This is one of the best rom- com series where side characters have so much depth. I really hope we get a new season.

I read CashMoneyChiyo's scans of GSNK on MangaDex. Got through vol. 15 and realized that they've started posting vol. 16 but passed over the vol. 15 omakes. Anyone know where I can find them?

My head cannons:

Nozaki: does not attend college, manga-ka (obvi)

Sakura: social sciences —> office job(?)

Mikoshiba: health care —> nurse (I feel this in my bones)

Mayu: a modern, slightly unconventional sort of job

Seo: ???

Wakamatsu: business —> office job

Kashima: acting(?) —> actor/public figure(?)

Hori: something normal but STEM-y(?)(correct me if I’m wrong but I think it’s perpetually autumn in the manga rn, wishful thinking but I’d love a Hori entrance exam chapter if it’s ever winter!)

Took me by surprise my first read ! (Chpt 107 btw)

1. a long time ago I would start watching anime blindly, just chose based on the title and art mostly. and this was a year after the anime came out too, but my blind 1st impression/expectation of GSNK was that Nozaki had a new girlfriend every week or month. because the english alternative name was Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun. I think the poster could also somehow be interpreted like that too, at least to my middle school mind who had barely watched any anime and had 0 knowledge of Japan and manga before thought so. I was really into reverse harem back then too so I jumped in expecting Nozaki to be a heart-breaking player and at least 5 girls pining after him but I was so wrong. We do have players in GSNK tho (shoutout to mikokashi) but no heartbreaks

2. re watching kimi ni todoke s1 right now and hearing Nozaki's va say wonderfully sweet things as the character Ryu from Kimi ni Todoke keeps making laugh. Nozaki is dense and ridiculously goofy when it comes to love but Ryu can be so straightforward and patient at the same time when it comes to love. He seems to be more knowledgeable about love unlike Nozaki lmao I love Nozaki's VA! I can't believe Nozaki is the voice of all those Gojo edits hahahaha just goes to show how Nakamura Yuuichi's range! Lastly, I must jest and say Kimi Ni Todoke is probably Let's Love's rival with Let's Love not even being a rival for KNT bahaha the soft little butterflies I'm getting from KNT are too much (in a good way)

Yuzuki and Kogure (from the My Melody anime) are both voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro. this is hilarious to me specifically

So the other week I couldn't believe my eyes when I checked Amazon and discovered volume 14 was finally out. With the way 13 ended, I was very much looking forward to reading it. However, 14 just goes right on like nothing ever happened. What gives? Did the delay cause the English release to skip over something? Is there some magazine exclusive chapter somewhere? Did I read too much into the last page?

For anyone that doesn't remember, 13 ends with Nozaki starting to draw a picture of himself holding Sakura. He appears to be shaking as he stops drawing.

Me personally 'The Illustrators'

this has been haunting me and i keep seeing it pop up someone please save me from my agony

do you guys think the manga is ending anytime soon or is still a lot more to cover?

I was really excited when I heard monthly girls was going to get a live action even more so when I saw it was due to release it 2022 but I haven't found anywhere to watch it yet the premise it self with nozaki not being a High schooler is interesting but I just haven't found it if you Know where to watch it please tell me

Has anyone noticed that the whole cast of GSNK is really talented when it comes to the arts?

Chiyo is really good at art, Mikoshiba can draw amazing flowers and knows a lot about flower language, Nozaki is a pretty good writer and artist himself considering his series is going well. Both Hori and Kashima are extremely talented at acting - I also think that they can both draw well too - and Seo is an amazing singer.

But where does that leave Waka?

We know he’s decent at basketball (when Seo isn’t beating him up) and we know he can do screen tones well, but that seems to be it.

Obviously, not every single character needs to have a talent, but the author seems to make it so that a good chunk of her characters have a special skill - like how Mayu is a god at judo and how Chiyo’s younger brother is really good at photography.

And another thing the author intentionally does is pair up people who compliment their special skill - or enhances the comedy of the pair. Chiyo and Nozaki are one pair and they focus on art, Nozaki and Kashima are a pair and do acting and their improvs are hilarious, even Mikoshiba and Mayu work as Mikoshiba doesn’t do sports while Mayu does (looking at you chapter 64).

So it would feel odd that one of her main cast members doesn’t have a special skill in the arts. So what’s something that would compliment his own pair and lead to a hilarious outcome?

My guess is that Waka can dance and is pretty good at it. Song and dance do go hand in hand, and while Seo’s music does put him to sleep, I think it would be funny if Seo was a terrible dancer and Waka is just appalled and struggles to teach her.

And it would be funny if mid way as they try to dance, Seo sings along and Waka just falls flat on his face.

Does anyone else get the vibe that Seo and Waka will not become a couple? Like they just don’t seem like a couple?

