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My Clueless First Friend

My Clueless First Friend

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Overview

One lonely, gloomy fifth-grade girl is the target of her classmates' relentless bullying and teasing—that is, until a new kid arrives on the scene. Friendly Takada is as clueless as he is well-meaning, but somehow he possesses the magic ability to start drawing "Grim Reaper" Nishimura out of her shell. As the elementary schoolers experience all the fun of a childhood summer together—from going to the pool to picking sunflowers to watching fireworks—an unusual friendship blossoms!

Created by Takafumi Hoshikawa
Written by Takafumi Hoshikawa, Shogo Yasukawa, Taku Kawamura
Produced by Katsunori Naruke, Tomoko Fujimura, Emiko Iijima
NetworksTokyo MX

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Top Cast

Konomi Kohara

Konomi Kohara

Akane Nishimura (voice)

Shizuka Ishigami

Shizuka Ishigami

Taiyo Takada (voice)

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Themes & Keywords

friendshipbullyingelementary schoolslice of lifeschoolbased on mangaschool lifetransfer studentshounenanimeelementary school student

About My Clueless First Friend

My Clueless First Friend is a animation, comedy, drama series that first aired in 2023 exploring themes of friendship, bullying, elementary school, slice of life, school, based on manga. Created by Takafumi Hoshikawa, it stars Konomi Kohara, Shizuka Ishigami. One lonely, gloomy fifth-grade girl is the target of her classmates' relentless bullying and teasing—that is, until a new kid arrives on the scene. Friendly Takada is as clueless as he is well-meaning, but somehow he possesses the magic ability to start drawing "Grim Reaper" Nishimura out of her shell. As the elementary schoolers experience all the fun of a childhood summer together—from going to the pool to picking sunflowers to watching fireworks—an unusual friendship blossoms!

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