The End of the World with You
The End of the World with You is a Japanese manga series by. It was serialized in the bimonthly boys' love manga magazine On BLUE from February 25, 2020, to December 25, 2021.
A live-action television drama adaptation was broadcast on Asahi Broadcasting Corporation from January 30, 2023, to March 20, 2023.
Plot
On May 10, a giant meteorite is predicted to collide with the Earth and end the world in 10 days. Masumi Nishina, an overworked salaryman, copes with the news by revisiting his university's library to spend the remainder of his life reading books. There, he reunites with Ritsu Kusakabe, a wealthy company CEO and a media personality. Ritsu is also Masumi's ex-boyfriend with whom he once shared a passionate romance 10 years ago that ended when Ritsu cheated on him and caused him to have a mental breakdown. Ritsu requests Masumi's help to dispose a corpse after testing some suicide pills. Masumi follows Ritsu to his condominium, where they find Yuma, a high school student, who is still alive. Yuma admits he wanted to die after the rejection of his crush and the death of his favorite idol singer, Madoka Kagami, but he regains the will to live under Masumi's encouragement and to return to Hamamatsu to be with his family.With no gas or means of public transportation, the three are forced to spend several days going to Hamamatsu by bicycle. On the first night, the three rescue Meguru, a university student from Matsumoto and Madoka's younger sibling. The three decide to extend their trip to Matsumoto to ensure that Meguru returns home. Meanwhile, Masumi and Ritsu speculate that Yuma might have supernatural powers, as miracles have coincided with their journey.
The next evening, Meguru confronts Ritsu over Madoka's death, revealing that Ritsu was the last person she contacted before she died by suicide. Masumi attempts to calm Yuma, who is upset that Ritsu and Madoka personally know each other, but he is accidentally knocked over a ledge. Though Masumi survives with major injuries and a fever, a distraught Ritsu reveals that he is still in love with Masumi and regrets how he treated him. As Masumi recovers, he encourages Ritsu to reveal the truth to Meguru and Yuma. Ritsu confirms that Madoka decided to die by suicide after her girlfriend broke up with her and she was forced to leave her girl group, ending her singing career. As he was the last person Madoka had called before her death, he feels guilty that he was unable to save her. Later that evening, Ritsu attempts to ingest the remaining suicide pill, but Masumi narrowly stops him and gives him the resolve to live. Close to the end of their trip, Masumi realizes he has been grateful for the experiences he had throughout the trip and accepts his conflicted feelings towards Ritsu.
After sending Meguru home in Matsumoto, the three pay their respects to Madoka and take Meguru's family's car back to Hamamatsu, and then back to Masumi's apartment in Tokyo. On their way back, Ritsu and Masumi notice that the university library had been set on fire, and Masumi realizes he would have died if he had remained there. Ritsu and Masumi spend their last moments on Earth together consummating their love. When Masumi falls asleep, he has a dream where a giant Yuma flicks away the meteorite. Masumi and Ritsu wake up the next morning at the anticipated time of impact, only to notice that the sun has risen with no signs of the meteorite.
Characters
;Masumi Nishina;Ritsu Kusakabe
;Yuma Hirose
;Meguru Kagami
;Madoka Kagami
;Yosuke Hashimoto
Media
Manga
The End of the World with You was written and illustrated by. It was serialized in the bimonthly boys' love manga magazine On BLUE from vol. 45 released on February 25, 2020, to vol. 56 released on December 25, 2021. The chapters were later released in two bound volumes by Shodensha under the On BLUE Comics imprint on February 25, 2022. In vol. 63 of On BLUE released on February 25, 2023, Marukido announced that she would be releasing a sequel side story titled Another Ordinary Day with You.In 2022, Marukido stated through an interview with that she wanted to draw something different than her previous works, which showed an who was the "male version of a femme fatale" and was often told from the perspective of a. When describing Masumi, she stated that she wanted to draw a gloomy, introverted guy who is "at the mercy of the ", and that she wanted to draw Ritsu and Masumi as a "plain heroine" with a " who makes her heart flutter" as seen in manga. Marukido mentioned that Ritsu had originally been a more "evil" character, but she toned him down after her assistant's negative reaction.
Marukido also stated that the COVID-19 pandemic took place when she was in the middle of writing the manga's second chapter, and she felt her gloominess about the situation was shown in each chapter. As the characters in the story go on a biking trip, Marukido stated that she researched their travel times using Google Maps. She chose the title of the manga from a list of several suggestions made by her editor.