Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games
Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eri Ejima. It has been serialized in Media Factory's manga magazine Monthly Comic Flapper since January 2020 and has been collected in ten volumes. The manga is licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. A live-action web drama adaptation aired from May to July 2023. An anime television series adaptation produced by Diomedéa is set to premiere in 2026.
Plot
Young school girls have a love for fighting games in a prestigious all-girl academy where video games are banned. Despite this, they enter Japan's biggest fighting game tournament.Characters
;Aya Mitsuki;Mio Yorue
;Yū Inui
;Tamaki Ichinose
Media
Manga
The manga series is written and illustrated by Eri Ejima and has been serialized in Media Factory's manga magazine Monthly Comic Flapper since January 4, 2020. Ten volumes were released as of December 2025. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga for a North American release.Drama
A live-action web drama adaptation was announced on October 21, 2022. It is directed by Ryoma Ouchida and written by Anna Kawahara. The series was streamed on the Lemino streaming service from May 19 to July 7, 2023, and ran for eight episodes.Anime
An anime adaptation was announced on January 21, 2021. It was later confirmed to be a television series that will be produced by Diomedéa and directed by Shōta Ihata, with scripts written by Wataru Watari, characters designed by Mayuko Matsumoto, and music composed by Kana Hashiguchi. The series was originally scheduled for 2025, but was later delayed due to schedule adjustments of the various parties involved in production. It is set to premiere in 2026.Iron Senpai 4, the fictional fighting game in the manga, will be replaced by in-game footage of Street Fighter 6 in the anime.