Description Winner of the Rookie Award in the Manga Division at the 23rd Japan Media Arts Festival Winner of the Short Story Award at the 24th Osamu Tezuka Culture Award Ranked #2 in the Women's Category of "This Manga Is Amazing!" 2020 Over 250,000 copies sold (as of March 2021), now adapted into a live-action drama… A millennial debut author has captivated the Japanese manga world with a single short story collection! Friendship, or maybe something more. Spend a lazy, unforgettable moment of youth with an irresistibly unpredictable boy. "Did I look cute reading?" An impossibly charming boy has appeared. #1 The Unpredictable Boy, Hayashi Miyoshi During a dull class period, Ema notices Hayashi reading a book that has nothing to do with the lesson. Moments later, their eyes meet after the teacher confiscates Hayashi's book — but Ema simply thinks, "What a weird guy," and looks away. Then, during the next break, Hayashi casually approaches Ema in the restroom and asks, "We made eye contact earlier, right? Did I look cute reading?" Yep — definitely a weird guy. #2 The Boy Who Just Wants a Quiet School Life, Nikaido Akira With his thick glasses, hunched posture, and perpetually gloomy expression, Nikaido has become the subject of countless school ghost stories. Medaka, assigned to clean the restrooms with him for a semester, tries cracking a well-planned joke, but the conversation goes nowhere. Then, by chance, Medaka runs into one of Nikaido's middle school classmates and learns of a shocking part of his past. Looking at Nikaido's middle school graduation photo — his expression completely different from now — Medaka thinks, "I want to see this guy smile." "Fell for You" is a short story collection capturing the everyday lives of high school boys, centered around Hayashi, a boy of unpredictable charm, and Nikaido, a boy who simply wants a quiet school life. Hayashi, always reading alone, is actually watching for another lonely soul. Nikaido, who chose solitude because of an unspeakable past, carries a quiet wish never to hurt anyone else. Follow these two boys through moments that are sometimes silly, sometimes pure — and before you know it, you'll have fallen for them too. "A New Generation of Japanese Manga" Lovable humor from a bright new millennial talent Winner of the Rookie Award in the Manga Division at the 23rd Japan Media Arts Festival, the 24th Osamu Tezuka Manga Award, ranked TOP 2 in "This Manga Is Amazing!" 2020, with over 250,000 copies sold (as of March 2021) and a drama adaptation — Wayama Yama's debut work, "Fell for You," instantly captivated the Japanese manga scene with a single collection of short stories. Wayama Yama burst onto the scene seemingly overnight, and the Japanese manga world has been buzzing about them ever since. Their debut, "Fell for You," has sold hundreds of thousands of copies, swept up manga awards, and been adapted into a popular television drama. With a new serialized long-form work and various illustration projects underway, this young creator — reportedly born in 1995 — continues an astonishingly active career. It's easy to see why once you read their work. Wayama, who began creating manga after reading BL (Boys Love) comics, once said in an interview with the magazine Comic Da Vinci (Kadokawa): "Love takes so many different shapes, sizes, and boundaries depending on the person. Do we really need to sort each kind of love into its own genre?" The relationships between the boys in their stories carry something beyond friendship — a flutter of feeling that resists easy definition, closer to an endless, pure curiosity toward one person. The subtle expressions tucked into the corners of each panel, the soft and languid pacing, and the distinctively drawn, beautiful boys all reveal a strong command of visual storytelling. Add to that a gentle, quietly amusing sense of humor that brings an unconscious smile to your face. Discover the fresh sensibility of this millennial newcomer — truly deserving of the title "a new generation of Japanese manga" — in "Fell for You."