Akikan! OVA
アキカン! カン一発!?温泉パニック
Synopsis
High schooler Kakeru's soda can transforms into a human girl named Melon, sparking more Akikan appearances.
The story revolves around a typical high school boy named Kakeru Daichi and the can of melon juice soda that he bought from a vending machine. The can suddenly transforms into a beautiful but standoffish girl that Kakeru nicknames "Melon", and more "Akikan" ("empty can") girls appear. However, Akikan girls need to be infused with carbon dioxide in order to turn into a human. (Source: ANN, edited)
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