The drama series takes a gender reversed approach to the original manga series with the lead male character shrinking in size rather than the lead female character in the original manga.
"Minami-kun ga Koibito" takes over TV Asahi's Tuesday 21:00 time slot previously occupied by "Destiny."
Based on manga series "Minami kun no Koibito" by Shungiku Uchida (published from October, 1986 to June 1987 in monthly manga anthology magazine Garo).