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You Can't Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!
2026 1 season Melodrama · Anime · Animation 幼馴染とはラブコメにならない
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You Can't Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!

Season 1

12 episodes 2026 4 h 48 min 1080p
You Can't Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends! — Season 1

About the series

A high school boy adores romantic comedies but believes real childhood friends can never become lovers—while his two female childhood friends secretly want exactly that.

Season premiere
January 6, 2026
Episodes in the season
12
Whole season
4 h 48 min
January 6, 2026 Season fully aired March 24, 2026

Episodes

12 episodes · 4 h 48 min

  1. 6 Jan 2026 You Can't Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!, season 1, episode 1 — a still from the episode E01

    Road to School? Indirect Kiss? Butt on Lap? Still Won't Start a Rom-Com

    24 min

    Shio and Akari, Eiyu's childhood friends, each try to get his attention in their own twisted way.
  2. 13 Jan 2026 You Can't Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!, season 1, episode 2 — a still from the episode E02

    Full Bus? Drenched in Rain? Feelings Exposed? Admiring Them? Still Won't Start a Rom-Com

    24 min

    Eiyu runs into Shio on the bus and then runs into Akari on his way home.
  3. 20 Jan 2026 You Can't Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!, season 1, episode 3 — a still from the episode E03

    Admiring Them? Feeling Lonely? School at Night? Fantasizing? Old Promises? Still Won't Start a Rom-Com

    24 min

    Shio and Akari find out Eiyu reads rom-coms.
  4. 27 Jan 2026 You Can't Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!, season 1, episode 4 — a still from the episode E04

    Since I'm the Big Brother to the Little-Sister Type, Growing up Still Won't Start a Rom-Com

    24 min

    Runako moves back into the neighborhood for school and will live with Eiyu temporarily.
  5. 3 Feb 2026 You Can't Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!, season 1, episode 5 — a still from the episode E05

    Extra Extra Hot? Finals Done? Bath Scene? Things Will Never Change? Still Won't Start a Rom-Com

    24 min

    Akari eats very spicy curry bread. Eiyu ends up in the bath with the three of them. Shio studies with Eiyu.
  6. 10 Feb 2026 You Can't Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!, season 1, episode 6 — a still from the episode E06

    Summer Beach? Looking Away? Spent the Night? Still Won't Start a Rom-Com

    24 min

    Eiyu, Shio, Akari, and Runako go to the beach. Eiyu and Akari get left behind and spend the night together.
  7. 17 Feb 2026 You Can't Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!, season 1, episode 7 — a still from the episode E07

    Relationship Talk? Sharing Half? Festival Vibes? Still Won't Start a Rom-Com

    24 min

    Eiyu consults Runako about Akari. Akari and Shio admit to each other their feelings for Eiyu.
  8. 24 Feb 2026 You Can't Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!, season 1, episode 8 — a still from the episode E08

    Kept Running and Missed the Fireworks? Since It Matters Too Much, It Still Won't Start a Rom-Com

    24 min

    Shio tells Eiyu she can't make the fireworks. Haru makes her first appearance.
  9. 3 Mar 2026 You Can't Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!, season 1, episode 9 — a still from the episode E09

    An Unfamiliar Girl Who's Your "Guy Friend"? But if You Laugh, It Still Won't Start a Rom-Com

    24 min

    Eiyu, Shio, and Akari find out their childhood friend Haru is a girl.
  10. 10 Mar 2026 You Can't Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!, season 1, episode 10 — a still from the episode E10

    Feeling the Afterglow Kiss After Kiss? Become a Sports Day Committee Member? Still Won`t Start a Rom-Com

    24 min

    Eiyu is confused after being kissed by Haru and Shio. Shio and Eiyu become sports day committee members.
  11. 17 Mar 2026 You Can't Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!, season 1, episode 11 — a still from the episode E11

    Scared? Lost Something? Let off Steam on Sports Day? Still Won't Start a Rom-Com

    24 min

    Shio and Eiyu talk it out, and Eiyu has an epiphany.
  12. 24 Mar 2026 You Can't Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!, season 1, episode 12 — a still from the episode E12

    Did the Three-Legged Race and Feel a Little Naughty? Then Doing the Scavenger Hunt Still Won't Start a Rom-Com

    24 min

    It's Sports Day, and Eiyu takes on the impossible challenge of choosing who he really loves.