or is a Japanese romantic comedy light novel series written by Seiju Amano and illustrated by Nanami Narumi. Originally launched as a YouTube manga on the Manga Angel Neko Oka channel in March 2020, Media Factory have published ten volumes from December 2020 to January 2025 under their MF Bunko J imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Mosskonbu has been serialized online via Kadokawa Shoten's ShÃ
Ânen Ace Plus website since May 2021 and has been collected in eight tankÃ
Âbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ aired from January to March 2025.
Plot
Saito HÃ
ÂjÃ
Â, the heir to a large corporation, and Akane Sakuramori, a student with a tsundere personality, are two classmates notorious for their poor in-class relationship, with the two frequently fighting in class. One day, the two are summoned to a meeting by their respective grandparents, who have arranged for the two to get married and live together. Saito and Akane's grandparents once loved each other but went their separate ways, and thus want to see their grandchildren fulfill the relationship they never had. However, with the relationship being a requirement for Saito to one day inherit the company, the two reluctantly agree. Saito and Akane now have to deal with living together and their secret relationship, with their on-campus hostility.
Characters
Akane's classmate. He despises her with a burning passion, but much to his horror, he is placed into an arranged marriage with her against his will. Though they initially fight during their first few days of being married, over the course of the story, Saito bonds with Akane and starts to realize he is actually in love with her. He is also aware of Himari being in love with him as well, but doesn't reciprocate her feelings and is constantly annoyed by her affections. His family owns a large conglomerate. His grandfather was originally in love with Akane's grandmother but forced to marry someone else. He resumed his relationship with her grandmother after his wife's death. Saito eventually rejects Himari and Maho, and marries Akane for real.
Saito's classmate. Despite being popular and known for her good looks, she has a quiet personality in class and hates Saito with a burning passion. She constantly bothers and annoys Saito out of spite, which often puts them both at odds with each other; however throughout the course of the story, she warms up to Saito and realizes she actually is in love with him as well. She briefly met Saito during a party when they were children and was excited to find out they were classmates in high school, only to be disappointed when he does not recognize her. She aims to become a doctor, having been influenced by her younger sister Maho's health issues when they were younger.
Akane and Saito's classmate who is a popular gyaru with a kind personality. She is Akane's childhood friend, and has been head over heels in love with Saito since their first year in highschool, even though he never reciprocated. She was initially unaware of Akane and Saito's forced marriage, but once she finds out the truth and realizes Akane has been lying to her, their relationship begins to deteriorate and Himari doubles down on her efforts to have Saito all for herself to spite Akane, leading to both girls turning on each other and forming a heated rivalry, much to Saito's frustration. Her mother died when she was young and her father later remarried, contributing to her personality.
Akane and Saito's classmate, and Saito's younger cousin. She has a close bond with Saito, having spent her early childhood living with him, and often gives him advice on how to be nicer to Akane after discovering their forced marriage. Though initially reluctant, she eventually warms up to Akane as well. Later on, she almost marries Saito after his engagement to Akane is called off, but in the end, this does not push through.
Saito's grandfather. Tenryu had a mutual attraction to Chiyo in their youth, but they never acted on it. To this end, they force their grandchildren to get married as their proxies.
Akane's grandmother, who joins Tenryu's scheme to marry their grandchildren and rekindle their own relationship.
A young underclasswoman and Akane's little sister, who recently transferred to their school. Since she enjoys stalking Akane, she pretends to be romantically interested in Saito, in order to follow him to their house and discover their marriage. She was sickly when she was younger, which inspired Akane's dream of becoming a doctor. She later manipulates Tenryu and Chiyo to make her Saito's fiancée instead of Akane, only for this to fall through and for Akane and Saito to marry for real.
Media
Light novels
Written by Seiju Amano and illustrated by Nanami Narumi, I Got Married to the Girl I Hate Most in Class was published in ten volumes under Media Factory's MF Bunko J light novel imprint on December 25, 2020, to January 25, 2025. The series is licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment.
Manga
A manga adaptation with art by Mosskonbu began serialization on Kadokawa Shoten's ShÃ
Ânen Ace Plus manga website on May 14, 2021. The manga's chapters have been compiled into eight tankÃ
Âbon volumes as of September 2025. The manga adaptation is also licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment.
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on June 24, 2024. It is produced by Aniplex, animated by Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ, and directed by Hiroyuki Oshima, with Tatsuya Takahashi writing series scripts, Nanako Tatsu designing the characters, and Arisa Okehazama composing the music. The series aired from January 3 to March 21, 2025, on Tokyo MX and other networks. The opening theme song is , performed by =Love, while the ending theme song is , performed by Hinaki Yano, Sayumi Suzushiro and Nene Hieda as their respective characters. Crunchyroll streamed the series under the title I'm Getting Married to a Girl I Hate in My Class. Plus Media Networks Asia licensed the series in Southeast Asia and broadcasts it on Aniplus Asia.
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