The Dangers in My Heart

The Dangers in My Heart
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Anna Yamada (front) and Kyotaro Ichikawa (back)
僕の心のヤバイやつ (Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu)
Genre	Romantic comedy Slice of life
Manga
Written by	Norio Sakurai
Published by	Akita Shoten
English publisher	NA: Seven Seas Entertainment
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Champion (2018) Champion Cross (2018) Manga Cross (2018–present)
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	March 8, 2018 – present
Volumes	10
Anime television series
Directed by	Hiroaki Akagi
Written by	Jukki Hanada
Music by	Kensuke Ushio
Studio	Shin-Ei Animation
Licensed by	Sentai Filmworks SEA: Plus Media Networks Asia
Original network	ANN (TV Asahi)
Original run	April 2, 2023 – March 31, 2024
Episodes	25

The Dangers in My Heart (Japanese: 僕の心のヤバイやつ, Hepburn: Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu), or 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 10 tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by Shin-Ei Animation aired from April to June 2023, licensed by Sentai Filmworks and streamed on Hidive. Plus Media Networks Asia to carried the anime in Southeast Asia, to be premiered on Aniplus Asia. A short spin-off original net animation (ONA) for the series was released on December 10, 2023. A second season aired from January to March 2024.

By September 2023, the manga has over 3 million copies in circulation.

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 chuunibyou 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're 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 problems due to his lack of communication skills and low self-esteem. Aside from his macabre interests, he's 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.

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. She’s 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’s 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.

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), Sekine calls her Bayashiko (ばやしこ). In Kyotaro's mind, she's Anna's "boyfriend" due to how tactile they are. She's a member of the basketball club. She's 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 point it out to her.

Moeko Sekine (関根 萌子, Sekine Moeko)

Voiced by: Megumi Han (Japanese); Emi Lo (English)

Anna's friend who is a gyaru. 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. Anna calls her Nyaa (にゃあ). She's 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's known for having proud yet strange fetishes, such as for chubby or bad-smelling women. Despite this, he's 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. However, during his graduation, he revealed that he was seriously in love with Anna.

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 3rd 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 behaviour, 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.

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 April 2024, 10 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
Boku no Itoshiki Semai Sekai (僕の愛しき狭い世界) Boku wa Yamada ni Chikazukitai (僕は山田に近づきたい) Boku wa Tanin (僕は他人) Boku wa Kaisō Shita (僕は回想した) Boku no Hō ga Suki da (僕の方が好きだ) Boku wa Maketakunai (僕は負けたくない) Bokura wa Maketeiru (僕らは負けている) Boku wa Tanoshimi (僕は楽しみ) Boku wa Ki ga Tsukanai (僕は気が付かない) Boku wa Ki ga Tsuita (僕は気が付いた) Boku wa Tsutaetai (僕は伝えたい) Boku no Koigokoro (僕の恋心) Watashi wa Tsutaetai (私は伝えたい) Watashi no Koigokoro (私の恋心) Extra1: Adachi-kun ga Hosoku Shite Kureru Kai (足立くんが補足してくれる回) Extra2: Takaramono o Sekai ni Misebirakasu Kai (宝物を世界に見せびらかす回)
9	November 8, 2023	978-4-253-22969-2 978-4-253-22968-5 (SE)	—	—
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)	—	—

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 programming block on TV Asahi and its affiliates. The opening theme song is "Shayō" (斜陽, "Setting Sun"), performed by Yorushika, while the ending theme song 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.

External videos
The opening animation of the second season directed by Tetsurō Araki, featuring Atarayo's "Boku wa..."

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 song is "Boku wa..." (僕は..., "I Am..."), performed by Atarayo, while the ending theme song 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.

