A Couple of Cuckoos
TV Series2022 · 1 season · 24 episodes · Ended

A Couple of Cuckoos

Taste attributes: animationcomedyromancewholesomelightimaginarylinearglossyemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiplove conquers all

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Boxlist takeA glossy animated series that is light, larger-than-life and good-natured. Best if you like polish over grit.

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6.7 /10

TMDB · 38 votes

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Seasons

Season 1

· 2022 · 24 episodes
Episodes (24)
  1. 1You're going to be my boyfriend.24 Apr 2022

    Umino Nagi was swapped with another child at birth. He’s going to meet his real parents today, but on his way to school, he meets a girl who is threatening to die to get out of her engagement.

  2. 2I'm not going to marry you.1 May 2022

    Nagi and Erika are now engaged, but Nagi can’t wrap his head around how loaded Erika is, and Erika seems to have concerns of her own.

  3. 3You aren't going to beat me!!!!8 May 2022

    Living together with Erika gives Nagi an opportunity to focus on exam prep, except when they run into trouble.

  4. 4Would you please go out with me...?15 May 2022

    Having scored higher than anyone else in his grade, including Hiro, Nagi decides to finally confess to her.

  5. 5Can we do our morning study sessions together...?22 May 2022

    Hiro and Nagi begin studying together in the mornings, but unexpected circumstances put a wrench in their relationship.

  6. 6I thought you live by yourself.29 May 2022

    Erika joins Nagi’s and Hiro’s morning study sessions to wingman for Nagi, and Hiro wants to come hang out at her place.

  7. 7Is my fate going to change?5 Jun 2022

    Nagi invites Hiro to join his group for a school field trip. The group is plunged into chaos with the addition of a couple more members.

  8. 8Are you going to marry him?12 Jun 2022

    Sachi notices something going on between Erika and Nagi and decides to try to get to the bottom of it. Both she and Nagi are on the verge of a big decision.

  9. 9The Kuroshio currents beckon to me.19 Jun 2022

    Hiro and Nagi go on date at the amusement park. Sachi is not amused.

  10. 10Don't treat me like your kid sister.26 Jun 2022

    Sachi and Nagi go shopping together for a Mother’s Day gift, but they can’t think of anything their mother would appreciate

  11. 11I can't forget that just happened.3 Jul 2022

    Erika and Nagi are stuck in a power outage. Nagi goes to the front door to find an emergency kit, when the unthinkable happens.

  12. 12It's not that I like you, yet.10 Jul 2022

    Nagi tries to redeem himself after embarrassing himself in front of Hiro on their amusement park date.

  13. 13Things aren't quite working out, are they?24 Jul 2022

    Nagi is beginning to question his own feelings, and he has trouble even focusing on midterms.

  14. 14Walls exist to be overcome!!31 Jul 2022

    Erika’s parents want her to come home if she fails her make-up exams. She asks Nagi for help, but it may not be that easy.

  15. 15We have to tell her... about our secret!7 Aug 2022

    Erika and Nagi walk around the festival together, and she shocks him with how out-of-touch she is.

  16. 16I want to talk about now.14 Aug 2022

    Sachi is worried about Hiro, so she brings Erika along to follow her and learn about her.

  17. 17Anything could happen right now!21 Aug 2022

    Erika, Hiro, Sachi and Nagi make plans to study at Erika’s vacation house, but there ends up being a slight change in the roster.

  18. 18Who is that person?28 Aug 2022

    Nagi is hoping to do the test of courage with Hiro, but Erika takes him instead. Nagi can’t figure out what it is that’s bothering her.

  19. 19You must have noticed by now.4 Sep 2022

    Erika reveals who it is that she’s been trying to reach through social media.

  20. 20I want to grow up already!11 Sep 2022

    Nagi discusses with Erika what he learned – or tried to learn – from her father.

  21. 21It's a secret between you and me.18 Sep 2022

    Having topped his grade in the term exams, Nagi confesses to Hiro once again.

  22. 22I'll Be There With You25 Sep 2022

    Erika, Hiro, Sachi, and Nagi spend more time at the beach home retreat, and eventually, clues about Erika's missing older brother are found. This incites Nagi to search for him around the nearby town with Erika by his side.

  23. 23What Should We Do Now?2 Oct 2022

    On the day Nagi, Erika, Sachi, and Hiro are to return home, Nagi and Hiro decide to stay behind to collect a shrine stamp from the local temple. However, become of this, their train ride home is canceled due to the stormy weather, thus forcing them to stay at a local inn where things get strangely intimate.

  24. 24All That Matters Is That You Two Are Happy2 Oct 2022

    The household visits the diner to attend Yohei's birthday party and learn some family secrets surrounding them. The next day after a study session, Erika succumbs to a cold that she caught, and the household, including Hiro, scrambles to help her through it.

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  • Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
  • Setting / scale: Balanced, just how this profile likes it

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  • Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
  • Style & visuals: Glossy, where this profile leans balanced style & visuals

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Synopsis

16-year-old super-studier Nagi Umino, second-year student at the Megurogawa Academy high school, was switched at birth. On his way to a dinner to meet his birth parents, he accidentally meets the brash, outspoken, Erika Amano, who is determined to make Nagi her fake boyfriend as she never wants to actually marry. But once Nagi makes it to dinner, he finds his parents have decided to resolve the hospital switch by conveniently having him marry the daughter his birth parents raised...who turns out to be none other than Erika herself!

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Taste Attributes

Characteristics

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SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

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Details

Genre
Animation
Year
2022
Episode length
23 min
Status
Ended
Studio
Crunchyroll
Taste scores
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