TV Series2026 · 1 season · 12 episodes · Ended

I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class

Name: I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Cast: Haruki Ishiya, Manaka Iwami, Sayumi Suzushiro, Ikumi Hasegawa, Yuhko Kaida

Taste attributes: animationcomedydramateenromancewholesomelightimaginarysimplelinearglossyenclosedemotive & stirringcoming of agecomplex relationshiplove conquers all

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Boxlist takeLight and heightened: a moving animated series, wholesome rather than dark. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: wholesome · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

8.5 /10

TMDB · 30 votes

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Season

Season 1

· 2026 · 12 episodes

Episodes (12)

1The Girl Named Asanagi Umi7 Apr 2026
Maehara Maki bombs his intro at his new school, but it somehow comes back to help him.
2Asanagi Umi and Amami Yuu14 Apr 2026
When Maki and Umi go have fun outside, they run into some unexpected surprises.
3The Second Prettiest Girl in Class21 Apr 2026
As Maki and Yuu become friends, how will Umi react?
4The Two and Their School Festival28 Apr 2026
Yuu confronts the class about their treatment of Maki. How will this whole mess get resolved?
5From Now On, and Then On5 May 2026
Umi tells Maki how she and Yuu met, as well as the evolution of their friendship.
6December with Friends12 May 2026
While Maki's still reeling from Umi's declaration, he gets approached about something to do with Yuu.
7First Date with a Friend19 May 2026
After shopping, Maki and Umi go on their date, but the person Maki ran into lingers in his mind.
8Family Sights26 May 2026
After a study session with Umi, Yuu, and Seki, Maki confronts his father about a thorny issue.
9Family Sights: Part Two2 Jun 2026
Maki hasn't had the chance to sort out his feelings toward his family, and now he must go meet Umi's folks.
10One Last Tantrum9 Jun 2026
Maki has a plan to release his repressed feelings about his parents' divorce.
11New Year's as Lovers16 Jun 2026
Maki falls ill after everything that has happened, and Umi offers to take care of him.
12To a New Season23 Jun 2026
Valentine's Day is coming up, as is Umi's birthday. How do Maki and the gang feel as they head into spring?

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Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it

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Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate

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Synopsis

Maki Maehara, the class outcast, finally makes his first friend: Umi Asanagi, the second-prettiest girl in class and the center of everyone’s attention. He’s convinced she’s out of his league, but as their unlikely friendship grows, Maki starts to wonder…could there be more than just friendship between them?

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