3rd Promotional Video Released for I Made Friends With the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class: New Characters on the Way!

One of the sweetest surprises of the Spring 2026 anime season, I Made Friends With the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class (Class de 2-banme ni Kawaii Onnanoko to Tomodachi ni Natta), is back with new updates that will excite fans. The official team of the series has shared the third promotional video (PV) with viewers as the story deepens. This new trailer not only offers a visual feast but also officially announces the new voice actors joining the cast.

According to the announcement, Rikuya Yasuda, Shinji Kawada, and Yurina Amami have joined the series' expanding cast. These names will further enrich the world surrounding our main characters Maki Maehara (voiced by Haruki Ishiya) and Umi Asanagi (voiced by Manaka Iwami). While Hideki Tachibana sits in the director's chair for the anime produced by Studio CONNECT, the series' music features the signatures of popular names such as reGretGirl (opening) and Koresawa (ending).

Looking at the history of the series, we see that this success is no coincidence. The original light novel series written by Takata first began as a web novel on the Kakuyomu platform in 2020. It gained great attention in a short time and was published under the Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko label in 2021, managing to sell over 1 million copies worldwide. The series, which also cemented its popularity with the manga adaptation illustrated by Rin Ono, focuses on the sincere and secret friendship between the "second prettiest girl in class" and a loner.

So, what sets this anime apart from its peers? The story, the popularity hierarchy