Coamix has confirmed that the Otaku ni Yasashii Gal wa inai!? (Gal Can’t Be Kind to Otaku!?/ オタクに優しいギャルはいない！？) manga by Norishiro-chan and Uozumi Sakana has been green-lit for an anime adaptation in 2026.
Manga author Norishiro-chan (Kizetsu Yuusha to Ansatsu Hime) and manga artist Uozumi have drawn the illustrations below in celebration of the anime news.
The Otaku ni Yasashii Gal wa inai!? manga began in August 2021 in Coamix’s Monthly Comic Zenon magazine, and Coamix published the manga’s first tankoubon volume in March 2023. The manga’s 11th volume is scheduled for release on October 20th, 2025.
Yen Press will release the manga’s first volume in English, under the name Gal Can’t Be Kind to Otaku!?, on October 28th, 2025. Yen Press describes the manga’s story below:
“Meet Takuya Seo, an otaku who sits behind the popular gals in class, Ijichi and Amane. As people from different “castes”, you wouldn’t expect them to have much in common. But when their worlds collide over a borrowed eraser, Takuya slips up about his favourite anime, and Amane…is rather quick to correct him. She says she’s not a fan, but her familiarity with the series suggests otherwise. Could she be…a fellow geek?!”
