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{{Short description|Japanese manga series and its adaptations}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name            = Nōnai Poison Berry
| image           = 
| caption         = 
| ja_kanji        = 脳内ポイズンベリー
| ja_romaji       = Nōnai Poizun Berī
| genre           = [[Romance fiction|Romance]], [[slice-of-life]]<ref name="MangaNews">{{cite web|url=http://www.manga-news.com/index.php/serie-vo/Nonai-Poison-Berry-vo| title=''Nônai Poison Berry'' vo|accessdate=December 20, 2014|work=Manga News|language=French}}</ref><!-- Note: Use and cite reliable sources to identify genre/s, not personal interpretation. Please don't include more than three genres (per [[MOS:A&M]]). -->
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| author          = [[Setona Mizushiro]]
| illustrator     = 
| publisher       = [[Shueisha]]
| publisher_en    = 
| demographic     = [[Josei manga|{{transliteration|ja|Josei}}]]
| imprint         = Queen's Comics
| magazine        = Chorus/[[Cocohana]]
| magazine_en     = 
| published       = 
| first           = {{Start date|2009|12|28}}
| last            = {{End date|2015|03|28}}
| volumes         = 5
| volume_list     = #Volumes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = live film
| title           = Poison Berry in My Brain
| director        = [[Yūichi Satō]]
| producer        = 
| writer          = {{ill|Tomoko Aizawa|ja|相沢友子}}
| music           = {{ill|Akio Izutsu|ja|井筒昭雄}}
| studio          = 
| licensee        = 
| released        = {{Start date|2015|05|09}}
| runtime         = 121 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
| title           = [[Play (theatre)|Stage play]]
| content         = 
* '''Title:''' ''Poison Berry in My Brain''
* '''Directed by:''' Yūichi Satō
* '''Written by:''' Yūka Arai, Takayuki Imanara
* '''Venue:''' [[New National Theatre, Tokyo]]
* '''Location:''' [[Shibuya, Tokyo]], Japan
* '''Date:''' March 14 – 29, 2020<ref>Some schedules have been canceled due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection.</ref>
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
| title           = [[Play (theatre)|Stage play]]
| content         = 
* '''Title:''' ''Poison Berry in My Brain''
* '''Directed by:''' Yūichi Satō
* '''Written by:''' Yūka Arai, Takayuki Imanara
* '''Venue:''' [[Meiji-za]], {{ill|COOL JAPAN PARK OSAKA|ja}}
* '''Location:''' [[Chūō, Tokyo]], Japan<br>[[Chūō-ku, Osaka]], Japan
* '''Date:''' August 26 - September 6th, 2022 (Tokyo)<br>September 10–12, 2022（Osaka）
}}

