To Sir, Without Love: I'm Divorcing You (拝啓見知らぬ旦那様、離婚していただきます, Haikei Mishiranu Danna-sama, Rikonshite Itadakimasu) is a Japanese light novel series written by Kori Hisakawa and illustrated by Airumu. It was originally serialized on Kadokawa's Kakuyomu website between April and December 2020. It was later acquired by ASCII Media Works who began publishing it under their Media Works Bunko imprint in January 2022. A manga adaptation illustrated by Iroto Tsumugi began serialization on NTT Solmare's Comic Seymour website under the Flos Comic brand in July 2023.
Written by Kori Hisakawa, To Sir, Without Love: I'm Divorcing You was initially serialized on Kadokawa's Kakuyomu website between April 12 and December 26, 2020.[4] It was later acquired by ASCII Media Works who began publishing it with illustrations by Airumu under their Media Works Bunko light novel imprint on January 25, 2022. Five volumes with three separated parts have been released as of February 25, 2025.[5]
On February 7, 2025, Yen Press announced that they also licensed the novels, with the first part of the first volume releasing in July.[6]
A manga adaptation illustrated by Iroto Tsumugi began serialization on NTT Solmare's Comic Seymour website under Kadokawa's Flos Comic brand on July 5, 2023.[15] The manga's chapters have been compiled into four tankōbon volumes as of June 2025.[16]
The manga adaptation is published digitally in English on Kadokawa's BookWalker website.[17] During their panel at New York Comic Con 2024, Yen Press announced that they had licensed the series for English publication with the first volume set to release in April 2025.[18]
An audiobook version of the first volume with narration by Makoto Furukawa was released on the ListenGo service on August 24, 2022.[23]
A voice comic adaptation was uploaded to the Comic Station YouTube channel on July 5, 2023. The voice comic featured performances from Natsumi Hioka and Atsushi Abe.[3]
Reception
The series won the Grand Prize in the Romance category in the 6th Kakuyomu Web Novel Contest in 2021.[24] The manga adaptation won the Grand Prize at the 2025 Digital Comic Awards.[25]
By December 2024, the series had over 1 million copies in circulation.[22]
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Light Novel Prize
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