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Skip and Loafer[a] (Japanese: スキップとローファー, Hepburn: Sukippu to Rōfā) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Misaki Takamatsu. It has been serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon since August 2018. It has been licensed in North America for English release by Seven Seas Entertainment. An anime television series adaptation produced by P.A. Works aired from April to June 2023. A second season has been announced.
By March 2024, the manga had over 2.3 million copies in circulation. In 2023, Skip and Loafer won the 47th Kodansha Manga Award in the general category.
Mitsumi Iwakura is a high school student who moved from the outskirts of Ishikawa Prefecture to high school in Tokyo after graduating from junior high school. Mitsumi grew up in a depopulated area, with only eight students in her class. However, on the day of her entrance ceremony, she gets caught in the commuter rush and gets lost. A tall, handsome boy worried about Mitsumi calls out to her and runs to school with her. He is a student of the same school and her classmate by chance.
Written and illustrated by Misaki Takamatsu, Skip and Loafer has been serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon since August 25, 2018.[7][8] Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on January 23, 2019.[9] As of August 22, 2025, 12 volumes have been released.[10]
In North America, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they had licensed the manga for English release in February 2021.[11] The first volume was released on August 10, 2021.[12]
In November 2021, it was announced that the series would receive an anime television series adaptation.[33] It was animated by P.A. Works and written and directed by Kotomi Deai, with character designs handled by Manami Umeshita, who also served as chief animation director, and music composed by Takatsugu Wakabayashi.[34][4] The series aired from April 4 to June 20, 2023, on Tokyo MX and other networks.[5][35] The opening theme is "Mellow" (メロウ) by Keina Suda, while the ending theme is "Hanauta to Mawari Michi" (ハナウタとまわり道; "Humming and Detour") by Rikako Aida.[36]
In December 2024, it was announced that the series will receive a second season.[37][38] The main staff members from the first season are reprising their roles, with Yoko Yonaiyama joining Deai to write the scripts.[39]
Crunchyroll streamed the series.[40] Plus Media Networks Asia licensed the series in Southeast Asia, and premiered on Aniplus Asia.[41]
By January 2023, the Skip and Loafer manga had over 1 million copies in circulation.[45] By March 2024, it had over 2.3 million copies in circulation.[46]
Alongside Ranking of Kings, Skip and Loafer ranked seventh on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list of best manga of 2020 for male readers;[47] it ranked eighth on the 2024 edition.[48] The series ranked 46th on the 2021 "Book of the Year" list by Da Vinci magazine;[49] it ranked ninth on the 2023 list.[50] In 2020, the series was nominated for the 13th Manga Taishō and placed third with 58 points.[51][52] It was nominated for the 44th Kodansha Manga Award in the general category in 2020;[53] it was nominated for the 46th edition in the same category in 2022;[54] it won the 47th edition in the same category in 2023.[55][56] The manga was one of the Jury Recommended Works at the 23rd Japan Media Arts Festival in 2020.[57] It was one of the Jury Recommended Works for the French 17th ACBD's Prix Asie de la Critique 2023.[58]
Rebecca Silverman of Anime News Network gave the first two volumes an A−. Silverman wrote: "Skip and Loafer may not have fabulous art and it may not have an innovative story. But it does have a firm grasp of its storytelling and characters and a not inconsiderable sense of humor. It's light without being frothy and real without being a drag, and if you're looking for a story that verges on the humorous slice-of-life genre, I can't recommend this enough. Treats characters like individual people, balances humor and seriousness well".[59]
The anime adaptation won the Golden Dragon Award for Overseas Animation at the 20th China Animation & Comic Competition in 2023.[60] The series was nominated in the Best Romance and Best Slice of Life categories at the 8th Crunchyroll Anime Awards in 2024.[61] It also won the Magnolia Award for Best Storytelling, while it was nominated for Best Animation at the 29th Shanghai Television Festival.[62][63]
The anime series was received positively. Alex Henderson of Anime Feminist reviewed the first episode, calling it "cute as a button", with naturalistic animation and well-done backdrops, with a female protagonist who is "endearing", said there is still room for the show to "wobble", and argued that the episode was "thoroughly charming".[64]
