Nisekoi
ニセコイ
Synopsis
Raku Ichijou, a first-year student at Bonyari High School, is the sole heir to an intimidating yakuza family. Ten years ago, Raku made a promise to his childhood friend. Now, all he has to go on is a pendant with a lock, which can only be unlocked with the key which the girl took with her when they parted. Now, years later, Raku has grown into a typical teenager, and all he wants is to remain as uninvolved in his yakuza background as possible while spending his school days alongside his middle school crush Kosaki Onodera. However, when the American Bee Hive Gang invades his family's turf, Raku's idyllic romantic dreams are sent for a toss as he is dragged into a frustrating conflict: Raku is to pretend that he is in a romantic relationship with Chitoge Kirisaki, the beautiful daughter of the Bee Hive's chief, so as to reduce the friction between the two groups. Unfortunately, reality could not be farther from this whopping lie—Raku and Chitoge fall in hate at first sight, as the girl is convinced he is a pathetic pushover, and in Raku's eyes, Chitoge is about as attractive as a savage gorilla. Nisekoi follows the daily antics of this mismatched couple who have been forced to get along for the sake of maintaining the city's peace. With many more girls popping up his life, all involved with Raku's past somehow, his search for the girl who holds his heart and his promise leads him in more unexpected directions than he expects. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Staff

Iwakami, Atsuhiro
Producer

Kiyouno, Hiroyuki
Producer

Kubota, Mitsutoshi
Producer

Maruyama, Hiroo
Producer

Hayashi, Youhei
Assistant Producer

Ishikawa, Tatsuya
Assistant Producer

Kananiwa, Kozue
Assistant Producer

Shimazaki, Takao
Assistant Producer

Shinbou, Akiyuki
Director, Series Composition

Tatsuwa, Naoyuki
Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Kameyama, Toshiki
Sound Director

Ezoe, Hitomi
Episode Director

Hirota, Kousuke
Episode Director

Kawabata, Takashi
Episode Director, Storyboard

Kubo, Tarou
Episode Director

Kuboyama, Eiichi
Episode Director, Storyboard, 2nd Key Animation

Miyahara, Shuuji
Episode Director

Miyamoto, Yukihiro
Episode Director

Oohashi, Kazuki
Episode Director

Sasaki, Sumito
Episode Director

URA
Episode Director

Kizawa, Yukito
Script

Nakamoto, Muneo
Script

Ooshima, Miku
Script, Associate Producer

Abe, Noriyuki
Storyboard
Opening & Ending Themes
Openings
- 1: "CLICK" by ClariS (eps 2-14)
- 2: "STEP" by ClariS (eps TV: 15-19; BD/DVD: 15-20)
Endings
- 1: "CLICK" by ClariS (eps 1)
- 2: "Heart Pattern" by Chitoge Kirisaki (Nao Touyama)
- 3: "Recover Decoration (リカバーデコレーション)" by Kosaki Onodera (Kana Hanazawa)
- 4: "STEP" by ClariS (eps 14)
- 5: "TRICK BOX" by Seishirou Tsugumi (Mikako Komatsu)
- 6: "Order × Order (オーダー×オーダー)" by Ruri Miyamoto (Yumi Uchiyama)
- 7: "Hanagonomi (はなごのみ)" by Marika Tachibana (Kana Asumi)
- 8: "Souzou Diary (想像ダイアリー)" by Chitoge Kirisaki (Nao Touyama), Kosaki Onodera (Kana Hanazawa), Seishirou Tsugumi (Mikako Komatsu), Marika Tachibana (Kana Asumi) (eps TV: 18-19; BD/DVD: 12-13)
- 9: "Taisetsu no Tsukurikata (大切の作り方)" by Chitoge Kirisaki (Nao Touyama), Kosaki Onodera (Kana Hanazawa) (eps BD/DVD: 18-19)
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