Just Because!

The original anime Just Because! focuses on subtly portraying the feelings of a group of high school students nearing graduation. Near the end of second semester at third year, when students have very little time in high school left, and are just waiting for graduation, the appearance of a new transfer student begins to change what remains of their high school lives just as they were about to graduate. (Source: Anime News Network)

Names

Original	Just Because! (latin)
Romaji	Just Because!
English	Just Because!
Also known as	ジャストビコーズ

Facts

Format	TV series · 12 ep · 24 min · 5h total
Aired	2017-10-05 → 2017-12-28 (Autumn 2017)
Status	FINISHED
Studio	PINE JAM
Source	Original work
Origin	Japan (Anime)
Genres	Drama Romance Slice of Life
Themes	Coming of Age Heterosexual School Primarily Teen Cast Photography Female Protagonist Male Protagonist
Streaming	YouTube · Bilibili TV · Hoopla

Reception

Community score	7.06 / 10
Bayesian score	7.09 / 10
Composite	51.7
On lists	87,917
Favourited	1,222 (1.4%)
Completion	80.1%
Drop rate	7.0%
In backlog	40.4%
Score spread σ	1.64

Score distribution

12412217351741,05052,35564,40979,03487,24593,418101,562

Where it places

Cohort	Value	Tier	Rank
Studio	PINE JAM	—	5 of 13
Broadcast season	Autumn 2017	C	36 of 91
Year	2017	C	135 of 376
Source material	Original work	C	568 of 1,732
Genre	Romance	C	673 of 1,687
Era	Late 2010s	C	674 of 1,863
Season (all years)	Autumn	C	737 of 1,921
Genre	Slice of Life	C	770 of 1,578
Genre	Drama	D	1,025 of 1,917
Length	Single-cour	C	1,053 of 2,668
Format	TV series	C	1,417 of 3,322
Origin	Japan	C	2,605 of 7,157

Key staff

Director	Atsushi Kobayashi, Yuka Okamoto, Katsuto Ogawa
Series composition	Hajime Kamoshida
Character design	Kiseki Himura, Hiroyuki Yoshii
Original creator	Kiseki Himura

AniList id 98820 · MAL id 35639 · record updated 2026-08-27