Class de 2-banme ni Kawaii Onnanoko to Tomodachi ni Natta

Maki Maehara enters high school convinced that making a genuine friend may be the hardest thing he will have to do there. Then Umi Asanagi, the girl classmates quietly call the “second cutest girl in class,” begins spending Friday evenings at his home instead of staying with her far more famous best friend Yuu Amami.

Away from school, Umi cares little about the image everyone else sees. She plays games, watches movies, eats junk food, and jokes with Maki without restraint. Their Fridays become a small secret belonging only to them, but the closer they grow, the harder it becomes to call the relationship ordinary friendship. Maki, who feared he might never connect with anyone, learns that finding one person who understands him can make life both more complicated and much better.