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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!

Tue, Jan 6, 2026
  • Animation
  • Comedy
Series · Synopsis

Synopsis

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!

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Cast

Top of the call sheet

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

1 season · 12 episodes

Running · 12 aired
Season 1
12 episodes · 12 aired
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  • E1
    Road to School? Indirect Kiss? Butt on Lap? Still Won't Start a Rom-Com
    Aired · Mon, Jan 5, 2026 · 30m

    Shio and Akari, Eiyu's childhood friends, each try to get his attention in their own twisted way.

  • E2
    Full Bus? Drenched in Rain? Feelings Exposed? Admiring Them? Still Won't Start a Rom-Com
    Aired · Mon, Jan 12, 2026 · 30m

    Eiyu runs into Shio on the bus and then runs into Akari on his way home.

  • E3
    Admiring Them? Feeling Lonely? School at Night? Fantasizing? Old Promises? Still Won't Start a Rom-Com
    Aired · Mon, Jan 19, 2026 · 30m

    Shio and Akari find out Eiyu reads rom-coms.

  • E4
    Since I'm the Big Brother to the Little-Sister Type, Growing up Still Won't Start a Rom-Com
    Aired · Mon, Jan 26, 2026 · 30m

    Runako moves back into the neighborhood for school and will live with Eiyu temporarily.

  • E5
    Extra Extra Hot? Finals Done? Bath Scene? Things Will Never Change? Still Won't Start a Rom-Com
    Aired · Mon, Feb 2, 2026 · 30m

    Akari eats very spicy curry bread. Eiyu ends up in the bath with the three of them. Shio studies with Eiyu.

  • E6
    Summer Beach? Looking Away? Spent the Night? Still Won't Start a Rom-Com
    Aired · Mon, Feb 9, 2026 · 30m

    Eiyu, Shio, Akari, and Runako go to the beach. Eiyu and Akari get left behind and spend the night together.

  • E7
    Relationship Talk? Sharing Half? Festival Vibes? Still Won't Start a Rom-Com
    Aired · Mon, Feb 16, 2026 · 30m

    Eiyu consults Runako about Akari. Akari and Shio admit to each other their feelings for Eiyu.

  • E8
    Kept Running and Missed the Fireworks? Since It Matters Too Much, It Still Won't Start a Rom-Com
    Aired · Mon, Feb 23, 2026 · 30m

    Shio tells Eiyu she can't make the fireworks. Haru makes her first appearance.

  • E9
    An Unfamiliar Girl Who's Your "Guy Friend"? But if You Laugh, It Still Won't Start a Rom-Com
    Aired · Mon, Mar 2, 2026 · 30m

    Eiyu, Shio, and Akari find out their childhood friend Haru is a girl.

  • E10
    Feeling the Afterglow Kiss After Kiss? Become a Sports Day Committee Member? Still Won't Start a Rom-Com
    Aired · Mon, Mar 9, 2026 · 30m

    Eiyu is confused after being kissed by Haru and Shio. Shio and Eiyu become sports day committee members.

  • E11
    Scared? Lost Something? Let off Steam on Sports Day? Still Won't Start a Rom-Com
    Aired · Mon, Mar 16, 2026 · 30m

    Shio and Eiyu talk it out, and Eiyu has an epiphany.

  • E12
    Did the Three-Legged Race and Feel a Little Naughty? Then Doing the Scavenger Hunt Still Won't Start a Rom-Com
    Aired · Mon, Mar 23, 2026 · 30m

    It's Sports Day, and Eiyu takes on the impossible challenge of choosing who he really loves.