You Can't Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends! (TV)

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Alternative title:
Osananajimi to wa LoveCom ni Naranai (Japanese)
幼馴染とはラブコメにならない (Japanese)
Genres: comedy, romance
Plot Summary: Eiyū is a high school boy whose two childhood friends, Shio and Akari, also go to the same school as him. He has now started looking at them with both romantic and lustful eyes, though he knows that they have no interest in him, which causes him no end of worrying. However, Shio and Akari have their own secrets.
Vintage: 2026-01-05
Opening Theme:
"I Love You♡" by HoneyWorks, ft. Rin Kusumi, Yū Serizawa, Sae Hiratsuka, & Yūki Yamamoto
Ending Theme:
"Amanojaku" (Contrarian) by Hikari Codama
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Satoshi Kuwabara
Series Composition: Mitsutaka Hirota
Script:
Mayumi Morita
Mitsutaka Hirota
Storyboard:
Izumi Kondō (ED)
Kenji Setō (OP)
Minoru Yamaoka (ep 5)
Satoshi Kuwabara (eps 1-4)
Episode Director:
Izumi Kondō (ED)
Kimiharu Mutou (ep 1)
Mie Matsushima (ep 4)
Minoru Yamaoka (ep 5)
Tsurugi Harada (ep 3)
Yuri Uema (ep 2)
Unit Director: Kenji Setō (OP)
Music:
Tsubasa Ito
Yashikin
ZENTA
Original creator: Shinya Misu
Character Design: Reina Iwasaki
Art Director: Masami Saito
Chief Animation Director:
Akio Ujiie (eps 1-5)
Hidehiro Asama (eps 1-3, 5)
Ji Hyun Lim (ep 4)
Ji Moon Jung (ep 3)
Jung Hee Yun (eps 1, 3-4)
Kaoru Wada (eps 1, 3-5)
Kasumi Takeuchi (ep 3)
Masatsune Noguchi (eps 1-5)
Nanae Yonemoto (eps 1, 5)
Reina Iwasaki
Seong Min Shin (ep 3)
Tomomi Yakuwa (eps 1-5)
Won Hee Cho (eps 3-4)
Yang Hyun Oh (ep 4)
Yeon Jung Ha (ep 3)
Zenjirō Ukulele (eps 1-2, 4)
Animation Director:
Akio Ujiie (OP)
Bo Ya Fang (ep 1)
Bong Duk Kim (eps 3-4)
Eun Jin Han (ep 5)
Hai Hua Jiang (ep 2)
Hong Yun Zhu (ep 2)
Jae Seok Park (ep 4)
Jia Wu (ep 2)
Jia Jun Zhang (ep 2)
Jin Hee Song (ep 1)
Joo Sun Cho (ep 4)
Kaoru Wada (ep 2)
Kasumi Takeuchi (OP)
Liang Ge (ep 2)
Ling Ling Chen (ep 2)
Masatsune Noguchi (OP)
Mi Jung Cho (ep 3)
Nanae Yonemoto (OP)
Reina Iwasaki (OP,ED)
Sachi Takahashi (OP)
Seong Min Shin (ep 3)
Seung-Jin Han (eps 3-4)
So Won O (ep 5)
Tomomi Yakuwa (OP)
Wei Feng Li (ep 2)
Xiao Chuan Zhao (ep 2)
Yu Il Go (eps 3-4)
Zenjirō Ukulele (OP)
Sound Director: Satoshi Motoyama
Director of Photography: Toshiya Kimura (T2 Studio)

2nd Key Animation:
Aiping Wang (ep 1)
Aya Umezawa (ep 1)
Byung Gon Jeon (eps 3-4)
Chae Won Cho (ep 1)
Charlotte Leufry (ep 1)
Da Kyung Kim (Kino Production; ep 5)
Du Hee Lee (Kino Production; ep 5)
Édouard Noizet (ep 1)
Eun Joo Park (ep 1)
Fang Ge (ep 2)
Feng Lu (ep 2)
Geon Mi Park (Kino Production; ep 5)
Geum Seop Sin (ep 3)
Hao Wang (ep 2)
Hyun Mi Lee (eps 1, 3)
Ji Young Sung (ep 1)
Jong Im Kim (eps 3-4)
Jung Sil Kang (ep 1)
Jung Soon Cho (eps 3-4)
Manel Hiresh (ep 1)
Michiko Ishida (ep 3)
Ok-Youn Joo (ep 1)
Seo Jin Kim (ep 4)
Seung Hyeon Yun (eps 3-4)
Si Lu Pan (ep 2)
Song Jung Kim (Kino Production; ep 5)
Su Jung Han (eps 3-4)
Su Jung Kim (Kino Production; ep 5)
Taninna Bouzefran (ep 1)
Tatsurō Ogi (ED)
Tian Shu Li (ep 2)
Toku Toyooka (ep 1)
Won Hee Kim (ep 3)
Yu Shan Zou (ep 2)
Yumeka Umino (eps 1, 4-5)
3D Layout:
Kazuya Hasegawa (eps 1-2, 4)
Yūsuke Fujiwara (eps 3, 5)
Background Art:
Eri Fukuda (ep 3)
Hayate Oide (ep 3)
Hwan Suk Ryu (Studio MIGRIM; ED)
Hye Young Won (eps 1-5)
Ji Young Ko (Studio MIGRIM; ED)
Jung Ho Jang (eps 2-5)
Mi Kyoung Kim (Studio MIGRIM; ED)
Miyu Satou (eps 3-4)
Tetsuhiko Nagashima (OP)
Thi Dung Pham (ep 1)
Thi Phuong Thao Tran (ep 1)
Thi Thao Duong (ep 1)
Thi Thu Ha Pham (ep 1)
Thi Truc Suong Nguyen (ep 1)
Van Truong Dang (ep 1)
Yukiko Hoshino (eps 1-5)
Color Coordination:
Megumi Furuya (ep 2)
Yukiko Toida (eps 3-5)
Yumi Aburaya (OP,ED; ep 1)
Color design: Yumi Aburaya
Editing: Wataru Uchida (Conquest)
Finish Animation:
Bo Gao (ep 2)
Cong Fei Zhu (ep 1)
Didi Wang (ep 1)
Fang Cao (ep 2)
Haidong Li (ep 1)
Jian Fei Shi (ep 2)
Qing Zhen Xu (ep 1)
Sheng Hua Shao (ep 2)
Wei Ma (ED; ep 1)
Wei Zhu Gong (ep 2)
Xiaofang Zhao (ED; ep 1)
Yuan Yuan Gen (ep 1)
Yue Wu (ep 1)
Yue Yang Quan (ep 1)
Finish Check:
Megumi Furuya (ep 2)
Yukiko Toida (eps 3-5)
Yumi Aburaya (ep 1)
In-Between Animation:
Aiping Wang (ED; ep 1)
Chao Zhu (ep 2)
Chen Xi Bao (ep 1)
Fei Li (ep 2)
Hua Lu (ep 2)
Huan Huan Zheng (ep 1)
Jian Wang (ep 2)
Jun Gui Zhao (ED; ep 1)
Meng Han Sun (ep 1)
Pu Yu Gao (ep 1)
Qiong Zheng (ep 1)
Qiu Yu Zhu (ep 1)
Shi Yun Sun (ep 1)
Wu Xu (ep 1)
Xiao Ji Pang (ep 2)
Xiao Lu Huang (ep 1)
Yukina Endō (ED)
Yukina Wada (ED)
Yumeka Umino (ep 3)
Zhi Ying Qian (ep 2)
Zi Ye Guo (ep 1)
In-Between Check:
Masaki Yoshimura (ED)
Xin Zhao (ep 2)
Key Animation:
Aya Umezawa (OP; ep 4)
Chang Lee (eps 3-4)
Chihiro Goryō (ep 1)
Da Yeon Kim (ep 5)
Dong Wook Lee (ep 1)
Fa Miao Zhu (ep 1)
Hidehiro Asama (ep 3)
Hiroshi Nakanishi (ep 4)
Hyun Kyung Kim (ep 4)
I Cheol Kim (ep 3)
Izumi Kondō (ED)
Jae Seok Park (ep 4)
Ji Hee Jung (eps 3-5)
Ji Yeon Kim (ep 1)
Jia Wu (ep 2)
Jia Jun Zhang (ep 2)
Jin-Kwang Kim (eps 3-4)
Jun Gui Zhao (ep 1)
Kaoru Wada (ep 3)
Ke Jian Yang (ep 1)
Masatsune Noguchi (ep 3)
Meng Yang Xue (ep 1)
Michiko Ishida (ep 3)
Mitsuki Hirose (ep 4)
Naoki Nakamura (ep 4)
Nobuko Shinohara (ep 4)
Pu Yu Gao (ep 1)
Rumi Andō (OP; ep 4)
Satoru Iida (eps 1, 4-5)
Senko Kakeda (OP; ep 5)
Seon Yong Yang (ep 1)
Seong Min Shin (ep 3)
Sōtarō Niimi (OP)
Sung Won Yang (ep 1)
Takahiro Tanaka (ep 3)
Ting Mo (ep 2)
Wataru Chihara (ED)
Xuan Zhou (ep 1)
YINXELX (ep 4)
You Qiang Xie (ep 2)
Young-Hee Choi (eps 3-5)
Yue Zhao (ep 1)
Yūki Awai (ep 1)
Yuya Kawamura (ep 1)
Zhu Lian Xu (ep 2)
Photography:
Suzuko Senda (T2 Studio; OP; eps 1-5)
Ten Tamagawa (T2 Studio; OP)
Toshiya Kimura (T2 Studio; OP)
Wataru Uchida (Conquest; ED)
Yūsuke Fujiwara (Conquest; ED)
Production Advancement:
Alba Piles Perea (ep 3)
Ga Eun Hwang (ep 3)
Haruki Yamazaki (OP,ED)
Hyun-Jung Lee (ep 5)
Hyung Jo Yoo (ep 4)
Inori Fujino (ep 4)
Jae Ho Jeong (ep 1)
Jeong Gu Kang (ep 5)
Ji Hee Kim (ep 4)
Li Hua Chen (ep 1)
Lin Ying Li (ep 1)
Min Seok Jang (ep 5)
Mo Han Zhou (ep 2)
Sang Joon Park (ep 5)
Tetsurō Ōtsu (ep 1)
Wen Jia Zhao (ep 1)
Yeon Seo Jung (ep 5)
Yin Rong Xiang (ep 5)
Prop Design:
Akihiko Niina
Natsumi Yamada
Sub-Character Design:
Kyōtarō Date (eps 2-5)
Yuna Naeki (eps 1-5)
Theme Song Performance:
Hikari Codama (ED)
HoneyWorks (OP)
Rin Kusumi (OP)
Sae Hiratsuka (OP)
Yū Serizawa (OP)
Yūki Yamamoto (OP)
Rin Kusumi as Shio Minamo
Sae Hiratsuka as Runa Tsukimi
Takehiro Urao as Yonosuke Sakai
Yū Serizawa as Akari Hiodoshi
Yūki Yamamoto as Haru Hinata

Akemi Okamura as Eiyū's mother (eps 3-4)
Ami Tsukishiro as
Girl (ep 4)
Teacher (ep 3)
Chiwa Saitō as Akari's mother (ep 3)
Haruka Oribe as
Boy (ep 4)
Schoolgirl (ep 5)
Hayato Dojima as Schoolboy (ep 1)
Hideyuki Kobayashi as
Man (ep 4)
Schoolboy (eps 1, 5)
Kanon Takao as Child (eps 3-4)
Kumiko Nakane as Shopping woman (ep 5)
Naomi Kusumi as Eiyū's father (ep 3)
Naoya Nakagome as Schoolboy (ep 5)
Reina Aoyama as Boy (ep 4)
Ryūho Nagaoka as Man (ep 4)
Sae Hiratsuka as Teacher (ep 3)
Sara Matsumoto as Shio's mother (ep 3)
Shō Fujisawa as Schoolboy (ep 1)
Shūichirō Umeda as Keita (eps 3-4)
Shunsuke Tōdō as Teacher (ep 3)
Teppei Uenishi as Schoolboy (ep 1)
Tōya Shiraishi as Schoolboy (ep 5)
Yasuyuki Kase as Akari's father (ep 3)
Yōsuke Ōmomo as Schoolboy (ep 5)
Yūjirō Kakuda as Bus driver (ep 2)
Yūki Yamamoto as
Boy (ep 4)
Bus announcer (ep 2)
Schoolgirl (eps 3, 5)
Japanese companies
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Jason Lord
ADR Script: Christian Thorsen

ADR Engineer: Tina Son
ADR Producer: Susie Nixon
Casting Director: Jason Lord
Bryn Apprill as Runa Tsukimi
Dakota Farnsworth as Yonosuke Sakai
Luci Christian as Shio Minamo
Marwa Elda as Haru Hinata
Veronica Laux as Akari Hiodoshi
English companies
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
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