The staff of the live-action series adaptation of Junko Kawakami’s Chūgaku Hijiri Nikki will play the main character Hijiri Suenaga.
The manga is a love story between Akira Kuroiwa, a 14-year-old boy who knows nothing of love, and Hijiri Suenaga, his new 25-year-old homeroom teacher.
One fated summer, Akira begins to realize he has feelings for Hijiri, but Hijiri has a long distance fiance.
The third volume shipped in October and the fourth volume will ship on July 19.