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“Otaku Takuya discovers popular classmate Amane might secretly be an anime geek after a classroom interaction.”
Gals Can't Be Kind to Otaku!?
オタクに優しいギャルはいない!?
7.59
1,758 rank · 87,578 viewers · 286 favorites
Comedy
Romance
Otaku Culture
School
Seinen
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Synopsis
Otaku Takuya discovers popular classmate Amane might secretly be an anime geek after a classroom interaction.
Meet Takuya Seo, an otaku who sits behind the popular gals in class, Ijichi and Amane. Since they're people from different "castes," you wouldn't expect them to have much in common. But when their worlds collide over a borrowed eraser, Takuya slips up about his favorite anime, and Amane...is rather quick to correct him. She says she's not a fan, but her familiarity with the series suggests otherwise. Could she be...a fellow geek?! (Source: Yen Press)
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Community consensus
Derived from 6 sampled reviews
7.8
/10
What 6 viewers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 1.21
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Mostly aligned
σ 1.21 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.17
Running avg · Apr 2026 → May 2026
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “I have to say, I haven't seen a show as truly GOOD as this one in a long time. Most shows in this vein tend to get ridiculous, but so far this one has won hands down. The story is cute, and the...”
- 8 “So the tone is light hearted and the drama is kept to a bare minimum. This is a wholesome sweet wish fulfillment romance between otaku kun and 2 deceptively looking friendly gyaru. It is a feel...”
- 8 “On today's episode of "Romance That Deserves the Fantasy Tag," we have Otagal! And that's not a bad thing. Sure, the premise is unrealistic, but so is reincarnating as a hero's rib... and that...”
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Long · 0%
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- Format 12 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 36m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2026 – Jun 2026 Spring 2026
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-29183 catalog
Produced by
- ADK Emotions Producer
- TV Asahi Producer
- Coamix Producer
- BS Asahi Producer
- Half H.P Studio Producer