My Neighbor Seki

My Neighbor Seki
Cover of My Neighbor Seki volume 1, published by Media Factory, featuring main characters Rumi Yokoi (left) and Toshinari Seki (right)
となりの関くん (Tonari no Seki-kun)
Genre	Comedy
Manga
Written by	Takuma Morishige
Published by	Media Factory
English publisher	NA Vertical
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Comic Flapper
Original run	November 2010 – present
Volumes	9
Original animation DVD
Directed by	Yūji Mutoh
Studio	Shin-Ei Animation
Released	January 4, 2014
Anime television series
Tonari no Seki-kun: The Master of Killing Time
Directed by	Yūji Mutoh
Music by	Akifumi Tada
Studio	Shin-Ei Animation
Licensed by	NA Sentai Filmworks
Original network	TV Tokyo, AT-X
Original run	January 5, 2014 – May 25, 2014
Episodes	21 (List of episodes)
Television drama
Original network	MBS, TBS
Original run	July 27, 2015 – September 14, 2015
Episodes	8

My Neighbor Seki (となりの関くん, Tonari no Seki-kun^?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takuma Morishige. The series follows a girl named Rumi Yokoi who is constantly distracted by her neighboring classmate, Toshinari Seki, as he indulges in elaborate hobbies and somehow never gets caught in the process. Originally published as a one-shot in 2010, it started serialization in the November 2010 issue of Media Factory's Comic Flapper magazine. Vertical publishes the manga in North America. An original video animation by Shin-Ei Animation was released bundled with the limited edition of the manga's fifth volume on January 4, 2014, and a 21-episode television series adaptation aired in Japan between January and May 2014.

Written and illustrated by Takuma Morishige, the manga began as a one-shot published in the August 2010 issue of Media Factory's Comic Flapper magazine, and later started serialization in the magazine's November 2010 issue. The first tankōbon volume was published on April 23, 2011 and the ninth was released in August 2016.Vertical licensed the manga for North American publication under the title My Neighbor Seki, and has been releasing volumes since January 2015.

A 21-episode anime television series, directed by Yūji Mutoh and produced by Shin-Ei Animation, aired in Japan between January 5 and May 25, 2014 and was simulcast by Crunchyroll under the title Tonari no Seki-kun: The Master of Killing Time. The fifth manga volume was released simultaneously on January 4, 2014 with a limited edition, bundled with an original animation DVD containing two additional episodes. The series was released on DVD in two parts on May 28, 2014, with a bonus episode on each disc. The opening theme is "Meiwaku Spectacle" (迷惑スペクタクル, Meiwaku Supekutakuru^?, "Nuisance Spectacle") by Kana Hanazawa, and the ending theme is "Set Them Free" by Akira Jimbo. The music in the series is composed by Akifumi Tada.