Series synopsis
Anyway, I'm Falling in Love with You., also known as どうせ、恋してしまうんだ。 is a Japanese animation drama television series that premiered on TBS on January 10, 2025. It ended on March 27, 2026. It stars Sakura Shinfuku, Kazuki Ura, Sion Yoshitaka and Shoya Chiba.
It’s the year 2020, and Mizuho is having the worst 17th birthday ever. Her parents forgot it’s her birthday, she still can’t seem to get close to the senior she likes, and all her school trips and tournaments are canceled thanks to a new disease going around. She’s convinced she’ll never have the kind of youth she’s always dreamt of…until her childhood friend, Kizuki, suddenly asks her out.
Premise
It’s the year 2020, and Mizuho is having the worst 17th birthday ever. Her parents forgot it’s her birthday, she still can’t seem to get close to the senior she likes, and all her school trips and tournaments are canceled thanks to a new disease going around. She’s convinced she’ll never have the kind of youth she’s always dreamt of…until her childhood friend, Kizuki, suddenly asks her out.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Sakura Shinfuku as Mizuho Nishino (voice)
- Kazuki Ura as Kizuki Hazawa (voice)
- Sion Yoshitaka as Shin Kashiwagi (voice)
- Shoya Chiba as Airu Izumi (voice)
- Satoshi Inomata as Shugo Hoshikawa (voice)
- Yuto Uemura as Ryosuke Saito (voice)
- Azusa Tadokoro as Chika Kurashiki (voice)
- Yuuichirou Umehara as Togo Hoshikawa (voice)
Supporting cast
- Kaori Nazuka as Manami Shiraishi (voice)
Guest cast
- Toshiyuki Morikawa as Takeshi Nishino (voice)
- Makoto Koichi as Kizuki Hazawa (Childhood) (voice)
- Hikaru Tono as Suzuki (voice)
- Ayumi Mano as Fujita (voice)
- Katsunori Okai as Yamamoto (voice)
- Souhei Horikane as (voice)
- Momoko Miyashiro as (voice)
- Natsumi Kawaida as Meg Kawaguchi (voice)
- Toya Shiraishi as (voice)
- Rin Kusumi as (voice)
- Rio Sato as (voice)
- Masaya Fukunishi as (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 24 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 24 | January 10, 2025 | March 27, 2026 |
| Season 2 | 0 | January 8, 2026 | March 26, 2026 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
An Awful Birthday July 1st, 2030. Manga editor Nishino Mizuho is having the worst 27th birthday ever. The manga she’s in charge of will be ending. However, when she sees a group of high school students having fun, she recalls her own adolescence. 10 years ago, during her second year of high school, Mizuho had four childhood friends who she grew up with in a residential neighborhood known as Koigahama Highlands… |
January 10, 2025 |
| 2 |
I'll Be by Your Side Kizuki, who Mizuho saw as the crybaby little brother of the group, has lately been hitting on her. Since Mizuho believed her and Kizuki would be childhood friends forever, she is not sure how to approach this situation. He's on her mind to the point where she seems disoriented, and even says something that could potentially push Kizuki away. |
January 17, 2025 |
| 3 |
Warmth Afraid of ruining their relationship, Mizuho tells herself not to fall for Kizuki. All the stress makes her ill, and her friends come to help. |
January 24, 2025 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Fireworks Ten Years Later The year is 2030. Mizuho hasn't heard from Kizuki in years. But at the fireworks festival she bumps into...? |
January 8, 2026 |
| 2 |
I Can't Give Up Mizuho reminisces the day her and Kizuki started dating. Shin approaches Mizuho with his feelings once more. |
January 15, 2026 |
| 3 |
My True Self Airu takes a chance and confesses his feelings to Kizuki and his delinquent past is revealed. |
January 22, 2026 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TBS |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 10, 2025 |
| Last aired | March 27, 2026 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Thursday at 01:28:00 |