Don’t get this wrong, they are a perfect pairing together. I loved chapter 150 with them and wish to see more with just the two of them. However, they just don’t feel like they’ll be in an official relationship by the end. Maybe it’s the fact that it seems that neither of them are each other’s real type (and the author makes it a point to make the pairings be each others type), maybe it’s the fact that Seo avoided Waka when he ‘asked her out’ in chapter 66, or maybe it’s the fact that in any moment that could be seen with a romantic layer reveals itself to be nothing but just them being blunt with each other. And here’s the thing, that’s not a bad thing. If anything, that just makes their bond even more interesting.

It’s kind of like seeing Game Grumps. Dan and Arin are both perfect for each other and have great chemistry and are in sync with each other - at least in my eyes - but they’re not dating or anything and both are taken already. That’s kind of how I see Seo and Waka, how they don’t seem like they’ll get together, but you can’t have one without the other.

My theory is that they might find their own partners in the future, but they’ll always be close to each other and find familiarity with each other.

If that’s the case, it makes what they have even more special. GSNK has always made it a point to focus on the bond and connections with the pairings rather than focus on what would be ‘romantic’. While romance is part of the whole thing, the point of showing love is building that connection, that love that goes beyond being just romance and makes it so that it feels wrong to not have that other person with you. Seo is very much someone who doesn’t really like romance and finds it hard to go along with it. So their ‘date nights’ are just her bluntly wanting to hang out with Waka cause she thinks he’s chill like that. Waka also doesn’t seem to be as interested in her as a potential lover, but does seem fond of her company, especially when she does try to be less rough with him.

I think that Seo and Waka wouldn’t make it as lovers, and may have very different wants and needs that may break their relationship, but what they have now? It’s perfect, and works for them. And sometimes, that’s enough and all they really need.

But then again, that’s just my take on them.

So I have a lot of GSNK stories that I would like to make, but have no real desire to post on AO3 as I can only write plots and have a hard time writing dialogue and such.

So, if I post my plot summary, would anyone be willing to write it into a story? Or would you all tell me to write it myself?

If I do post my plot summary, what it is based on is the song ‘Monster’ by OR3O and takes place in an alternate universe where it’s a little fairytale like village, where the whole cast are aged up to be around a year or two years older and only two of them are regular humans

So I do some art and like to doodle here and there, and was trying to find more content based on GSNK and found someone did a vine compilation for them. I love it so much and love the vines chosen for them, but I feel like animating or showing a mini animatic would be fun. I’m thinking of doing that one of these days and post it here. Though, before I do, I want to know if anyone have any other vines that they see the GSNK crew with so I can add it to the list.

These are the links to the vine compilation that the person(s) did which I will use - I will change some of them and mix them up a bit, but overall this is the source:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kLB2lU_ejz8&pp=ygUKZ3NuayB2aW5lcw%3D%3D

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=44POuBOSa3k

So I have yet to see anyone do those character song playlist for this group (if there is any out there, please link it, I would like to see it) so I am creating one for each of the GSNK member

This is the list I got so far (rough draft):

Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki Kun playlist:

Their theme song (duh) From the Start - Laufey Super Shy - New Jeans Lover boy - A-Wall All Night Radio - Ado I, Me, Myself - Will Wood More than Friends

Nozaki:

(N/A)

Chiyo:

From the Start - Laufey

I Do Adore

UWU - Cherry

Mikoshiba:

(N/A)

Seo:

Caro Mio Ben - Sua Jo

Skip To The Good Bit - Rizzle Kicks

Punk Tactics

Dead! - My Chemical Romance

Deceptacon - Le Tigre

I Like The Way You Kiss Me (maybe?? Might remove)

Kashima:

Sway - M B

Boyfriend - Dove Cameron

Guys don't like me - It Boys

I Love Girls - Pleasure P

Training Wheels (only one lyric, so might remove)

Stupid for You - Waterpark

Never Ever Getting Rid of Me - Waitress

Hori: (This will be 99% musical theater songs btw)

Put On Your Sunday Clothes - Hello, Dolly! (Cause it’s ✨ theatrical ✨)

30/90 - Tick Tick Boom

Legs - Rupaul Drag Race

Cartoons and Vodka- JINKX

Waka:

(N/A)

Mayu:

Rises the Moon

Mama Said Knock You Out

I’m really struggling on getting more songs so if anyone has any song to add to any specific character, that would be great and I will take a listen to them all. I might make a separate post with all the final songs or maybe just make a YouTube playlist for them.

I know there's not really meant to be a passage of time, but I just got a little curious after watching the summer festival in the anime. Volume 5 ends with their summer trip to the beach, so the first five volumes take place in the first quarter of Nozaki's second year of high school. I'm assuming it starts in at the start of the year too, based on Chiyo still having the valentines chocolates in her fridge.

It's been a while since I've read the manga through again, so I can't remember any other seasonal markers to denote the passage of time after summer--although, they probably are there.

Does anyone else have any guesses as to how long has passed so far?