The Climax at Last: What Answer Awaits in the "Scavenger Hunt"?! Synopsis and Scene Cuts Released for Episode 12 of "You Can't Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!"

The synopsis and preview cuts for Episode 12 of the anime "You Can't Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!" have been released.

The original work is a "cutting-edge childhood friend rom-com" by Shinya Misu, currently serialized in "Magazine Pocket," depicting a sweet yet frustrating love story where childhood friends just can't be honest with their feelings. The TV anime is directed by Satoshi Kuwabara, with series composition by Mitsutaka Hirota, scripts by Mitsutaka Hirota and Mayumi Morita, character design and chief animation direction by Rena Iwasaki, and animation production by Tezuka Productions. It is currently airing every Monday at 24:00.

Episode 12: "Even in a three-legged race, if you're feeling horny, it won't be a rom-com, even in a scavenger hunt"
[Synopsis]
Something is wrong with Eiyu. Shio, Akari, Runako, and Haru are bewildered and a bit put off by Eiyu, who smiles like an enlightened saint and insists, "Isn't it weird for childhood friends to act like they're in a rom-com!" However, this was actually Eiyu's desperate struggle to "treasure the four of them as childhood friends."
Is love a hindrance to childhood friendship? Eiyu will provide the answer during the final event of the sports festival: the scavenger hunt—! This cutting-edge childhood friend rom-com finally reaches its climax!

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