I Want to End this Love Game: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Childhood friends Yukiya and Miku share everything…except their feelings. Ever since sixth grade, they've played a "love game": they take turns saying "I love you" and whoever gets flustered first loses. Now in high school, their hearts are closer than ever—but will they finally find the courage to confess?

Series details

• Title: I Want to End this Love Game
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Anime, Romance
• Premiere date: 2026-04-14
• Status in TVmaze: To Be Determined
• Network listed by TVmaze: Tokyo MX
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 24 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 91025
• IMDb ID: tt39122671
• TVDB ID: 464717

Cast and credited roles

• Kaito Ishikawa — Asagi Yukiya
• Miku Itō — Sakura Miku
• Wakana Maruoka — Light green young greens
• Takehito Koyasu — Masahiro Shinonome
• Yui Ogura — Hanaba Hinako
• Kaede Hondo — Natsuki Moegi

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2026-04-14; final listed air date 2026-06-30; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

Adapted from I Want to End this Love Game on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.