Even a Replica Can Fall in Love
Season 1
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Network: AT-X
Season aired: 2026-04-07
Overview
Nao is a replica created to be Sunao Aikawa’s perfect double, stepping in whenever Sunao skips school. She studies, plays sports, and lives each day for the original—until one day, Nao falls in love. Suddenly, her quiet, borrowed life blooms with secret dates and shy promises. But the more she cherishes them, the more she must hide from Sunao, who’s starting to notice the changes in her replica.
Episodes · 13
A Replica Never Dreams
The replica Nao goes to school in Sunao's place when the basketball star Shuya joins the literature club.
A Replica Skips School
On the day after a field trip, Shuya invites Nao to play hooky from school for the first time in her life.
A Replica Is Confused
When Nao finally returns to school, Shuya figures out her secret. Then he drops another bombshell on her.
A Replica Cries
Aki, Shuya's replica, is ordered to carry out a violent reprisal. Will Nao be able to convince him otherwise?
A Replica Dreams
Nao comes back to life after an oncoming train kills her. But the event triggers an existential crisis.
A Replica Is Shaken
Nao learns the literature club may be disbanded. Then a mystery figure threatens to expose her secret.
A Replica Searches
Nao joins Ritsuko to unmask whoever is spreading doppelgänger rumors at school.
A Replica Is Messed Up
At the school festival, Nao survives a haunted house, and Suzumi's replica unravels before the big play.
A Replica Is Bereft
A Replica Stumbles
Nao is stuck at home while Sunao is at school, until Aki treats Nao to a hot springs trip.
