Having a
Russian girl whispering nice things in your ear thinking you don't understand
anything is a luxury that Masachika still enjoys, although the wait to see how
this mess continues will get a little longer than planned. The anime adaptation
of Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian (Tokidoki Bosotto
Russia-go by Dereru Tonari no Alya-san) presented during the KyoMAF event
its first trailer with real scenes from the second season, confirming
that the franchise has already exceeded 5.5 million copies in circulation
worldwide.
Although
the new episodes were initially scheduled to hit screens in 2026, the animation
team made the decision to move the premiere to 2027. The reason behind
this pause is to guarantee the highest possible visual quality after the
enormous success of the first installment. In addition, the production went
through an internal restructuring within the Doga Kobo studio: the
direction is now in the hands of Hiroshi Haraguchi, while the scripts
become the responsibility of Yuka Yamada, taking over from Ryota Itoh. Yuhei
Murota remains in charge of character design and main animation direction,
accompanied by Seong Min Kim in assistant direction.
The story
of this second season will pick up the events directly from the fourth
volume of the light novels, covering the long-awaited summer holidays. The
video teaser offered the first glimpses of Masachika and Alya studying together
at home, as well as the student council's getaway to a private beach villa,
where there will be no shortage of swimsuits, visits to hot springs, fireworks
and the inevitable emotional clash between Alya and her sister Masha. All of
this will serve as a preamble to the academy's back-to-school and chaotic
cultural festival.
As for the
voice cast, the main performances return intact with the talented actress Sumire
Uesaka giving life to the beautiful Alisa Mikhailovna Kujou and actor Kohei
Amasaki playing the cunning Masachika Kuze. The supporting cast once again
features Yukiyo Fujii as Maria Mikhailovna Kujou, Wakana Maruoka
in the role of Yuki Suou, Saya Aizawa as Ayano Kimishima, Maki Kawase
as Chisaki Sarashina and Kaito Ishikawa giving life to Touya Kenzaki,
ensuring the chemistry that conquered the audience in her debut.
Born from
the light novels written by Sunsunsun and illustrated by Momoco,
the work began publication under the Sneaker Bunko imprint of the Kadokawa
publishing house in 2021, also having a popular manga adaptation illustrated by
Saho Tenamachi. The plot follows in the footsteps of Alisa "Alya"
Kujou, the most coveted and strict girl in the academy, and Masachika Kuze, a
rather lazy student who sits next to her. To hide her true feelings of shyness
and affection towards him, Alya mutters flirtations and confessions in Russian
believing that no one at school understands her, never suspecting that
Masachika understands the language perfectly and secretly enjoys his every
embarrassing word.
