Left to right: Yamamoto, Kawashima, and Jingi Irie, presumably the not-nice sempai.  Watashi no Yasashikunai Sempai Word on the Mainichi is that Yutaka "Yamakan" Yamamoto , series director of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya , briefly director of Lucky Star , and total director of Kannagi , is moving into directing his first live-action film . Don't worry, he's not going too far from his roots: the project is an adaptation of a romantic comedy light novel titled Watashi no Yasashikunai Sempai, or "My Not-Nice Sempai," by author Akira. The 2005 novel revolves, as you might have guessed, around a high school girl on a tiny island with a crush on an older student. She tries to write him a confession leter, only to have it discovered by another upperclassman, and chaos ensues. The lead, Yamako Iriomote, is set to be played by Umika Kawashima, a 15-year-old idol from the group 9nine. Who wants to take bets on whether Yamakan will find a way to plug some dancing into the flick?
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