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Aniplex just shared the first new episode of the Lycoris Recoil: Friends are Thieves of Time anime short series, and it is available for all of us to watch for free on the official YouTube channel. As these are brief looks at lives of the Direct Attack (DA) Lycoris agents during their downtime, it seems each episode will be under three minutes. It is designed to act as a complement to the original anime adaptation.

This short begins at LycoReco. Chisato is at work alongside Mika. She mentions that someone is constantly ordering tea and adding liquor to it. He guesses it is Mizuki. When talking with Takina, the two overhear drunken karaoke next door and talk about viewing cherry blossoms. While they are supposed to be working, the two then share a moment and relax together.

Here’s the full first episode, which is called “Take It Easy.” English subtitles are included.

Six anime shorts total will appear in the Lycoris Recoil: Friends are Thieves of Time series. Here’s when the next five will show up. All of them will appear on Wednesday mornings and feature Japanese audio with English subtitles.

• April 23, 2025
• April 30, 2025
• May 7, 2025
• May 14, 2025
• May 21, 2025

The first Lycoris Recoil: Friends are Thieves of Time anime short is live now. The original anime is present on Crunchyroll. Yen Press handles the manga and light novel.

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Lycoris Recoil and its concept concerning teenage girls acting as assassins isn’t exactly new in manga and anime, as we’ve seen the idea brought up in series like Gunslinger Girl and Tista. While perhaps not as immediately, dark, dramatic, or heartbreaking as its contemporaries, it comes across as something special due to the blend of drama, humor, and insight into people’s abilities and motives. While we’ve already had plenty of opportunities to see as much from the anime adaptation, Yen Press picking up the manga allows us a way to appreciate even more of its nuances. 

Editor’s note: There will be some mild spoilers for the first volume of Lycoris Recoil manga below. 6nrv

In the case of Lycoris Recoil, we’re introduced to some Direct Attack Lycoris agents in the midst of an incredibly dangerous situation. A group of them are in a stand-off with a criminal organization that captured one of the . We see a lone Lycoris called in to assist and defuse. Before that can happen, communications are cut and Takina Inoue uses her gun to kill all of the enemy agents. Erika is saved, but the group is dead, her fellow agents are mad at her, and she finds herself being assigned to work alongside another lone agent named Chisato Nishikigi at the LycoReco cafe.

The first part of what makes Lycoris Recoil work so well, immediately from the outset, is the contrasting personalities. Both Chisato and Takina, as of the Lycoris division, are orphans trained as agents and assassins. Their age is designed to hide the fact that they’re capable individuals able to handle and defuse the most drastic and dangerous situations. Takina is incredibly serious about her job, but we quickly see that she acted to protect her ally and friend even if it broke rules. Chisato is referred to as a prodigy and someone Takina should learn from, but she seems more like an ordinary, extremely congenial and bubbly young woman. Her outreach involves not only working at the cafe — their cover — but also doing work to assist in the community in addition to the government-ordered missions.

But the biggest contrast is their methods. Chisato believes that all lives matter. Even those of the threats she addresses. So once Takina, and by extension the reader, sees her in action for the first time, her rumored status becomes far more believable. Even in the initial volume, we get opportunities to see how here mind is working and there’s more to her. In so doing, we even get an idea that Takina might start to be intrigued by her and her methods. 

Because this is a manga adaptation of Lycoris Recoil, we can better appreciate the subtleties of these sorts of moments. When we first see Chisato properly in action in her first mission with Takina, the art captures her incredible dodging methods. We can more clearly see the things they do in the photo that drew the attention of a criminal group. It makes it easier for us to notice and catch what these agents do. In fact, I think it also helped make it clearer to see what sort of person Yoshimatsu was upon his first appearance. 

It’s just great to see Spider Lily’s story told in another format. Retellings of stories give us chances to perhaps focus on and appreciate things we might have missed before. The manga adaptation of Lycoris Recoil seems like it could be an opportunity to better appreciate the characterizations, as well as understanding what these agents pick up on and how talented they are.

