To Sir, Without Love: I'm Divorcing You

To Sir, Without Love: I'm Divorcing You
First light novel volume cover
拝啓見知らぬ旦那様、離婚していただきます
(Haikei Mishiranu Danna-sama, Rikonshite Itadakimasu)
Genre
Novel series
Written byKori Hisakawa
Published byKakuyomu
Original runApril 12, 2020 – December 26, 2020
Light novel
Written byKori Hisakawa
Illustrated byAirumu
Published byASCII Media Works
ImprintMedia Works Bunko
DemographicMale
Original runJanuary 25, 2022 – present
Volumes5 + 2
Manga
Written byKori Hisakawa
Illustrated byIroto Tsumugi
Published byKadokawa Shoten
English publisher
ImprintFlos Comic
MagazineComic Seymour
DemographicShōjo
Original runJuly 5, 2023 – present
Volumes3

To Sir, Without Love: I'm Divorcing You (拝啓見知らぬ旦那様、離婚していただきます, Haikei Mishiranu Danna-sama, Rikonshite Itadakimasu) is a Japanese light novel series written by Kori Hisakawa and illustrated by Airumu. It was originally serialized on Kadokawa's Kakuyomu website between April and December 2020. It was later acquired by ASCII Media Works who began publishing it under their Media Works Bunko imprint in January 2022. A manga adaptation illustrated by Iroto Tsumugi began serialization on NTT Solmare's Comic Seymour website under the Flos Comic brand in July 2023.

Characters

Byletta (バイレッタ, Bairetta)
Voiced by: Natsumi Hioka (vomic)
Arnald Swangan (アナルド・スワンガン, Anarudo Suwangan)
Voiced by: Atsushi Abe (vomic)

Media

Light novel

Written by Kori Hisakawa, To Sir, Without Love: I'm Divorcing You was initially serialized on Kadokawa's Kakuyomu website between April 12 and December 26, 2020. It was later acquired by ASCII Media Works who began publishing it with illustrations by Airumu under their Media Works Bunko light novel imprint on January 25, 2022. Five volumes have been released as of December 25, 2024.

No. Release date ISBN
1 January 25, 2022978-4-04-914171-9
1.5 February 25, 2022978-4-04-914172-6
2 November 24, 2022978-4-04-914642-4
2.5 July 24, 2023978-4-04-914643-1
3 November 25, 2023978-4-04-915304-0
4 June 25, 2024978-4-04-915740-6
5 December 25, 2024978-4-04-916139-7
5.25 February 25, 2025978-4-04-916140-3

Manga

A manga adaptation illustrated by Iroto Tsumugi began serialization on NTT Solmare's Comic Seymour website under Kadokawa's Flos Comic brand on July 5, 2023. The manga's chapters have been compiled into three tankōbon volumes as of December 2024.

The manga adaptation is published digitally in English Kadokawa's BookWalker website. During their panel at New York Comic Con 2024, Yen Press announced that they had licensed the series for English publication with the first volume set to release in April 2025.

No. Original release date Original ISBN North American release date North American ISBN
1 December 5, 2023978-4-04-682539-1April 22, 2025979-8-85-541725-8
2 June 5, 2024978-4-04-683615-1——
3 December 5, 2024978-4-04-684127-8——

Other

An audiobook version of the first volume with narration by Makoto Furukawa was released on the ListenGo service on August 24, 2022.

A voice comic adaptation was uploaded to the Comic Station YouTube channel on July 5, 2023. The voice comic featured performances from Natsumi Hioka and Atsushi Abe.

Reception

The series won the Grand Prize in the Romance category in the 6th Kakuyomu Web Novel Contest in 2021. The manga adaptation won the Grand Prize at the 2025 Digital Comic Awards.

By December 2024, the series had over 1 million copies in circulation.

References

  1. ^ a b "To Sir, Without Love: I'm Divorcing You, Vol. 1 (manga)". Yen Press. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
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