Love Flops

Asahi Kashiwagi (柏樹 朝, Kashiwagi Asahi)

Voiced by: Ryōta Ōsaka,[2] Mayu Minami[4] (young)

The protagonist of the series. He receives five love confessions on his first day of school after seeing a fortune telling program on television, which annoys him. It is later revealed that he was recruited for a virtual reality program to experience a computer generated world with simulated characters.

Aoi Izumisawa (和泉沢 愛生, Izumisawa Aoi)

Voiced by: Miku Itō[2]

A Japanese student and one of Asahi's classmates. She wears glasses and has a bright and cheerful personality. She is also a talented cook for her housemates. It is later revealed that she is actually a simulated character and that she was the first among the artificial intelligence girls to be created. Because of this, she is said to be the most similar to the AI girls' base, Asahi's childhood friend Ai Izawa.

Amelia Irving (アメリア・アーヴィング, Ameria Āvingu)

Voiced by: Ayana Taketatsu[2]

An American student and one of Asahi's classmates. She is always seen wearing headphones with cat ears. She wants to be good at Japanese by studying kanji. It is later revealed that she is actually a simulated character. Later on in the series, she becomes a magical girl like Karin and Irina.

Irina Ilyukhina[lower-alpha 1] (イリーナ・イリューヒナ, Irīna Iryūhina)

Voiced by: Rie Takahashi[2]

A shy Bulgarian student and one of Asahi's classmates. She is actually a cross-dressing girl who has been forced to live like a boy under the name Ilya Ilyukhin[lower-alpha 2] (イリヤ・イリューヒン, Iriya Iryūhin) by her late father. It is later revealed that she is actually a simulated character. She later also becomes a magical girl.

Bai Mongfa (白 夢華, Bai Monfa)

Voiced by: Hisako Kanemoto[2]

The class' teacher who comes from China. Because she is still young, her relationship with her students is more like that of an older sister. She also has a clumsy personality, particularly at home. She is a former tai chi assassin of an underground organization and has the codename "Bloody Tiger". It is later revealed that she is actually a simulated character.

Karin Istel (カリン・イステル, Karin Isuteru)

Voiced by: Marika Kōno[2]

A self-conscious German student and one of Asahi's classmates. She is also active as a model whose billboards are a common sight in Tokyo. She is also a magical girl, becoming one after an encounter with an alien familiar. It is later revealed that she is actually a simulated character.

Yoshio Ijūin (伊集院 好雄, Ijūin Yoshio)

Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama[2]

Asahi's classmate and self-proclaimed best friend. He comes from a rich family which owns a beach house. It is later revealed that he is actually a simulated character and an alter-ego of scientist Yoshino Feynman.

Loverin (ラブリン, Raburin)

Voiced by: Shiori Izawa[5]

A rabbit-shaped alarm clock which says things to Asahi and the others. Loverin has a screen that can display both time and other information.

Ai Izawa (井澤 愛, Izawa Ai)

Voiced by: Miku Itō[6]

Asahi's childhood friend from his past life. She died from a brain tumor two years prior to the start of the story, but her consciousness formed the basis of a new AI model. Additionally, her memories were implanted into the five simulated characters created by the international VR companies.

Yoshino Feynman (好乃・ファインマン, Yoshino Fainman)

Voiced by: Yukiyo Fujii[7]

A strange scientist who works on AI in a technological company called Cavenish. She informs Asahi that the girls he was living with were all part of a VR simulation. She is also investigating what led the simulation to prematurely end. She appears in the simulated world in the form of Yoshino Ijūin.

A manga adaptation illustrated by Ryūdai Ishizaka was serialized in Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine from June 24, 2022,[8] to July 28, 2023.[9] The first tankōbon volume was released on September 29, 2022.[10]

The original anime television series produced by Kadokawa Corporation and animated by Passione was announced on March 25, 2022.[2] The series was directed by Nobuyoshi Nagayama, with assistant direction by Midori Yui and Fujiaki Asari, scripts written by Ryō Yasumoto, character designs handled by Kazuyuki Ueda, who also serves as chief animation director, and music composed by Kenichiro Suehiro.[5] It aired from October 12 to December 28, 2022, on AT-X and other networks.[14] Konomi Suzuki performed the opening theme song "Love? Reason why!!", while Miku Itō, Ayana Taketatsu, Rie Takahashi, Hisako Kanemoto and Marika Kōno performed the first ending theme song "Flop Around".[5][15] Itō performed the second ending theme song "Lost in the white" and the insert song for episode 12, "With You".[6] Sentai Filmworks licensed the series, and is streaming it on HIDIVE.[16]