The first volume of the Lycoris Recoil manga will be available in English via Yen Press on October 29, 2024, and the second volume will debut on February 18, 2025. The anime is streaming on Crunchyroll. Yen Press will release the Lycoris Recoil: Ordinary Days light novel on January 21, 2025.

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Crunchyroll added to its list of anime shows that are "free" to watch due to being ad-ed. 19 more shows are now available. However, only select episodes from the English dub versions may be free to watch. In cases when they do appear, only the first three can be seen. However, full subtitled seasons are available for other shows. Some of the more notable anime additions include Chainsaw Man, Spy x Family, Bluelock, Ranking of Kings, and Bocchi the Rock. All of them are now immediately available starting today.

Here’s the full list of new Crunchyroll “free” anime you can watch with ads, with Bocchi the Rock and Vinland Saga being the only ones with no English dubs available. Code Geass isn’t available in Australia, England, Ireland, Scotland, or New Zealand., while Soul Eater can’t be watched in England, Ireland, or Scotland.

• Beast Tamer episodes 1-13 subtitled and episodes 1-3 dubbed.
• Bluelock episodes 1-24 subtitled and episodes 1-3 dubbed.
• Bocchi the Rock episodes 1-12 subtitled.
• Bungo Stray Dogs episodes 1-12 subtitled and episodes 1-3 dubbed.
• Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill episodes 1-12 subtitled and episodes 1-3 dubbed.
• Chainsaw Man episodes 1-12 subtitled and episodes 1-3 dubbed.
• Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion episodes 1-25 subtitled and episodes 1-3 dubbed.
• Daily Life of the Immortal King episodes 1-15 subtitled and episodes 1-3 dubbed.
• Don’t Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro episodes 1-12 subtitled and episodes 1-3 dubbed.
• Golden Kamuy episodes 1-25 subtitled and episodes 1-3 dubbed.
• Lycoris Recoil episodes 1-12 subtitled and episodes 1-3 dubbed.
• Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury episodes 0-12 subtitled and episodes 0-2 dubbed.
• My Dress-Up Darling episodes 1-12 subtitled and episodes 1-3 dubbed.
• Ranking of Kings episodes 1-23 subtitled and episodes 1-3 dubbed.
• The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World episodes 1-23 subtitled and episodes 1-3 dubbed.
• Soul Eater episodes 1-25 subtitled and episodes 1-3 dubbed.
• Spy x Family episodes 1-25 subtitled and episodes 1-3 dubbed.
• Vinland Saga episodes 1-24 subtitled.
• Yona of the Dawn episodes 1-24 subtitled and episodes 1-3 dubbed.

Crunchyroll's 19 latest free anime episodes to watch are available as of August 1, 2023.

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A new anime for Lycoris Recoil is in production, with a short trailer for it appearing on A-1 Pictures’s YouTube channel. The video mostly uses clips of the first series, detailing the relationship between Chisato and Takina throughout the twelve episodes. As well, the voice-over for the trailer has them expressing their gratitude for each other. [Thanks, Crunchyroll!]

You can watch the announcement trailer for the new Lycoris Recoil anime here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R365_tkFBg

There are not a lot of details as of yet. The Twitter for the Lycoris Recoil anime refers to it as a “new animation” rather than a second season. So it is still unclear if it is a continuation of the first series or if this is a new project. The words that appear in the trailer mention that Takina and Chisato’s story is not over yet, as well as bring up the special moments they’ve accumulated together and the future they chose.

Lycoris Recoil was an original action anime from A-1 Pictures that ran from July to September 2022. It follows Takina, who is part of the all-female assassin and spy group ‘Lycoris,’ and her new position as Chisato’s partner. Lycoris had assigned Takina to Chisato due to Takina jeopardizing her colleagues on a mission. The two of them work undercover in a cafe, though Takina wants to return to her old agency.

The new anime for Lycoris Recoil is in production and more information will appear for it in the near future. Other ongoing projects from A-1 Pictures include the NieR Automata anime and Fate/strange Fake.

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