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I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class
Synopsis
The story
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?
ComedyRomance
Episode guide
12 episodes
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01Episode 1Unwatched · AiredAired Apr 7, 202602Episode 2Unwatched · AiredAired Apr 14, 202603Episode 3Unwatched · AiredAired Apr 21, 202604Episode 4Unwatched · AiredAired Apr 28, 202605Episode 5Unwatched · AiredAired May 5, 202606Episode 6Unwatched · AiredAired May 12, 202607Episode 7Unwatched · AiredAired May 19, 202608Episode 8Unwatched · AiredAired May 26, 202609Episode 9Unwatched · AiredAired Jun 2, 202610Episode 10Unwatched · AiredAired Jun 9, 202611Episode 11Unwatched · AiredAired Jun 16, 202612Episode 12Unwatched · AiredAired Jun 23, 2026Characters & voices
11 credited
Umi Asanagi
Main
Maki Maehara
Main
Yuu Amami
Supporting
Nina Nitta
Supporting
Miki Yagisawa
Supporting
Masaki Maehara
Supporting
Sora Asanagi
Supporting
Nozomu Seki
Supporting
Kyouka Minato
Supporting
Itsuki Maehara
Supporting
Eri Amami
Supporting
Production staff
500 credited
Hideki TachibanaDirector 
Ruka KawadaMusic
Masanori TsuchiyaSound Director
Shuuhei MutsukiMusic
Shouko TakimotoCharacter DesignShouko TakimotoChief Animation Director
Keiichirou OochiSeries Composition
Takashi YanagidaDirector of PhotographyTakumi ShibataAssistant Director
Azuri HyuugaOriginal Character DesignMichiko MorokumaArt DirectorTakeshi SaitouCG DirectorMaki SendoEditing
TakataOriginal StorySuwarin PromjutikanonAnimation Director (ep 9)
CerberusAnimation Director (ep 9)Erika TsukinoColor DesignKana HayashiClothing DesignKana HayashiChief Animation Director
Yayoi SekimukaiMusicThemes & motifs
AniList community tags
HeterosexualTheme-Romance88%
SchoolSetting-Scene86%
Male ProtagonistCast-Main Cast86%
Primarily Teen CastCast-Main Cast84%
Female ProtagonistCast-Main Cast84%
Primarily Female CastCast-Main Cast79%
Otaku CultureTheme-Other70%
SeinenDemographic68%
ChibiTheme-Other38%
Love TriangleTheme-Romance31%
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Current26,344
Planning26,821
Completed48,912
Dropped2,168
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What viewers say
500 community reviews
wait… this anime is actually PEAK?
@melamuna91/135 helpful
First impressions can be deceiving
@kadarakt32/45 helpful
Quite the balanced romcom experience, but it's not for me.
@terasel21/38 helpful
The "I'm a loser and popular girls fall for me for no reason" trope needs to end.
@SiffEverytime30/80 helpful