I Cannot Reach You

I Cannot Reach You is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mika. It began serialization on Media Factory's Pixiv Comic-based Gene Pixiv website in November 2018. An 8-episode live-action television drama adaptation aired from September to November 2023.

Characters

;Kakeru
;Yamato

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Mika, I Cannot Reach You began serialization on Media Factory's Pixiv Comic-based Gene Pixiv website on November 23, 2018. Its chapters have been compiled into ten tankōbon volumes as of December 2025.
During their panel at the Virtual Crunchyroll Expo in 2020, Yen Press announced that they licensed the series for English publication. The first volume was released on March 9, 2021.
A manga anthology was released on November 27, 2023.

Light novel

A spin-off light novel written by Kotoko Hachijou, titled I Cannot Reach You: Our Cultural Festival, was released on March 27, 2021.

Drama

A live-action television drama adaptation was announced on April 23, 2023. The drama aired on Netflix from September 19 to November 7 and on TBS the following week that same year. The drama starred Haru Kashiwagi and Kentaro Maeda as the two leads.

Other media

A drama CD adaptation was released in the January 2020 issue of Monthly Comic Gene published on December 26, 2019. It contained the performances of Yūsuke Kobayashi and Hirofumi Nojima as the two leads and Aoi Koga, Takuya Makimura, Taichi Kusano, Shohei Tanaka and Nene Hieda in other unnamed roles.

Reception

By December 2025, the series had over 1 million copies in circulation.