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About Japanese anime television series
Genres slice of life anime and manga, romance anime and manga, love triangle romance, coming-of-age anime and manga
Created by Masahiro Andō
Written by Mari Okada
Music Shirō Hamaguchi
Length 1 seasons, 26 episodes
Country Japan
Links TMDB · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikipedia · Wikidata
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