Shinya Misu’s popular Osananajimi to wa LoveCom ni Naranai manga series is getting an anime adaptation worldwide with the title You Can’t Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!, and it’s bound to be one of the favorites this winter season. Final Weapon has everything you need to know about the You Can’t Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends! anime, including release dates for new episodes and the weekly schedule.
You Can’t Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends! protagonist Eeyuu has a problem with his two childhood friends, Shio and Akari. They have no intentions, until they found out that he’s looking at them for their womanly charms now. The two childhood friends also have their own secrets, leading to a captivating love triangle romance comedy.
You Can’t Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends! Release Dates, Exact Premiere Time and Schedule
New episodes of You Can’t Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends! will release on Mondays at 8:30 a.m. PT / 11:30 a.m. ET on Crunchyroll. You Can’t Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends! will have a total of 12 episodes this season with English subtitles and an English dub.
Here are the release dates and schedule for You Can’t Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends! (subject to change):
- Episode 1 – January 5 – OUT NOW
- Episode 2 – January 12 – OUT NOW
- Episode 3 – January 19 – OUT NOW
- Episode 4 – January 26 – OUT NOW
- Episode 5 – February 2 – OUT NOW
- Episode 6 – February 9 – OUT NOW
- Episode 7 – February 16 – OUT NOW
- Episode 8 – February 23 – OUT NOW
- Episode 9 – March 2 – OUT NOW
- Episode 10 – March 9 – OUT NOW
- Episode 11 – March 16 – OUT NOW
- Episode 12 – March 23 – OUT NOW
- Episode 13 – March 30 – OUT NOW
New episodes of You Can’t Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends! will premiere at the following times (subject to change):
- Pacific Daylight Time: 8:30 a.m. PDT
- Mountain Daylight Time: 9:30 a.m. MDT
- Central Daylight Time: 10:30 a.m. CDT
- Eastern Daylight Time: 11:30 a.m. EDT
- Greenwich Mean Time: 3:30 p.m. GMT
OP/ED, Cast and Staff
HoneyWorks and cast members Rin Kusumi, Yū Serizawa, Sae Hiratsuka, and Yūki Yamamoto perform the opening theme song “I Love You♡.” Hikari Codama performs the ending theme song “Amanojaku (Contrarian).”
The Japanese main cast includes:
- Takehiro Urao as Yonosuke Sakai
- Rin Kusumi as Shio Minamo
- Yū Serizawa as Akari Hiodoshi
- Sae Hiratsuka as Runa Tsukimi
- Haru Hinata as Yūki Yamamoto
The English dub cast includes:
- Dakota Farnsworth as Eiyu
- Luci Christian as Shio
- Veronica Laux as Akari
- Marwa Elda as Haru
- Bryn Apprill as Runako
The English dub crew includes:
- Voice Director: Jason Lord
- Producer: Susie Nixon
- Adaptation: Christian Thorsen
- Engineer: Tina Son
Satoshi Kuwabara directs the anime at Tezuka Productions. Mitsutaka Hirota supervises the series scripts and writes them with Mayumi Morita. Reina Iwasaki designs the characters. CyberAgent is producing the anime.
Additional staff members include:
- Art Director: Masami Saito
- Color Key Artist: Yumi Aburaya
- Compositing Director of Photography: Shunya Kimura
- Editing: Wataru Uchida
- Sound Director: Satoshi Motoyama
- Sound Production: Bit Grooove Promotion
Where Can I Watch You Can’t Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!?
Crunchyroll is streaming the You Can’t Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends! anime in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East and CIS. The anime will air on TV Tokyo and affiliate channels, along with d Anime Store and AnimeFesta streaming services in Japan.
What is You Can’t Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends! About?
Shinya Misu released the original manga series on Kodansha’s Magazine Pocket website in March 2022.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the series, courtesy of Crunchyroll:
Eeyuu, a high school boy, has a problem! Shio and Akari, his two childhood friends who go to the same high school, are too cute! They have no intentions, but if they find out that he is the only one looking at them sexually now that they’ve grown up… it would be so embarrassing! On the other hand, the two childhood friends also have their own secrets…? It’s too tantalizing!! Complicated! But childhood friends are the best! A sweet, impatient, and twisted love triangle romantic comedy.
