The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague (Japanese: 氷属性男子とクールな同僚女子, Hepburn: Kōri Zokusei Danshi to Kūru na Dōryō Joshi), also known as The Ice Guy and the Cool Girl, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Miyuki Tonogaya. It began serialization on Square Enix's Gangan Pixiv manga website in July 2019. As of June 2025, the series' individual chapters have been collected into eleven volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by Zero-G and Liber aired from January to March 2023.
Contents
Plot
The series is a romantic comedy set in a modern office job. Himuro is the descendant of a snow spirit, causing miniature blizzards whenever he focuses on his work or gets excited. He has a crush on his coworker Fuyutsuki, an ordinary woman who is oblivious to his romantic feelings.
Characters
Mio Fuyutsuki (冬月 美桜, Fuyutsuki Mio)
Voiced by: Yui Ishikawa (Japanese); Kristen McGuire (English)
Yukiya Himuro (氷室 雪矢, Himuro Yukiya)
Voiced by: Chiaki Kobayashi (Japanese); Lee George (English)
Komori-san (狐森さん)
Voiced by: Yumi Uchiyama (Japanese); Caitlin Glass (English)
Saejima-kun (冴島くん)
Voiced by: Koki Uchiyama (Japanese); Austin Tindle (English)
Otonashi-san (音無さん)
Voiced by: Ayane Sakura (Japanese); Emily Fajardo (English)
Katori-kun (火鳥くん)
Voiced by: Shugo Nakamura (Japanese); Dallas Reid (English)
Yukimi Himuro (氷室 ゆきみ, Himuro Yukimi)
Voiced by: Hiyori Nitta (Japanese); Helena Walstrom (English)
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Miyuki Tonogaya, the series initially began its release on Tonogaya's Twitter account on August 3, 2018. It began serialization on Square Enix's Gangan Pixiv manga website on July 12, 2019. As of June 2025, the series' individual chapters have been collected into eleven tankōbon volumes.
In November 2021, Comikey announced that they licensed the series. In March 2023, Square Enix Manga & Books announced that they licensed the series for English publication under the title The Ice Guy and the Cool Girl.
Anime
An anime television series adaptation, produced by Zero-G and Liber, was announced on June 21, 2022. It is directed by Mankyū, with scripts written by Tomoko Konparu, character designs handled by Miyako Kanō, and music composed by Ruka Kawada. The series aired from January 4 to March 22, 2023, on Tokyo MX and other networks. The opening theme song is "Frozen Midnight" by Takao Sakuma, while the ending theme song is "Linaria" (リナリア) by Nowlu. At Anime NYC 2022, Crunchyroll announced that they streamed the series. Medialink licensed the series in Southeast Asia and streamed on Ani-One Asia YouTube channel.
Reception
In the 2019 Next Manga Award, the series ranked twelfth in the web manga category.