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Anime Like Can a Boy-Girl Friendship Survive?

Danjo no Yuujou wa Seiritsu suru? (Iya, Shinai!!)
男女の友情は成立する? (いや, しないっ!!)
J.C.STAFF · 2025 · 12 eps · 24 min/ep · Light Novel · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
AniList 65/100 · MAL 6.51/10 · Ranked #7,695 · 157,582 members
ComedyRomance
// WHY IT HITS

Himari watches Yuu fall for someone else and discovers, too late, that she was never just his friend. The show doesn't pretend this is cute or easily resolved. Two people who built their entire high school life around each other have to decide if what they had survives the moment one of them wants something more, and the answer isn't automatic.

SYNOPSIS

Himari and Yuu have been inseparable since childhood, running their school's gardening club as a perfectly balanced duo. That equilibrium shatters when Yuu's first crush suddenly reappears in his life, forcing him to confront feelings he thought were long buried. For the first time, Himari watches from the sidelines as Yuu's attention splits between her and someone else, and she discovers something unsettling: she doesn't like it one bit. The problem is Himari has never experienced a crush before. She doesn't know how to name what's happening in her chest, doesn't understand why their quiet moments tending flowers no longer feel like enough. As Yuu chases after his rekindled romance, Himari spirals through denial, confusion, and a growing sense of losing her best friend to someone else entirely. Can their friendship survive this shift, or is the age-old question finally getting answered? What started as two people against the world becomes a messy triangle of misunderstandings, stolen glances, and the painful realization that growing up means growing apart.

TAGS

Love TriangleHeterosexualSchoolMale ProtagonistHorticultureUnrequited LoveFemale ProtagonistFashionPrimarily Teen CastCGIChibi
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