The anime adaptation of Kenjiro Hata’s “Tonikaku Kawaii” is already in the top 10 shows on Netflix Japan. In case you missed it, the anime premiered on Netflix on June 1, 2021. Later on, 2 days after it hit Netflix, Hata retweeted information that TONIKAWA is already in the top 10. To be specific, it is currently sitting on rank 9.
Also, you can check the tweet below:
In case you didn’t know, “Tonikaku Kawaii” is a manga series that is written by Kenjiro Hata. Shogakukan started publishing it in February 2018 in Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine. The manga is still ongoing and currently has 16 volumes.
Moreover, it inspired an anime adaptation that aired in the Fall 2020 season with a total of 12 episodes. An OVA of the series titled “Tonikaku Kawaii ~ SNS ~” will premiere on August 18, 2021. You can watch the trailer of the OVA below!
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The story follows a protagonist whose name is written with the characters for “Hoshizora” (“Starry Sky” in Japanese), but whose name is pronounced as “Nasa”. On the day of his high school entrance exams, Nasa encounters a beautiful girl named Tsukasa. For Nasa, it feels like destiny is finally calling out to him that he will have a girlfriend. Unfortunately, things take a turn for the worse when Nasa is hit by a car and unable to attend his entrance exams.
After Tsukasa helps the injured Nasa, he confesses his feelings to her. She agrees to go out with him only if Nasa agrees to marry her first. A year later Nasa aces the entrance exams, but he decides to work a part-time job and live by himself instead of going to school. After Nasa turns 18, Tsukasa re-appears, and their happy, romantic, and mysterious married life together begins.‘
Source: Kenjiro Hata’s official Twitter
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