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

You Can't Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Shio Minamo
幼馴染とはラブコメにならない
(Osananajimi to wa Rabu Kome ni Naranai)
GenreRomantic comedy[1]
Manga
Written byShinya Misu
Published byKodansha
English publisherKodansha (digital)
ImprintShōnen Magazine Comics
MagazineMagazine Pocket
Original runMarch 22, 2022 – present
Volumes19
Anime television series
Directed bySatoshi Kuwabara
Produced by
  • Azusa Itou
  • Yoshiyuki Shioya
  • Takeshi Matsuda
  • Nobuhiko Kurosu
  • Ayaka Nishimae
  • Hideo Shimazaki
  • Yousuke Ariyama
  • Katsuhiko Matsubara
Written by
Music by
  • Tsubasa Itou
  • ZENTA
  • Yashikin
StudioTezuka Productions
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkTXN (TV Tokyo),
AT-X, BS NTV
Original run January 6, 2026 – present
Episodes7

You Can't Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends! (Japanese: 幼馴染とはラブコメにならない, Hepburn: Osananajimi to wa Rabu Kome ni Naranai; lit. 'It won't Become a Romcom with Childhood Friends') 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 premiered in January 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, Sakai Yonosuke)
Voiced by: Takehiro Urao[2] (Japanese); Dakota Farnsworth[3] (English)
The protagonist, who is childhood friends with Shio, Akari, and Runa.
Shio Minamo (水萌 汐, Minamo Shio)
Voiced by: Rin Kusumi[4] (Japanese); Luci Christian[3] (English)
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, Hiodoshi Akari)
Voiced by: Yū Serizawa[5] (Japanese); Veronica Laux[3] (English)
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, Tsukimi Runa)
Voiced by: Sae Hiratsuka[6] (Japanese); Bryn Apprill[3] (English)
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, Hinata Haru)
Voiced by: Yūki Yamamoto[7] (Japanese); Marwa Elda[3] (English)

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.[8] The series' chapters have been collected into nineteen tankōbon volumes as of February 2026.[9]

In November 2025, the series was added to Kodansha's K Manga service.[10]

No. Release date ISBN
1August 9, 2022[11]978-4-06-528636-4
2October 7, 2022[12]978-4-06-529415-4
3December 9, 2022[13]978-4-06-529943-2
4February 9, 2023[14]978-4-06-530623-9
5May 9, 2023[15]978-4-06-531563-7
6July 7, 2023[16]978-4-06-532176-8
7September 8, 2023[17]978-4-06-532885-9
8December 7, 2023[18]978-4-06-533511-6
9February 8, 2024[19]978-4-06-534555-9
10April 9, 2024[20]978-4-06-535167-3
11July 9, 2024[21]978-4-06-536121-4
12September 9, 2024[22]978-4-06-536759-9
13November 8, 2024[23]978-4-06-537419-1
14February 7, 2025[24]978-4-06-538404-6
15April 9, 2025[25]978-4-06-539049-8
16June 9, 2025[26]978-4-06-539755-8
17September 9, 2025[27]978-4-06-540689-2
18November 7, 2025[28]978-4-06-541535-1
19February 9, 2026[9]978-4-06-542590-9

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on April 3, 2025.[29] 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.[2] The series premiered on January 6, 2026, on TV Tokyo and its affiliates, and other networks.[7][30][a] The opening theme song is "I Love You" (あいらびゅ♡, Airabyu), performed by HoneyWorks alongside Rin Kusumi, Yū Serizawa, Sae Hiratsuka, and Yūki Yamamoto as the main characters, and the ending theme song is "Amanojaku" (あまのじゃく; lit. 'Contrarian'), performed by Hikari Kodama.[2][31] Crunchyroll is streaming the series.[32] Plus Media Networks Asia licensed the series in Southeast Asia and broadcasts it on Aniplus Asia.[33]

Episodes

No.Title [34][35]Directed by [34]Written by [34]Storyboarded by [34]Original release date [36][a]
1"Road to School? Indirect Kiss? Butt on Lap? Still Won't Start a Rom-Com"
Transliteration: "Tsūgaku-ji Demo Kansetsu Kisudemo o Shiri o Nosete mo Rabu Kome ni Naranai" (Japanese: 通学路でも間接キスでもお尻を乗せてもラブコメにならない)		Kimiharu MutouMitsutaka HirotaSatoshi KuwabaraJanuary 6, 2026 (2026-01-06)
2"Full Bus? Drenched in Rain? Feelings Exposed? Admiring Them? Still Won't Start a Rom-Com"
Transliteration: "Man'in Basu Demo Ame ni Nurete mo Suki ga Barete mo Akogarete mo Rabu Kome ni Naranai" (Japanese: 満員バスでも雨に濡れても好きがバレても憧れてもラブコメにならない)		Yuri UemaMitsutaka HirotaSatoshi KuwabaraJanuary 13, 2026 (2026-01-13)
3"Admiring Them? Feeling Lonely? School at Night? Fantasizing? Old Promises? Still Won't Start a Rom-Com"
Transliteration: "Akogarete Ite mo Hitori Botchi Demo Yoru no Gakkō Demo Mōsō Shite mo Yakusoku Shite mo Rabu Kome ni Naranai" (Japanese: 憧れていてもひとりぼっちでも夜の学校でも妄想しても約束してもラブコメにならない)		Tsurugi HaradaMayumi MoritaSatoshi KuwabaraJanuary 20, 2026 (2026-01-20)
4"Since I'm the Big Brother to the Little-Sister Type, Growing up Still Won't Start a Rom-Com"
Transliteration: "Imōto Kyara Demo “Onīchan” Dakara Otona ni Natte mo Rabu Kome ni Naranai" (Japanese: 妹キャラでも『お兄ちゃん』だから大人になってもラブコメにならない)		Mie MatsushimaMitsutaka HirotaSatoshi KuwabaraJanuary 27, 2026 (2026-01-27)
5Transliteration: "Geki Gekikara de mo Tesuto Owaride Mo o Furo Kai Demo Kaerarenai Kara Rabu Kome ni Naranai" (Japanese: 激激辛でもテスト終わりでもお風呂回でも変えられないからラブコメにならない)Minoru YamaokaMayumi MoritaMinoru YamaokaFebruary 3, 2026 (2026-02-03)
6Transliteration: "Natsu no Umi de mo Mitekurenakute mo Ichi-ban Akashite mo Rabu Kome ni Naranai" (Japanese: 夏の海でも見てくれなくても一晩明かしてもラブコメにならない)Shōtarō KamiyamaMayumi MoritaSatoshi KuwabaraFebruary 10, 2026 (2026-02-10)[b]

Reception

The series was nominated for the ninth Next Manga Awards in the web category.[38]

Notes

  1. ^ a b TV Tokyo lists the series premiere on January 5 at 24:00, which is effectively January 6 at midnight JST.
  2. ^ This episode aired at 12:55 a.m. JST, 55 minutes after the regular air time on TV Tokyo.[37]

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