Voice actress Nao Toyama has been announced to be joining the voice cast of the upcoming second season of Aharen-san wa Hakarenai, which is scheduled to premiere in Japan in April 2025. The new cast addition was confirmed at Shueisha’s Jump Festa ‘25 event.
Toyama will be voicing Riku Tamanaha, who is described as an awkward gyaru transfer student in Reina Aharen and Raido’s high school.
Some returning staff from the first season include Yasutaka Yamamoto (Noblesse) as chief director, Tomoe Makino (Woodpecker Detective’s Office) as director, Takao Yoshioka (Horimiya) as screenwriter and scriptwriter, Yuko Yahiro (Kaguya-sama: Love Is War) as character designer, and Satoru Kosaki (Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-) and MONACA (Maesetsu!) as music composers. Felix Film is handling the animation production for the series. Chinese streaming service bilibili is part of the production committee.
Tomoko Iwasa (Wave!! Surfing Yappe!!) also returns as chief animation director, with Yumiko Ishii and Saori Yamamoto joining in the roles as well. Other staff include Baku Production’s Kenichi Kurata (Nekopara) as art director, Chiharu Tanaka (Nekopara) as color designer, and Studio Shamrock’s Kazuya Iwai (Nekopara) as photography director.
Meanwhile, the anime’s main voice cast stars:
- • Inori Minase as Reina Aharen
- • Takuma Terashima as Raido
- • M.A.O as Mitsuki Ooshiro
- • Kana Hanazawa as Tobaru-sensei
- • Tetsuya Kakihara as Ishikawa
- • Tomori Kusonoki as Hanako Sato
- • Yurie Kozaki as Miyahira-sensei
The anime is based on the romantic comedy manga series by Asato Mizu (Denkigai no Honya-san). It was first serialized on Shueisha’s Shonen Jump+ website on January 29, 2017 and ended on April 30, 2023. A total of 17 tankobon volumes were released during its publication.
The first season of the slice of life romantic comedy anime aired for 12 episodes from April 2, 2022 to June 18, 2022.
Crunchyroll streamed Aharen-san wa Hakarenai worldwide as it aired in Japan and describes the premise as:
Socially awkward Aharen-san has personal boundary issues, either getting too close or too far from her classmates. When fellow student Raido picks up an eraser she drops, Aharen-san decides they’re now best friends. Whether studying, playing the arcade, or just eating lunch — she’s along for the ride. What follows is an impromptu bonding that shows affection can blossom in the unlikeliest of places!
