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Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Sumire Uesaka
Alisa 'Alya' Mikhailovna Kujō (voice)
12 eps
Kohei Amasaki
Masachika Kuse (voice)
12 eps
Wakana Maruoka
Yuki Suō (voice)
12 eps
Yukiyo Fujii
Maria 'Masha' Mikhailovna Kujō (voice)
12 eps
Saya Aizawa
Ayano Kimishima (voice)
12 eps
Maki Kawase
Chisaki Sarashina (voice)
12 eps
Kaito Ishikawa
Touya Kenzaki (voice)
12 eps
Ikumi Hasegawa
Sayaka Taniyama (voice)
12 eps
Yoshino Aoyama
Nonoa Miyamae (voice)
12 eps
Koudai Sakai
Takeshi Maruyama (voice)
12 eps
Taichi Ichikawa
Hikaru Kiyomiya (voice)
12 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian reads strongest on Bingeability, Humour and Character Depth.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The story
What it's about
Alya is a transfer student enjoying popularity at her new high school, often sporting a cold shoulder while earning high marks in class. She ignores her nerdy classmate, Kuze Masachika, except for when she blurts out a flirtatious line to him in Russian. Little does she know, Kuze understands Russian, though he pretends not to. Let’s see where this wacky love story takes them!
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Alya Hides Her Feelings in Russian
Alisa Mikhailovna Kujo, also known as Alya, is the ice queen sitting atop the social hierarchy of Seirei Academy. Despite her cold demeanor, she often flirts with her crush, but only in Russian. However, he may know more than he lets on.
- Directed by Ryota Itoh
- Written by Ryota Itoh
S01E02
So Much For Childhood Friends
Alya runs into Masachika and Suou while they're out shopping and continues to question the nature of their relationship. Suou takes the opportunity to invite Alya out to a super spicy ramen restaurant.
- Directed by Kouki Uchinomiya
- Written by Ryota Itoh
S01E04
An Outpouring of Emotion
Alya is sent by the student council to mediate a conflict between the soccer and baseball teams about the use of the school fields. When the conflict comes to a standstill, Masachika saves the day and makes an important promise to Alya.
- Directed by Hiroshi Haraguchi
S01E03
And So They Met
While spending some time with her sister, Alya recounts how she met Masachika and began to think highly of him despite his slacker status. Later, Masha gets to meet him in person when he helps out the student council.
- Directed by Daisuke Nishimura
- Written by Ryota Itoh
S01E06
A Kiss of the Indirect Variety
Yuki uses a student council task as an excuse to get Alya alone and discuss how they truly feel about Masachika. When Masachika uses time alone together to be all work and no play, Alya decides to force a romantic moment.
- Directed by Mitsuhiro Osako
S01E05
Different People, Common Undercurrent
Masachika returns home after mulling over Alya's confession. The next day, he states his intentions to make Alya student council president and finds himself increasingly distracted by Alya despite his best efforts.
- Directed by Kim Seong-min
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E12
Chin Up and Face Forward
S01E09
Rom-commy With a Chance of Hypnosis
- Directed by Yukiko Tsukahara, Aya Ikeda
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Shunsuke HasegawaProducer
- Yukio SuginoExecutive Producer
- Kousuke AraiProducer
- Sou YurugiExecutive Producer
- Hajime KamataProducer
Writing
- Ryota ItohWriter
Direction
- Yukiko TsukaharaDirector
- Kim Seong-minDirector
- Aya IkedaDirector
- Ryota ItohDirector
- Hiroshi HaraguchiDirector
- Mitsuhiro OsakoDirector
Cinematography
- Seiichi SugiuraDirector of Photography
Music
- Hiroaki TsutsumiOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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