Go For It, Nakamura-kun!! creator Syundei has left X after posting a farewell message that pointed to mounting criticism and alleged harassment.
In the post quoted by Anime News Network, Syundei said they had been receiving complaints asking why they "drew something like this," and added that they no longer saw the point of continuing as a manga creator if their work could not satisfy everyone. They also said they had planned to say goodbye properly, but would leave by noon on April 12 after being told to disappear as soon as possible.
According to American outlet K-Comics Beat, part of the backlash centred on a "what if" illustration involving Go For It, Nakamura-kun! characters Aiki Hirose and high school teacher So Otogiri. K-Comics Beat said a Brazilian fan accused Syundei of portraying an inappropriate relationship between the two characters.
The online scrutiny appears to have intensified after the anime adaptation began airing this month. As usually happens when an older manga gets a fresh anime spotlight, viewers started comparing the original material with the TV version, especially scenes and story elements that did not make it into the adaptation. ANN also noted that posters unfamiliar with Syundei's earlier catalogue began digging through the creator's past work, particularly titles in the boys-love genre.
For fans just discovering the series through the anime, it is worth knowing that Go For It, Nakamura! has been around for quite a while. Syundei first released it as a short in Akaneshinsha's Opera magazine in December 2014, then continued with new chapters from June 2015. The manga's collected volume was published in May 2017.
A sequel, Go for It Again, Nakamura! (Motto Ganbare! Nakamura-kun!!), launched in June 2017 and later received a volume release in August 2021. Syundei resumed the story again in April 2025 under the title Yuruku Ganbare! Nakamura-kun!! on Hero's Comiplex, later known as Hero's Web.
The anime itself premiered on April 1 at 24:30, effectively April 2 at 12:30 a.m., on Tokyo MX, Tochigi TV, Gunma TV, and BS11. Crunchyroll is streaming the series, along with an English dub, in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS territories.
Why should readers in Malaysia and the wider SEA anime scene care? Because this is another reminder of how quickly conversation around an adaptation can shift from actual discussion of the work to personal attacks on the creator. That pattern is not new, and regional fandom spaces are not immune to it either. Once clips, screenshots, and old art start circulating without context, the tone can spiral fast.
It also highlights a familiar pressure point in anime and manga fandom today: when a niche or older title breaks into the mainstream, creators often end up being judged not just on the current adaptation, but on years of past work pulled back into public view all at once. For BL-adjacent works especially, that can bring very heated responses from audiences who were never the original target readership.
For now, the key facts are simple: the anime has just launched, Syundei has stepped away from X, and the discussion around the series has become much messier than a normal adaptation rollout.
Source: Anime News Network