Ashi-Girl

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Kozueko Morimoto wrote and illustrated Ashi-Girl, which began serialization in the first issue of Shueisha's Cocohana josei manga magazine on November 28, 2011, and ended on December 27, 2021. The chapters were collected into sixteen tankōbon volumes from July 25, 2012, to February 25, 2022. A sequel manga titled Tama ni Koshi Ire: Ashi-Girl Season 2 started serialization in the same magazine on February 28, 2023, and its chapters have been collected into five tankōbon volumes as of July 23, 2026.

A 12-episode live-action television drama adaptation was announced on May 17, 2017, and aired on NHK from September 23 to December 16, 2017, starring Yuina Kuroshima as Yui Hayakawa and Kentarō as Tadakiyo Hagikuhachirō. A sequel television special was announced in February 2018 and premiered on NHK on December 24, 2018. A musical stage reading adaptation was announced on June 28, 2023, with three performances at the TOYUSU PIT Theatre in Tokyo between August 5–6, 2023, featuring multiple cast members including Miyu Honda and Ayako Konno as Yui Hayakawa.

Did You Know?

• The protagonist Yui Hayakawa's only talent is her leg strength.
• Yui is transported to the Sengoku period after accidentally falling in her brother Takeru's time machine.