Episodes

Season 1 (2023)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Storyboarded by	Original air date
1	1	"I Was Stolen Away" Transliteration: "Boku wa Ubawareta" (Japanese: 僕は奪われた)	Hiroki Imamura	Hiroki Imamura	April 2, 2023 (2023-04-02)
Kyotaro is a troubled student who fantasizes about murdering his classmates, in particular magazine model and classmate Anna, even carrying a box-cutter for that purpose. By chance, he and Anna are alone in the library where he notices the odd behavior she exhibits, including humming like a monkey. Seeing she needs scissors for her schoolwork, he impulsively lends her his box-cutter, leaving him without his weapon. He finds the box-cutter in his desk later, surprising him that she knew which desk was his. He begins to notice more odd behavior, which somehow tempts him to secretly offer help. They accidentally interrupt a love confession between Hara and Kanzaki, and Kyotaro is forced by Anna to make cat noises to conceal their eavesdropping. Kyotaro is baffled by his continuing to help her. Later, he spots Anna in a shop blatantly trying to get noticed as the model on the magazines, embarrassing him on her behalf. He impulsively buys the magazine and later uses it to masturbate. The next day, he spots an upperclassman named Haruya harassing Anna for her Line and impulsively speeds his bike into the river as a distraction. Anna correctly deduces he did it to help, and laughs when he says that he "hit the gas and not the brakes".
2	2	"I Died" Transliteration: "Boku wa Shinda" (Japanese: 僕は死んだ)	Dali Chen	Yoshiyuki Shirahata	April 9, 2023 (2023-04-09)
Anna brings a snack to school that must be mixed with water, which she spills repeatedly. Kyotaro is compelled to fetch a glass but finds her using a bowl, increasing his urge to kill her. On a hot day, Anna starts sweating so Adachi tries to peek at her bra, but Kyotaro sabotages him. In the library, Kyotaro sees she is wearing a swimsuit instead of a bra. Chihiro appears so Anna hides under the desk, giving him an erection. Chihiro ends up revealing she is allergic to snack food so Anna always snacks alone. The class does a haunted house for Culture Festival and Anna notices her name on a tombstone. Kyotaro takes the blame to spare the real culprit, Hara, but Hara reveals she had innocently used everyone’s names, not just Anna. Anna realizes Kyotaro took the blame trying to spare Hara. Kyotaro notices Haruya approach Anna again, but is relieved when the other girls protect Anna this time. He and Anna end up alone by a display of town maps, revealing their homes are only one mile apart. Anna takes a selfie on Kyotaro’s phone, which he decides to keep.
3	3	"I Want to Hug You" Transliteration: "Boku wa Dakishimetai" (Japanese: 僕は抱きしめたい)	Yoshiyuki Shirahata	Hiroaki Yoshikawa	April 16, 2023 (2023-04-16)
Kyotaro begins writing a dark fantasy manga. Kyotaro goes to the infirmary with a headache and finds Anna there with stomachache (actually period pains). He wonders if he should kill her but she shares her own medicine with him, then leaves. The nurse notices the shirt Anna left behind on him and asks him to return it, the smell of which arouses him. Adachi asks Kyotaro to pass Anna a lewd note. Kyotaro instead passes the drawing of his manga heroine, which resembles her. The same boys attempt a trick that supposedly reveals the girls' favorite sex position, but the girls expose them before Anna falls for it. Anna unwittingly performs the trick on Kyotaro that suggests girl-on-top position, giving him another erection. Kyotaro cannot reconcile his hatred with his sexual attraction so when Anna injures her nose in basketball, he follows her to the infirmary determined to kill her. When he hears Anna crying over her nose ruining an important photoshoot, and sees she has carefully kept his drawing, he realizes he loves her. As her nose hurts continuously, Kyotaro leaves tissues as an anonymous gift. He is rather disappointed she uses them to clean snack crumbs and yet happy to see her smile again.
4	4	"I Have a Problem" Transliteration: "Boku wa Kokoro no Yamai" (Japanese: 僕は心の病)	Bak Gyeong-sun	Bak Gyeong-sun	April 23, 2023 (2023-04-23)
Kyotaro decides love is a mental illness. When Anna brings a milk based snack to the library he insists she use a bowl, but they are caught by a teacher, causing the snack to spill all over Anna. They both get scolded by the teacher. Kyotaro notices the spilled snack looks lewd. Kyotaro notices Kanaoya wants to talk to Anna so he leaves them alone in the library. Kanaoya apologizes for hurting Anna’s nose. Serina, hiding outside, notices what Kyotaro did and thanks him. Kyotaro ends up taking Anna home on his bike. While drinking, Anna gives Kyotaro the bottle lid. After getting home, she gives him a bottle of his own in gratitude. Kyotaro self-consciously gives her his lid, making her laugh. Anna and Kyotaro coincidentally end up at the same restaurant while he is with his doting older sister and she with her friends. They each try to eavesdrop on the other, Anna finding out the girl he's with is his sister but Kyotaro unable to hear details when the girls talk about how often Anna is flirted with, as she loudly shakes her snacks. She meets him at the counter, saying she is cheerfully envious since she is an only child. Kyotaro realizes Anna came over just to talk to him, despite her claims otherwise. He buys the ice cream she wants, intending to give it to her, but chickens out when she jokes that he's copying her order. Anna gets in trouble for snacking in the library until Kyotaro points out the lack of evidence. The teacher is so happy to see Kyotaro interacting with people he forgets to scold Anna. Grateful, Anna announces they are friends now.
5	5	"We Got Split Up" Transliteration: "Bokura wa Hagureta" (Japanese: 僕らははぐれた)	Takuma Suzuki	Hitoyuki Matsui	April 30, 2023 (2023-04-30)
