A live-action film adaptation of Karin Anzai’s romantic comedy manga It Takes More Than a Pretty Face to Fall in Love (known as Kao Dake ja Suki ni Narimasen in Japan) is now in the works. The manga artist announced the news on her official X (formerly Twitter) on July 19.
The news is now also featured on the cover of Hana to Yume magazine’s latest 16th issue of 2024, which is released in Japan today on July 20.
It Takes More Than a Pretty Face to Fall in Love has been serialized in Hakusensha’s Hana to Yume shojo manga magazine since July 2020, and 11 tankobon volumes has been available in Japan to day.The manga’s English edition is licensed by Comikey with the description:
Chiken Sana loves good-looking guys more than anything. After enrolling at Minowa General Highschool in hopes of meeting her ideal man, she finds Ugo Kanato, a man blessed with looks from the gods themselves. However, she quickly finds herself in a predicament! Due to skipping too many classes, Kanato is set to be expelled! Unless she can help leverage his good looks and get the school’s social media account to 100,000 followers, Sana ‘s dreamboat will disappear from her life forever. The story follows the pair and their changing relationship as they try to prevent Kanato’s expulsion.
The manga’s promo videos featuring Yuichiro Umebara as Kanato Ugo have also been available on YouTube.
Sources: Karin Anzai official X (formerly Twitter), Hana to Yume official X
