10.023 minSeason 1 • Episode 12
LatestRikuo notices that something isn’t quite right between him and Shinako. Meanwhile, Haru suffers.
After college, Rikuo Uozumi, a boy without much ambition in life, takes on a job at a convenience store. The days pass by uneventfully for Rikuo until he meets his former girlfriend and classmate, but especially thanks to the unusual Haru Nonaka, and her pet raven...
Cinematography
Light and shadow that makes convenience stores look like poetry
Acting
Haru's voice work captures chaotic vulnerability perfectly
Writing
Dialogue so realistic it physically hurts to witness
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The manga ran for 18 years in real-time, making readers wait nearly two decades for resolution—explaining why the anime feels so deliberately unhurried.
The convenience store setting deliberately mirrors Japan's 'lost generation' of underemployed graduates, making Rikuo's stagnation a quiet social critique.
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