The class gets to go on field trip to a publishing company. Kyotaro and the pervert-boys all want to be in Anna’s group. Kyotaro gets into Anna’s group by manipulating Kanzaki into Hara’s group, whom Kanzaki is dating. Anna notices and praises Kyotaro’s good deed. Anna and Hara discuss dating, revealing Anna has never dated. Hara is amused Anna spends so much time with Kyotaro. During the rain Anna has no umbrella so she borrows Kyotaro’s raincoat to go buy one. Kyotaro notices she forgot her bag and rushes it to her, becoming soaked, only to find she had an umbrella all along. Anna claims it is broken but while he is waiting he sees it works fine. Anna and Kyotaro talk about whether they love or hate certain snacks. As he leaves, Anna loudly calls out she's in love, Kyotaro hastily clarifies to those around that she's talking about chocolate. As Anna, her friends, Kyotaro and Adachi visit a manga publisher, Kyotaro tries not to show Anna his otaku side but she notices and convinces him to enjoy himself. While in a cramped elevator, Anna and Kyotaro are pressed together. He struggles not to become aroused, then surprisingly notices Anna is as flustered as he is. Anna later tries to talk about manga and offers to loan him volumes of hers, but when Chii laughs at the thought of him enjoying shoujo manga, Kyotaro angrily convinces himself that they're mocking him. As Kyotaro goes to the bathroom, Anna waits for him, but forgets to tell the others. They realize they're late and run for the train, but end up missing it, leaving Anna and Kyotaro at the station.
6	6	"I Melted It" Transliteration: "Boku wa Tokashita" (Japanese: 僕は溶かした)	Akihito Sudō	Akihito Sudō	May 7, 2023 (2023-05-07)
Anna blames herself for missing the train. Feeling guilty, Kyotaro buys her a drink and then takes the blame himself, making her smile. On the next train, Anna cryptically asks Kyotaro if two classmates dating would be better to announce it or keep it secret. The next morning, Kana notices Kyotaro is actually enjoying school. Kyotaro is surprised to see Anna waiting outside school for someone. She follows to give him the manga series she had promised to lend him, though awkwardly goes back when he points out she was waiting for someone. In the library, Anna insists he read the manga. She leaves early but the two agree to meet the next afternoon as normal. Adachi notices Kyotaro talking with Anna and asks him about Anna’s love life, saying he thinks he loves her because of how sexy she is. Kyotaro is more disgusted by Adachi than usual because there is more to liking Anna than her looks. Realizing this, he once again wonders if he loves her. The no-eating rule is finally signposted in the library so Kyotaro worries Anna will stop visiting. Anna keeps snacking anyway but when a teacher almost catches her, Kyotaro grabs her hand to hide the evidence. Anna tells him to leave (to lick the melted chocolate in her hands) and he tells her she should lay off the snacks. He wonders if he has ruined everything, but they meet at the library the next day as usual.
7	7	"We Swapped Places" Transliteration: "Bokura wa Irekawatteru" (Japanese: 僕らは入れ替わってる)	Tarō Kubo	Hiroaki Yoshikawa	May 14, 2023 (2023-05-14)
Kyotaro learns Anna is on a weekly TV program. During running class, Anna matches speeds with him to talk. She even asks for his help standing up, touching hands-on purpose. Kyotaro and Anna accidentally switch jackets so they secretly trade back in the infirmary. Anna secretly smells his jacket before returning it. She abruptly suggests measuring their heights for fun, and she accidentally steps on a weight scale. Kyotaro simply cannot understand her behavior. News spreads that Anna will be in a movie. Class seating is rearranged and Anna is seated ahead of Kyotaro. Anna gets jealous about Kyotaro borrowing notes from Hara, not knowing he can't see the class board from behind Anna. Kyotaro tells her that she is the only one he sees, which Anna seriously misinterprets. Hara arranges to switch seats, putting Anna behind Kyotaro. In the library he asks about the movie and learns it is a smaller role than their classmates assumed. She asks to practice her one line with him, though as it involves calling him a creep, and they go into a cramped cupboard for privacy. Anna claims that the movie will premiere two years now, at which point they'll have graduated. He promises to watch the movie, so she leaves, unable to call him a creep anymore. Kyotaro watches her TV programme and again finds it is a much smaller role than he assumed. For some reason he is relieved she still has a long way to go before becoming a celebrity.
8	8	"I Had a Dream" Transliteration: "Boku wa Yume o Mita" (Japanese: 僕は夢を見た)	Dali Chen	Ryūhei Aoyagi	May 21, 2023 (2023-05-21)
Chii joins Anna in the library, revealing to Kyotaro that Anna talks about him constantly, embarrassing her. Chii is surprised Kyotaro now not only talks normally, he even smiles. Parent-teacher conferences arrive and Kyotaro his mother next to Anna and her mom, who he sees as overbearing. Kyotaro is mortified Anna overhears him agreeing with his mother Anna is beautiful. Anna starts getting even closer to him during library time. Anna is almost caught with sweets again, but when Kyotaro whispers a warning in her ear, she becomes so flustered she falls off her chair. After briefly meeting Anna in the rain Kyotaro bikes home, only to embarrassingly find Anna left a bag with tampons in his basket, so he races back to her, only to find they apparently were for Anna’s mother. After having a strange dream about Anna, Kyotaro finds the rain gave him a cold. Anna visits after school to bring him ice-cream, which leads to him impulsively inviting her for tea. Embarrassed by Anna in his home, Kyotaro passes out while he's changing clothes in his room. Anna helps him but can’t resist hugging him in his delirium. Kyotaro wakes up in different clothes, later unsure whether he dreamt what happened until his sister gives him a get-better note left by Anna. His mother confirms Anna visited and was worried about him. Returning to school, Kyotaro sees Anna has a mild cold, but doesn’t realize she caught it from their hug.
