When Did Kiss Him Not Me First Release In Japan?

This one still makes me grin — I was in university when it was everywhere, and I loved tracing its release timeline like a mini obsession. If you mean the anime adaptation of 'Kiss Him, Not Me', it first aired in Japan on October 6, 2016 (it was part of the Fall 2016 anime season and ran through December 22, 2016). The show popped up on Tokyo MX and a few other networks, and suddenly my Twitter timeline was full of fangirling, cosplay pics, and frantic GIFs of those over-the-top reactions. If your question was about the original manga, that's 'Watashi ga Motete Dousunda' — the manga began serialization in the magazine 'Bessatsu Friend' in August 2013, so that’s when the story first started appearing for readers in Japan.

I still remember the tiny ritual of grabbing the newest magazine issues and flipping to the latest chapter; as a longtime manga reader I always loved catching the first chapters as they dropped. The manga’s serialization in 2013 is what planted the seed, and the anime in October 2016 is what made it explode internationally. The anime format helped the fancier, comedic moments land even harder — those exaggerated panel reactions translated beautifully to animation, and the voice acting gave the characters an extra layer of personality that my friends and I replayed like it was a highlight reel.

If you want to watch it now, most legal streaming services that picked up Fall 2016 shows will have it in their back catalog (and physical releases followed the broadcast, if you prefer blu-rays or DVDs). For reading, look for licensed English volumes of 'Watashi ga Motete Dousunda' or check out the official publishers that handled the English release. Personally, I like revisiting the first episode and then flipping back to chapter one of the manga — it's fun to see little differences in pacing and how gags are handled in print vs. animation. Anyway, whether you’re chasing the original manga start in August 2013 or the anime premiere on October 6, 2016, both dates mark times when the series really began to make its rounds — and honestly, it’s still a goofy, sweet ride I enjoy revisiting whenever I want a laugh.