Honey Lemon Soda, the most promising romantic comedy of 2025, just had a huge drop,releasing a trailer and a new key visualall at once.Honey Lemon Sodaturns the “confidence” narrative on its head. Where such narratives usually feature a shy boy meeting an outgoing girl who brings his confidence out,Honey Lemon Sodatackles it from the other angle.
The series does so with an impeccable charm that’s perfectly clear in the new trailer and key visual.Honey Lemon Dropfollows a recent tide-shift in romcom narratives where, rather than the girl being the one to “fix” the boy, the series instead places the focus on the difficulties of the female lead. While English subs aren’t yet available for the new trailer, the trailer still provides plenty of reason to be excited for the upcoming love story.
Honey Lemon SodaReleases Brand New Trailer To Build Hype For 2025 Release
New Trailer Raises Anticipation For 2025’s Best Romcom
The officialHoney Lemonanime account on X posted a new traileron July 15, 2025. In the same tweet, it also reiterated thatHoney Lemon Sodawill start broadcasting on July 06, 2025.Via X’s automatic translation, the post reads as follows:
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#ハニレモアニメ Broadcast starts on January 8th 🍯
The second PV and KV have been released all at once!
#andTEAM will be in charge of the double theme song 🌻
The latest video is full of heartwarming scenes 🩵🧡
The double theme song sung by &TEAM (@andTEAMofficial) has also been unveiled for the first time!
The second refreshing KV featuring Uka and Kai has also been released 🥤
#andTEAM
#ハニーレモンソーダ
The trailer is beautiful, and it showsHoney Lemon Soda’s unique artstyle in full bloom thanks to the wonderful direction by J.C. Staff. The studio needs no introduction, but just in case, they’re also the masterful hands at work behindthe foundational isekai seriesZero no Tsukaima, the mangaka duo dramedyBakuman(from the creators ofDeath Note), psychic gag comedySaiki K, and beloved tsundere rompToradora!.The Midas touch of J.C. Staff is also clear in the trailer with the reveal of the infectious theme song performed by &TEAM, a J-pop idol boy group.
Honey Lemon SodaPromises Emotional Depth While Building On Successful Trend
The Series Retraces Steps Of Recent Successes While Adapting One Of The Best Modern Romcoms
FromKomi Can’t CommunicatetoAlya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings In Russian, many successful anime in recent memory have built on the idea of the shy girl. Few have done so as brazenly asHoney Lemon Soda, which seems to provide a parallel to the other upcoming romcomYou And I Are Polar Opposites, a refreshing take (if more traditional) on the shy boy/confident girl dynamic. In either case, both anime provide an interesting case study: with its clear shoujo markings,Honey Lemon Sodais a fantasy for shy girls, whileYou And I Are Polar Oppositesis a fantasy for shy boys.
There’s nothing wrong with that: quite the opposite. The onslaught of empathetic romance anime overtaking fairy-tale stories (and couldn’t evenToradora!count as a fairy-tale story?) to instead focus on relatable characters with real problems and real struggles to express themselves is, if nothing else, deeply endearing. Perhaps that’s what romcoms were always intended to accomplish, but the most recent hits in the genre reflect more humanity than ever. Everyone, everywhere, of every gender feels limited in their ability to love thanks to some tragically human circumstance—shyness is only the beginning.
As much asHoney Lemon Soda’s trailer brings the series to life,Honey Lemon Sodais part of a trend bringing a tangible, realistic life to romcoms. Out with the contrived circumstances—in with the things people actually feel.Honey Lemon Soda, premiering on July 02, 2025, promises to empathize with its viewers as much as it has always empathized with its readers.