9	9	"I Hate Yamada" Transliteration: "Boku wa Yamada ga Kirai" (Japanese: 僕は山田が嫌い)	Bak Gyeong-sun	Yoshiyuki Shirahata	May 28, 2023 (2023-05-28)
Anna tries to get Kyotaro’s Line, but he is oblivious in part because she isn't direct. Anna decides to get it when Moeko suggests a group chat for their class, but Moeko intercepts her and gets his Line first, infuriating her. The situation eventually makes Kyotaro realize she was asking for his Line the whole time. Haruya asks Chii out to get closer to Anna, but Anna can’t bring herself to upset Chii by telling her she is being used as bait. Two girls ask Anna about boyfriends, but when Anna firmly denies having one, they realize she is saying it for Kyotaro’s benefit, and leaves them alone. When Haruya arrives, Anna fakes a kiss with Kyotaro, so he leaves and Moeko ends up telling Chii the truth about being used as bait, leading her not to hang out with Haruya. Kyotaro angrily convinces himself Anna has been using him to deter Haruya since they met, so he ignores her for the next two days. Upset, Anna confronts him and asks if he is mad at her and starts crying. Kyotaro realizes Anna isn’t cruel enough to use people. When he apologizes, she impulsively hugs him, and this time he lets her. They end up talking their whole walk home and since it is winter break the next day Anna asks him to meet out of school, this time openly asking for his Line and they end up texting all night.
10	10	"We Walked Slowly" Transliteration: "Bokura wa Yukkuri Aruita" (Japanese: 僕らはゆっくり歩いた)	Ryō Ōkubo Yōhei Fukui	Hiroki Imamura	June 4, 2023 (2023-06-04)
Both Kyotaro and Anna arrive to their meeting on Christmas Eve early, and he realizes Anna dressed up while he looks like a stalker. Anna takes him for pancakes, causing him to feel he is on a first date. Kyotaro is embarrassed when he realizes he can’t afford anything except coffee and feels increasingly embarrassed to look Anna in the face. While clothes shopping Anna asks him to pick outfits for her, flustering him when he hears her undressing behind the curtain. Kana appears shopping and Anna, realizing Kyotaro doesn’t want Kana to see them, pulls him into the changing room with her. Due to their proximity, Anna is able to make Kyotaro promise to introduce her to his sister soon. Kyotaro is shocked to see her bra under her unzipped dress, which she decides to buy. Kyotaro is able to tell her he is having fun, so she reveals a scarf she bought him. To not be separated on the busy train, Kyotaro grabs Anna's hand and they just keep holding hands for the entire journey plus their walk home, unsure of when to let go until then. Kyotaro is surprised Anna hopes to see him again before New Year’s Eve and he starts to wonder if she's aware that he likes her.
11	11	"We're a Bit Alike" Transliteration: "Bokura wa Sukoshi Niteiru" (Japanese: 僕らは少し似ている)	Shige Fukase	Juria Matsumura	June 11, 2023 (2023-06-11)
Four days before New Year, Kyotaro and his family travel to visit his grandmother. While taking a photo of snow for Anna, he falls and breaks his arm, so they decide to return home early in the morning. As he texts Anna about his broken arm, he gets a secret video from her, which is noticed by Kana. He is surprised when Kana doesn’t tease him, then more surprised when Anna calls back immediately just to say goodnight. Kana asks to meet Anna sometime. Kyotaro meets Anna walking her dog and considers giving her a souvenir dog keychain he bought for her but decides against it. While playing with her dog, Anna holds his hand again. She confesses that she wanted to give him her muffler as a gift, so he gives her the keychain, surprising him at how happy she becomes. She arranges to see him during New Year shrine visits. Kyotaro randomly encounters several classmates on New Years night, including Anna’s friend Moeko, and Haruya who pressures Kyotaro for Anna’s Line. To protect Anna, Kyotaro refuses. Impressed, Moeko gets him to leave with her and teases Kyotaro into admitting he loves Anna, though she also points out it has been obvious for some time, embarrassing him. Upon realizing that he confessed out loud, Kyotaro calls Anna at midnight to just hear her voice and wish her a happy New Year. He decides he will have to tell Anna how he feels very soon.
12	12	"I Wanted to Be Seen" Transliteration: "Boku wa Boku o Shitte Hoshii" (Japanese: 僕は僕を知ってほしい)	Yasushi Tomoda	Hiroaki Yoshikawa	June 18, 2023 (2023-06-18)
Due to Anna arriving early, Kyotaro ends up meeting her at the shrine with Kana and his parents. Kana points out to Kyotaro that Anna is clearly dressed for a date, before realizing it was him she had come to meet. As his arm is broken, Kyotaro cannot clap during prayers so Anna helps using her own hand, flustering him. Kana invites Anna to their house to see Kyotaro’s childhood photo’s and Anna notices he had two friends, though Kyotaro bitterly reveals they left to attend different private middle schools. Kana leaves them alone but thanks Anna for being Kyotaro’s friend. Anna insists on looking at more photos but he panics when she finds a magazine of her pictures and as he jumps to hide it ends up fully on top of her. They are both embarrassed, but Anna isn’t upset and instead takes copies of his photos, promising he can see her photos next time. Kyotaro is confused as it sounded like she wants him to visit her house. Flashbacks show Kyotaro lost his friends because his grades weren’t good enough to attend the same school. Seeing Anna at school the next day he is compelled to tell her she is why he could enjoy going to school again. Anna insists it was ultimately his own efforts and changes that made school better for him, causing him pause. She hugs him and he hugs her back. Moeko spots them being awkward afterwards and mistakenly assumes they have “done it.”

