Will there be a Tomo-Chan Is a Girl! Season 2? (April 5th Update)

We discuss whether there will be a Season 2 of the Crunchyroll anime series Tomo-Chan Is a Girl! and its renewed or canceled status. 

When it was first announced, anime fans seemed split on the idea of a Tomo-Chan Is a Girl! series. It appeared some potential viewers were afraid it might give off sexist undertones.

At the same time, fans of the source material encouraged people to give the series a chance, saying the series did the opposite and questioned society’s portrayal of gender norms. In the end, Tomo-Chan was well worth the chance, as it turned out to be one of the best romantic comedy animes of the season.

With a MyAnimeList score of 7.66 at the time of this article, Tomo-Chan Is a Girl! is currently one of the best anime of Winter 2023.

Originally published as a “4-Koma”, or a short four-cell manga, this beloved comic strip ran from 2016 to 2019, spanning over 900 chapters in eight volumes. The story follows a high school student named Tomo Aizawa, who, despite being a bit of a “tomboy,” wants to be seen as a girl by her best friend and crush, Junichiro Kubota.

Throughout the series, Tomo’s friends Misuzu and Carol try to help her appeal to Jun, often while ending up with hilarious issues of their own. It’s a series that doesn’t take itself too seriously but still offers some genuinely heartfelt moments.

What helped it to stand out during the 2023 Winter anime season was how different it was from other romantic comedies. While the series centered around Tomo’s love for Jun, it also explored themes of friendship, growing apart, jealousy, and gender stereotyping in touching and comedic ways.

Will there be a Season 2 of the anime series Tomo-Chan Is a Girl! – renewed or canceled status

There has been no announcement on whether there will be a Season 2 of Tomo-Chan Is a Girl!

When it comes to anime, sometimes new seasons are announced before the current one ends. However, often, it can take weeks, months, or even years before an anime gets a new season.

The cause for those delays can be anything from funding to the studio being too busy to not being enough adaptable source material available to produce another season.

In the case of Tomo-Chan Is a Girl!, another season has not been announced yet. While that doesn’t mean a new season couldn’t be in the works, for this series, a new season will unlikely be produced.

Despite having so many chapters, because they were so short, dozens of them could fit into a single episode. With all 900+ chapters comprising eight manga volumes, fans would probably be surprised to learn that the current school festival arc starting in episode 11 was from volume 7 of the manga.

With that in mind, the season will likely end having animated the entirety of the manga.

Since it isn’t uncommon for romance anime, especially romantic comedies, to end after only one season, I doubt that this series will get a season two, especially if season one covers all the source material.

While the studio could choose to create original storylines for the series, considering this isn’t a heavy-hitting shonen series, I don’t see that being a lucrative move for them. What’s more likely, is that episode 13 of Tomo-Chan Is a Girl! will end where the manga ends, wrapping up the series in an excellent one-season package.

While fans would love to see more of Tomo’s antics, sometimes it’s nice to see a series you love to get animated from start to finish.

How many seasons are there of Tomo-Chan Is a Girl!?

There is only one season of the anime Tomo-Chan Is a Girl! and it is very likely that it will remain that way. 

The only way we can see this anime continuing is via spin-offs.