Cherry Magic

is a Japanese boys' love (BL) manga series by Yuu Toyota.

A live-action television drama adaptation aired from October 9 to December 24, 2020, on TV Tokyo television series adaptation produced by Satelight aired from January to March 2024.

Plot

Having never had sex in his life, after Kiyoshi Adachi reaches his 30th birthday he becomes a "": he develops an ability to hear the thoughts of other people by touching them. One day, he discovers that his popular co-worker, Yuichi Kurosawa, is in love with him. While dealing with the awkwardness of being able to hear Kurosawa's rather forthright feelings towards him, Adachi comes to terms with how much Kurosawa values him and starts to develop reciprocal feelings of his own.

Characters

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:Adachi is a salaryman who, after reaching his 30th birthday as a virgin, develops an ability to read the minds of people he touches. Toyota described Adachi as "serious and straightforward" while also having a rough life because he lacks self-confidence. Toyota also states that he is starting to change because of his relationship with Kurosawa.
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:Kurosawa is a salaryman working at the same company as Adachi. He is friendly and his good looks makes him popular in the office, but he is also secretly in love with Adachi and often fantasizes about him. Toyota described Kurosawa as being "handsome" but being a "mess" on the inside at the same time, while also having pure feelings of love for Adachi.
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:Tsuge is Adachi's friend from college who is a romance novelist. Like Adachi, he reaches his 30s as a virgin and is able to read the minds of people he touches. He owns a cat named Udon which he rescued from abandonment. He develops feelings for Minato.
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:Minato is a deliveryman assigned to Tsuge's neighborhood. Though wary of Tsuge, he is attached to his cat, Udon, which he had wanted to adopt but couldn't.
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:Rokkaku is Adachi's co-worker.
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:Fujisaki is Adachi's co-worker.
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:Urabe is Adachi's co-worker.

Development

''Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!'' originated as a 4-page comic that Yuu Toyota posted on her Twitter and Pixiv accounts in January 2018. Toyota conceptualized the story seven or eight years prior by imagining what kind of power would be best for someone who has little experience in love, as well as the legend where one will gain magical powers if they stay a virgin past 30 years old. Toyota stated that initially, the main couple was supposed to be similar to Tsuge and Minato, but she felt it was more interesting if the person with the magical powers was the one being pursued. Adachi was created from the idea of a person who has little experience in love and lacking self-confidence, while Kurosawa was created as his foil. Toyota also stated that she has not specified who has the role of the top or bottom in Adachi and Kurosawa's relationship.

Toyota also intended for the theme of ''Cherry Magic!'' was to show how, even if one has magical powers, self-confidence is necessary for progress. An hour after it was posted, Ito, an editor who had been following her work for some time, offered her a publishing deal through Twitter. Ito also arranged for Kawai to be Toyota's editor as well. Toyota, Ito, and Kawai noted that ''Cherry Magic!'' had a diverse audience, including men and elementary school students. Because of this, Toyota included a disclaimer in ''Cherry Magic!'' stating that there may be "adult" developments later in the story, though there were no plans of drawing anything explicit.

Media

Manga

''Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!'' is written and illustrated by Yuu Toyota. It is serialized digitally on ''Gangan Pixiv'' since September 1, 2018. The chapters were later released in fifteen bound volumes by Square Enix.

A drama CD adaptation was released on October 23, 2019, starring Atsushi Abe as Adachi, Takuya Satō as Kurosawa, Kazuyuki Okitsu as Tsuge, and Kōhei Amasaki as Minato. The drama CD is narrated by Kentaro Tone.

An official Chinese radio drama adaptation began airing on April 6, 2022, on the online audio streaming platform MissEvan. It ran for 13 main episodes, with an additional two extra episodes.

At Anime Expo 2019, Square Enix announced that they were distributing the series in English in 2020 as their first boys' love series.

Television drama

A live-action television series adaptation was announced in September 2020. The series stars Eiji Akaso as Adachi and Keita Machida as Kurosawa. Additional cast members include Kodai Asaka, Yutaro, Takuya Kusakawa, Ryo Sato, and Suzunosuke. It is directed by Hiroki Kazama and written by . The series aired from October 9 to December 24, 2020, on TV Tokyo

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