Cultural Exchange with a Game Centre Girl

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirokazu Yasuhara. It originally began serialization online via Twitter and Pixiv in December 2019. It has been then serialized by Fujimi Shobo via the Niconico Seiga website under their DraDra Sharp brand since May 2020 and has been collected in eleven volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by Nomad aired from July to September 2025.

Plot

Renji Kusakabe, a high school student working part-time at an arcade, encounters Lily Baker, a young girl who is trying to get a koala plush from a claw machine. After he assists her in getting the plush, Lily becomes attached to him, becoming a regular at the arcade. Lily, a half-British girl who just recently moved to Japan, is still not very fluent in Japanese, but with Renji's help, she becomes less shy and opens up to others, finding her place in Japan.

Characters

A 13-year-old British girl who moves to Japan. As she has only recently arrived in Japan, she is still improving her Japanese. She enjoys playing at the arcade, although she is not good at video games. She likes koala goods.

An 18-year-old university student who is working part-time at a game arcade center. He is skilled at playing video games.

Renji's younger sister and Lily's classmate. Although she was not originally that interested in video games(only played them once in a while), she gains a greater interest in them after befriending Lily.

A tomboyish gamer girl around Lily's age who has a rivalry with Renji in terms of fighting games. She later mentors Lily into getting better and gifts her an arcade stick on her birthday.

A straight-A school president within Lily's school who slowly ingratiates herself into Lily's friend circle by using her authority as a school president, before becoming a regular.

Lily's mother.

Lily's father. He is overly protective of Lily and is initially suspicious about their relationship, but then becomes fond of him after realizing how much he meant to her.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Hirokazu Yasuhara, Cultural Exchange with Game Center Girl began serialization online via the author's Twitter and Pixiv accounts on December 22, 2019. It was later acquired by Fujimi Shobo who began publishing it on the Niconico Seiga website under their DraDra Sharp brand on May 15, 2020. The series' chapters have been collected into eleven volumes as of December 2025.

Anime

An anime adaptation was announced on August 29, 2024. It was later confirmed to be a television series produced by Nomad and directed by Toshihiro Kikuchi, with series composition handled by Yasunori Yamada, characters designed by Rikiya Okano, and music composed by TakurÃÂ Iga. The opening theme song is , performed by Sally Amaki and Reo Osanai as their characters, while the ending theme song is "Amusing Flavor" performed by Amaki. was aired from July 6 to September 28, 2025, on AT-X and other networks. Crunchyroll will stream the series.

Episodes

Other

In commemoration of the release of the series' second volume, a promotional video was released on Kadokawa Corporation's YouTube channel on July 8, 2021. The promotional video featured the performance of Nao TÃÂyama as Lily.