Season 2 (2024)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Storyboarded by	Original air date
13	1	"We're Searching" Transliteration: "Bokura wa Sagashite Iru" (Japanese: 僕らは探している)	Yoshiyuki Shirahata	Ryūhei Aoyagi	January 7, 2024 (2024-01-07)
Kyotaro is back in class with Yamada, his arm is broken which impedes his day to day school tasks. His homeroom teacher recommends that he ask someone close to him in class to assist. However, when the teacher points out Yamada could help, he quickly denies that they are friends out of embarrassment. Yamada is standing right next to the door, and Kyotaro quickly realizes she overheard what he said, leaving her greatly upset and avoiding him for a while. After some time passes, Kyotaro gathers up the courage and tells Yamada that he is sorry for what he said to the teacher and that he did not mean it. He tells her he just did not want to put the burden of helping him on her, but she says that it's fine and that she wants to help him. They make up afterwards and Kyotaro agrees to rely on Yamada for assistance. Later on, Yamada spends three weeks assisting Kyotaro, whether it be studying, taking notes, carrying his belongings or with home economics class. One day, Kyotaro notices the boys brought an idol magazine to class, Kyotaro is surprised that Yamada is now starring in idol magazines and talks to her about it. Although apprehensive at first, he indicates that as long as she's enjoying her job that everything is fine. Later on at the library, Kyotaro inadvertently reveals to Yamada that his broken arm is partially due to her, Yamada is distraught over this. The next day, Yamada loses her precious keychain and is in tears, her friends try to help her find her keychain. After searching the path Yamada typically walks home, Kyotaro finds the chain, noticing it was hanging on a tree branch. Due to the worsening snowfall and because they are near Yamada's house, she invites him over to warm up.
14	2	"I'm growing up" Transliteration: "Boku wa Otona no Narikake" (Japanese: 僕は大人のなりかけ)	Tarō Kubo	Kotarō Samedzuki	January 14, 2024 (2024-01-14)
At Yamada's home, Kyotaro dries off and then takes a bath. Yamada provides him with a change of clothes but forgets his underwear, Kyotaro feels a bit embarrassed wearing only a tracksuit. He goes to grab his underwear but Yamada's pet dog almost pulls his tracksuit off, after a series of mishaps he finally gets everything in place. The two take a break and have a hotpot supper, looking at Yamada's yearbook. As they look back, Yamada opens up to Kyotaro about her insecurities regarding how much trouble she causes people in her life. She tears up due to feeling that she's very selfish and thinks that she takes advantage of how nice everyone is to her. Kyotaro hugs Yamada and tries his best to comfort her, letting her know that if people were actually fed up with her, they would tell her straight and not hide it. Yamada's mother returns and Yamada hides Kyotaro since he's a boy and they don't want to be caught together. After a few close calls, Kyotaro manages to leave the apartment unnoticed by Yamada's mother. While leaving the building, he is seen wearing Yamada's tracksuit by Yamada's father. He washes the tracksuit at home and returns it to Yamada later on. After some time has passed, Kyotaro no longer has his cast, and his voice has deepened. While Kyotaro is a bit anxious of his voice and changing body, Yamada is excited and tells him to make sure to say her name a lot in his new deeper voice.
15	3	"Yamada and Me" Transliteration: "Boku wa Yamada to" (Japanese: 僕は山田と)	Kyung-soon Park	Tetsushi Takayanagi	January 21, 2024 (2024-01-21)
Valentine's day is arriving and the girls in Yamada's class are trying to decide how they will celebrate the upcoming holiday. They decide to gather at Yamada's home to make chocolates together. Yamada also invites Kyotaro, although he feels unsure about being welcome. Once they arrive at Yamada's place, her mother warmly welcomes the girls but has a visibly concerned look at Kyotaro. Realizing the tense situation, Moeko covers for Kyotaro by claiming that he's her boyfriend, which helps Yamada's mother relax, but unintentionally makes Yamada jealous. The group start the process of making chocolates and discuss Yamada's preferences in food, to give Kyotaro ideas for White day. After a while, Moeko's acting and overly familiar behavior with Kyotaro starts to irritate Yamada, and this sours the atmosphere. After contemplating his options, Kyotaro decides to come clean and admits to Yamada's mother that he and Moeko are not dating. The two head back to the kitchen and are exposed to a surprising scene, the girls are making chocolates while looking terrified of Yamada's giant father. While tense at first, Yamada's father turns out to be friendly and starts playing video games with Kyotaro. After tasting the chocolates, the friends leave Yamada's home. Yamada expresses that she was glad Kyotaro came over. At home Kyotaro's sister pokes fun at him for being surrounded by girls and says he has a soft harem, she also asks when he's going to finally ask Yamada out. Kyotaro discusses his chances of going out with Yamada with his sister and feels dejected, however he admits to his sister that he is definitely in love with Yamada and wants to be her boyfriend.
16	4	"Yamada likes..." Transliteration: "Yamada wa boku o" (Japanese: 山田は僕を)	Ryō Ōkubo	Hiroaki Sakurai	January 28, 2024 (2024-01-28)
