Series synopsis
Real Girl, also known as ３Ｄ彼女 リアルガール is a Japanese animation comedy drama television series that premiered on Nippon TV on April 4, 2018. It ended on March 27, 2019. It stars Teppei Uenishi, Yu Serizawa, Reina Ueda and Sayaka Kanda.
Tsutsui Hikari (a.k.a "Tsuttsun") is a high school student who is content with his virtual life of anime and video games. One day, he gets stuck cleaning the pool with Iroha, a real live girl who is stylish, sassy and known to be easy with boys ... and she aggressively approaches him! Tsuttsun, who has few friends and lives in his own world, finds himself smitten by the confident and wild Iroha ... and his whole world is turned upside down!! It's the awkward and pure love story of a boy who expe ...
Premise
Tsutsui Hikari (a.k.a "Tsuttsun") is a high school student who is content with his virtual life of anime and video games. One day, he gets stuck cleaning the pool with Iroha, a real live girl who is stylish, sassy and known to be easy with boys ... and she aggressively approaches him! Tsuttsun, who has few friends and lives in his own world, finds himself smitten by the confident and wild Iroha ... and his whole world is turned upside down!! It's the awkward and pure love story of a boy who experiences relationship for the first time.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Teppei Uenishi as Hikari Tsutsui (Voice)
- Yu Serizawa as Iroha Igarashi (Voice)
- Reina Ueda as Sumie Ayado (Voice)
- Sayaka Kanda as Ezomichi (Voice)
- Minami Tsuda as Arisa Ishino (Voice)
- Shouta Aoi as Yuuto Itou (Voice)
- Takuma Terashima as Mitsuya Takanashi (Voice)
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 24 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 12 | April 4, 2018 | June 20, 2018 |
| Season 2 | 12 | January 9, 2019 | March 27, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
About the Time I First Met Her. Tsutsui and Iroha are forced to clean the pool together as punishment for being late. But is it the start of something more? |
April 4, 2018 |
| 2 |
About the Time My Chastity was in a Predicament. Tsutsui discovers that real life relationships aren't always easy to navigate as he and Iroha's relationship starts to bloom. |
April 11, 2018 |
| 3 |
About the Time Normies Made Me Even Worse. Tsutsui struggles with growing feelings he has for his real world girl and receives advice from an unexpected source. |
April 18, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Regarding the Time We Put One Foot in the Normie World. Nothing can save Tsutsui from the normie event of the season: The Culture Festival. Will the gang be able to pull it together to have an event to remember? |
January 9, 2019 |
| 2 |
Regarding the Time We Had Important Roles in the School Festival. The Culture Festival is in full swing, which means the gang must step up to the plate and make sure the whole school has a good time, no matter how awkward it may be. |
January 16, 2019 |
| 3 |
Regarding My Unforseen Family Crisis. Hikari welcomes the return of normalcy with sweet relief, but it doesn't last after he finds his dad at a cafe with a woman who isn't his mom. |
January 23, 2019 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Nippon TV |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 4, 2018 |
| Last aired | March 27, 2019 |
| Runtime | 23 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Wednesday at 01:59:00 |