“A Cute, Laid-Back FX Anime…”: Fans Poke Fun at Daisuki Tansan's End Card for FX Fighter Kurumi-chan, “If You're Doing FX, It's Not Slice-of-Life”

On the official X account for the anime FX Fighter Kurumi-chan, a first-episode end card illustration by Daisuki Tansan, the artist of the original manga, has been released and is generating buzz among fans. The comment tied to the episode and the striking illustration drew a big response.

The anime FX Fighter Kurumi-chan is based on the manga of the same name serialized in Monthly Comic Flapper, written by Demunyan and illustrated by Daisuki Tansan. It follows Fukuga Kurumi (voiced by Aina Suzuki), a college student who throws herself into the world of investing to win back the 20 million yen her mother lost in FX (foreign exchange margin trading), and depicts her daily life of ups and downs as she is tossed around by wild market swings in a thrilling money-game anime. Passione is handling the animation, and TV broadcast and streaming began in October 2026.

The released visual shows the protagonist, Fukuga Kurumi, with her face gone pale, tears and a cold sweat streaming down as she clutches her head in despair. The accompanying text reads, “If possible, please make an anime about a world where I didn't screw up――an FX anime with a cute, fluffy, slice-of-life feel…” The illustration, which captures the show's intense mental struggles with striking impact, makes for an amusing contrast with the wish written in the text.

In response to the post, fans have left many comments such as “A world where Kurumi didn't screw up, huh? Hope there is one. If there is,” “She'd probably screw up and ruin herself in some other field even if it weren't FX,” “As long as she's doing FX, she can't be in a slice-of-life show like a Kirara-style series,” and “I'm looking forward to more of Kurumi's screwups from here on (lol).”

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