Hey Sensei, Don't You Know?
Hey Sensei, Don't You Know? is a Japanese manga series by Aya Asano. Hey Sensei, Don't You Know? is serialized in the digital monthly manga magazine Premier Cheese! beginning on November 5, 2018. The series was later moved to the print monthly magazine Cheese! beginning on September 24, 2020, where it ran until its conclusion on October 24, 2022. A live-action television drama adaptation was broadcast from December 6, 2019, to January 17, 2020, as the fifth entry to MBS TV's programming block.
Plot
Hana Aoi lives a busy life as a manga artist, leaving herself with no time to focus on her personal life and relationships. While visiting an upscale salon, she meets Riichi Kido, a popular beautician, who offers to cut her hair. Riichi falls in love with Hana at first sight and asks her if they could be in a relationship. Having no boyfriend before, Hana accepts, and throughout their relationship, she learns how to face challenges between balancing both work and relationships.Characters
;Hana Aoi;Riichi Kido
;Nanase Hoshino
;Asahi Kiritani
;Jun
Media
Manga
Hey Sensei, Don't You Know? is written and illustrated by Aya Asano. It was first serialized in the digital monthly manga magazine Premier Cheese! from the December 2018 issue released on November 5, 2018. The series was transferred to Cheese! beginning with the November 2020 issue released on September 4, 2020, and ran until its conclusion in December 2022 issue released on October 24, 2022. The chapters were later released in ten bound volumes by Shogakukan under their Flower Comics Alpha imprint.Television drama
A live-action television series adaptation was announced on November 3, 2019, as the fifth entry to MBS TV's late-night Thursday television block,. The series aired on MBS TV from December 6, 2019, to January 17, 2019, for 6 episodes. Other broadcasts include TV Kanagawa, Chiba TV, and TV Saitama.The series stars Fumika Baba as Hana and Eiji Akaso as Riichi. To prepare for the drama adaptation, Baba had to learn how to hold a pen properly to draw, while Akaso took a brief course in hairdressing. Additional cast members include as Kiritani, Honoka Yahagi as Nanase, and Super Dragon member as Jun. member Ryubi Miyase and member Hazuki Tanda play two original characters created for the drama, Koinuma and Makoto respectively, who are Hana's manga assistants.
The drama adaptation is directed by Keijirō Tsubakimoto and Tatsuya Aoki, with as the supervising director and in charge of the script. The opening theme song is "Sunny" by, and the ending theme is "Love" by Bolbbalgan4.