Japanese manga series
Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games 対ありでした。 ~お嬢さまは格闘ゲームなんてしない~ (Tai Ari Deshita: Ojō-sama wa Kakutō Gēmu Nante Shinai )Genre Manga Written by Eri Ejima Published by Media Factory English publisher Magazine Monthly Comic Flapper Original run January 4, 2020 – presentVolumes 9 Television drama Directed by Ryoma Ouchida Written by Anna Kawahara Studio NTT Docomo Licensed by Lemino Original run May 19, 2023 – July 7, 2023 Episodes 8 Anime television series Directed by Shōta Ihata Written by Wataru Watari Music by Kana Hashiguchi Studio Diomedéa Original run 2026 – scheduled
Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games (Japanese :対ありでした。 ~お嬢さまは格闘ゲームなんてしない~ ,Hepburn :Tai Ari Deshita: Ojō-sama wa Kakutō Gēmu Nante Shinai ; 'Thanks For the Match: Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games') is a Japanesemanga series written and illustrated by Eri Ejima. It has been serialized inMedia Factory 'sseinen manga magazineMonthly Comic Flapper since January 2020 and has been collected in ninetankōbon volumes. The manga is licensed in North America bySeven Seas Entertainment . A live-action web drama adaptation aired from May to July 2023. Ananime television series adaptation produced byDiomedéa is set to premiere in 2026.
Young school girls have a love for fighting games in a prestigious all-girl academy where video games are banned. Despite this, they enter Japan's biggest fighting game tournament.
Aya Mitsuki (深月綾 ,Mitsuki Aya ) Voiced by:Fairouz Ai (PV),[ 3] Ikumi Hasegawa (anime)[ 4] Portrayed by: Mizuki Kayashima[ 5] Mio Yorue (夜絵美緒 ,Yorue Mio ) Voiced by:Rika Nagae (PV),[ 3] Kana Ichinose (anime)[ 4] Portrayed by: Ririka Tanabe[ 5] Yū Inui (犬井夕 ,Inui Yū ) Voiced by:Sayaka Senbongi (anime)[ 6] Portrayed by: Akana Ikeda[ 5] Tamaki Ichinose (一ノ瀬珠樹 ,Ichinose Tamaki ) Voiced by:Shino Shimoji (anime)[ 6] Portrayed by: Riko Nagase[ 5] Themanga series is written and illustrated by Eri Ejima and has been serialized inMedia Factory 'sseinen manga magazineMonthly Comic Flapper since January 4, 2020. Ninetankōbon volumes were released as of June 2025.Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga for a North American release.[ 7]
No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN 1 June 23, 2020[ 8] 978-4-04-064613-8 September 28, 2021[ 9] 978-1-64-827595-1 2 January 21, 2021[ 10] 978-4-04-680151-7 December 7, 2021[ 11] 978-1-64-827636-1 3 August 23, 2021[ 12] 978-4-04-680664-2 September 27, 2022[ 13] 978-1-63858-274-8 4 February 22, 2022[ 14] 978-4-04-681150-9 November 11, 2022[ 15] 978-1-63858-735-4 5 October 21, 2022[ 16] 978-4-04-681795-2 May 23, 2023[ 17] 978-1-68579-536-8 6 June 22, 2023[ 18] 978-4-04-682519-3 March 5, 2024[ 19] 979-8-88843-407-9 7 March 23, 2024[ 20] 978-4-04-683428-7 December 17, 2024[ 21] 979-8-89160-678-4 8 October 22, 2024[ 22] 978-4-04-684091-2 September 30, 2025[ 23] 979-8-89561-232-3 9 June 23, 2025[ 24] 978-4-04-684829-1 — — 10 December 23, 2025[ 25] 978-4-04-685427-8 — —
A live-action web drama adaptation was announced on October 21, 2022.[ 26] It is directed by Ryoma Ouchida and written by Anna Kawahara. The series was streamed on theLemino streaming service from May 19 to July 7, 2023, and ran for eight episodes.[ 5]
Ananime adaptation was announced on January 21, 2021.[ 27] It was later confirmed to be a television series that will be produced byDiomedéa and directed by Shōta Ihata, with scripts written byWataru Watari , characters designed by Mayuko Matsumoto, and music composed by Kana Hashiguchi.[ 6] The series was originally scheduled for 2025,[ 4] but was later delayed due to schedule adjustments of the various parties involved in production. It is set to premiere in 2026.[ 28]
Iron Senpai 4 , the fictional fighting game in the manga, will be replaced by in-game footage ofStreet Fighter 6 in the anime.[ 29]
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