You Can't Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends! (幼馴染とはラブコメにならない) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinya Misu. It began serialization on Kodansha's Magazine Pocket website in March 2022. An anime television series adaptation produced by Tezuka Productions aired from January to March 2026.
Plot
Yonosuke Sakai has two childhood friends who are close to him: Shio Minamo and Akari Hiodoshi. As they have gotten older, he starts to see them in a different light, much to his chagrin as he wants to remain childhood friends with them. A love triangle forms between the three, with Yonosuke finding it difficult to balance their feelings with the secrets they keep from each other.
Characters
- Yonosuke Sakai (界 世之介)
- The protagonist, who is childhood friends with Shio, Akari, and Runa.
- Shio Minamo (水萌 汐)
- Yonosuke's childhood friend. Because her house and Yonosuke's are next to each other, she would often sneak into his house. She is attached to him.