The official website of the Sasaki to Miyano (Sasaki and Miyano) anime series announced on Friday that the ninth manga volume will include an original video anime (OVA).

The unaired episode—Koi ni Kizuku Mae no Chottoshita Hanashi. (A Little Story Before I Realized Love.)—written by the original creator Shou Harusono, will ship with the volume on July 27, 2022. Pre-orders for the ninth volume will be accepted through May 18, 2022.

Synopsis
It's November. A student who has lost his keychain comes to Miyano and his friends, who have taken over the disciplinary committee's workload. On a whim, Hanzawa proposes the establishment of the "First Lost and Found Detective Agency," which goes out on a search party.

Voice actor Nobunaga Shimazaki (Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare, Sankaku Mado no Sotogawa wa Yoru) will appear in the episode as Hirano's roommate Akira Kagiura, reprising his role from the drama CD.

The television anime will air on Monday at 12:30 a.m. beginning January 10 on Tokyo MX, followed by KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, TV Aichi, BS NTV, and AT-X. U-NEXT, d Anime Store, Abema, Niconico, GYAO!, Hikari TV, FOD (Fuji TV on Demand), Bandai Channel, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, and other platforms will also stream the anime.

Shinji Ishihara (Log Horizon) is directing the series at Studio Deen. Yoshiko Nakamura (Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun) is handling the series composition and Maki Fujii (Zutto Mae kara Suki deshita.: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai) is designing the characters. Kana Shibue (Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu) is composing the music.

Harusono began the slice of life school manga in Gene pixiv in February 2016. Kadokawa will publish the eighth volume on Monday. Yen Press licensed the manga in English last October and released the fourth volume on November 9.

Source: Moca News

Sasaki to Miyano: Koi ni Kizuku Mae no Chottoshita Hanashi. on MAL