Kadokawa has confirmed that the second season of the Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san (Arya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian/ 時々ボソッとロシア語でデレる隣のアーリャさん ) TV anime will premiere in 2026, and it has also released a teaser visual for the new season.
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The anime’s first season, directed by Itoh Ryota at Doga Kobo studio, premiered in July 2024. All 12 episodes can be streamed on the Crunchyroll website, and it describes the anime’s story below:
“Alya is a transfer student enjoying popularity at her new high school, often sporting a cold shoulder while earning high marks in class. She ignores her nerdy classmate, Kuze Masachika, except for when she blurts out a flirtatious line to him in Russian. Little does she know, Kuze understands Russian, though he pretends not to. Let’s see where this wacky love story takes them!”
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBX6TtOlYow]
It was confirmed in September 2024 that the anime would receive a second season, and Kadokawa has now revealed that the new season will be directed by Haraguchi Hiroshi at Doga Kobo studio. The new season will focus on events from the fourth novel onwards.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDEColIGFBc]
The anime is an adaptation of the light novel series by writer Sunsunsun and artist Momoco. Kadokawa’s Sneaker Bunko imprint publishes the series, releasing the first novel in February 2021 and the 10th novel on July 1st, 2025.
Tenamachi Saho released a manga adaptation of the novel series on Kodansha’s Magazine Pocket app in October 2022. Kadokawa published the manga’s first tankoubon volume in March 2023 and the seventh volume on June 9th, 2025.
Yen Press releases both the novel series and manga adaptation in English under the name Arya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian. It will release the eighth novel on November 11, 2025 and the manga’s second volume on September 23rd, 2025. Yen Press describes the story below:
“Alisa Mikhailovna Kujou is Seiren Private Academy’s “solitary princess.” She’s a half-Russian beauty with silver hair, at the top of her class, student council accountant, and…completely unapproachable. For some reason, she’s also taken on the responsibility of reprimanding the slacker who sits next to her in class. Masachika Kuze is constantly frustrating her by falling asleep, forgetting his textbooks, and just being an overall unexemplary student. Or at least, that’s how it looks from the outside. She may put on a tough act, but she doesn’t mind Masachika as much as others would think. She even lets him call her by her nickname, Alya. Anyone hearing the comments she mutters in Russian under her breath might know how she really feels, but since none of her classmates understand the language, she’s free to say whatever she likes! Except…there is one person who knows what she’s saying. Masachika eavesdrops on her embarrassing revelations, pretending to be clueless, all the while wondering what her flirtatious comments actually mean!”
