Skip and Loafer

Aired: 2023

A coming-of-age anime adapted from Misaki Takamatsu's manga serialized in 'Monthly Afternoon.' Mitsumi Iwakura, a girl from a rural town in Ishikawa Prefecture, enters a prestigious Tokyo high school as the top-ranked student. While academically gifted, she has a unique and somewhat clumsy sense of personal distance. Despite running into trouble on her very first day, a helping hand from classmate Sosuke Shima sets her colorful school life with a cast of distinctive classmates into motion. The story carefully depicts the everyday moments of ordinary high schoolers and their gradually shifting relationships, weaving a warm yet deeply resonant narrative. The series presents the uncertainties and growth of youth that everyone experiences with an effortless, unpretentious naturalism. The opening theme song is 'Mellow' by Keina Suda, whose warm, gentle sound perfectly matches the atmosphere of the series. The ending theme song is 'Hanauta to Mawarimichi' by Rikako Aida, softly singing of the quiet happiness found in everyday life.