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Fumihiro Yoshimura (Jungle Emperor Leo: Hon-o-ji, Kacchikene, Kumi to Tulip) directed the anime at Tezuka Productions, and Tomoko Konparu (Kimi ni Todoke - From Me to You, NANA, Uta no Prince-sama - Maji Love 1000%) was in charge of the series scripts. Miyuki Katayama (Young Black Jack) designed the characters. Tatsuhiko Saiki (The Dawn of the Witch), Natsumi Tabuchi, Sayaka Aoki, Junko Nakajima, and Kanade Sakuma composed the music. (All of the composers collaborated on the anime My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!, and Tabuchi, Aoki, and Sakuma also worked on I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss.)

J-Novel Club is publishing the light novel series in English, and it describes the story:

One day, Crown Prince Sieg hears the Voices of the Gods out of the blue. Apparently, his fiancée Lieselotte is a “tsun de rais” villainess destined to meet her demise...and her sharp tongue is just a way of covering up her embarrassment. The prince can hardly contain himself after discovering Lieselotte's adorable hidden side. Little does he know, the heavenly beings that bestowed this knowledge unto him are actually high schoolers!

Can he use their divine prophecy (let's play commentary) to save his betrothed and avoid a Bad End?!

Enoshima initially released the story on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō (Let's Be Novelists) website.

"Ayumu was a Kendo competitor in middle school, so everyone assumed that he'd join the Kendo club for his first year in high school. Instead, he becomes involved with an entirely different sort of activity with a Second-Year girl… an activity famous for becoming increasingly complex the longer it goes on! We're talking about Shogi, of course, the board game that's often referred to as Japanese chess. But the game itself soon becomes a problem, because while Ayumu finds himself increasingly attracted to Urushi, he's also sworn not to tell her until he's won a match against her… and Urushi's REALLY good at Shogi! So now they're stuck in a loop, caught up in ancient game that's far more complicated than chess… and also playing a lot of Shogi as well… wondering When Will Ayumu Make His Move?"

Mirai Minato (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya, BOFURI) directed the anime at SILVER LINK. Deko Akao (Pokémon: Journeys, Noragami) was in charge of the series scripts. Kazuya Hirata (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya, BOFURI) designed the characters.

The character Urushi Yaotome (as voiced by Kanna Nakamura) performed the ending theme song "50 Centi" (50 cm).

Yamamoto (Teasing Master Takagi-san) launched the series in Weekly Shōnen Magazine in March 2019. The manga commemorates Weekly Shōnen Magazine's 60th anniversary.