You Can't Be in a Rom-Com With Your Childhood Friends!: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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!

Series details

• Title: You Can't Be in a Rom-Com With Your Childhood Friends!
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Anime, Romance
• Premiere date: 2026-01-05
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 89104
• TVDB ID: 462226

Cast and credited roles

• Takehiro Urao — Yonosuke Sakai
• Rin Kusumi — Shio Minamo
• Yū Serizawa — Akari Hiodoshi
• Sae Hiratsuka — Runa "Runako" Tsukimi
• Yūki Yamamoto — Haru Hinata

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2026-01-05; final listed air date 2026-03-23.

Source and licence

Adapted from You Can't Be in a Rom-Com With Your Childhood Friends! 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.