Our Fake Marriage
Japanese manga series
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Our Fake Marriage (ウソ婚, Usokon) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kiwi Tokina. It was serialized in Kodansha's Ane Friend web magazine from September 2017 to April 2025. A live-action television drama adaptation aired from July to September 2023.
| Our Fake Marriage | |
First tankōbon volume cover | |
| ウソ婚 (Usokon) | |
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| Genre | Romance[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Kiwi Tokina |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Kodansha Comics Betsufure |
| Magazine | Ane Friend |
| Original run | September 1, 2017 – April 1, 2025 |
| Volumes | 16 |
| Manga | |
| Our Fake Marriage: Rosé | |
| Written by | Kiwi Tokina |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher |
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| Imprint | Kodansha Comics Betsufure |
| Magazine | Ane Friend |
| Original run | January 1, 2021 – April 1, 2025 |
| Volumes | 4 |
| Television drama | |
| Directed by |
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| Written by | Naomi Hiruta |
| Music by | Yuji Iwamoto |
| Studio | Kansai TV |
| Original network | FNS (Kansai TV, Fuji TV) |
| Original run | July 11, 2023 – September 26, 2023 |
| Episodes | 12 |
Plot
Having lost both her home and her job, Yae Sendo is at a loss when, by chance, she reunites with her childhood friend, Takumi Natsume. Takumi, who has become a successful first-class architect, asks Yaeko to pretend to be his wife in exchange for letting her live in a luxury high-rise apartment in the city center free of charge.
Characters
- Yae Sendo (千堂八重, Sendo Yae)
- Portrayed by: Neru Nagahama[2]
- Takumi Natsume (夏目匠, Natsume Takumi)
- Portrayed by: Fuma Kikuchi[2]
- Masaki Shindō (進藤将暉, Shindō Masaki)
- Portrayed by: Shota Watanabe[3]
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Kiwi Tokina, Our Fake Marriage was serialized from Kodansha's Ane Friend web magazine on September 1, 2017, to April 1, 2025.[4] Its chapters have been collected in sixteen tankōbon volumes released from April 12, 2019, to July 11, 2025.[5][6]
During their panel at New York Comic-Con 2019, Kodansha USA announced that they licensed the series for a digital-only English publication.[7]
A spin-off manga, titled Our Fake Marriage: Rosé, was serialized in the same magazine from January 1, 2021, to April 1, 2025.[8] Its chapters have been collected in four tankōbon volumes released from November 12, 2021, to July 11, 2025.[9][10] In April 2022, Kodansha USA announced that they licensed the spin-off for digital-only English publication.[11]
In January 2025, Tokina announced on her Twitter account that both the series and the spin-off would end serialization in 2025.[12] Both series ended serialization on April 1, 2025.[12]
Volumes
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | North American release date | North American ISBN | ||
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| 1 | April 12, 2019[5] | 978-4-06-515503-5 | November 5, 2019[13] | 978-1-64-659100-8 | ||
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| 2 | July 12, 2019[14] | 978-4-06-516345-0 | December 3, 2019[15] | 978-1-64-659155-8 | ||
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| 3 | October 11, 2019[16] | 978-4-06-517268-1 | August 4, 2020[17] | 978-1-64-659623-2 | ||
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| 4 | March 13, 2020[18] | 978-4-06-518887-3 | November 3, 2020[19] | 978-1-64-659790-1 | ||
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| 5 | July 13, 2020[20][21] | 978-4-06-520154-1 978-4-06-520175-6 (SE) | February 2, 2021[22] | 978-1-64-659944-8 | ||
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| 6 | November 13, 2020[23] | 978-4-06-521400-8 | April 6, 2021[24] | 978-1-63-699040-8 | ||
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| 7 | April 13, 2021[25] | 978-4-06-522957-6 | September 21, 2021[26] | 978-1-63-699367-6 | ||
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| 8 | August 12, 2021[27] | 978-4-06-524391-6 | February 15, 2022[28] | 978-1-63-699620-2 | ||
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| 9 | November 12, 2021[29] | 978-4-06-525921-4 | April 19, 2022[30] | 978-1-68-491129-5 | ||
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| 10 | July 13, 2022[31] | 978-4-06-528389-9 | November 15, 2022[32] | 978-1-68-491549-1 | ||
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| 11 | November 11, 2022[33] | 978-4-06-529688-2 | April 18, 2023[34] | 978-1-68-491895-9 | ||
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| 12 | April 13, 2023[35] | 978-4-06-531302-2 | September 19, 2023[36] | 979-8-88-933151-3 | ||
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| 13 | August 10, 2023[37] | 978-4-06-532650-3 | February 20, 2024[38] | 979-8-88-933378-4 | ||
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| 14 | February 13, 2024[39] | 978-4-06-534604-4 | July 16, 2024[40] | 979-8-88-933625-9 | ||
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| 15 | November 13, 2024[41] | 978-4-06-537591-4 | March 11, 2025[42] | 979-8-89-478430-4 | ||
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| 16 | July 11, 2025[6] | 978-4-06-540067-8 | December 30, 2025[43] | 979-8-89-478811-1 | ||
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Our Fake Marriage: Rosé
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | North American release date | North American ISBN | ||
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| 1 | November 12, 2021[9] | 978-4-06-515503-5 | May 24, 2022[44] | 978-1-68-491199-8 | ||
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| 2 | June 13, 2022[45] | 978-4-06-528388-2 | November 29, 2022[46] | 978-1-68-491567-5 | ||
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| 3 | August 10, 2023[47] | 978-4-06-532651-0 | January 2, 2024[48] | 979-8-88-933320-3 | ||
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| 4 | July 11, 2025[10] | 978-4-06-540068-5 | January 27, 2026[49] | 979-8-89-478845-6 | ||
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Drama
In June 2023, a live-action television drama adaptation was announced. The drama was directed by Kento Yamaguchi and Mahito Kimura, with scripts written by Naomi Hiruta, music composed by Yuji Iwamoto, and starred Fuma Kikuchi and Neru Nagahama in lead roles. Twelve episodes were aired on Kansai TV and Fuji TV from July 11 to September 26, 2023.[2][50]
Reception
By April 2024, the series had over 5 million copies in circulation.[51]