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I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Humour.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
Maki Maehara, the class outcast, finally makes his first friend: Umi Asanagi, the second-prettiest girl in class and the center of everyone’s attention. He’s convinced she’s out of his league, but as their unlikely friendship grows, Maki starts to wonder…could there be more than just friendship between them?
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E12
To a New Season
S01E11
New Year's as Lovers
S01E10
One Last Tantrum
S01E09
Family Sights: Part Two
S01E08
Family Sights
S01E07
First Date with a Friend
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Chiaki KondoProducer
- Fumihiro OzawaProducer
- Yuko MatsuiProducer
- Yoshinori HasegawaProducer
- Ryo FukuharaProducer
- Kenta MaedaProducer
Cinematography
- Takashi YanagidaDirector of Photography
Music
- Yayoi SekimukaiOriginal Music Composer
- Shuhei MutsukiOriginal Music Composer
- Ruka KawadaOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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