Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun English Sub & Dub

About Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun

If you are hunting for a new comedy series, Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun (月刊少女野崎くん) deserves a look (2014). The setup goes like this. The premise: You know how the story goes: girl crushes on guy, girl confesses feelings to guy, guy mistakes confession for a job application. Okay, maybe that's not how it usually goes, but that's what happens when Chiyo Sakura finally gets up the nerve to tell her classroom crush Nozaki how she feels.

From there, since she doesn't know that he's secretly a manga artist who publishes under a female pen name, and he doesn't know that she doesn't know, he misunderstands and offers her a chance to work as his assistant instead of a date! While it's not flowers and dancing, it is a chance to get closer to him, so Chiyo gamely accepts. When Nozaki realizes how useful Chiyo can be in figuring out what girls find romantic, he'll be spending even more time with her "researching" while remaining completely clueless.

In a comedy series like this, timing, character chemistry and running gags decide whether it lands. Mikoto Mikoshiba (Nobuhiko Okamoto) and Umetarou Nozaki (Yuuichi Nakamura) are two of the characters you will meet early. If you count yourself among viewers who want something light between heavier series, put it on your list. At 12 episodes in total, it is easy to plan a viewing schedule.

Production & Appeal

Doga Kobo is the studio behind Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, and its direction shapes everything from character design to motion. Because it leans on comedy, timing, character chemistry and running gags decide whether it lands. A 7.6/10 score points to a dependable, well-liked series. Voice casting, including Nobuhiko Okamoto as Mikoto Mikoshiba, adds to the appeal for fans who follow seiyuu. It aired in 2014, which makes it easy to place in the wider anime calendar.