ASMIK Ace has released a third promotional video for the TV anime adaptation of Takata’s light novel series I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class — or, if you want the full Japanese title, Class de 2-ban Me ni Kawaii Onna no Ko to Tomodachi ni Natta.
The new promo also confirms additional cast members, with Rikuya Yasuda, Shinji Kawada, and Yurina Amami joining the anime. For fans who keep a close eye on school rom-com adaptations, this is one of those updates that says: yes, the project is still moving, and yes, the production is starting to show more of its shape.
The third PV features reGretGirl’s 2025 track “Hi no Ataru Kotoba” — translated as “Words in the Sunlight”. That already gives the show a pretty clear emotional lane: gentle, slightly bittersweet, and very much in the “late-night scrolling through anime clips” zone.
Who’s working on the anime?
The anime is being directed by Hideki Tachibana at CONNECT. Tachibana is known for work on the Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? franchise and Armed Girl’s Machiavellism, so there is some solid TV anime experience behind this one.
Series composition and scripts are handled by Keiichirō Ōchi, whose credits include The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten and The Quintessential Quintuplets. That is worth noting because this kind of story lives or dies on small emotional beats — the awkward pauses, the classroom tension, the “bro just say it properly lah” moments. Ōchi has handled romance-heavy material before, so fans of soft rom-com drama should probably keep this on the radar.
Character designs are by Shoko Takimoto, who also worked on Armed Girl’s Machiavellism and Death March to The Parallel World Rhapsody.
On the music side, reGretGirl performs the opening theme “Submarine Youth”, while Koresawa handles the ending theme “Zutto Ichiban ni Shite ne.”
Why SEA anime fans should care
For Malaysian and SEA viewers, this is the kind of school romance anime that usually finds its audience through clips, fan edits, and word-of-mouth rather than huge action-heavy marketing. If the adaptation nails the character chemistry, expect it to travel well on TikTok, X, and anime Discord servers.
The title itself already has that light novel hook: specific, slightly funny, and immediately tells you the emotional setup. It also comes from the familiar web-novel-to-light-novel-to-manga pipeline that has produced plenty of modern rom-com anime. Takata first launched the story on Kadokawa’s Kakuyomu website in November 2020, and it later won a special prize in the romantic comedy category at the 6th Kakuyomu Web Novel Contest.
Kadokawa’s Sneaker Bunko imprint began publishing the print light novel series in December 2021. A manga adaptation by Rin Ono followed on Kadokawa’s Comic Alive+ website in 2022.
English-reading fans also have an entry point: Yen Press is publishing the manga adaptation in English. That matters for Malaysian readers who prefer collecting English manga or checking previews before committing to a new anime.
The anime itself was first announced back in 2023, so this third promo is a good sign for fans who have been waiting to see more. No need to overhype it yet, but if you enjoy classroom romance with that soft emotional tension, this one looks like a very watchlist-worthy candidate.
Source: Anime News Network