My Clueless First Friend
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Taku Kawamura. It has been serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Gangan Joker since May 2018, with its chapters collected in fifteen tankōbon volumes as of July 2023. An anime television series adaptation produced by Studio Signpost aired from April to July 2023.

Synopsis
Akane Nishimura is a quiet, almost goth-like, girl who everyone nicknames "Grim Reaper" due to the way she looks. When a boy named Taiyō Takada first enters the class, he obliviously chooses to become friends with Akane and together form a friendship that will forever change both of their lives.

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Manga
My Clueless First Friend, written and illustrated by Taku Kawamura, started in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Gangan Joker on May 22, 2018. Square Enix has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on October 22, 2018. As of July 2023, fifteen volumes have been released.

In July 2022, Square Enix Manga & Books announced that they had licensed the manga for English released in North America. The series is also published online on the English version of Square Enix's Manga UP! platform since July 2022.

Volume list

Anime
In November 2022, it was announced that the manga would receive an anime television series adaptation. It is produced by Studio Signpost and directed by Shigenori Kageyama, with scripts written by Takafumi Hoshikawa and Shogo Yasukawa, character designs handled by Chikashi Kadekaru, and music composed by Toshio Masuda. The series aired from April 9 to July 2, 2023, on Tokyo MX and other networks. The opening theme song, , is performed by Reina Kondō, while the ending theme song, , is performed by Kitri. Crunchyroll licensed the series outside of Asia.

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References

External links
  
 Anime website 
 

2023 anime television series debuts
Anime series based on manga
Comedy anime and manga
Crunchyroll anime
Gangan Comics manga
Shōnen manga
Slice of life anime and manga
Studio Signpost
Television series about bullying
Tokyo MX original programming