Honey Lemon Soda

First-year high school student Uka Ishimori wants a fresh start. In middle school, Uka was given the nickname "Rocky" by her peers, being misunderstood as having no emotions when she was actually shy and introverted. As a result, Uka was relentlessly bullied and experienced a lonely, isolated school life. Now, Uka is determined to change.

During the first week of school, Uka accidentally gets drenched in lemon soda by her classmate Kai Miura—whose cool personality is the complete opposite of hers. After the incident, Uka is surprised when Kai performs small acts of kindness for her, encouraging her to gradually break out of her shell. Like a lemon soda, bubbly and exciting feelings are beginning to stir.

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Miura, Kai Main

Yano, Shougo Japanese

Ishimori, Uka Main

Ichinose, Kana Japanese

Kanno, Serina Supporting

Takahashi, Rie Japanese

Endou, Ayumi Supporting

Nemoto, Miyari Japanese

Seto, Satoru Supporting

Yashiro, Taku Japanese

Oikawa, Tao Supporting

Nukui, Yuka Japanese

Takamine, Tomoya Supporting

Toki, Shunichi Japanese

Furuichi, Musashi Supporting

YUMA Japanese

Noa Supporting

Koichi, Makoto Japanese

Rino Supporting

Kawaguchi, Rina Japanese

Ooshima, Kazuki Producer

Shibata, Aoi Assistant Producer

Nishikiori, Hiroshi Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Ootera, Fumihiko Sound Director

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May 19, 2025

shiro051

Recommended

I watched this anime because i was in a similar situation too when i was in school. The soft setting which is carried by beautiful piano music in every episode. The characters were sooo sympathetic. With exception of the obsessed fangirls of Kai in between. It was sooo heartwarming and touching to see how Kai helped Uka opening up and growing a stronger self esteem in a good way. Really loved this anime. Almost perfect. I wished there was a more intense ending, like showing them together or a kiss again. But otherwise. Really good anime.The art style was really fitting too. Fresh and modern.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Nov 24, 2025

YukaTsuki

Mixed Feelings

A shoujo with a pretty typical teenage romance. It’s not bad, but I think the plot develops quite quickly (although the drama adaptation is worse, in my opinion…) and there are certain things that I’m assuming were meant to be heartwarming, but they just seem strange to me (like the whole school getting involved in every situation the main couple goes through…).

Another thing that left me a bit cold is that the anime doesn’t explain anything about the male protagonist’s family situation, and I feel like there was a good dramatic storyline there that could have been interesting…

It’s just okay overall; I’d recommend it if ... you like shoujos because it’s good, but I can’t highlight anything that makes it stand out from other shoujos.

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Un shojo de un romance adolescente bastante típico. No es que esté mal pero creo que la trama se desarrolla bastante rápido (aunque el dorama es peor a mi parecer...) y hay ciertas cosas que quiero suponer tenían que enternecerme pero me parecen más bien extrañas (como que todo el instituto se vea involucrado en cualquier situación de la pareja de los protagonistas...)

Otra cosa que me ha dejado un poco fría es que en el anime no explican nada de la situación familiar del protagonista masculino y me creo que hay había una buena trama dramática que podía ser interesante...

Simplemente sin más, la recomendaría si te gustan los shojos porque está bien pero no destaco nada que la haga resaltar al resto de shojos.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Sep 23, 2025

Emxx

Not Recommended

I have watched a lot of bad shows but I still enjoyed them, can't say the same about this one though.

Can't even count the amount of times I felt second-hand embarrassment while watching this show... The only good/interesting part of it was the conflict she FL had with her family, which sadly was resolved in like one ep so yeah.

It's easy to say "oh what do I expect from a shoujo anime" but the reality is that there is a lot of shoujo anime/manga that is written very well and make you relate/empathise with the characters, but that wasn't the case here. Somehow I genuinely ... like the side characters of this show more than the mains lol.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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