On Valentine's Day, Yamada is elated to receive free chocolates from other girls. At the library, Yamada and Kyotaro play a made-up game called 'chocolate shogi'. Yamada uses the game as an excuse to give him a lot of chocolate. After school, Kyotaro gives Yamada a ride on his bike. They stop by a convenience store and have a snack. While eating a chocolate, Kyotaro gets some on his face. Yamada leans close and shapes the smudge into a heart before heading home. Later they run into each other once more, and Kyotaro hands her a chocolate as a present. In the evening, Yamada uses the excuse of walking her dog to drop by Kyotaro's home. She spends some time walking with him and then they talk a bit. Kyotaro remarks that Yamada has been acting strangely all day. Yamada asks Kyotaro if he got chocolate from anyone, but he says he did not. He asks Yamada if she gave any chocolate out. In response she says that she only wants to give out heartfelt chocolate. After she says she won't give out obligatory chocolate, she hands Kyotaro a homemade chocolate for Valentine's Day. Kyotaro realizes the romantic intention behind the present. After taking a bite, he tells Yamada that her chocolate is delicious and they hug. The next morning, the boys plan on what presents they should get the girls for White Day. Kyotaro manages to openly tell the boys he got chocolate on valentines day. When the school day ends, Yamada and Kyotaro head home with their arms locked.
17	5	"I Want to Know" Transliteration: "Boku wa Shiritai" (Japanese: 僕は知りたい)	Toshiyuki Sone	Ryōyuki Shirahata	February 4, 2024 (2024-02-04)
Yamada drops hints that she wants Kyotaro to go watch a movie with her. Upon realizing the hint, Kyotaro agrees to watch the film with Yamada. En route to the theater, the two run into Kana, who is operating a takoyaki stand. Kana points out the two are on a date but Kyotaro denies the notion. While eating, Yamada invites Kyotaro to observe one of her photoshoots to show him all sides of herself. Finishing their meal, Kyotaro feeds Yamada the last takoyaki. The pair go and watch the movie, Kyotaro sees a different side to Yamada. He is amazed by how genuinely excited Yamada becomes about things she likes. During the walk home, the two play shiritori. Later on Sunday, Kyotaro attends Yamada's photoshoot for the first time. When he arrives on set, he feels a bit nervous and considers leaving seeing how busy everything is. Yamada convinces him to stay and watch. He watches the photoshoot and Yamada's manager tells him that Yamada genuinely likes him a lot. Yamada's manager asks Kyotaro if he knows that their relationship might interfere with her work. He clarifies that they are not in a relationship yet, emphasizing that he simply deeply respects her. They head home and Kyotaro shows Yamada a picture he took of her, remarking that she looked beautiful.
18	6	"Yamada Likes Me" Transliteration: "Yamada wa Boku ga Suki" (Japanese: 山田は僕が好き)	Takahiro Enokita	Ryūhei Aoyagi	February 11, 2024 (2024-02-11)
Kyotaro's homeroom teacher asks him to deliver the farewell speech for this year's graduates and represent his class. He expresses reluctance, stating that he isn't a suitable fit for the role, but his classmates say otherwise. They point out that he holds the second-highest exam results, and Yamada's expectant look adds to the pressure. Under pressure, he tentatively agrees to act as the class representative for the rehearsal. Throughout the rehearsal, Kyotaro is extremely timid, speaking in a low tone and rushing through his speech. Embarrassed by his performance, Kyotaro believes he won't be selected after all for the real presentation. However, Yamada decides she wants him to present and even gives him voice lessons to improve his public speaking. Motivated by the help he received, he decides that he will deliver a performance that will impress Yamada. With a new haircut and hours of practice, Kyotaro gets himself as ready as possible for the graduation speech. Yamada and her friends help him prepare before the event and style his hair further. Right before the ceremony begins, Kyotaro realizes that he lost his speech and panics. Yamada notices he is worried so she encourages him and says that everything will work out. The ceremony begins and Kyotaro gets up for his speech, he draws up confidence and decides to give it his best shot. While he didn't have a speech on hand, he manages to overcome his fear and delivers a good speech on the spot. Kyotaro's speech has a resounding impact on the audience and they applaud him. After his speech, his exhaustion and nerves finally catch up and he is sent to the school nurse to recover. At the nurse's office, Yamada is approached by Haruya who confesses that he likes her. Yamada understands his feelings, but she tells him that she likes someone else. Understanding the implication, Kyotaro realizes that it is him that she likes, but both of them walk away from each other embarrassed.
19	7	"We're Overflowing" Transliteration: "Bokura wa Afurederu" (Japanese: 僕らは溢れ出る)	Daisuke Eguchi	Ippei Ichī	February 18, 2024 (2024-02-18)
Kana plays a recording of Kyotaro's send-off speech, much to his embarrassment. She jokes that he'll have to fend off the ladies developing a crush on him. After class, Yamada and her friends join the male basketball team for karaoke. Feeling a sense of jealousy, Kyotaro follows. He inadvertently joins when a few girls drag him into the karaoke session. Kyotaro quickly feels out of place, leaves, and Yamada follows him. This leads to a conversation in a separate karaoke room. She intuits that he followed her to the karaoke session, but is not bothered. The next day, Hara and Kanzaki invite Yamada and Kyotaro on a double date to a sweets buffet. Hara and Kyotaro meet up at Harajuku where they discuss gifts that Kyotaro can get Yamada for White day. After Yamada and Kanzaki arrive, they do a bit more shopping before heading to eat. Yamada ends up jealous after mistakenly thinking that Kyotaro called Hara cute. Kanzaki gives Hara his present and the group heads home. While walking, they split up and Yamada has crepes with Kyotaro. On the train back, Kyotaro asks Yamada to take a seat at the destination station with him. After they sit down, he hands her a muffin for White Day. Yamada is left overjoyed by the present. While eating, she discovers a bracelet in the wrapping. Yamada asks Kyotaro to put the bracelet on her, and he does so. She smiles at him and asks him how it looks. Kyotaro replies that she looks so cute he could die from it, leaving her crying tears of joy.
20	8	"We Stayed Up Late" Transliteration: "Bokura wa Yofukashi Shita" (Japanese: 僕らは夜更かしした)	Yoshiyuki Shirahata	Hiroaki Yoshikawa	February 25, 2024 (2024-02-25)
Adachi discusses the gift he got for Sekine with Kyotaro and asks for help in delivering it. Unfortunately, when the girls show up, Kyotaro accidentally puts it in Yamada's locker. Adachi returns and, as his mother requests, expresses gratitude to Sekine for her chocolates. Later on, Yamada plays basketball with kyotaro for fun. After winning, Yamada asks Kyotaro if she can call him "Kyo" as a nickname. On Kyotaro's birthday, they walk home together at night and run into Kyotaro's father. Kyotaro's dad informs Yamada about the birthday party, and Kyotaro decides to invite her. Yamada introduces herself to Kyotaro's parents, and they enjoy sukiyaki for dinner. Following the meal, they sing Kyotaro happy birthday and present him with a cake. Kana invites Yamada to sleep over for the night, which shocks Kyotaro. While flustered by the situation, Kyotaro tries his best to keep his composure. During the night, Yamada and Kyotaro share some Amazake and have a heartfelt conversation. Yamada provides comfort to Kyotaro after he opens up about a few of his insecurities. The two spend several hours discussing their families before finally going to bed.
21	9	"We Made a Promise" Transliteration: "Bokura wa Yakusoku Shita" (Japanese: 僕らは約束した)	Tarō Kubo	Takayuki Inagaki	March 3, 2024 (2024-03-03)
In the morning, Yamada and Kyotaro get ready for the day. Yamada decides between finding a good nickname for Kyotaro or if she should just call him by his first name. Later on, Yamada heads for a photoshoot in Hiroshima. Kyotaro spends his day at a cherry blossom viewing party with his friends. The teenagers discuss an idol scandal while at the park. Back at home, Kyotaro takes a look at Yamada's social media. He realizes that she wears the presents he gave her, and some of her pictures hint at their relationship. He knows that this could threaten her career, since she has never officially announced that they are dating. In particular, he notices that one very devoted fan has picked up on Yamada's indiscretions. During a video call with Yamada, Kyotaro advises her to be careful. Suddenly, someone startles Yamada from behind, and the call cuts out. Without any responses from her for a day, Kyotaro is left feeling anxious. Due to his anxiety about the situation, he heads to Yamada's home. Yamada's father lets him in, and they have tea together. Yamada calls home and informs her dad that she dropped her phone in water after being startled by her mom. Realizing that she has a message for Kyotaro, Yamada's dad calls her back. Yamada clears up the misunderstanding Kyotaro had. Kyotaro and Yamada both tell Yamada's father and mother simultaneously that they have a romantic interest in each other. Both parents respond positively to the news. The day after, Kyotaro is checking Yamada's social media. He sees the obsessive fan is posting that they met Yamada. In a hurry, he heads over and has ramen with Yamada and her friend. To his surprise, Kyotaro realizes that the obsessive fan is actually Yamada's friend, Niko. Understanding this, he determines that there is no danger to Yamada and stops worrying. On the train ride home, Yamada and Kyotaro discuss having appropriate distance in public and agree to be careful with pictures posted online.
22	10	"I Want to Be Closer to Yamada" Transliteration: "Boku wa Yamada ni Chikazukitai" (Japanese: 僕は山田に近づきたい)	Kyung-soon Park	Hiroaki Sakurai	March 10, 2024 (2024-03-10)
Kyotaro and Yamada start their third year of middle school. Excited to see each other, they hold hands, drawing glares from the rest of the class. While most of Yamada's friends and Kyotaro are in the same homeroom, Chi is unsure which class she is in. After a visit to the faculty office, everyone is relieved to find out that Chi is also in Yamada's class. After class, Yamada gives Kyotaro a wallet chain as a gift. While helping him put it on, three other girls enter the room. Yamada and Kyotaro hide to avoid getting caught together. The girls leave, and as Kyotaro gets up, Yamada inadvertently pulls his pants down. Sekine returns to the class, sees the scene, and is shocked, stating she won't cover for them anymore. After school the boys walk home, Kyotaro is asked how he feels about Yamada. He replies that he's glad they are in the same class since they are good friends. On another day, Yamada and Kyotaro spend some time together at the library. They discuss their growth and changes in height. Despite Kyotaro considering confessing to Yamada, their time together is disrupted when Yurine walks in. The next day, Kyotaro sits in the back of the class and Yurine switches seats so that Yamada can sit next to him. In order to keep the class unaware, Kyotaro tries his best to stay at arms length with Yamada. After class, he finds a note that Yamada wrote for Yurine. The note explained that they were not a couple yet. It also mentioned that Kyotaro is really shy and that she does not need help in furthering their relationship. Embarrassed by the letter, Kyotaro also feels a greater urge to ask Yamada out.