{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}

{{Nihongo|'''''Nōnai Poison Berry'''''|脳内ポイズンベリー|Nōnai Poizun Berii|{{trans.}} ''Poison Berry in My Brain''|lead=yes}} is a Japanese [[slice-of-life]] [[Romance fiction|romance]] [[manga]] series written and illustrated by [[Setona Mizushiro]]. It was serialized in ''Chorus'' magazine, later relaunched as ''[[Cocohana]]'' magazine,<ref name="Cocohana-Launch">{{cite web |last1=Hodgkins |first1=Crystalyn |title=Shueisha's ''Cocohana'' Magazine Manga Lineup Revealed |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-11-28/lineup-revealed-for-shueisha-cocohana-magazine |website=[[Anime News Network]] |accessdate=October 11, 2020 |date=November 28, 2011}}</ref> from December 2009<ref name="Serialization-Start">{{cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-11-29/after-school-nightmare-mizushiro-to-start-new-manga |last=Loo |first=Egan |title=''After School Nightmare''{{'}}s Mizushiro to Start New Manga |date=November 29, 2009 |accessdate=December 20, 2014 |work=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> to March 2015<ref name="Serialization-End">{{cite web |last1=Valdez |first1=Kiara |title=''Nōnai Poison Berry'' Manga Ends in March |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-02-28/nonai-poison-berry-manga-ends-in-march/.85463 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |accessdate=October 11, 2020 |date=February 28, 2015}}</ref> and collected as five {{transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes by publisher [[Shueisha]].<ref name="ANN-Volumes">{{cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-10-02/setona-mizushiro-nonai-poison-berry-manga-to-end-with-5th-volume/.79337 |last1=Hamilton |first1=Tiara |title=Setona Mizushiro's ''Nōnai Poison Berry'' Manga to End With 5th Volume |date=October 2, 2014 |accessdate=December 20, 2014 |work=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> The series was adapted into a [[live-action]] film that premiered in Japan in May 2015,<ref name="ANN-Film">{{cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-09-28/setona-mizushiro-nonai-poison-berry-manga-gets-live-action-film/.79155 |last1=Ressler |first1=Karen |title=Setona Mizushiro's ''Nōnai Poison Berry'' Manga Gets Live-Action Film |date=September 28, 2014 |accessdate=December 20, 2014 |work=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> as well as a [[Play (theatre)|stage play]] that ran at the [[New National Theatre, Tokyo]], in March 2020, both directed by [[Yūichi Satō]]<ref name="StagePlay-1">{{cite web |script-title=ja:「脳内ポイズンベリー」舞台化！市原隼人が主演、演出は映画版監督の佐藤祐市 |url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/357441 |website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]] |accessdate=October 11, 2020 |language=Japanese |date=November 29, 2019}}</ref><ref name="StagePlay-2">{{cite web |script-title=ja:舞台「脳内ポイズンベリー」越智役は白石隼也、早乙女役に渡辺碧斗！河西智美も |url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/362021 |website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]] |accessdate=October 11, 2020 |language=Japanese |date=January 5, 2020}}</ref> and officially titled '''''Poison Berry in My Brain''''' in English.<ref name="film">{{cite web |title=''Poison Berry in My Brain'' |url=https://www.fujitv.com/movie/poison-berry-in-my-brain/ |publisher=[[Fuji Television Network]] |access-date=4 March 2023}}</ref><ref name="stage">{{cite web |title=''Poison Berry in My Brain'' |url=https://www.fujitv.com/event/poisonberry/ |publisher=[[Fuji Television Network]] |access-date=4 March 2023}}</ref> The Stage play was rerun in 2022 with a different cast.<ref name="StagePlay-3">{{cite web |script-title=ja:舞台「脳内ポイズンベリー」メインビジュ＆全キャスト発表、いちこ役は本仮屋ユイカ |url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/484256 |website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]] |accessdate=July 27, 2023 |language=Japanese |date=July 5, 2022}}</ref>

