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

Name: You Can't Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Released: 10 Feb 2026
Rating: 9.50
Cast: Rin Kusumi, Yu Serizawa, Sae Hiratsuka

2026-02-10 Japan 48 minutes.

9.50 6 votes

Animation Comedy 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 romantic comedy

Episodes
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Season - Episode

1 Season 1 Jan 06, 2026

1 - 1

Road to School? Indirect Kiss? Butt on Lap? Still Won't Start a Rom-Com Jan 06, 2026
1 - 2

Full Bus? Drenched in Rain? Feelings Exposed? Admiring Them? Still Won't Start a Rom-Com Jan 13, 2026
1 - 3

Admiring Them? Feeling Lonely? School at Night? Fantasizing? Old Promises? Still Won't Start a Rom-Com Jan 20, 2026
1 - 4

Since I'm the Big Brother to the Little-Sister Type, Growing up Still Won't Start a Rom-Com Jan 27, 2026
1 - 5

Extra Extra Hot? Finals Done? Bath Scene? Things Will Never Change? Still Won't Start a Rom-Com Feb 03, 2026
1 - 6

Summer Beach? Looking Away? Spent the Night? Still Won't Start a Rom-Com Feb 10, 2026
1 - 7

Relationship Talk? Sharing Half? Festival Vibes? Still Won't Start a Rom-Com Feb 17, 2026
1 - 8

Kept Running and Missed the Fireworks? Since It Matters Too Much, It Still Won't Start a Rom-Com Feb 24, 2026
1 - 9

An Unfamiliar Girl Who's Your "Guy Friend"? But if You Laugh, It Still Won't Start a Rom-Com Mar 03, 2026
1 - 10

Episode 10 Mar 10, 2026
1 - 11

Episode 11 Mar 17, 2026
1 - 12

Episode 12 Mar 24, 2026

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!

Year 2026

Studio TV Tokyo, TV Aichi, TVQ, TV Osaka, TVh, TSC

Director

Crew Mitsutaka Hirota (Series Composition), Reina Iwasaki (Character Designer), Akihiko Niina (Prop Designer), Natsumi Yamada (Prop Designer), Masami Saito (3D Artist), Masami Saito (Art Direction)

Popularity 6.2675

Language Japanese