth manga volume debuted at number 4, selling 185,392 copies.[49] The series placed at number 3 on a list of top 15 manga recommended by bookstores in 2013,[50] and ranked number 11 in the list of top 20 manga for female readers of the 2014 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook, which surveys manga industry professionals.[51] It was a nominee for the 8th Manga Taishō.[52]

The official fan book reached number 14, and the anthology book reached number 17 on Oricon's weekly best-sellers chart.[53]

Greg Smith of The Fandom Post found the anime adaptation to be a "both a celebration and a send-up of shoujo manga at the same time". He found it to have a natural flow and enjoyed the emotions and expressions presented by the characters.[54] He gave the series an A, noting it was one of the two consistently funny comedies of the season. He liked that "there was in general a lack of meanness or malice (except towards Maeno, which was quite well deserved)," and that it effectively showcased the absurdity of shojo tropes.[55] Andy Hanley of UK Anime Network gave the series 7 out of 10, highlighting its charming and lovable cast as well as the show’s visuals, although he would not call it a comedy classic.[56] Dee Hogan, in an article for The Mary Sue, found the show to be "simultaneously very funny and sneakily brilliant" and wrote about how the show "manages the rare feat of a triple-reversal, and all three deal with our understanding of gender roles in fiction."[57]

The reviewers at Anime News Network listed the anime as one of the best of the year for 2014,[58][59][60] with Amy McNulty[61] and Theron Martin naming it their top pick.[62] Kelly Quinn of Tor.com also listed it among her top 10 best shows of 2014.[63]

Works cited

Manga volumes

Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun manga volumes by Izumi Tsubaki. Published by Square Enix.

  1. Vol. 1 (ch. 1–10):  月刊少女野崎くん (1) [Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun (1)] (in Japanese). April 2012. ISBN 978-4-7575-3566-4.
  2. Vol. 2 (ch. 11–20):  月刊少女野崎くん (2) [Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun (2)] (in Japanese). November 2012. ISBN 978-4-7575-3777-4.
  3. Vol. 3 (ch. 21–30):  月刊少女野崎くん (3) [Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun (3)] (in Japanese). June 2013. ISBN 978-4-7575-3985-3.
  4. Vol. 4 (ch. 31–40):  月刊少女野崎くん (4) [Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun (4)] (in Japanese). January 2014. ISBN 978-4-7575-4203-7.
  5. Vol. 5 (ch. 41–50):  月刊少女野崎くん (5) [Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun (5)] (in Japanese). July 2014. ISBN 978-4-7575-4353-9.

