TenPuru
TenPuru: No One Can Live on Loneliness is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kimitake Yoshioka. It has been serialized in Kodansha's online platform Comic Days since September 2018. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Gekkou aired from July to September 2023.
Plot
Akemitsu Akagami is abandoned by his womanizing father and distances himself from women, fearing he inherited his father's perverted nature. When he falls in love at first sight with Yuzuki Aoba, he goes to Minazuki Temple to become a monk and purge his desires, only to find her there. He learns the temple is actually a nunnery and his father owes it ¥20 million. He works at the temple to pay the debt off while trying to avoid being tempted by the various gorgeous girls that live there, but he usually gives into his desires and wants to be with all of them.Characters
;Akemitsu Akagami;Yuzuki Aoba
;Tsukuyo Aoba
;Kurage Aoba
;Mia Christoph
;Kagura Baldwin
;Kiki
;Nyagosuke
;Tsukina Aoba
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Kimitake Yoshioka, TenPuru started in Kodansha's online platform Comic Days on September 1, 2018. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual volumes. The first volume was released on July 5, 2019. As of October 7, 2025, fourteen volumes have been released.In June 2020, it was announced that BookWalker Global partnered with Kodansha USA to release the manga in English language, and the first two volumes were released digitally on July 14, 2020.
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced in January 2023. It is produced by Gekkou and directed by Kazuomi Koga, with scripts supervised by Yōhei Kashii, character designs handled by Masato Katsumata, and music composed by Shuntaro Innami. The series aired from July 9 to September 24, 2023, on Tokyo MX and other networks. The opening theme song is "Bonnō Paradise" performed by Aimi, while the ending theme song is "Oidemase! Mikadzuki Tera" performed by Aimi, Yu Serizawa, Nanami Yamashita, Madoka Asahina, and Sumire Uesaka as their respective characters.Crunchyroll streamed the series outside of Asia. Medialink licensed the series in Asia-Pacific, streaming it on its Ani-One Asia YouTube channel.