Yuri Anime Kamiina Botan Reveals New Trailer
Here’s the thing about alcohol and secrets—they have a funny way of finding each other. A single drink can loosen a tongue that’s been clamped shut for months. The Japanese have understood this dynamic for centuries. Now someone’s built an entire romantic comedy around it.
The committee behind Kamiina Botan, Yoheru Sugata wa Yuri no Hana has released a new trailer and promotional poster. The series premieres April 10th.
The Unexpected Twist
What caught my attention wasn’t the premise—though a university student transforming into a fearless flirtation machine after drinks is certainly drawable material. It’s the ending theme strategy.
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won’t be a standard closing number. Each of the six lead voice actresses will perform her own version, paired with bespoke animation sequences drawn by character designer Ko Yoshinari. Six variations. Six visual interpretations.
- Creative brilliance, or
- An exhausting commitment that’ll burn through their budget
The opening theme, Mebuku Toki by yonige, appeared as an energetic counterweight to the intimate character work planned for those endings.
Behind the Camera
Studio Soigne handles production. Takashi Sakuma directs, with Shuntaro Tozawa as assistant director. Yoko Yonaiyama scripts. Kana Hashiguchi scores.
The casting is where the PR team earned their keep:
- Sayumi Suzushiro leads as Botan Kamiina. Bocchi the Rock! fans know her as Nijika Ijichi.
- Yoshino Aoyama plays Ibuki Tomino—the anxiety-riddled protagonist from Bocchi the Rock!
- Minako Kotobuki brings serious pedigree: Tsumugi in K-ON!, Asuka in Sound! Euphonium.
- Yurina Amami voiced Esen in The Apothecary Diaries.
- Miyu Tomita covered Miko Iino in Kaguya-sama.
- Maki Kawase was Junko Konno in Zombie Land Saga.
That’s deliberate targeting, not accident.
The Source Material
Mangaka hey launched this drunken comedy in March 2019 through Cross Sleeve. Seven compiled volumes exist as of last October.
The premise follows 20-year-old Botan Kamiina through her first university year. Sober, unremarkable. Drinking? The inhibitions evaporate, and suddenly she’s delivering flirtatious lines that leave nearby women bewildered.
Intoxication as truth serum. Vulnerability as charm offensive.
Whether it sustains across a full season depends entirely on execution.
Six distinct ending sequences across a twelve-episode run—generous creative latitude liability disguised as ambition? What does it say about industry economics that a comedy yuri title commands this level of production resources?
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