Never Say Ugly

Never Say Ugly
	First tankōbon volume cover
ブスなんて言わないで; (Busu Nante Iwanaide)
Manga
Written by	Arako Toaru
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	Kodansha
Imprint	Afternoon KC
Magazine	&Sofa
Original run	November 22, 2021 – present
Volumes	5

Never Say Ugly (ブスなんて言わないで, Busu Nante Iwanaide) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Arako Toaru. It began serialization on Kodansha's &Sofa manga website in November 2021.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Arako Toaru, Never Say Ugly began serialization on Kodansha's &Sofa manga website on November 22, 2021.^[1] Its chapters have been compiled into five tankōbon volumes as of November 2024.^[2]

The series is published in English on Kodansha's K Manga app.^[3]

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	May 23, 2022^[4]	978-4-06-527907-6
2	November 22, 2022^[5]	978-4-06-529511-3
3	July 21, 2023^[6]	978-4-06-531912-3
4	March 22, 2024^[7]	978-4-06-534833-8
5	November 21, 2024^[2]	978-4-06-537169-5

Reception

The series was ranked seventh in the 2023 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook's list of the best manga for female readers.^[8] The series was nominated for the 29th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2025.^[9] The series won the Manga Kingdom Tottori Award at the 54th Japan Cartoonists Association Awards.^[10]