Honey Lemon Soda
Honey Lemon Soda is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by. It has been serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine Ribon since December 2015, with its chapters collected into 30 volumes as of December 2025. A live action film adaptation was released in July 2021, and an anime television series adaptation produced by TMS Entertainment and animated by J.C.Staff aired from January to March 2025 on Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block.
By July 2024, the series had over 13 million copies in circulation.
Plot
Quiet and shy high school girl Uka Ishimori has been nicknamed "stone" since middle school. Upon entering Hachimitsu High School, she meets a boy named Kai Miura, whose appearance and personality reminds her of lemon soda. As the two become acquainted with one another, Uka's relationship with Kai inspires her to become more confident, make more friends at school, and realize she has fallen in love with him.Characters
;Uka Ishimori;Kai Miura
;Serina Kanno
;Ayumi Endo
;Tomoya Takamine
;Satoru Seto
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by, Honey Lemon Soda began serialization in Shueisha's manga magazine Ribon on December 28, 2015. As of December 2025, 30 volumes have been released.In July 2022, Yen Press announced that they licensed the series for English publication.
Live-action film
In September 2020, it was announced that the series would be getting a live action film adaptation, starring Snow Man member Raul as Kai Miura and Ai Yoshikawa as Uka Ishimori. The film was produced by and directed by Kōji Shintoku, based on a screenplay by, with music composed by. Shochiku released the film in Japan on July 9, 2021. Snow Man performed the film's theme song "Hello Hello".Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on March 1, 2024. Produced and planned by TMS Entertainment, it is animated by J.C.Staff and directed by Hiroshi Nishikiori, with Akiko Waba writing series scripts, Aimi Tanaka designing the characters, and composing the music. The series aired from January 9 to March 27, 2025, on Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block. The opening theme song is "Magic Hour" and the ending theme song is "Wonderful World", both performed by &Team. Crunchyroll is streaming the series. Plus Media Networks Asia has licensed the series in Southeast Asia and broadcast it on Aniplus Asia.Reception
By July 2024, Honey Lemon Soda had over 13 million copies in circulation.In 2021, the series was nominated at the 45th Kodansha Manga Awards in the category. It also ranked 40th in Da Vinci magazine's "Book of the Year" list for that year.