
A Couple of Cuckoos

 is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Miki Yoshikawa. It was originally published as a one-shot in September 2019, before beginning serialization in Kodansha's "Weekly Shōnen Magazine" in January 2020. Its chapters have been collected in five "tankōbon" volumes as of January 2021. An anime television series adaptation by Shin-Ei Animation and SynergySP is scheduled to air in 2022.
Plot.
Nagi Umino is a 17-year old second-year high school student who learns that he is not the biological child of the family that raised him. On the way to his first meeting with his biological family he meets Erika Amano, a popular internet celebrity who is trying to escape from an arranged marriage. Later, Nagi and Erika discover that their parents had accidentally switched the two after their births and were now aiming to put them in an arranged marriage. To facilitate this, they are made to live in a house owned by Erika's family.
Media.
Manga.
Miki Yoshikawa first published the series as a one-shot in "Weekly Shōnen Magazine" in September 2019, as part of a promotion where she would publish three one-shots and readers could vote on which would receive a serialization. The series began serialization in "Weekly Shōnen Magazine" on January 29, 2020. The first "tankōbon" volume was released on May 15, 2020; A promotional video for the series was released on June 11, 2020. The video was voiced by Yūma Uchida and Maaya Uchida, who are siblings. As of January 15, 2021, five volumes have been released.
The manga series has been licensed in digital in North America by Kodansha USA.
Volume list.
 
Anime.
In April 2021, an anime television series adaptation was announced. It is animated by Shin-Ei Animation and SynergySP and directed by Yoshiyuki Shirahata, with Hiroaki Akagi serving as chief director, Yasuhiro Nakanishi overseeing series scripts, and Aya Takano designing characters. It is scheduled to air in 2022.
Reception.
It was reported that the first volume of the manga sold out in stores due to high demand, and that sales exceeded the publisher and author's expectations. "A Couple of Cuckoos" ranked #12 on Takarajimasha's "Kono Manga ga Sugoi!" list of best manga of 2021 for male readers. The series ranked #5 on the "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2021" by the Honya Club website.