Can a Boy-Girl Friendship Survive?
男女の友情は成立する?(いや、しないっ!!)
“Himari helps Yuu sell flower accessories, promises to marry him at 30, then watches him reconnect with childhood love Rin.”
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Himari helps Yuu sell flower accessories, promises to marry him at 30, then watches him reconnect with childhood love Rin.
Yuu Natsume met Himari Inuzuka in middle school while trying to sell his accessories made with preserved flowers. When Yuu told her about his dream to open a shop to sell his creations, Himari decided to help him. Now, in their second year of high school, Yuu sells his accessories online thanks to Himari modeling and promoting them. As Yuu's best friend, Himari declares that if his ambition does not come to fruition by the time they turn thirty, she will have to marry him herself. Then, Yuu meets Rin Enomoto, a girl wearing one of his first designs. Yuu and Rin met as children years ago, and she was his first love. Himari pushes them together, hoping to help Yuu out of his creative slump and find a wife for him in the process. For the first time, another person understands Yuu's talent and wants to be friends with him. As Rin and Yuu get closer, however, Himari struggles to keep her feelings for her best friend in check.
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Community consensus
Derived from 49 sampled reviews
6.1/10
Score distribution
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σ 2.41 · split reception
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4.5 ptsRecommenders 8.0 · others 3.6
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Snap verdicts · shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7/10 “I'm here to balance out all the negative reviews. I honestly think this anime deserves more credit than it's getting. The plot is genuinely entertaining and easy to follow, as it never feels slow...”
- 8/10 “This series captures the dynamic of opposite-sex friendship with almost uncomfortable accuracy, particularly in Himari's behavior, which perfectly encapsulates that specific "annoying gremlin aura"...”
- 8/10 “Despite the noticeably cheap animation and a few clichéd elements, I found this series genuinely underrated with a sweet, emotionally satisfying story—particularly the ending—and charismatic...”
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No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Can a Boy-Girl Friendship Survive? begins and ends here.
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Reel · 01 Cat. №BS-22574
- Format
- 12 × 23′
- eps × min
- Total runtime
- 4h 36m
- all episodes
- Aired
- Apr 2025 – Jun 2025
- Spring 2025
- Source
- Tv
- media type
- Rated
- PG
- 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref.
- BS-22574
- catalog