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You Can't Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!
You Can't Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!
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You Can't Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!

8.5
Yr 2026
Status Ended
Animation Comedy
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Series Brief

Overview

High school freshman Sakai Yonosuke, aka Eiyu, is obsessed with rom-coms, especially ones about childhood friends. But even though he has two childhood friends of his own—Shio and Akari—he's sadly given up on romance becoming a reality. Little does he know, both girls have the hots for him! A humorous will-they-or-won't-they rom-com about friendship, love, and first crushes!

Featured Players

Cast 3

Yu Serizawa
as Akari Hiodoshi (voice)
Rin Kusumi
as Shio Minamo (voice)
Sae Hiratsuka
as Runa Tsukimi (voice)
Production Board

Crew

Executive Producer
Norio Fukui Aya Iizuka Emiko Iijima Yosuke Aomura Ippei Fukami Atsushi Yoshikawa
Producer
Yosuke Ariyama Nobuhiko Kurosu Ayaka Nishimae Katsuhiko Matsubara Hideo Shimazaki Yoshiyuki Shiotani
Series Director
Satoshi Kuwabara
Sound Director
Satoshi Motoyama
Editor
Wataru Uchida
Character Designer
Reina Iwasaki
Music Producer
Takahiro Kurashina
Series Composition
Mitsutaka Hirota
Prop Designer
Natsumi Yamada Akihiko Niina
Sound Effects
Shota Yaso
Original Music Composer
ZENTA Yashikin Tsubasa Ito
Color Designer
Yumi Aburaya
Director of Photography
Toshiya Kimura
3D Director
Hideyuki Sakai
3D Artist
Masami Saito
Art Direction
Masami Saito
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Topic Overlay

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Keyword Cloud

Keywords

love triangle romcom slice of life school based on manga childhood friends ecchi anime japanese high school high school romance slow burn romance love comedy high school life
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Transmission Paths

Where to Watch

Crunchyroll
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Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
UK • US • CA
Technical Sheet

Details

First Aired
January 06, 2026
Status
Ended
Origin
JP
TMDB Votes
16