is a Japanese four-panel manga written and illustrated by Toshiya Wakabayashi. It was serialized in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine from August 2014 to March 2015, and transferred to Weekly Shōnen Magazine, where it ran from April 2015 to July 2018. It was compiled into twelve tankōbon volumes. An anime adaptation by Studio Gokumi aired from July to September 2017. Plot Tsuredure Children tells various romantic stories about how it is hard to say "I love you", between young students attending the same high school, in an omnibus format. The characters in each story are connected to each other through their various friendships. Characters Second year Class 2-1, Haruhiko is a soccer club member alongside Sugawara. He is interested in his classmate Saki Kanda and waits for her to actually confess her feelings. Class 2-1, Saki is a member of the soft tennis club. She is in love with Haruhiko Takase and makes repeated unsuccessful attempts to confess. She is good friends with Yuki Minagawa and seeks advice from her. Class 2-1, Jun is the straightlaced member of the broadcasting club. He is regularly confessed to by his classmate Yuki Minagawa, but due to her easygoing personality, he is never able to tell whether Yuki is serious. Jun eventually returns her feelings and they become a couple. Class 2-1, Yuki is a member of the soft tennis club. She is the class representative, but often delegates her tasks to Jun Furuya to slack off and spend time with him. A girl with a lot of friends with the impression of being a playgirl, Yuki consistently confesses to Jun, using various riddles to express her affections in the hopes he'll reciprocate. Jun eventually returns her feelings and they become a couple. Class 2-4, Takurō is a member of the soccer club who is nicknamed "Sugayan". He has long been in love with his classmate Chizuru Takano due to her helpful nature. He briefly gives up on his feelings after concluding she is not ready for love, but is unable to let them go. Class 2-4, Chizuru is a girl who thinks of herself as unfun and gloomy. When her classmate Takurō Sugawara helped her reach a bus station after a rain shower hit and attempted a confession, Chizuru thought that Takurō just wanted to make her feel better. Although she is unaware of his feelings, as well as her own, she is