Chūgakusei Nikki


Chūgakusei Nikki is a Japanese josei manga series by Junko Kawakami. Chūgakusei Nikki is serialized in the monthly manga magazine Feel Young since June 2013. A live-action drama began airing in October for the Fall 2018 season.

Plot

Akira Kuroiwa, a third year middle school student, falls in love with his new homeroom teacher, Hijiri Suenaga. Akira struggles with these feelings knowing their age gap and the fact that Hijiri already has a longtime boyfriend who she is engaged to. Akira is disheartened at first, but things change by the time he is 18, when Hijiri has broken up with her fiancé.

Characters

Main characters

;Hijiri Suenaga
;Akira Kuroiwa
;Shotaro Kawai

Supporting characters

;Runa Iwasaki
;Junichiro Kokonoe
;Ritsu Haraguchi
;Aiko Kuroiwa

Media

Manga

Chugakusei Nikki is serialized in the monthly magazine Feel Young since June 2013. The chapters were later released in bound volumes were by Shodensha.

Television drama

A live-action television series adaptation was announced in July 2018 and slated for release in October 2018. The series is directed by Ayuko Tsukahara, Kentarō Takemura, and Toshio Tsuboi, with Arisa Kaneko writing the script. The series stars Kasumi Arimura as Hijiri, Kenshi Okada as Akira, and Keita Machida as Shōtarō. Additional cast members include Yui Natsukawa as Aiko, Yo Yoshida as Ritsu, and Mari Natsuki as Shiotani. Two original characters were also created for the television series and included Makita Sports as Shigeru and Tomochika as Chizuru. The television series aired weekly on TBS at 10 PM.
The first episode of the live-action series gained at 6.0% viewership, with many viewers expressing discomfort at the subject matter of the series. Despite that Akira is 15 years old in the series, the production opted to cast 19-year-old Okada as they could not hire an actor closer to the character's age.

Episodes

No.TitleWriterOriginal air dateViewership rating

Reception

Chugakusei Nikki won the 7th Anan Manga Awards in 2016.