A Condition Called Love

A Condition Called Love (花野井くんと恋の病) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Megumi Morino. It started serialization in Kodansha's magazine Dessert in December 2017. As of April 2024, 15 tankōbon volumes have been released. An anime television series adaptation produced by East Fish Studio aired from April to June 2024.

Plot
The story follows Hotaru Hinase, a high school freshman with a good life full of good friends and family, but lacking romance. Things change after she gives a helping hand to Saki Hananoi, a handsome guy who just got dumped by his girlfriend leading to Saki asking her for a trial relationship.

Characters

 * Hotaru Hinase (日生 ほたる)


 * Saki Hananoi (花野井 颯生)


 * Hibiki Asami (浅海 響) / Kyō-chan (きょーちゃん)


 * Tsukiha Shibamura (柴村 月葉) / Shibamū (しばむー)


 * Sōhei Yao (八尾 創平)


 * Keigo Kurata (倉田 圭悟)


 * Satomi Satomura (里村 紗都美)


 * Yukihiro Kuroe (黒江 之紘)

Manga
The series is written and illustrated by Megumi Morino. It premiered in the February 2018 issue of Dessert, which shipped on December 22, 2017. The first volume was released on May 11, 2018. The series reached its final arc on November 24, 2023. As of April 2024, 15 tankōbon volumes have been released.

On March 8, 2020, Kodansha USA announced they would publish the series digitally. During their panel at Anime Expo 2022, Kodansha USA announced that they would begin publishing the manga in print in Q2 2023.

Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on June 7, 2023. It is produced by East Fish Studio and directed by Tomoe Makino, with scripts written by Hitomi Amamiya, character designed by Akiko Satō, and music composed by Yamazo. The series aired from April 4 to June 20, 2024, on TBS and its affiliates. The opening theme song is "Kimi no Sei" (君のせい), performed by Sexy Zone, while the ending theme song is the Japanese version of "Every Second", performed by Mina Okabe. Crunchyroll licensed the series outside of Asia, but included the Middle East and CIS. Medialink licensed and streamed the series in select regions in East and Southeast Asia, on its Ani-One Asia YouTube channel. Netflix will also stream the series in selected territories in Asia.

Reception
The series was a nominee for the 64th Shogakukan Manga Awards in the shōjo category. It was also the runner-up for the ninth An An manga award. In 2018, employees of one of the largest Japanese bookstores ranked the series as the tenth best manga of 2018. The series ranked fifteenth in the 2020 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook's top manga for female readers. Also in 2020, it was nominated for the Kodansha Manga Award in the shōjo category. In 2021, it won the Kodansha Manga Award in the shōjo category.

As of June 2023, the series has 3.8 million copies in circulation.