She's a domestic disaster. He's secretly covered in ink. Together? Absolute chaos.
7.924 minSeason 1 • Episode 13
LatestAs graduation approaches, Miyamura reflects on the past year, an uncertain future, and the new life he’s found.
A secret life is the one thing they have in common. At school, Hori is a prim and perfect social butterfly, but the truth is she's a brash homebody. Meanwhile, under a gloomy facade, Miyamura hides a gentle heart, along with piercings and tattoos. In a chance meeting, they both reveal a side they've never shown. Could this blossom into something new?
Direction
CloverWorks delivers gorgeous, intimate character moments
Cinematography
Stunning color palettes shift with emotional beats
Writing
Deftly skips romcom drag—gets to the good stuff fast
Haruka Tomatsu
Kyoko Hori (voice)
Koki Uchiyama
Izumi Miyamura (voice)
Seiichiro Yamashita
Toru Ishikawa (voice)
Yurie Kozakai
Yuki Yoshikawa (voice)
Nobuhiko Okamoto
Kakeru Sengoku (voice)
Mao Ichimichi
Remi Ayasaki (voice)
Reina Kondo
Sakura Kono (voice)
Daiki Yamashita
Shu Iura (voice)
Jun Fukuyama
Akane Yanagi (voice)
Taku Yashiro
Koichi Shindo (voice)
Shoya Chiba
Makio Tanihara (voice)
Momo Asakura
Honoka Sawada (voice)
Daisuke Ono
Kyosuke Hori (voice)
Ai Kayano
Yuriko Hori (voice)
Yuka Terasaki
Sota Hori (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Horimiya famously compresses 140+ manga chapters into 13 episodes, cutting entire arcs to focus purely on the central couple—a controversial but deliberate choice.
The series subverts classic shounen romcom tropes by having the leads actually confess early; in Japan, this broke Twitter trends for 'refreshing romance.'
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