Staff for the anime adaptation of Arai Sumiko’s Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko Janakatta (The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t a Guy at All/気になってる人が男じゃなかった) manga have revealed the first promotional video and confirmed that the anime will premiere on January 8th, 2027, at 11:00 p.m. JST on NTV’s FuraAni programming block. Crunchyroll will stream the show, and it released an English-subtitled trailer.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLO7KyjhGR0]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KPFnP1othM]
Ishihama Masashi directs the anime at CloverWorks, and the anime will star Kitou Akari as Aya Osawa and Ise Mariya as Mitsuki Koga.
Manga creator Arai started the Yuri manga on their Twitter account in April 2022 and began serialising it on Pixie Comic in April 2023. Kadokawa published the manga’s first tankoubon volume in April 2023 and the fourth volume in February 2026.
Yen Press released the manga in English under the name The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t a Guy at All, and it will publish the fourth volume on October 27th, 2026. It describes the story below:
“Fashionable and upbeat high schooler Aya falls head over heels for an employee at a local CD shop. He’s got an air of mystery about him, great style, and impeccable musical taste. Little does she know—this supposedly male employee is actually her female classmate, Mitsuki! Mitsuki generally keeps to herself, but since her seat is right next to Aya’s, she can’t help but be extremely aware of the other’s crush. Revealing the truth is out of the question for Mitsuki—but perhaps getting closer to Aya wouldn’t be so bad…”
