Yankee-kun to Megane-chan

Yankee-kun to Megane-chan was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine from 2006 to 2011, created by mangaka Miki Yoshikawa. The series originated as a playful take on the classic 'delinquent reform' trope, focusing on the comedic and heartwarming dynamic between Daichi Shinagawa, a reluctant delinquent, and Hana Adachi, an overly enthusiastic class representative hiding her own rowdy past. It reflects the mid-2000s trend of high school-based romantic comedies that blended slapstick humor with personal growth themes.

Miki Yoshikawa, who previously assisted on the series Fairy Tail, designed the characters to subvert typical shonen archetypes by layering visual contradictions into their personalities. The artwork is characterized by expressive, clean lines and a distinct sense of comedic timing that helped the series achieve significant commercial success, eventually inspiring a live-action television adaptation in Japan. It remains a notable entry in Yoshikawa's portfolio, bridging her early work with the later, broader success of her series Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches.