Tonari no Seki-kun

Rumi Yokoi wants to pay attention in class, but the desk beside hers is practically an entertainment center. Her classmate Seki quietly builds elaborate diversions out of games, toys, and whatever else he can bring to school, treating every lesson as time for another project.

Yokoi knows she should ignore him. Instead, curiosity draws her into the tiny dramas unfolding within arm’s reach, until watching becomes worrying, protesting, or even helping. Somehow, when a teacher finally notices a distraction, Seki is rarely the one who looks guilty.