Kurosaki-kun no Iinari ni Nante Naranai

Kurosaki-kun no Iinari ni Nante Naranai
Cover of volume 1.
黒崎くんの言いなりになんてならない
Genre	Romantic comedy
Manga
Written by	Makino
Published by	Kodansha
Demographic	shōjo
Magazine	Bessatsu Friend
Original run	2014 – present
Volumes	7
Television drama
Directed by	Hayato Kawai
Written by	Yūko Matsuda
Network	Nippon TV
Original run	December 22, 2015 – December 23, 2015
Episodes	2
Live-action film
Directed by	Shō Tsukikawa
Written by	Yūko Matsuda
Music by	Tarō Makido
Released	February 27, 2016 (2016-02-27)

Kurosaki-kun no Iinari ni Nante Naranai (黒崎くんの言いなりになんてならない) is a Japanese romantic comedy shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Makino.^[1] It is published by Kodansha since 2014, with serialization on Bessatsu Friend.^[2] It was adapted into a Japanese television drama mini-series in December 2015.^[2] A live action film adaptation was released on February 27, 2016.^[3]

Kurosaki is nicknamed “Kuro Akuma” (Black Devil) and is feared by his peers. He demands Yu’s “absolute obedience.” On the other hand, Takumi, Kurosaki’s best friend, is adored by girls and is called “Shiro Oji” (White Prince). He is very warm and kind to Yu.The two boys treat Yu in opposite ways. Kurosaki is arrogant, using such ploys as “kabe-don” (putting both hands on the wall around a girl) and “ago-kui” (tilting a girl’s chin up with a finger). By contrast, Takumi goes for more chivalrous gestures like gently holding her hand or giving her a hug from behind.The highlight of the film is a basketball game between Takumi and Kurosaki over Yu. Grabbing Kurosaki’s collar, Takumi says, “You’ll never beat me.” As Takumi wildly chases and steals the ball from Kurosaki, his hidden passion comes out.The film tells the story of a love triangle, and, as Chiba said, it also carefully depicts how the two boys become closer to each other.

Characters

• Haruto Kurosaki (Kento Nakajima)^[2]
• Yū Akabane (Nana Komatsu)^[2]
• Takumi Shirakawa (Yudai Chiba)^[2]
• Yūsuke Kaji (Yūta Kishi)^[2]
• Meiko Ashigawa (Sara Takatsuki)^[2]
• Suzune (Kaho)^[2]

Volumes

• 1 (June 13, 2014)^[4]
• 2 (September 12, 2014)^[5]
• 3 (January 13, 2015)^[6]
• 4 (May 13, 2015)^[7]
• 5 (November 13, 2015)^[2]
• 6 (February 12, 2016)^[2]

Music

The theme song of the TV series and film is "Make my day" by Sexy Zone.^[2]

Reception

Volume 3 reached the 27th place on the weekly Oricon manga charts, with 34,442 copies sold;^[8] volume 4 reached the 13th place^[9] and, as of May 24, 2015, had sold 60,592 copies;^[10] volume 5 reached the 12th place^[11] and, as of November 22, 2015, had sold 71,084 copies.^[12]

The film was number-one in admissions on its opening weekend in Japan, with 157,680,^[13] and number-two by gross, with US$1.67 million.^[14]

References

External links

• Kurosaki-kun no Iinari ni Nante Naranai at Bessatsu Friend (Japanese)
• Kurosaki-kun no Iinari ni Nante Naranai at Nippon Television (Japanese)
• Film official website (Japanese)
• Kurosaki-kun no Iinari ni Nante Naranai (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia