Everyone's Darling Has a Secret

Everyone's Darling Has a Secret
First tankōbon volume cover
放課後のアイドルには秘密がある
(Hōkago no Idol ni wa Himitsu ga Aru)
GenreRomantic comedy
Manga
Written byKashiko Amane
Published byHakusensha
English publisher
ImprintYoung Animal Comics
Magazine
  • Manga Park
  • Young Animal Web
Original runSeptember 18, 2022 – present
Volumes9

Everyone's Darling Has a Secret (放課後のアイドルには秘密がある, Hōkago no Idol ni wa Himitsu ga Aru) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kashiko Amane. It originally began a preview serialization in Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine in July 2022, before beginning serialization in Hakusensha's Manga Park and Young Animal Web services in September 2022. The series has been compiled into nine volumes as of July 2026.

Plot

Hizashi Hiruno, a first-year high school student, is surprised to learn that he has failed his academic proficiency exam, the result of a careless mistake. He ends up taking remedial classes with Rei Kuromiya, his beautiful and popular classmate who is also a popular idol. Rei feels her own pressures due to promising her mother that she would quit being an idol if she failed at her studies. With the two both unexpectedly getting low scores, the two decide to help each other in their studies, hoping to meet their respective expectations. The two fall for each other as Hizashi realizes that there is more to Rei than her public image.

Characters

Hizashi Haruno (昼野 ひざし, Hiruno Hizashi)
A first-year student at Houtei Academy, a prestigious escalator school. Due to family pressures, he aims to have high grades. However, due to a careless mistake in his academic proficiency exam, he fails that and is forced to take remedial classes. He starts taking remedial classes with Rei Kuromiya, where she asks him to teach her. He eventually realizes that he has feelings for Rei.
Rei Kuromiya (黒宮 玲, Kuromiya Rei)
Hizashi's classmate, she is a member of the popular idol group Blue Impulse. She has a public reputation for being a genius idol, being able to balance both her studies and entertainment career. However, her studies have suffered due to her idol work, leading her to also fail the proficiency exam. She asks Hizashi to help her study, knowing that she will be forced to quit her entertainment activities if her grades keep failing. As time goes on, she develops feelings for Hizashi.

Development

Kashiko Amane originally began developing the manga during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, when she was working on a fan fiction work about the character Rin Shibuya from The Idolmaster. Her editor suggested that she work on a story about someone being in a romantic relationship with Rin, which Amane eventually developed into an original series. The series was also inspired by her fantasies about sharing a class with an idol, while noting that she found it unrealistic that a normal person could ever be in contact with a celebrity. Her career as a manga artist was inspired by an idea by game director Masahiro Sakurai about keeping her goals secret from and "raising her internal pressure" to allow her to focus on actually doing things rather than being distracted by external pressures.[1]

Publication

Written and illustrated by Kashiko Amane, the series initially had a preview serialization in Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine from July 8 to August 12, 2022.[2] The series began serialization in Hakusensha's Manga Park and Young Animal Web services on September 18, 2022.[3][4] The first tankōbon volume was released on February 28, 2023;[5][6][7] nine volumes have been released as of July 29, 2026.[8] The series is licensed in English by Yen Press,[9] which released its first English volume on January 21, 2025.[10]

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1February 28, 2023[7]978-4-592-16267-4January 21, 2025[10]979-8-8554-0473-9
2June 29, 2023[11]978-4-592-16268-1May 27, 2025[12]979-8-8554-0475-3
3October 27, 2023[13]978-4-592-16269-8November 25, 2025[14]979-8-8554-0477-7
4April 26, 2024[15]978-4-592-16270-4June 9, 2026[16]979-8-8554-2333-4
5September 27, 2024[17]978-4-592-16350-3——
6February 28, 2025[18]978-4-592-16360-2——
7June 27, 2025[19]978-4-592-16450-0——
8January 29, 2026[20]978-4-592-16529-3——
9July 29, 2026[8]978-4-592-16700-6——

References

  1. ↑ "同じクラスにいる人気アイドルと秘密の恋…誰もが憧れる学園ラブコメに「この漫画クッソ面白い」「良すぎて全買い」と反響【作者インタビュー】" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. February 28, 2025. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
  2. ↑ 才色兼備と噂のあの娘の秘密「放課後のアイドルには秘密がある」アニマル新連載. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. July 8, 2022. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
  3. ↑ 放課後のアイドルには秘密がある | マンガPark（マンガパーク）. Manga Park (in Japanese). Hakusensha. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
  4. ↑ 放課後のアイドルには秘密がある・第1話 黒宮さんの秘密 | ヤングアニマル. Young Animal Web (in Japanese). Hakusensha. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
  5. ↑ 赤点の補習教室は、君と僕の内緒の時間「放課後のアイドルには秘密がある」1巻. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 28, 2023. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
  6. ↑ 1巻は即重版！ “モブ男子×人気アイドル”の秘密共有ラブコメディ2巻は、二人きりのテスト勉強で“さらなる秘密”が!?. Da Vinci Web (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. July 8, 2023. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
  7. 1 2 放課後のアイドルには秘密がある 1 (in Japanese). Hakusensha. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
  8. 1 2 放課後のアイドルには秘密がある 9 (in Japanese). Hakusensha. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
  9. ↑ Mateo, Alex (August 10, 2024). "Yen Press Licenses Lycoris Recoil: Ordinary Days Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky Novels, More Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
  10. 1 2 "Everyone's Darling Has a Secret, Vol. 1". Yen Press. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
  11. ↑ 放課後のアイドルには秘密がある 2 (in Japanese). Hakusensha. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Everyone's Darling Has a Secret, Vol. 2". Yen Press. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
  13. ↑ 放課後のアイドルには秘密がある 3 (in Japanese). Hakusensha. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
  14. ↑ "Everyone's Darling Has a Secret, Vol. 3". Yen Press. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
  15. ↑ 放課後のアイドルには秘密がある 4 (in Japanese). Hakusensha. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
  16. ↑ "Everyone's Darling Has a Secret, Vol. 4". Yen Press. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
  17. ↑ 放課後のアイドルには秘密がある 5 (in Japanese). Hakusensha. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
  18. ↑ 放課後のアイドルには秘密がある 6 (in Japanese). Hakusensha. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
  19. ↑ 放課後のアイドルには秘密がある 7 (in Japanese). Hakusensha. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
  20. ↑ 放課後のアイドルには秘密がある 8 (in Japanese). Hakusensha. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
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