23	11	"I Don't Want to Lose" Transliteration: "Boku wa Maketakunai" (Japanese: 僕は負けたくない)	Minami Honma	Ryūhei Aoyagi	March 17, 2024 (2024-03-17)
With nineteen days remaining until the sports festival, Kyotaro's class prepares for the upcoming event. A classmate tries to recruit Kyotaro for the team Cavalry event but Kyotaro is unsure if he's a good fit. Kyotaro recalls the sports festival from the previous year and that he got injured breaking Yamada's fall. Yamada notices that he still has scars from the injury and apologizes. Witnessing the closeness between Yamada and Kyotaro, Adachi realizes they are in love. Driven by his own feelings, Adachi challenges Kyotaro to a one-on-one duel in the Cavalry event. Kyotaro accepts the challenge and begins training. While training at the park he runs into Yamada and they have a conversation. Yamada invites Kyotaro to her home to train using her equipment. On the day of the sports festival, Yamada and Kyotaro have fun participating in the various events. As rain begins to fall, the Cavalry battle commences. Kyotaro and Adachi have an intense heart-to-heart conversation on their feelings for Yamada and end their match knocked off their respective teams, forcing them to go to the nurse's office. While sitting down together, Yamada comforts Kyotaro and they have lunch together as Yamada tells Kyotaro that he looked very cool.
24	12	"I Want to Tell Her" Transliteration: "Boku wa Tsutaetai" (Japanese: 僕は伝えたい)	Hitomi Ezoe	Kotarō Samedzuki	March 24, 2024 (2024-03-24)
Due to the summer weather, Yamada switches to her summer uniform. Kyotaro feels Yamada's skirt on her request, but inadvertently embarrasses the both of them. Their homeroom teacher brings up the school trip to Kyoto and Nara and everyone decides on who their roommates will be. At home, Kyotaro realizes that Yamada has been acting strangely and avoidant since the school trip was announced. On the day of the trip, the class boards a Shinkansen train. On the ride, Kyotaro is informed by Yurine that Kanna is going to try and pair him and Yamada up. To prevent outsiders from interfering with his confession, Kyotaro keeps his distance from Yamada in Nara. Kyotaro runs into Chihiro, who tells him that Yamada is faking her enthusiasm and that she "chose this". Later at night, the boys and girls take a bath and each respective group plays around. Following the bath, Kyotaro overhears Yamada practicing lines from a manga. Remembering Chihiro's words and seeing on her phone that her audition was on the same day as the trip, Kyotaro finally realizes why she is upset. Yamada decided to skip a major acting audition to go on the trip, which is why she is trying to convince herself that she is having fun. He also realizes that she chose the trip because of him. Since he has been keeping his distance the entire trip, Kyotaro starts to feel deep regret. He runs to talk to Yamada, but gets caught by their teacher. Yamada pretends that Kyotaro is a girl and they both get put in the girls room and Kyotaro has to hide, shocked by this turn of events.
25	13	"I, We, Fell in Love" Transliteration: "Boku to Watashi no Koigokoro" (Japanese: 僕と私の恋心)	Daisuke Eguchi, Yoshiyuki Shirahata	Akitaro Daichi	March 31, 2024 (2024-03-31)
Trapped in the girls' lodging room, Kyotaro trembles with fear of being caught. The girls talk about the types of guys that they like while Kyotaro listens in. With the lights turned off, Yamada grabs onto a startled Kyotaro. Yamada and Kyotaro nearly share a kiss while getting excited under the covers together. Kyotaro regains his composure and informs Yamada that they need to talk. Yamada leaps up from the shock and nearly blows their cover. They are nearly exposed, but Kenta appears outside the girls room using a rope made of bedsheets. Everyone is shocked by his entrance and the girls leave the room screaming and go to the teacher. Amidst the commotion, Yamada and Kyotaro slip out of the room unnoticed. In the morning, they stroll through a set of torii gates and have their conversation. Yamada asks Kyotaro if he's having fun and he says that he is. Kyotaro asks her the same, and points out that she doesn't seem like she's having fun. Yamada begins to cry and admits to Kyotaro that she isn't having fun because the audition is constantly weighing on her. Summoning his courage, Kyotaro confesses his feelings to Yamada. During his confession, he acknowledges that she helped him come out of his shell and opened his eyes to the wonders of the world. After confessing, Kyotaro tells Yamada to head to her audition as there is still time and that she can still get the role. The trip ends and Kyotaro gets a few souvenirs for his family. Back home, Yamada tells Kyotaro that she wants to meet up at their usual spot. Kyotaro heads to the school library after deducing what Yamada meant. At the library, Yamada tells Kyotaro that he is her everything and that she loves him. Yamada then kisses Kyotaro on the cheek, leaving him blushing.

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.

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 has 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 a "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 build 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."

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.

External links

• The Dangers in My Heart official manga website at Manga Cross (in Japanese)
• The Dangers in My Heart official anime website (in Japanese)
• The Dangers in My Heart (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia