You Can't Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!
Season 1
S1 · E1 · Jan 6, 2026
Road to School? Indirect Kiss? Butt on Lap? Still Won't Start a Rom-Com Episode 1
S1 · E2 · Jan 13, 2026
Full Bus? Drenched in Rain? Feelings Exposed? Admiring Them? Still Won't Start a Rom-Com Episode 2
S1 · E3 · Jan 20, 2026
Admiring Them? Feeling Lonely? School at Night? Fantasizing? Old Promises? Still Won't Start a Rom-Com Episode 3
S1 · E4 · Jan 27, 2026
Since I'm the Big Brother to the Little-Sister Type, Growing up Still Won't Start a Rom-Com Episode 4
S1 · E5 · Feb 3, 2026
Extra Extra Hot? Finals Done? Bath Scene? Things Will Never Change? Still Won't Start a Rom-Com Episode 5
S1 · E6 · Feb 10, 2026
Summer Beach? Looking Away? Spent the Night? Still Won't Start a Rom-Com Episode 6
S1 · E7 · Feb 17, 2026
Relationship Talk? Sharing Half? Festival Vibes? Still Won't Start a Rom-Com Episode 7
S1 · E8 · Feb 24, 2026
Kept Running and Missed the Fireworks? Since It Matters Too Much, It Still Won't Start a Rom-Com Episode 8
S1 · E9 · Mar 3, 2026
An Unfamiliar Girl Who's Your "Guy Friend"? But if You Laugh, It Still Won't Start a Rom-Com Episode 9
S1 · E10 · Mar 10, 2026
Feeling the Afterglow Kiss After Kiss? Become a Sports Day Committee Member? Still Won`t Start a Rom-Com Episode 10
S1 · E11 · Mar 17, 2026
Scared? Lost Something? Let off Steam on Sports Day? Still Won't Start a Rom-Com Episode 11
S1 · E12 · Mar 24, 2026
Did the Three-Legged Race and Feel a Little Naughty? Then Doing the Scavenger Hunt Still Won't Start a Rom-Com Episode 12
12 episodes in Season 1
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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!
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Cast
6 people
Satoshi Kuwabara Director · Mitsutaka Hirota Writer Aya Iizuka Executive producer
Total runtime 4h 48m · Episode length 24 min · Country Japan
Show info
Premiered
January 6, 2026
Final episode
March 24, 2026
Status
Ended
Networks
TV Tokyo · TV Aichi · TVQ +3
Country
Japan
Type
Scripted
Episode length
24 min
Total runtime
4h 48m
Original language
Japanese
Production
Tezuka Productions
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CyberAgent
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Kodansha
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TV Tokyo
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Crunchyroll
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AT-X
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BS Nippon Corporation
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Ray
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Bit grooove promotion
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Japan
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Original title
幼馴染とはラブコメにならない
Spoken on screen
Japanese
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