The popular manga, The Duke’s Son Claims He Won’t Love Me yet Showers Me with Adoration (Kimi wo Aisuru Ki wa Nai to Itta Jiki Koushaku-sama ga Nazeka Dekiai Shitekimasu), is getting a TV anime adaptation. The series will premiere in July 2026.
A teaser visual and trailer have been released alongside the announcement.
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Yui Ishikawa is voicing Elsa Eukranien, and Soma Saito is voicing Julius Royus. Hitoyuki Matsui is directing the series with Tomoko Konporu (Kimi ni Todoke – From Me To You) as the series’ composition and Yuko Yahiro (Kaguya-sama: Love Is War) as the character designer. ZERO-G and GRASS are producing the anime.
The original manga is written by Kei Misawa and illustrated by Natsu Nizuno. It was first serialized in COMIC Polaris before being published in Flex Comics. As of February 2026, it released four manga volumes, with the fifth being released in Japan on March 5, 2026. It has sold over 2 million copies.
MangaPlaza is publishing the manga digitally in English, with their synopsis saying:
Elsa, the daughter of a fallen aristocrat, receives news.
It was a marriage proposal from Julius, a very elite nobleman.
Elsa is wondering,” Why would such a distinguished man marry me”?
But after the wedding, Julius, who had been kind and gentle up to that point, changed completely!
In a cold voice, he tells her,” I have no intention of loving you”.
Sources: official website, official X/Twitter
