Damedol and the Only Fan in the World

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kirishimo. It was originally posted as a web manga on Twitter in December 2022, before beginning serialization on the Ganma! web service in May 2023. Ichijinsha has published four volumes as of November 2025.

Plot

The series follows Moegi Urushiba, a university student who is a member of the underground idol group Merry☆Universe. However, due to her clumsiness and poor singing and dancing skills she only has a single fan, Kimiya Okuda. Kimiya is also a university student who spends his time and money on oshikatsu supporting Urumin.

Characters

An underground idol in the group Merry☆Universe who goes by the name . She is clumsy and not good at singing or dancing so she often makes mistakes during performances, leading to her having no fans other than Kimiya. She goes to the same university as Kimiya, although they have not met each other outside of idol activities. She is happy to have Kimiya as her fan.

A university student at the same university as Moegi and one of Merry☆Universe's few fans. Due to the group's lack of popularity and Urumin's lack of talent, he is her only fan. He is very devoted to her and vows to support her with the strength of 8 billion people.

The leader of Merry☆Universe and oldest member of the group. She goes by the name . She was previously a delinquent when she was in school.

A member of Merry☆Universe, who has a masculine appearance. She is fond of reading boys' love works.

A member of Merry☆Universe who goes by the name . She has the appearance of a but despite her looks, she is actually the smartest member and a graduate student at university.

At 19, she is the youngest member of Merry☆Universe.

Publication

The series is written and illustrated by Kirishimo. It was originally posted on Twitter on December 11, 2022, where it gained popularity and received over 90,000 likes. Kirishimo was inspired to draw the manga by the idea of drawing a blushing girl and a straight-faced guy who makes her blush, as well as the idea of a guy liking a girl one-sidedly and the girl is embarrassed but secretly happy about his feelings. It later began serialization on Comic Smart's manga platform Ganma! on May 23, 2023. Ichijinsha published the first volume on January 25, 2024. Four volumes have been released as of November 2025.

During their panel at Anime NYC 2025, Mangamo announced that they had licensed the series for English publication.

Reception

The series was nominated for the 2024 and 2025 Next Manga Award in the Web Manga category.

References

External links

• Official manga website