The Best Anime Summer 2026 Series That I Recommend

FX Senshi Kurumi-chan

Fifteen-year-old Fukuga Kurumi leads the ordinary life of a student, completely uninterested in the ongoing global financial crisis or the news about the rapidly deteriorating economic situation. Everything changes when one day she discovers that her mother, Fukuga Kozue, has lost as much as 20 million yen through currency trading. Afraid of how her father, who is away from home, will react and that the family might fall apart, Kurumi tries to find a way to recover the money. Kozue, however, refuses to let her daughter take a job and assures her that she will fix her own mistake. She begins working more and more, while Kurumi secretly learns the basics of the forex market, reaching a simple conclusion: if it is possible to lose an enormous amount of money there so quickly, it should be possible to earn it just as quickly. Because of her age, however, she still cannot start trading herself. Not long afterward, overwhelmed by the entire situation, Kozue takes her own life, leaving her daughter with a sense of guilt and the conviction that if she had been older and stronger, she might have been able to save her.

Five years later, twenty-year-old Kurumi is a third-year student at a local university. Thanks to a scholarship and a part-time job, she covers part of her tuition herself while also saving 300,000 yen, which she intends to use as starting capital. She has spent years preparing for this exact moment – her goal remains to recover the 20 million yen her mother lost and prove to herself that the tragedy could have been avoided. Fully aware of how difficult it is to make money consistently on the currency market, Kurumi rejects a safe, long-term strategy and opts for risky, highly leveraged trading through an overseas broker. On her very first trade, she bets on the dollar rising against the yen and almost immediately begins earning amounts greater than her daily pay from work. The initial success quickly boosts her confidence, and for the first time Kurumi feels that she is no longer a helpless child. But when, instead of closing the profitable position, she decides to wait for an even bigger gain, the market suddenly turns against her and the savings she spent years building begin disappearing at an alarming pace.

Do I recommend it after the first episode? Yes – no surprise here. The PV had already got me interested, and the full opening episode only confirmed that I’ll be sticking with the series to the end. The subject matter is close to my interests – the author seems to have had quite a bit of experience with it himself, because the whole trading side is portrayed really well. I also liked the visuals a lot.

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Koori no Jouheki 2nd Season

To her peers at Meiten High School, first-year student Hikawa Koyuki is an unapproachable Queen—a girl radiating an icy aura who keeps everyone at a safe distance. In reality, however, she isn’t cold at all; she is simply trying to protect herself at any cost. Scarred by painful memories from Kirinoshima Junior High, where unwanted advances and cruel taunts were dismissed by older students as mere jokes, Koyuki has built a powerful emotional wall around herself. She completely hides her true, somewhat clumsy and poetic self, preferring a quiet life in isolation over the risk of being hurt again. The only person allowed past her defense mechanisms is her fiercely loyal best friend, Azumi Miki—a sociable and widely beloved idol in her class.

Koyuki is perfectly satisfied with her quiet, solitary high school life until her path begins to regularly cross with Amamiya Minato, a laid-back boy from another class. He is characterized by an almost total disregard for others’ personal space. His overly friendly nature and easygoing banter instantly trigger Koyuki’s deepest fears, reminding her of the boys she swore to avoid.

Do I recommend it after the first episode? Yes – this is a direct continuation of the events from Season 1. I didn’t notice any changes in the production at all. I enjoyed watching the whole thing just as much. The ending, however, was a letdown. Season 1 had a brilliant ending song, but the one used here is rather bland.

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It’s similar to the year-end recaps, namely – I recommend what I consider awesome in my opinion. Below is a list of my favorite songs from the openings and endings (all of them I consider noteworthy, but the ones I particularly love are marked in bold, while the ones I consider as even more outstanding are marked in green, bold font). The scheme is clear, but I will clarify it:
Artist – Title (Artist in romaji – Title in romaji) | Anime Title