25 minSeason 1 • Episode 12
LatestAfter recovering from their injuries, Kakeru, Najimi and Kizaki chase after the Mixed Juice Akikan. Kakeru begs the Mixed Juice Akikan to return Melon to him, but she just responds by sending a Zero of her to attack her. However, the Zero hesitates to finish Kakeru, and he uses his emotions to recover Melon's juice to her can. Otoya appears with Misaki, and recovers Yell and Budoko's cans, allowing Najimi and Misaki to recover them as well. The Mixed Juice Akikan sends all of her Zeros to attack them, but Melon, Yell and Budoko defeat them all, and combine their attacks to defeat her. She explains that her owner is a cat who ran off the moment they had met, causing her to hate Akikans with owners. Kakeru decides to give her the name, Miku, and Otoya points her in the right direction to finding her owner. Everyone heads back to Kakeru's house for a toast to the future.
Daichi Kakeru is a high school student who has never had a girlfriend. Little did he know that everything was about to change when he bought a melon soda on his way home from school as the can came to life in the form of a girl, whom he calls "Melon".
Production
Someone storyboarded a can transformation unironically.
Jun Fukuyama
Kakeru Daichi (voice)
Aki Toyosaki
Najimi Tenkuji (voice)
Ryo Hirohashi
Misaki Miyashita (voice)
Sayaka Narita
Melon (voice)
Mamiko Noto
Yell (voice)
Aoi Yuuki
Budoko (voice)
Megumi Nakajima
Miku (voice)
Aiko Okubo
Yurika Kochikaze (voice)
Nobuhiko Okamoto
Goro Amaji (voice)
Ryotaro Okiayu
Hidehiko Otoya (voice)
Megumi Toyoguchi
Airin Kizaki (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the 2009 'moe anthropomorphism' boom where Japan ran out of objects to sexualize and started on beverages.
The light novel author later wrote serious fantasy. This remains his immortal legacy.
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