# Adachi and Shimamura (2020)

> Two delinquent high school girls who skip class together find their friendship turning into uncertain romantic feelings.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/79739

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 12
- Episode runtime: 24 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, comedy, romance
- Created by: Hitoma Iruma
- Network: TBS
- Cast: Akari Kito, Miku Ito, Manami Numakura, Reina Ueda, Iori Saeki, Gakuto Kajiwara, Shizuka Itoh, Wakana Minami
- TMDB rating: 6.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12728882/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: gentle, tender, deadpan, wistful, comforting, awkward

## What critics say

Viewers broadly find the gentle, awkward romance between the two delinquent schoolgirls sweet and affecting, though the audience verdict is mixed and modest in size.

## Synopsis

Adachi and Shimamura (2020) is a Japanese animated slice of life series created by Hitoma Iruma and produced by Tezuka Productions for TBS. Set in an ordinary Japanese high school, it follows Sakura Adachi (voiced by Akari Kito), a habitual class skipper who forms a fast bond with fellow delinquent Hogetsu Shimamura (voiced by Miku Ito). Cutting classes together deepens their closeness, and the story's engine is the slow, uncertain movement of that friendship into romantic feeling, with each short episode built from ordinary school days, hallway conversations and quiet moments of awkwardness. Supporting roles include Akira Hino (voiced by Manami Numakura) and Taeko Nagafuji (voiced by Reina Ueda), whose presence widens the circle around the leads. The series is a single 12-episode season of 24-minute episodes with a gentle, deadpan and tender register, where the emotional confusion of young love is the real drama. Fans of Sweet Blue Flowers, Bloom Into You and Yuru Yuri will find resonance in its shoujo-ai warmth and understated comedy.

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