Medaka Kuroiwa does not succeed in my goodness

SUMMARY

• A new rom-com movie “Medaka Kuroiwa” premiered on Jan 6, 2025, targeting fans of Rent-A-Girlfriend & Quintessential Quintuplets.
• The series follows the famous Mona who tries to seduce Medaka, which leads to unexpected results and romance.
• Directed by Yoshiaki Okumura, starring Yu Serizawa & Ryota Iwasaki, with the theme of Hololive. Stream on Crunchyroll.

Romantic comedy fans will have a new anime to watch in the next anime season. Medaka Kuroiwa does not succeed in my goodness will begin on January 6, 2025, and may be a good choice for those who love series Rent-A-Girlfriend, Quintessential Quintuplets mixed with a pinch of Kaguya-sama. However, in the season with hits like Solo Levelingthis one may be overlooked by many.

This series has received a fair reception in Japan, and may become one of the popular rom-coms. Fans of this type of story should also try it I'm Marrying a Girl I Hate in My Class and the second season of The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really Love You. Although scheduled for January, Japanese fans already had the chance to watch the first episode at a pre-screening held at United Cinemas Toyosu in Tokyo on December 7, according to ANN.

The Man Who Doesn't Care About Queen Bee

Mona Kawai is the most popular girl in high school, and she loves the attention she gets. Everyone falls for her beauty. Or almost everyone… because there is this young man who doesn't seem to care about him. But he is determined to change that and does everything he can to seduce her.

It's a tough fight, because the boy, Medaka Kuroiwa, is actually training to be a monk. So he does his best not to be caught by the pleasures of this world. And most importantly, he tries so hard to seduce her that she ends up leaving him!

Meet the main characters

Medaka Kuroiwa, a second year high school boy, is the main character of this series. He is training to be a monk at his family's temple, and is publicly instructed not to fall in love with anyone, which becomes a problem when Mona and the other girls start chasing him.

Mona Kawai can also be considered as the main character, because the story is actually told from her point of view. She's also in her second year of high school, and has moved from Osaka to Tokyo (which probably helps with her cuteness, mostly using Kansai dialect when she's upset). She is vain, and very happy to be the queen of the school. Part of what frustrates him is Medaka's indifference to him.

Besides Mona, there are other girls trying to get close to Medaka, like Tsubomi and Tomo. For those who might want to have a better idea of ​​what to expect, Kodansha USA is releasing the original manga in English. The novel, written by Ran Kuze, has been updated since 2021, and there are 17 books so far.

Medaka Kuroiwa Staff Main

Studio Synergy SP (Girl, Girl) handles the animation, along with the Yoshiaki Okumura (The result of evolution, Ikuze! Gen-san) as director. Kuzuyuki Fudeyasu (Dropkick on the Devil!) is the lead author, and Mayumi Watanabe (Elf Banning Kakyusei, Cold) is responsible for character design. Akiyuki Tateyama created the film, and he worked in the past The Precious Samurai.

Theme Cast and Music

The main features of the player Yu Serizawa (Mini Yaemori in Rent-A-Girlfriend) like Mona and Ryota Iwasaki (Kiminobu Kogure in The first Slam Dunk) as Medaka. Hololive VTuber unit AyaFubuMi perform the opening song, “Ame Tokimeki Koi Moyō,” SY Kaori Maeda (2.5 Dimensional Seduction theme song like Ririsa Amano) doing the final theme, “Kyunapi.”

Medaka Kuroiwa does not succeed in my goodness
will be streamed on Crunchyroll starting January 6th.