I Love You, My Teacher

I Love You, My Teacher
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Ichikawa
先生、好きです。
(Sensei, Suki Desu)
GenreRomantic comedy[1]
Manga
Written byKouji Miura
Published byKodansha
ImprintShōnen Magazine Comics
Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original run27 December 2017 – 29 August 2018
Volumes4 (List of volumes)

I Love You, My Teacher (Japanese: 先生、好きです。, Hepburn: Sensei, Suki Desu) is a Japanese romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Kouji Miura. It was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from December 2017 to June 2018, before moving to the Magazine Pocket website where it ran from June to August of that same year. Its 33 chapters were collected in four tankōbon volumes.

Plot

Yūki Higuchi is a teacher at an all-girls high school, and a bit of a late bloomer when it comes to love. One of his students, Ichikawa, declares her love for him and tries various things to get him to notice her as a woman rather than as a student. Another student, Tamao Watanabe, also pursues his affections.

Characters

Yūki Higuchi (樋口 夕樹, Higuchi Yūki)
The protagonist and the homeroom teacher of the second year Sakura-gumi class. He is also the Japanese language instructor. He has a very serious demeanor and has no romantic experience at the beginning of the story.
Ichikawa (市川)
Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa (2018 PV)[2]
One of the heroines. She is a class representative for the second year Sakura-gumi class. She has a spirited personality and is very friendly. She likes Higuchi and actively tries to get him to see her as a woman rather than just a student.
Tamao Watanabe (渡辺 玉緒)
One of the heroines. She is a class representative for the second year Sakura-gumi class and a member of the astronomy club. She is very formal when talking to classmates. She has excellent grades, but is horrible at cooking. She met Higuchi when she was in junior high, where she started liking him because he said Tamao was a wonderful name.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Kouji Miura, a one-shot chapter of I Love You, My Teacher won a contest on Kodansha's Magazine Pocket web comics site, where it was published on 25 January 2017.[3] The one-shot was later published in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine on 24 May of the same year, where it was popular with readers, who called it "cute and erotic".[3][4] I Love You, My Teacher started its serialization in Weekly Shōnen Magazine on 27 December of the same year,[5] where it ran until 13 June 2018.[6] It was then moved to the Magazine Pocket website, where it ran from 20 June to 29 August of the same year.[7] Kodansha collected its 33 chapters in four tankōbon volumes.

The first volume was released on 16 March 2018; for the release of the volume, the cosplayer Kyouka (of the group Yumemiru Adolescence) appeared at a release party held at the Akihabara location of Karaoke Adores. She dressed as Ichikawa for the event.[8][9] The last volume was released on 17 October 2018.[7]

Volume list

No. Release date ISBN
1 16 March 2018[10]978-4-06-510979-3
2 17 May 2018[11]978-4-06-511411-7
3 17 July 2018[12]978-4-06-511795-8
4 17 October 2018[7]978-4-06-512724-7

References

  1. ^ 先生、好きです。. Mangapedia [ja] (in Japanese). Voyage Group. Archived from the original on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  2. ^ 週刊少年マガジン公式 [@shonenmagazine1] (15 March 2018). 声優 花澤香菜が告白!?『先生、好きです。』を連呼！コミックスPV [Voice actress Kana Hanazawa confession!? Calling out "I Love You, My Teacher"! Comics promotional video] (Tweet) (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ a b 投票結果で連載に！マガジンで読者参加型読み切り、今号はフィギュアスケートもの [Serialization voting results are in! Magazine readers have finished and this issue is figure skating]. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 17 May 2017. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  4. ^ 「マガジン」25号の読み切り『先生、好きです。』に反響続々！ JKと教師のエロキュンストーリー [Magazine #25 one-shot "I Love You, My Teacher" has positive reactions again! An erotic and cute high school girl and teacher story] (in Japanese). Da Vinci. 29 May 2017. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  5. ^ ド直球JKが童貞高校教師に猛アタック「先生、好きです。」週マガで連載化 [Fastball high school girl makes an energetic attempt on a virgin high school teacher in "I Love You, My Teacher", serializing in Weekly Magazine]. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 27 December 2017. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  6. ^ Miura, Kouji [@Amzk0303] (13 June 2018). 本日発売の週刊少年マガジンに「先生、好きです。」掲載されております！残念ながら今週で週マガは最後…来週からマガポケへと移籍になります。最後ということでやりたかったこと詰め込んだので是非宜しくお願い致します^ ^ ["I Love You, My Teacher" is published in the Weekly Shōnen Magazine released today! Unfortunately, this week marks the end of Weekly Maga...It will be transferring to MagaPoke next week. I packed everything I wanted to do at the end, so please take care of me ^ ^] (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 May 2023 – via Twitter.
  7. ^ a b c 先生、好きです。（４） [I Love You, My Teacher 4] (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  8. ^ 夢アド京佳、JKなりきりで告白イベント「めっちゃ恥ずかしい」 [Yumemiru Adolescence Kyouka, becoming "I'm embarrassed" high school girl at a confession event] (in Japanese). Oricon News. 16 March 2018. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  9. ^ 京佳：マンガ「先生、好きです。」の制服コスプレ披露 コラボイベント開催 [Kyoka: Manga "I Love You, My Teacher" school uniform cosplay performance collaboration event held] (in Japanese). Mantan Web. 12 March 2018. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  10. ^ 先生、好きです。（１） [I Love You, My Teacher 1] (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  11. ^ 先生、好きです。（２） [I Love You, My Teacher 2] (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  12. ^ 先生、好きです。（３） [I Love You, My Teacher 3] (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.