ランウェイで笑って

Smile Down the Runway

Chiyuki Fujito has a dream: to become a Paris Collection model. The problem is, she's too short to be a model, and everyone around her tells her so! But no matter what they say, she won't give up. Her classmate, a poor student named Ikuto Tsumura, also has a dream: to become a fashion designer. One day Chiyuki tells him that it's "probably impossible" for him, causing him to consider giving it up...?! This is the story of two individuals wholeheartedly chasing after their dreams in spite of all the negativity that comes after them! (Source: Kodansha USA)

Names

Original	ランウェイで笑って (japanese)
Romaji	Runway de Waratte
English	Smile Down the Runway
Chinese	请在T台上微笑 (simplified · via bangumi)
Also known as	Smile at the Runway · ถักทอฝันสู่รันเวย์

Facts

Format	TV series · 12 ep · 25 min · 5h total
Aired	2020-01-11 → 2020-03-28 (Winter 2020)
Status	FINISHED
Studio	Ezo’la
Source	Manga
Origin	Japan (Anime)
Demographic	Shounen
Genres	Drama Slice of Life
Themes	Fashion Work Family Life Coming of Age Female Protagonist Shounen Modeling
Streaming	Hulu · YouTube · Netflix · Crunchyroll

Reception

Community score	7.41 / 10
Bayesian score	7.43 / 10
Composite	55.2
On lists	40,351
Favourited	576 (1.4%)
Completion	78.0%
Drop rate	7.5%
In backlog	40.5%
Score spread σ	1.51

Score distribution

16826631254297577161,51773,73484,14591,99210896

Where it places

Cohort	Value	Tier	Rank
Broadcast season	Winter 2020	B	17 of 75
Year	2020	C	92 of 298
Season (all years)	Winter	B	368 of 1,557
Demographic	Shounen	C	513 of 1,219
Genre	Slice of Life	C	537 of 1,578
Era	Early 2020s	C	592 of 1,596
Length	Single-cour	C	747 of 2,668
Genre	Drama	C	789 of 1,917
Source material	Manga	C	961 of 3,025
Format	TV series	C	1,007 of 3,322
Origin	Japan	B	1,738 of 7,157