The Anemone Feels the Heat


The Anemone Feels the Heat is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ren Sakuragi. It was serialized in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Forward magazine from November 24, 2020, to April 24, 2025.

Synopsis

Nagisa Ootsuki spent her time in middle school diligently studying with the aim of passing the entrance exam to her first choice of high schools. However, on the day of exam Nagisa stopped to help a girl seemingly about to faint in the snow, causing her to miss the exams and instantly fail. Dejected, Nagisa applied to a nearby school while changing her look completely, dying her hair and swapping her glasses for contacts, only to find that the girl who now sits next to her in class, Mashiro Komiyama, is the same one she stopped to help that caused her to fail her entrance exam.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Ren Sakuragi, The Anemone Feels the Heat was serialized in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Forward magazine from November 24, 2020, to April 24, 2025. Its chapters have been collected in nine tankōbon volumes released from June 11, 2021, to July 11, 2025.
During their panel at Anime NYC 2024, Yen Press announced that they had licensed the series for English publication.

Reception

In 2023, the series was nominated for the 9th Next Manga Award in the print category.