Key Staff

Director & Series Composition - Takuya Sato

    (Steins; Gate, The Student Council's Discretion)

Series Director - Toshimasa Kuroyanagi

    (Inu x Boku Secret Service, Blue Exorcist)

Animation Production

ZEXCS (Umi Monogatari)

Introduction

For 16 years, Mei Tachibana has never had a boyfriend or made any friends. Then one day, a little misunderstanding causes her to hurt Yamato Kurosawa, the school's most popular guy, but for some reason he takes a liking to her and starts calling her his friend. After protecting Mei from stalkers, he even kisses her to protect her…?! This is the hit story of a true first-love romance by Kanae Hazuki!

Story

16 years without any friends, let alone a boyfriend… Mei Tachibana was always alone, and spent her days being teased by her classmates. But then one day, when her anger explodes at a prank by Kenji Nakanishi, her roundhouse kick winds up hitting the innocent Yamato Kurosawa instead. Mei had just injured the most popular boy in school, someone she would've never had anything to do with. But for some reason he takes a liking to her, and starts asking her to be his friend…?

Characters

	Mei Tachibana VA: Ai Kayano Mei has lived her 16 years without ever making any friends or finding a boyfriend. She's an outcast and doesn't speak to anyone at school. But one day, a misunderstanding causes her to hurt Yamato Kurosawa, the most popular boy in school…?
	Yamato Kurosawa VA: Takahiro Sakurai Yamato is the most popular boy in school. Even though all kinds of women like him, he finds himself interested in Mei, the girl everyone in class treats as eccentric.
	Asami Oikawa VA: Risa Taneda Asami has been friends with Yamato since middle school, and she holds affection for him. Others say a lot of things about her big breasts, but she always acts bright.
	Kenji Nakanishi VA: Nobunaga Shimazaki Kenji is one of Yamato's friends, and in the same class as Mei. He's a spontaneous person, and often gets misunderstood. He also holds a secret affection for Asami.
	Aiko Muto VA: Yumi Uchiyama Aiko is jealous of the relationship between Mei and Yamato. Which means she also likes… Thoughts about kind Yamato are always on her mind.

Cast

Mei Tachibana

Ai Kayano

Yamato Kurosawa

Takahiro Sakurai

Asami Oikawa

Risa Taneda

Kenji Nakanishi

Nobunaga Shimazaki

Aiko Muto

Yumi Uchiyama

Megumi Kitagawa

Minako Kotobuki

Kai Takemura

Tomoaki Maeno

Staff

Original Creator

Kanae Hazuki
Kodansha “Dessert” Publishing

Director & Series Composition

Takuya Sato

Series Director

Toshimasa Kuroyanagi

Character Design

Yoshiko Okuda

Character Design
Chief Animation Director

Junko Watanabe

Art Director

Yuka Hirama

Color Design

Naoko Sato

Director of Photography

Yoshihisa Oyama

Editing

Masahiro Goto

Sound Director

Jin Aketagawa

Music

Yuji Nomi

Animation Production

ZEXCS

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