DMM Pictures has announced that the Kusunoki-san wa Koukou Debut ni Shippai Shite Iru (Kusunoki’s Flunking Her High School Glow-Up/楠木さんは高校デビューに失敗している) manga by Mii Mitsuki will be adapted into a TV anime.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hULOOdtQzWc]
Yui Midori is directing the anime at Passione and Hayabusa Film, and the anime will star Uemura Yuuto as Keisuke Shizuki and Kusunoki Tomori as Shizuka Kusunoki.
Mii started the manga in October 2022 on Ichijinsha’s comic POOL service, and Ichijinsha published the manga’s first tankoubon volume in January 2023. The manga’s eighth volume will be released on July 28th, 2026.
Kodansha USA Publishing releases the manga in English under the name Kusunoki’s Flunking Her High School Glow-Up, and it released the sixth volume in May 2026. Kodansha USA describes the manga story below:
“Keisuke Shizuki might have been an outcast in middle school, but not anymore. The trauma of being rejected by his first crush left Shizuki with a phobia of pretty girls and the drive to remake himself and start high school fresh: new looks, new friends, new confidence. That is, as long as he avoids the cuties and anyone who knows anything about his past. Unfortunately for him, the prettiest girl at his new school just happens to be his former middle school classmate and another ex-outcast, Shizuka Kusunoki. Unlike Shizuki, Kusunoki still lacks the social skills to make the most of her new appearance—and she wants Shizuki’s help. But helping Kusunoki will mean spending a lot of time around a beauty, and drawing some not-so-welcome attention…”
