Cultural Exchange with a Game Centre Girl

Cultural Exchange with a Game Centre Girl[2] (ゲーセン少女と異文化交流) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirokazu Yasuhara. It originally began serialization online via Twitter and Pixiv in December 2019. It has been then serialized by Fujimi Shobo via the Niconico Seiga website under their DraDra Sharp brand since May 2020 and has been collected in eleven volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by Nomad aired from July to September 2025.

Plot

Renji Kusakabe, a high school student working part-time at an arcade, encounters Lily Baker, a young girl who is trying to get a koala plush from a claw machine. After he assists her in getting the plush, Lily becomes attached to him, becoming a regular at the arcade. Lily, a half-British girl who just recently moved to Japan, is still not very fluent in Japanese, but with Renji's help, she becomes less shy and opens up to others, finding her place in Japan.

Characters

• Lily Baker (リリー・ベイカー)
• A 13-year-old British girl who moves to Japan. As she has only recently arrived in Japan, she is still improving her Japanese. She enjoys playing at the arcade, although she is not good at video games. She likes koala goods.
• Renji Kusakabe (草壁 蓮司)
• An 18-year-old university student who is working part-time at a game arcade center. He is skilled at playing video games.
• Aoi Kusakabe (草壁 葵衣)
• Renji's younger sister and Lily's classmate. Although she was not originally that interested in video games(only played them once in a while), she gains a greater interest in them after befriending Lily.
• Karin Kaga (加賀 花梨)
• A tomboyish gamer girl around Lily's age who has a rivalry with Renji in terms of fighting games. She later mentors Lily into getting better and gifts her an arcade stick on her birthday.
• Hotaru Katsuragi (桂木 蛍)
• A straight-A school president within Lily's school who slowly ingratiates herself into Lily's friend circle by using her authority as a school president, before becoming a regular.
• Momoko Mochizuki (望月 桃子)
• Sheryl Baker (シェリル・ベイカー)
• Lily's mother.
• Oliver Baker (オリバー・ベイカー)
• Lily's father. He is overly protective of Lily and is initially suspicious about their relationship, but then becomes fond of him after realizing how much he meant to her.

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