is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinya Misu. It began serialization on Kodansha's Magazine Pocket website in March 2022. An anime television series adaptation produced by Tezuka Productions aired from January to March 2026.
Yonosuke Sakai has two childhood friends who are close to him: Shio Minamo and Akari Hiodoshi. As they have gotten older, he starts to see them in a different light, much to his chagrin as he wants to remain childhood friends with them. A love triangle forms between the three, with Yonosuke finding it difficult to balance their feelings with the secrets they keep from each other.
Written and illustrated by Shinya Misu, You Can't Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends! began serialization on Kodansha's Magazine Pocket website on March 22, 2022. The series' chapters have been collected into nineteen volumes as of February 2026.
In November 2025, the series was added to Kodansha's K Manga service.
An anime television series adaptation was announced on April 3, 2025. It is produced by Tezuka Productions and directed by , with series composition handled by Mitsutaka Hirota, who also wrote the scripts with Mayumi Morita, and characters designed by Reina Iwasaki. The series aired from January 6 to March 24, 2026 on TV Tokyo and its affiliates, and other networks. The opening theme song is , performed by HoneyWorks alongside Rin Kusumi, Yà « Serizawa, , and as the main characters, and the ending theme song is , performed by Hikari Kodama. Crunchyroll is streaming the series. Plus Media Networks Asia licensed the series in Southeast Asia and broadcasts it on Aniplus Asia.
The series was nominated for the ninth Next Manga Awards in the web category.