| Ao-chan Can't Study! | |
| Ja Kanji: | 淫らな青ちゃんは勉強ができない |
| Ja Romaji: | Midara na Ao-chan wa Benkyō ga Dekinai |
| Genre: | Romantic comedy[1] |
| Type: | manga |
| Author: | Ren Kawahara |
| Publisher: | Kodansha |
| Demographic: | Shōnen |
| Magazine: | Shōnen Magazine Edge |
| First: | October 17, 2015 |
| Last: | December 17, 2018 |
| Volumes: | 8 |
| Type: | manga |
| Ao-chan Can't Study: Otona-hen | |
| Author: | Ren Kawahara |
| Publisher: | Kodansha |
| Demographic: | Shōnen |
| Magazine: | Shōnen Magazine Edge |
| First: | January 17, 2019 |
| Last: | April 17, 2020 |
| Volumes: | 3 |
| Type: | tv series |
| Director: | Keisuke Inoue |
| Producer: | Rina Shinoda Makoto Furukawa Hiroyuki Aoi |
| Music: | Hiroaki Tsutsumi |
| Studio: | Silver Link |
| Network: | MBS, TBS, BS-TBS |
| First: | April 6, 2019 |
| Last: | June 22, 2019 |
| Episodes: | 12 |
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ren Kawahara. The series was serialized in Kodansha's Shōnen Magazine Edge magazine from October 2015 to December 2018, and was compiled into eight tankōbon volumes. The manga is licensed in North America by Kodansha USA, who began releasing the manga digitally in English in September 2018. A sequel manga was launched in January 2019, and an anime television series adaptation by Silver Link aired from April 6 to June 22, 2019.
Back when she was in kindergarten, Ao Horie shared a short essay about herself, which she soon regrets, because of her father, Hanasaki Horie, who is an author of erotic novels. Ao aims to go to an elite university to finally get away from her father, but soon she meets Takumi Kijima in their first year in high school. Ao can't think of a way to avoid Takumi and constantly thinks of them being with each other as a couple. Ao believes her father has influenced her way of thinking.
Ao-chan Can't Study!, written and illustrated by Ren Kawahara, was serialized in Kodansha's Shōnen Magazine Edge magazine from October 2015 to December 2018. Kodansha USA has licensed the manga in North America, which has been releasing the manga digitally in English since September 2018. It was compiled into eight tankōbon volumes. A sequel manga began serialization in January 2019.[4]
An anime television series adaptation was announced on December 4, 2018. The series is animated by Silver Link and directed by Keisuke Inoue, with Michiko Yokote handled series composition, and Miwa Oshima designed the characters.[5] It aired from April 6 to June 22, 2019 on the Animeism programming block on MBS, TBS, and BS-TBS. Edoga Sullivan performed the series' opening theme song "Wonderful Wonder", while Spira Spica performed the series' ending theme song .[6] [7] Sentai Filmworks has licensed the series for international regions, excluding Asia;[1] an English dub was produced.[8] In Southeast Asia and South Asia, Muse Communication streamed the series on its Muse Asia YouTube channel.[9]