ASIAN DRAMA / Japan
You Can't Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends! (2026)
幼馴染とはラブコメにならない
JapanTV series
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!
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Rin KusumiShio Minamo (voice)
Yu SerizawaAkari Hiodoshi (voice)
Sae HiratsukaRuna Tsukimi (voice)
Takehiro UraoYonosuke Sakai (voice)
Yuuki YamamotoHaru Hinata (voice)BEHIND THE CAMERA
Key crew
Akihiko NiinaProp DesignerAtsushi YoshikawaExecutive ProducerAya IizukaExecutive ProducerEmiko IijimaExecutive ProducerHideyuki Sakai3D DirectorIppei FukamiExecutive ProducerMasami Saito3D ArtistMasami SaitoArt DirectionMitsutaka HirotaSeries CompositionNatsumi YamadaProp DesignerNorio FukuiExecutive ProducerReina IwasakiCharacter Designer
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Last season
Season 12026 · 12 episodesExplore season and episodes ↗View all seasons ↗THE STORY CONTINUES
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S1 E12
Did the Three-Legged Race and Feel a Little Naughty? Then Doing the Scavenger Hunt Still Won't Start a Rom-Com
It's Sports Day, and Eiyu takes on the impossible challenge of choosing who he really loves.
S1 E11
Scared? Lost Something? Let off Steam on Sports Day? Still Won't Start a Rom-Com
Shio and Eiyu talk it out, and Eiyu has an epiphany.
S1 E10
Feeling the Afterglow Kiss After Kiss? Become a Sports Day Committee Member? Still Won`t Start a Rom-Com
Eiyu is confused after being kissed by Haru and Shio. Shio and Eiyu become sports day committee members.
S1 E9
An Unfamiliar Girl Who's Your "Guy Friend"? But if You Laugh, It Still Won't Start a Rom-Com
Eiyu, Shio, and Akari find out their childhood friend Haru is a girl.
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