TV Anime Adaptation of Light Novel 'Chitose-kun wa Ramune Bin no Naka' Set for 2025 Release

Light novel label Gagaga Bunko announced a television anime for Hiromu’s Chitose-kun wa Ramune Bin no Naka (Chitose-kun is Inside a Ramune Bottle) light novel on Friday. The anime series will begin airing in 2025.

Hiromu submitted the work for the 13th Shogakukan Light Novel Award in 2018 under the title Ramune no Bin ni Shizunda Biidama no Tsuki and won the Excellence Prize. Gagaga Bunko retitled the light novel as Chitose-kun wa Ramune Bin no Naka and began publishing it with illustrations by raemz in June 2019. The eighth volume shipped in June 2023, with the ninth volume scheduled for release on August 20.

Bobcat began drawing a manga adaptation on the Manga UP! application April 2020. Square Enix published the sixth volume last July, with the seventh volume planned for an August 19 release.

Yen Press licensed both the light novel and manga in English in July and November 2021, respectively. The sixth novel and manga volume went on sale on April 23 and June 18.

Synopsis
Insults aimed at Saku Chitose are a dime a dozen. Nicknamed “Class 5’s womanizing scumbag,” he is constantly slandered online by those jealous of his popularity. Luckily, that barely makes a dent in Saku’s confidence. Outside niche internet forums, he is the reputable figure his schoolmates admire and a model student his teachers trust.

As his second year of high school commences, Saku reunites with his old friends and befriends new ones, all belonging to the school’s social elite. However, the fun is cut short when Saku’s homeroom teacher instructs him to convince his shut-in classmate, Kenta Yamazaki, to return to school. Wishing to wrap things up quickly, Saku visits Kenta’s house the very next day. But the task proves more challenging than he expected when he discovers that Kenta is firmly and fully on the Saku hate train. If he wants to preserve his impeccable image, Saku must find a way to win over Kenta and bring him back to school. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

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