The light novel series Chitose-kun wa Ramune Bin no Naka (Chitose-kun is in the Ramune Bottle) by Hiromu and raemz has been green-lit for a TV anime in 2025.
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Publisher Shogakukan published Hiromu’s first novel, with illustrations by raemz (Replica Datte, Koi o Suru), in June 2019 and the eighth novel in June 2023. The series’ ninth novel will be released on August 20th, 2024.
The light novels were also adapted into a manga by Bobcat in April 2020 on Square Enix’s Manga UP! website. Square Enix published the manga’s first tankoubon volume in September 2020 and the sixth volume in July 2023. The seventh volume will be released on August 19th, 2024.
As far as normies go, it’s hard to beat Saku Chitose. The most popular kid in his high school? Check. An ironclad reputation that can even weather vicious online attacks? Check. A group of friends who are as attractive on the outside as they are on the inside? Check. But when a teacher asks Saku to help a student who has been shut away in his room for months reacclimate to school life, his perfect world will never be the same. What is this, some kinda normie harem story?
