Murai in Love

• Ja Kanji — 村井の恋 • Ja Romaji — Murai no Koi • Genre — Romantic comedy

• Type — manga • Author — Junta Shima • Publisher — * Line Digital Frontier (digital) • Media Factory (print) • Magazine — Line Manga • Imprint — Gene Line Comics • First — June 18, 2018 • Last — June 13, 2022 • Volumes — 7

• Type — drama • Director — * Taichi Imura • Aya Matsuki • Daisuke Yamamoto • Producer — * Keiko Matsumoto • Hiromi Matsushita • Writer — Kōhei Kiyasu • Studio — TBS Sparkle • Licensee — Rakuten Viki • Network — TBS • First — April 6, 2022 • Last — May 25, 2022 • Episodes — 8

• Type — manga • Title — Murai no Koi Gaiden: Great Twin Busters • Author — Junta Shima • Publisher — * Line Digital Frontier (digital) • Media Factory (print) • Magazine — Line Manga • Imprint — Gene Line Comics • First — October 23, 2023 • Volumes — 1

• Type — tv series • Director — Yoshinobu Yamakawa • Writer — Susumu Yamakawa • Music — Ruka Kawada • Studio — J.C.Staff • Licensee — Disney Platform Distribution • Network — Tokyo MX, BS NTV, BBC, AT-X • First — October 6, 2024 • Last — December 22, 2024 • Episodes — 12

• Portal — yes Murai in Love is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Junta Shima. It was serialized in Line Digital Frontier's Line Manga service from June 2018 to June 2022, with its chapters collected into seven tankōbon volumes. A television drama adaptation aired from April to May 2022. An anime television series adaptation produced by J.C.Staff aired from October to December 2024.

Murai is a top student in his grade at his high school who is in love with his homeroom teacher, Ayano Tanaka. However, Ms. Tanaka has no interest in him and is secretly an otaku obsessed with Hitotose, her favorite character from the otome game Feudal Era Love Scroll. After Ms. Tanaka rejects him, stating that she has no interest in men with long, black hair, he appears at school the next day with short, blond hair, becoming the spitting image of Hitotose.

• Murai: • Ryubi Miyase • Murai is the top student in his grade at his high school. He is in love with Ms. Tanaka and tries to pursue her at all costs. He is in the school's A class. • Ayano Tanaka: • Hikaru Takahashi • Ms. Tanaka is Murai's homeroom teacher and is nicknamed "Steel Maiden" because of her "steel heart". Secretly, she is an otaku and is obsessed with Hitotose, her favorite character from the game Feudal Era Love Scroll. • Hitotose: • Ryubi Miyase • Hitotose is Ms. Tanaka's favorite character from the otome game Feudal Era Love Scroll. • Kiriyama: • Asahi Ito • Kiriyama is Murai's friend who is in the school's art program. He is commonly referred to as "Kiri". • Hirai: • Ryōsuke Sota • Hirai is Murai's friend who is a womanizer. He is in the school's B class. • Yamakado: • Kōdai Asaka • Mr. Yamakado is Ms. Tanaka's co-worker. He is known as the "teacher from hell" and has been previously divorced. • Yuuka Nishifuji: • Noa Tsurushima • Yuuka is one of Murai's childhood friends along with her twin sister Hitomi. She is a doujinshi artist under the pseudonym "Yu-katan", who also coincidentally happens to be Ms. Tanaka's favorite fan artist. She is in the school's art program. • Hitomi Nishifuji: • Riko • Hitomi is one of Murai's childhood friends along with her twin sister Yuuka. She is a cosplayer. She is in the school's B class. • Yayoi Fukunaga: • Nanoka Hara • Yayoi is Murai's childhood friend who has been in love with him for 10 years. She learned self-defense after she was nearly kidnapped as a child and tries to keep a docile demeanor around Murai.

Written and illustrated by Junta Shima, Murai in Love was serialized under the Gene Line label of Line Digital Frontier's Line Manga service from June 18, 2018, to June 13, 2022. Media Factory has compiled the chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. Seven volumes were published from December 2018 to June 2022. A drama CD adaptation was included in an issue of Monthly Comic Gene published on November 15, 2019. A spin-off manga, titled Murai no Koi Gaiden: Great Twin Busters, began serialization on Line Manga on October 23, 2023. The first tankōbon volume was released on September 13, 2024.

A television drama adaptation was announced in March 2022, starring Hikaru Takahashi. It was directed by Taichi Imura, Aya Matsuki, and Daisuke Yamamoto, based on a screenplay by Kōhei Kiyasu. Keiko Matsumoto and Hiromi Matsushita of TBS Sparkle served as the producers. The series aired from April 6 to May 25, 2022, on TBS's brand new Drama Stream programming block. The opening theme song is "Peace" by Finlands, while the ending theme song is "Niji o Yobu" by Reaction the Buttha. The series began streaming on Rakuten Viki on April 21, 2023.

An anime adaptation was announced in June 2022. It was produced by J.C.Staff and directed by Yoshinobu Yamakawa, with scripts supervised and written by Susumu Yamakawa, and music composed by Ruka Kawada. While the series streamed worldwide on Disney+ and on Hulu in the United States from September 4 to November 20, 2024, it aired from October 6 to December 22, 2024, on Tokyo MX and other networks. The opening theme song is "Henshin!" performed by Rinu, while the ending theme song is "Suko" performed by Yabai T-Shirt Ya-san. An English dub premiered on March 10, 2025.

Murai in Love is associated with Japan.