Anime episodes

References

  1. ^ "Gangan Online - Shoujo Romance Web Girly". ganganonline.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Nozakikun.tv Domain Registered Under Kadokawa". Anime News Network. January 25, 2014. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d "Gekkan Shōjo Nozaki-kun Gets TV Anime in July - News". Anime News Network. March 21, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d Foronda, Anthony (July 5, 2014). "Anime Spotlight - Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun (Gekkan Shojo Nozaki-kun)". Anime News Network.
  5. ^ Let's Fall in Love is the title for the comic that Nozaki makes according to the Crunchyroll translation. Let's Have a Romance is the title as reported by Sentai Filmworks.
  6. ^ a b c d e "TVアニメ「月刊少女 野崎くん」公式サイト" [TV Anime Monthly Girl Nozaki-kun official site] (in Japanese). Nozakikun.tv. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  7. ^ "Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun English Dub Casts Ty Mahany as Nozaki". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  8. ^ "Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun GN 1". animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  9. ^ "Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun English Dub Casts Juliet Simmons as Chiyo Sakura". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  10. ^ "Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun English Dub Casts Scott Gibbs as Mikorin". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h "Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun English Dub Casts Adam Noble, Joanne Bonasso, Cameron Bautsch". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  12. ^ "Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun English Dub Casts Monica Rial as Kashima". Anime News Network. February 10, 2016. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  13. ^ a b c d "Sentai Filmworks Licenses Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun". Anime News Network. July 25, 2014.
  14. ^ Tsubaki, Izumi (August 22, 2014). Gekkan Shōjo Nozaki-kun Official Fanbook. Square Enix. p. 83. ISBN 9784757544062. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  15. ^ Tsubaki, Izumi (August 22, 2014). Gekkan Shō'jo Nozaki-kun Official Fanbook. Square Enix. pp. 44–43. ISBN 9784757544062. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  16. ^ a b c MediaFactory (March 22, 2014). "【PV】「月刊少女野崎くん」アニメ化決定PV《キャスト公開ver.》" [PV: Monthly Girl Nozak-kun anime cast announcement (published cast ver.)] (YouTube). Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  17. ^ みこりんに彼女は必要?「月刊少女野崎くん」連載5周年でグッズ当たる質問企画. Natalie (in Japanese). August 4, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  18. ^ a b "Yen Press Licenses Yowamushi Pedal, Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, 11 More Manga". Anime News Network. April 4, 2015. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  19. ^ Green, Scott (August 22, 2014). ""Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun" Anthology and Fan Book Published". Crunchyroll. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  20. ^ 月刊少女野崎くん 1巻 [Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Volume 1]. Square Enix (in Japanese). Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  21. ^ "Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, Vol. 1". Hachette Book Group. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  22. ^ 月刊少女野崎くん 2巻 [Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Volume 2]. Square Enix (in Japanese). Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  23. ^ "Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, Vol. 2". Hachette Book Group. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  24. ^ 月刊少女野崎くん 3巻 [Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Volume 3]. Square Enix (in Japanese). Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  25. ^ "Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, Vol. 3". Hachette Book Group. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  26. ^ 月刊少女野崎くん 4巻 [Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Volume 4]. Square Enix (in Japanese). Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  27. ^ "Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, Vol. 4". Hachette Book Group. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  28. ^ 月刊少女野崎くん 5巻 [Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Volume 5]. Square Enix (in Japanese). Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  29. ^ "Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, Vol. 5". Hachette Book Group. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  30. ^ 月刊少女野崎くん 6巻 [Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Volume 6]. Square Enix (in Japanese). Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  31. ^ "Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, Vol. 6". Square Enix. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  32. ^ 月刊少女野崎くん 7巻 [Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Volume 7]. Square Enix (in Japanese). Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  33. ^ "Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, Vol. 7". Amazon. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  34. ^ 月刊少女野崎くん 8巻 [Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Volume 8]. Square Enix (in Japanese). Retrieved September 9, 2017.
  35. ^ 月刊少女野崎くん 8巻 [Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Volume 8]. Square Enix (in Japanese). Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  36. ^ 月刊少女野崎くん 8巻 初回限定特装版 [Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Volume 8 First Press Limited Special Edition]. Square Enix (in Japanese). Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  37. ^ "Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, Vol. 8". Amazon. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
  38. ^ 月刊少女野崎くん 9巻 [Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Volume 9]. Square Enix (in Japanese). Retrieved September 9, 2017.
  39. ^ "Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, Vol. 9". Amazon. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
  40. ^ a b "Gekkan Shojo Nozaki-Kun Drama CD" (in Japanese). CD Japan. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  41. ^ "TVアニメ「月刊少女野崎くん」公式サイト" (in Japanese). Nozakikun.tv. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  42. ^ "Media Factory Sets Japanese 'Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun' Anime DVD/BD Release With Promos". The Fandom Post. July 16, 2014.
  43. ^ "テレビ東京・あにてれ 月刊少女野崎くん". 月刊少女野崎くん. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  44. ^ テレビ東京・あにてれ 月刊少女野崎くん (in Japanese). Tv-tokyo.co.jp. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  45. ^ "月刊 少女 野崎くん". mediaarts-db.jp. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  46. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, November 19–25 - News". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  47. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, June 24–30 - News". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  48. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, January 20–26". Anime News Network. January 31, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
  49. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, July 21–26 - News". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  50. ^ "Japanese Bookstores Recommend 15 Top Manga of 2013". Anime News Network. February 4, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
  51. ^ "Top Manga Ranked by Kono Manga ga Sugoi 2014 Voters". Anime News Network. December 9, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
  52. ^ "Akiko Higashimura's Kakukaku Shikajika Wins 8th Manga Taisho Award". Anime News Network. March 24, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  53. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking: August 18–24". Anime News Network. August 27, 2014.
  54. ^ Smith, G.B. (July 18, 2014). "Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Episodes #01-02 Anime Review". Fandom Post.
  55. ^ "Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Episode #12 Anime Review (Season Finale)". The Fandom Post. September 22, 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  56. ^ Hanley, Andy (July 24, 2014). "ANIME REVIEW: Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun - Eps. 1-3". UK Anime Network.
  57. ^ "Heroine Boys and Princely Girls: How Nozaki-kun is Challenging Gender Roles in Fiction". The Mary Sue. September 9, 2014.
  58. ^ "Lauren Orsini - Your Top 5 Anime of 2014 (And Ours) - Anime News Network". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  59. ^ "Rose Bridges - Your Top 5 Anime of 2014 (And Ours) - Anime News Network". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  60. ^ "Paul Jensen - Your Top 5 Anime of 2014 (And Ours) - Anime News Network". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  61. ^ "Amy McNulty - Your Top 5 Anime of 2014 (And Ours) - Anime News Network". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  62. ^ "Theron Martin - Your Top 5 Anime of 2014 (And Ours) - Anime News Network". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  63. ^ Kelly Quinn. "Anime Year in Review: The Ten Best Shows of 2014". tor.com. Retrieved April 4, 2015.