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
Osananajimi to wa Love Kome ni Naranai
Binge-ready
Finished airing — 12 episodes, ready to binge.
- Format
- TV
- Season
- Winter 2026
- Studio
- Tezuka Productions
- Based on
- Manga
- Episode length
- 24 min
- Started
- 6 Jan 2026
- Ended
- 24 Mar 2026
- Score
- 63/100
Comedy Romance Heterosexual Male Protagonist Love Triangle Shounen School Tsundere Tanned Skin
Eeyuu, a high school boy, has a problem! Two childhood friends "Shio" and "Akari" who go to the same high school are too cute! If they find out that I'm the only one looking sexually at them now that they've grown up, even though I have no intention of doing so... that would be too much! On the other hand, the two childhood friends also have their own secrets...? It's so awkward! It's complicated! But childhood friends are the best! A sweet and impatient love triangle love comedy where you can't be honest! (Source: Kodansha, translated)
Where to watch
Opening and ending songs
- Opening I Love You ♡ Yuu Serizawa, HoneyWorks, Sae Hiratsuka, Rin Kusumi, Yuuki Yamamoto (episodes 1-) Watch ↗
- Ending Amanojaku Hikari Kodama (episodes 1-) Watch ↗
Song data from AnimeThemes.
Source material
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
Manga · Finished · 21 volumes · 204 chapters · 2022–2026
Read it officially: Official English release ↗ BookWalker ↗ Amazon ↗
Source: AniList and MangaDex (publication details only).
Credits, releases and news
Staff
- Director
- Satoshi Kuwabara
- Original creator
- Shinya Misu
- Series Composition
- Mitsutaka Hirota
- Script
- Mayumi Morita, Mitsutaka Hirota
- Character Design
- Reina Iwasaki
- Music
- Yashikin, ZENTA, Tsubasa Itō
- Art Director
- Masami Saito
- Chief Animation Director
- Yang Hyun Oh, Gil Yong Jang, Nanae Yonemoto
Japanese voice cast
- Haru Hinata: Yūki Yamamoto
- Akari Hiodoshi: Yū Serizawa
- Yonosuke Sakai: Takehiro Urao
- Shio Minamo: Rin Kusumi
- Runa Tsukimi: Sae Hiratsuka
Latest news
- 19 Jan 2026 Crunchyroll Announces You Can't Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!, Golden Kamuy Final Arc Anime's English Dub Cast
- 21 Dec 2025 Crunchyroll Streams Tamon's B-Side, Sentenced to Be a Hero, More Anime in India
- 16 Dec 2025 Crunchyroll Announces Release Schedule for Winter 2026 Season
- 9 Dec 2025 You Can't Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends! Anime's New Video Reveals Opening Song, January 5 Debut
- 10 Nov 2025 Osananajimi to wa LoveCom ni Naranai Anime's New Video Unveils Lead Voice, Staff, Ending Song
Anime News Network readers rate it 5.74/10 (33 votes).
Source: Anime News Network. Full details at Anime News Network.
Main characters
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Yonosuke Sakai
界世之介
Voiced by Takehiro Urao
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Shio Minamo
水萌汐
Voiced by Rin Kusumi
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Akari Hiodoshi
火威灯
Voiced by Yuu Serizawa
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Runa Tsukimi
月見るな
Voiced by Sae Hiratsuka
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Haru Hinata
日向春
Voiced by Yuuki Yamamoto
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Airing data from AniList. Last updated 25 Oct 2026.