I MADE FRIENDS WITH THE SECOND PRETTIEST GIRL IN MY CLASS GN (2025)

Maki Maehara is always on his own at school. He has no friends or hobbies others share, and he doesn't expect the upcoming academic year to be any different, even surrounded by new faces. And six months later, it seems like he was right-until he runs into his popular classmate Umi Asanagi at a video store! Always at the center of attention and called the 'second prettiest in class' by the boys, Asanagi's from a totally different world. But it turns out the two have more overlapping interests than just the B-grade movies they came to check out... and Asanagi asks Maehara to be her friend!

Maki Maehara never thought he'd make any friends, much less become friends with the second prettiest girl in class! Now he's also befriended Umi's childlike best friend Yuu, the most popular girl among their classmates, and the three spend lots of time together. But when Umi notices Maehara getting closer to Yuu, she begins to feel left behind... From sleepovers to the school culture festival, is Maehara and Umi's relationship slowly developing into something more...?