Ashi-Girl

Ashi-Girl (アシガール) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kozueko Morimoto. It was serialized in Shueisha's josei manga magazine Cocohana from November 2011 to December 2021. A live-action television drama adaptation aired from September to December 2017.

Manga
Written and illustrated by Kozueko Morimoto, Ashi-Girl began serialization in the first-ever issue of Shueisha's Cocohana josei manga magazine released on November 28, 2011. It ended serialization on December 27, 2021. The series' chapters were collected into sixteen tankōbon volumes from July 25, 2012 to February 25, 2022.

A sequel manga titled, Tama ni Koshi Ire: Ashi-Girl Season 2 began serialization in the same magazine on February 28, 2023. The sequel's chapters have been collected into a single tankōbon volume as of October 25, 2023.

Drama
A 12-episode live-action television drama adaptation was announced on May 17, 2017. The drama aired on NHK from September 23 to December 16, 2017. The series starred Yuina Kuroshima as Yui Hayakawa and Kentarō as Tadakiyo Hagikuhachirō.

A sequel television special was announced on February 2018. The special premiered on NHK on December 24, 2018.

Other media
A musical stage reading adaptation was announced on June 28, 2023. Three performances were held at the TOYUSU PIT Theatre in Tokyo between August 5–6, 2023. The reading featured the performances of Miyu Honda and Ayako Konno as Yui Hayakawa, Toshiki Masuda, Miku Fukahori, and Takuya Kusakawa as Tadakiyo Hagikuhachirō, Hiromu Mineta, Yūki Shin and Shūichirō Umeda as Takeru Hayakawa, Yuka Ozaki and Makoto Koichi as Ako Matsumaru, and Kentarō Kumagai, Seiichiro Yamashita and Tatsumaru Tachibana as Nariyuki Hagi.

Reception
By February 2022, the series had 4 million copies in circulation.