You Can't Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!

Season 1

2026 · 12 episodes · 4h 48m in all · 7.0/10

Episodes

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

   6 Jan 2026 · 24 min · 7.0/10

   Shio and Akari, Eiyu's childhood friends, each try to get his attention in their own twisted way.

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

   13 Jan 2026 · 24 min · 7.0/10

   Eiyu runs into Shio on the bus and then runs into Akari on his way home.

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

   20 Jan 2026 · 24 min

   Shio and Akari find out Eiyu reads rom-coms.

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

   27 Jan 2026 · 24 min

   Runako moves back into the neighborhood for school and will live with Eiyu temporarily.

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

   3 Feb 2026 · 24 min

   Akari eats very spicy curry bread. Eiyu ends up in the bath with the three of them. Shio studies with Eiyu.

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

   10 Feb 2026 · 24 min

   Eiyu, Shio, Akari, and Runako go to the beach. Eiyu and Akari get left behind and spend the night together.

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

   17 Feb 2026 · 24 min

   Eiyu consults Runako about Akari. Akari and Shio admit to each other their feelings for Eiyu.

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

   24 Feb 2026 · 24 min

   Shio tells Eiyu she can't make the fireworks. Haru makes her first appearance.

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

   3 Mar 2026 · 24 min

   Eiyu, Shio, and Akari find out their childhood friend Haru is a girl.

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

    10 Mar 2026 · 24 min

    Eiyu is confused after being kissed by Haru and Shio. Shio and Eiyu become sports day committee members.

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

    17 Mar 2026 · 24 min

    Shio and Eiyu talk it out, and Eiyu has an epiphany.

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

    24 Mar 2026 · 24 min

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