Kurumi sakura (2022)

Original title

リコリス・リコイル

Directed by

Shingo Adachi

Genre

animation, action & adventure, comedy

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 13 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

8.1 of 10 from 212 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two orphaned teenage girls are trained assassins for a secret organization and also work at a café in Tokyo. They take on various odd jobs while dealing with dangerous missions and forming a close bond.

action-packedstylishlightheartedfound-familybittersweetfast-pacedwhimsicalcharacter-driven

What happens

Lycoris Recoil (Japanese: リコリス・リコイル, Hepburn: Rikorisu Rikoiru) is an original Japanese anime television series created by Spider Lily and Asaura. It was produced by A-1 Pictures and aired from July to September 2022. Set in Tokyo, Lycoris Recoil follows two young orphaned teenage girls named Chisato Nishikigi and Takina Inoue, who were recruited in the Direct Attack organization to carry out assassinations under the "Lycoris" program while they work at a local café and perform various tasks such as childcare, shopping, and teaching classes. A manga adaptation by Yasunori Bizen began serialization in Media Factory's manga magazine Monthly Comic Flapper in September 2022. A spin-off light novel, titled Lycoris Recoil: Ordinary Days, written by Asaura and illustrated by Imigimuru, was published under ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Bunko in September 2022 as well. A stage play adaptation of the series was performed in January 2023. An original net animation, titled Lycoris Recoil: Friends are thieves of time, was released from April to May 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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