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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! (幼馴染とはラブコメにならない) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinya Misu. It began serialization on Kodansha's Magazine Pocket website in March 2022. An anime television series adaptation produced by Tezuka Productions aired from January to March 2026.

Plot

Yonosuke Sakai has two childhood friends who are close to him: Shio Minamo and Akari Hiodoshi. As they have gotten older, he starts to see them in a different light, much to his chagrin as he wants to remain childhood friends with them. A love triangle forms between the three, with Yonosuke finding it difficult to balance their feelings with the secrets they keep from each other.

Characters

  • Yonosuke Sakai (界 世之介)
  • The protagonist, who is childhood friends with Shio, Akari, and Runa.
  • Shio Minamo (水萌 汐)
  • Yonosuke's childhood friend. Because her house and Yonosuke's are next to each other, she would often sneak into his house. She is attached to him.
  • Akari Hiodoshi (火威 灯)
  • Yonosuke's childhood friend. Although she used to be close to Yonosuke, lately she has acted cold towards him. She has liked him for a long time and is worried that Shio will steal him from her.
  • Runa Tsukimi (月見 るな)
  • Yonosuke's childhood friend. Because she is younger than him by a year, she acts like a little sister around him.
  • Haru Hinata (日向 春)

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Shinya Misu, You Can't Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends! began serialization on Kodansha's Magazine Pocket website on March 22, 2022.[6] The series' chapters have been collected into nineteen volumes as of February 2026.

In November 2025, the series was added to Kodansha's K Manga service.[7]

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on April 3, 2025.[28] It is produced by Tezuka Productions and directed by Satoshi Kuwabara, with series composition handled by Mitsutaka Hirota, who also wrote the scripts with Mayumi Morita, and characters designed by Reina Iwasaki.[29] The series aired from January 6 to March 24, 2026 on TV Tokyo and its affiliates, and other networks.[30][31] The opening theme song is "I Love You" (あいらびゅ♡), performed by HoneyWorks alongside Rin Kusumi, Yū Serizawa, Sae Hiratsuka, and Yūki Yamamoto (voice actress) as the main characters, and the ending theme song is "Amanojaku" (あまのじゃく), performed by Hikari Kodama.[29][32] Crunchyroll is streaming the series.[33] Plus Media Networks Asia licensed the series in Southeast Asia and broadcasts it on Aniplus Asia.[34]

Episodes

Episodes

Reception

The series was nominated for the ninth Next Manga Awards in the web category.[39]

External links

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