The upcoming anime series Soredemo Ayumu wa Yosetekuru (Soreayu) is set to premiere in July 2022. Silver Link will be producing the series under the direction of Mirai Minato. The series is an anime adaptation of the Shogi rom-com manga with the same title by Sōichirō Yamamoto, the creator of “Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san“. In addition, the series unveiled a new key visual.
Cast & Production
Yoshimasa Hosoya will be voicing Ayumu Tanaka, the president of the unofficial Shogi club. Meanwhile, Konomi Kohara will voice Urushi Yaotome, a first-year high school student who secretly falls in love with Tanaka.
Mirai Minato will be directing the series with studio Silver Link. In addition, Kazuya Hirata will be designing the characters while Deko Akao will be in charge of the series composition.
Mirai Minato also directed the anime series Masamune-kun’s Revenge. Deko Akao is also in charge of the series composition for the upcoming anime adaptation of Komi Can’t Communicate.
Manga
From the author of Teasing Master Takagi-san, here comes Soredemo Ayumu wa Yosetekuru, a Shogi rom-com manga written by Sōichirō Yamamoto. Kodansha’s Weekly Shōnen Magazine has been serializing the series since March 2019 having a total of 7 volumes as of date.
Synopsis
From the author of Teasing Master Takagi-san comes another sweet couple’s comedy about Tanaka Ayumu and Yaotome Urushi. Tanaka vows to confess his feelings to Yaotome after he manages to defeat her in a game of shogi, but he’s a beginner at the game and Yaotome always beats him. Meanwhile, she keeps trying to get Tanaka to admit his feelings, but he rarely allows his poker face to slip.
Though the day of his victory is still nowhere to be seen, this is the story in which he may ‘checkmate’ her by other means.
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