My Neighbor Seki

My Neighbor Seki
Cover of My Neighbor Seki volume 1, published by Media Factory, featuring main characters Rumi Yokoi (left) and Toshinari Seki (right)
となりの関くん
(Tonari no Seki-kun)
GenreComedy, slice of life
Manga
Written byTakuma Morishige
Published byMedia Factory
English publisher
MagazineComic Flapper
DemographicSeinen
Original runNovember 2010 – present
Volumes10
Original animation DVD
Directed byYūji Mutoh
StudioShin-Ei Animation
ReleasedJanuary 4, 2014
Anime television series
Tonari no Seki-kun: The Master of Killing Time
Directed byYūji Mutoh
Produced by
  • Motomichi Araki
  • Yoshikazu Beniya
  • Mika Shimizu
  • Shigehiko Yamada
  • Tsutomu Yanagimura
  • Keigo Tanabe
Music byAkifumi Tada
StudioShin-Ei Animation
Licensed by
Original networkTV Tokyo, AT-X
Original run January 5, 2014 May 25, 2014
Episodes21
Television drama
Original networkMBS, TBS
Original run July 27, 2015 September 14, 2015
Episodes8
Manga
My Neighbor Seki-kun Junior
Written byTakuma Morishige
Published byMedia Factory
MagazineComic Flapper
DemographicSeinen
Original runJuly 4, 2020May 2, 2023
Volumes3

My Neighbor Seki (となりの関くん, Tonari no Seki-kun) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takuma Morishige. The series follows a girl named Rumi Yokoi who is constantly distracted by her neighboring classmate, Toshinari Seki, as he indulges in elaborate hobbies and somehow never gets caught in the process. Originally published as a one-shot in 2010, it started serialization in the November 2010 issue of Media Factory's Comic Flapper magazine. Vertical publishes the manga in North America. An original video animation by Shin-Ei Animation was released bundled with the limited edition of the manga's fifth volume on January 4, 2014, and a 21-episode television series adaptation aired in Japan between January and May 2014. A spin-off manga series serialized from July 2020 to May 2023.