1. Plot

2. Characters
    Main  Others 

3. Media
    Anime  Episode list  Novel  Web manga 

4. References

5. External links

Plot

It is winter of their third year of high school, near the end of second semester, when students have very little time in high school left. Everyone is just waiting for graduation. Until Eita Izumi—their classmate in middle school who had moved far away—suddenly moves back home at a peculiar time. This reunites them, as if a go signal rang out to the feelings of the students who had just thought their high school life would end without fanfare.^[2]

Characters

Main

{{nihongo|Eita Izumi|泉 瑛太|Izumi Eita}}

{{Voiced by|Aoi Ichikawa^[3]|Greg Cote^[4]}}

A transfer student who come back to his hometown after four years. Because his father's job was often relocated, Eita often transferred schools. He was in baseball club along with Haruto back in middle school. He has a crush on Mio since middle school but could not confess to her.

{{nihongo|Mio Natsume|夏目 美緒|Natsume Mio}}

{{Voiced by|Karin Isobe^[3]|Luci Christian^[4]}}

The former student council president. Mio was Eita and Haruto's classmate during middle school. She plans to enroll in college and is studying hard to make that happen. Her unrequited feelings for Haruto since middle school still influence her.

{{nihongo|Haruto Sōma|相馬 陽斗|Sōma Haruto}}

{{Voiced by|Taishi Murata^[3]|Blake Shepard^[4]}}

A baseball team member who has already secured a job after graduation. He and Eita are childhood friends. He has a crush on Hazuki and confesses his feelings but is rejected at first; however this changes over the series. Hazuki tells Haruto she won't date him until she is settled in college and Haruto finds a stable job and if he still loves her by that time.

{{nihongo|Hazuki Morikawa|森川 葉月|Morikawa Hazuki}}

{{Voiced by|Yuna Yoshino^[3]|Patricia Duran^[4]}}

Hazuki is a member of the school concert band that has already decided on her preferred college. She does not stand out in class, and seems uninterested in romantic relationships. Haruto has a crush on her and confesses his feelings but is rejected at first. However, over the course of the series, this changes; Hazuki tells Haruto she won't date him until she is settled in college, Haruto finds a stable job and if his feelings remain unchanged.

{{nihongo|Ena Komiya|小宮 惠那|Komiya Ena}}

{{Voiced by|Lynn^[3]|Brittney Karbowski^[4]}}

Ena is a second-year student, and a member of the photography club that is close to being disbanded. In order to save the club, she enters a photography competition. Later on, she develops a crush on Eita. She has a go-getter attitude, taking active steps to get what she wants, speaking her mind openly where everyone else is too nervous to speak up.

Others

{{nihongo|Yoriko Inui|乾 依子|Inui Yoriko}}

{{Voiced by|Arisa Sakuraba^[5]|Cat Thomas^[4]}}

Hazuki's best friend who constantly looks after her, speaks out on her behalf and helps her and Haruto get together. At one point she admits to Hazuki that she's also in love with someone, but refuses to say more. There are hints in the first half of the series that the person she's in love with might be Hazuki.

{{nihongo|Sanae Takahashi|高橋 早苗|Takahashi Sanae}}

{{Voiced by|Yuka Nukui^[5]|Christina Kelly^[4]}}

{{nihongo|Momoka Suzuki|鈴木 桃花|Suzuki Momoka}}

{{Voiced by|Reina Kondō^[5]|Stephanie Wittels^[4]}}

{{nihongo|Mayuko Satō|佐藤 真由子|Satō Mayuko}}

{{Voiced by|Sayaka Senbongi^[5]|Skyler Sinclair^[4]}}

{{nihongo|Junpei Saruwatari|猿渡 順平|Saruwatari Junpei}}

{{Voiced by|Kōhei Amasaki^[5]|Adam Gibbs^[4]}}

Haruto's best friend.

{{nihongo|Rikuto Ishigaki|石垣 陸生|Ishigaki Rikuto}}

{{Voiced by|Shōta Yamamoto^[5]|Andrew Love^[4]}}

Haruto's best friend.

{{nihongo|Tōru Shimizu|清水 徹|Shimizu Tōru}}

{{Voiced by|Junichi Yanagita^[5]|Scott Gibbs^[4]}}

{{nihongo|Kaoru Yamaguchi|山口 薫|Yamaguchi Kaoru}}

{{Voiced by|Daiki Kobayashi^[5]|Mike Haimoto^[4]}}

{{nihongo|Watanabe-sensei|渡辺先生|Watanabe Sensei}}

{{Voiced by|Toru Ohkawa^[5]|Josh Morrison^[4]}}

The homeroom teacher of Mio and Haruto's class.

Media

Anime

The project was first teased as an April's Fools joke in 2017 under title April 1st The Animation.^[6] It was later confirmed as real in the June issue of Gakken's Megami Magazine.^[7]

Kiseki Himura designed the characters, Atsushi Kobayashi directed the series with screenplay by Hajime Kamoshida. Hiroyuki Yoshii adapted Kiseki's art into animation. Keisuke Fukunaga produced the series.^[3] Pine Jam produced the animation.^[8] It aired from October 5 to December 28, 2017 on AT-X, Tokyo MX, TV Kanagawa, MBS, and BS Fuji's programming block Anime Guild.^[9][10] Nagi Yanagi served as music producer as well performed the opening theme titled "Over and Over", while Karin Isobe, Yuna Yoshino, and Lynn performed the ending theme "behind".^[11][12] Sentai Filmworks has licensed the series and streamed it on Amazon's Anime Strike service in the US.^[13] Sentai will be releasing the series for home video with an English dub on February 12, 2019.^[14]

Episode list

Novel

A serialized novel adaptation of the anime was launched in Kadokawa's Da Vinci magazine starting October 2017 issue (released on September 6).^[16] The first chapter tells the prologue anime's plot. Atsushi Kobayashi illustrated the cover for the novel.^[17][18]

Web manga

A spin-off web manga series illustrated by Kamaboko RED is updated every day the anime's official Twitter account. Each chapter is two pages long.^[20]

References

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