==Characters==

; {{Nihongo|Ichiko Sakurai|櫻井 いちこ|Sakurai Ichiko}}
: Portrayed by: [[Yōko Maki (actress)|Yōko Maki]] (film),<ref name="ANN-Film"/> [[Misako Renbutsu]] (1st stage play),<ref name="StagePlay-1"/> [[Yuika Motokariya]] (2nd stage play)<ref name="StagePlay-3"/>
: The series' main character, a shy 30-something whose inner thoughts appear to readers as a board of five very different individuals. When she falls for a younger man at a drinking party, the board members fall into a panic. 
; {{Nihongo|Ryōichi Saotome|早乙女 亮一|Saotome Ryōichi}}
: Portrayed by: [[Yuki Furukawa]] (film),<ref name="ANN-Film"/> Aoto Watanabe (1st stage play),<ref name="StagePlay-2"/> [[Shunya Shiraishi]] (2nd stage play)<ref name="StagePlay-3"/>
: Ichiko's love interest. 
; {{Nihongo|Ochi|越智}}
: Portrayed by: Sonha (film),<ref name="ANN-Film"/> [[Shunya Shiraishi]] (1st stage play),<ref name="StagePlay-2"/> {{ill|Ryo Hirano|ja|平野良}} (2nd stage play)<ref name="StagePlay-3"/>
: A publishing company editor who shows interest in Ichiko.
; {{Nihongo|Yoshida|吉田}}
: Portrayed by: [[Hidetoshi Nishijima (actor)|Hidetoshi Nishijima]] (film),<ref name="ANN-Film"/> [[Hayato Ichihara]] (1st stage play),<ref name="StagePlay-1"/> {{ill|Yusei Yagi|ja|八木勇征}} (2nd stage play)<ref name="StagePlay-3"/>
: The leader of Ichiko's board members. He is generally the member who initiates group votes on Ichiko's next actions.
; {{Nihongo|Ishibashi|石橋}}
: Portrayed by: [[Ryunosuke Kamiki]] (film),<ref name="ANN-Film"/> {{ill|Katsuki Motodaka|ja|本髙克樹}} (1st stage play),<ref name="StagePlay-1"/> [[Hiroki Ino]] (2nd stage play)<ref name="StagePlay-3"/>
: An optimistic board member with a hopeful outlook for Ichiko's future.
; {{Nihongo|Ikeda|池田}}
: Portrayed by: [[Yō Yoshida]] (film),<ref name="ANN-Film"/> {{ill|Seina Sagiri|ja|早霧せいな}} (1st stage play),<ref name="StagePlay-1"/> {{ill|Hanayo Kimura|ja|木村花代}} (2nd stage play)<ref name="StagePlay-3"/>
: A negative board member who believes that most of Ichiko's actions will end badly.
; {{Nihongo|Hatoko|ハトコ}}
: Portrayed by: [[Hiyori Sakurada]] (film),<ref name="ANN-Film"/> {{ill|Yūri Saitō|ja|斉藤優里}} (1st stage play),<ref name="StagePlay-1"/> [[NMB48|Yuna Hayakawa]] (2nd stage play)<ref name="StagePlay-3"/>
: A [[Lolita fashion|Gothic Lolita]] board member who thinks and votes on impulse, rather than weighing the pros and cons.
; {{Nihongo|Kishi|岸}}
: Portrayed by: {{ill|Kazuyuki Asano|ja|浅野和之}} (film),<ref name="ANN-Film"/> [[Supernova (South Korean band)|Kim Kwangsu]] (1st stage play),<ref name="StagePlay-1"/> [[Ken Ishiguro]] (2nd stage play)<ref name="StagePlay-3"/>
: An elderly board member caught up in the past.

==Volumes==

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 | RelDate         = May 19, 2011<ref>{{cite web |url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-865626-7 |script-title=ja:脳内ポイズンベリー 1 |accessdate=December 20, 2014 |work=books.shueisha.co.jp |publisher=[[Shueisha]] |language=Japanese}}</ref>
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 | VolumeNumber    = 4
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 | VolumeNumber    = 5
 | RelDate         = April 24, 2015<ref>{{cite web |url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-865672-4 |script-title=ja:脳内ポイズンベリー 5 |accessdate=October 11, 2020 |work=books.shueisha.co.jp |publisher=[[Shueisha]] |language=Japanese}}</ref>
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==Reception==

''Nōnai Poison Berry'' ranked 20th in the 2013 {{transliteration|ja|[[Kono Manga ga Sugoi!]]}} Top 20 Manga for Female Readers survey.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-10/top-manga-ranked-by-kono-manga-ga-sugoi-2013-voters|last1=Loveridge|first1=Lynzee|title=Top Manga Ranked by ''Kono Manga ga Sugoi'' 2013 Voters|date=December 10, 2012|accessdate=December 10, 2014|work=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> It was also a Jury Selection in the Manga Division at the 17th [[Japan Media Arts Festival Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-05/jojolion-manga-wins-media-arts-award|last1=Loo|first1=Egan|title=''Jojolion'' Manga Wins Media Arts Award|date=December 5, 2013|accessdate=December 10, 2014|work=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref>

==References==

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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://cocohana.shueisha.co.jp/story/mizushiro/poisonberry/|Official manga website}} {{in lang|ja}}
* {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20160429220806/http://www.nou-poi.com/|Official film website}} (defunct; link via the [[Wayback Machine]]) {{in lang|ja}}
* {{Official website|https://www.nounai-poison-berry.jp/index.html|Official stage play website}} {{in lang|ja}}
* {{IMDb title|4063438}}

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[[Category:2009 manga]]
[[Category:Josei manga]]
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[[Category:Romance anime and manga]]
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[[Category:Slice of life anime and manga]]
[[Category:Japanese romance films]]