Hotaru Hinase and Hananoi-kun's love story is about to conquer the small screen. Seven years after Megumi Morino’s manga started its serialization, East Fish Studio finally adapted A Condition Called Love into anime, which will be released next year. The studio has dropped its first teaser to reveal the two lead cast members and give fans a glimpse of what they're about to see. You can watch the preview below:
The trailer begins with Hotaru holding an umbrella for Hananoi-kun. The female high school student reveals she has no idea that casually holding out her umbrella for him that day will greatly change her life. The next scene features Hotaru in her classroom with Hananoi-kun, confessing he loves her. “Why me?” she asks.
As she’s next seen enjoying her meal, Hananoi-kun asks what love means to her. Hotaru believes it means one person is destined for her, though she admits she doesn’t know what it feels like to fall in love. Later, Hananoi-kun reveals he’s starting to like Hotaru a little. From there, Hotaru asks if she will be able to fall in love someday.
Who are the cast and crew of A Condition Called Love?
So far, the anime has only named the two lead cast members of A Condition Called Love: Hanazawa Kana as Hotaru Hinase and Chiaki Kobayashi as Hananoi-kun. For the staff members, you can check the list below:
Director: Tomoe Makino
Screenplay: Hitomi Amemiya
Character Design: Akiko Sato
Music: Yamazo
Sound Director: Fumihiko Otera
Art Director: Yoko Nakao
Color Design: Nanami Emoto, Katsumi, and Mochida Yoshimi Kawakami
Director of Photography: Takuya Niwa
Edit: Kazuhiro Arai
What is A Condition Called Love about?
A Condition Called Love follows the story of the 16-year-old high school freshman Hotaru. She has always been ambivalent about love and wants to be happy with her friends and family instead. So, as a friendly girl, she offers her umbrella to Hananoi-kun when she sees him sitting in the snow after having a messy breakup in public. So, when he asks her out the next day, she believes her life is about to change.
You can read the synopsis below:
Hotaru is a 16-year-old high school first-year who has always been ambivalent about love, preferring instead to have a lively life with her family and friends. So when she sees her schoolmate, Hananoi-kun, sitting in the snow after a messy, public breakup, she thinks nothing of offering to share her umbrella. But when he asks her out in the middle of her classroom the next day, she can’t help but feel that her life is about to change in a big way…
The anime is based on the Japanese manga of the same name by Megumi Morino. It started its serialization in December 2017 and has collected 14 tankobon volumes as of November 2023. As of June 2023, it has 3.8 million copies in circulation. Its anime adaptation was announced in June 2023 and is produced by East Fish Studio.
A Condition Called Love is scheduled for release in April 2024. Teen and tween girls fans will surely wait for this new shoujo anime.
