The official website for the television anime adaptation of Takata’s Class de 2-banme ni Kawaii Onnanoko to Tomodachi ni Natta (I Became Friends with the Second Cutest Girl in the Class.) light novel unveiled the supporting cast and a third promotional video on Tuesday. The anime premiered on April 7 and airs every Tuesday at 11:30 p.m. on Tokyo MX, followed by KTV and BS Asahi.
Cast
Nozomu Seki: Rikuya Yasuda (Ikoku Nikki)
Itsuki Maehara: Shinji Kawada (Grand Blue)
Kyoka Minato: Yurina Amami (Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu 2nd Season)
Hideki Tachibana (Busou Shoujo Machiavellianism) is directing the anime at Connect, with Takumi Shibata (Little Witch Academia episode director) serving as the assistant director. Keiichirou Oochi (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Kan) is handling the series composition and script. Shouko Takimoto (Ore wo Suki nano wa Omae dake ka yo) is designing the characters, while Ruka Kawada (Kanojo ga Flag wo Oraretara), Shuuhei Mutsuki (Kimi no Koto ga Daidaidaidaidaisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo), and Yayoi Sekimukai (Mairimashita! Iruma-kun 3rd Season) are composing the music.
Takata began penning the romantic comedy novel on the Kakuyomu website in November 2020. Kadokawa began publishing the series under its Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko imprint with illustrations by Tom Osabe in December 2021. The ninth volume went on sale on April 1, with the tenth volume set to be released on July 1.
Rin Ono began serializing a manga adaptation on the Alive+ web magazine in July 2022. Kadokawa published the seventh volume in December 2025 and plans to release the eighth volume on June 26.
Yen Press licensed the manga adaptation in English in December 2024 and published the second volume in November 2025. The third volume will be released on June 23.
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Source: Comic Natalie
