The chaos at Fujinari Academy just got a little louder. The TV anime Even the Student Council Has Its Holes! (Seitokai ni mo Ana wa Aru!) has added Yoko Hikasa to its cast as Masaki Kotobuki, the mother of student council president Hisako Kotobuki, and celebrated the occasion with a newly animated opening video.
Hikasa’s character made her debut in Episode 7, which aired in Japan on November 14, 2026. Fans will know Hikasa as Utahime Iori in JUJUTSU KAISEN and Arthur Pencilgon in Shangri-La Frontier.
A new opening for the second half
Aniplex posted the refreshed opening on its official YouTube channel to line up with Episode 7. The visuals are new, but the song stays the same: “Kaze no Naka wa Hashiru kkya Nai!” by Sangatsu no Phantasia.
Hikasa on playing Masaki
In a comment shared with the announcement, Hikasa described Masaki as a mom whose boundless energy makes her feel more like a friend or a sister to her daughter. She joked that Masaki’s ideas come from so far out of left field that she worries about what will happen if Masaki ever gets a grandchild, and said she played her with a deliberately floaty, head-in-the-clouds feel. She invited viewers to enjoy how Masaki’s arrival makes things even more “topsy-turvy.”
Staff and cast
- Original work: Muchimaro (serialized in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine)
- Director: Naoyuki Tatsuwa
- Series composition and scripts: Masahiro Yokotani
- Character design: Ryo Imamura
- Music: Tomoki Kikuya
- Animation: Passione
- Ending theme: “Pi” by Akari Nanawo
The main cast includes Shogo Sakata as Ume Mizunoe, Haruka Shiraishi as Hisako Kotobuki, Miyu Tomita as Komaro Mutsu, Hiyori Kono as Tan Otori, Shizuka Ishigami as Arisu Terui and Yumi Uchiyama as Toshimi Hiratsuka.
Where to watch
The series premiered on October 3, 2026 and airs Saturdays at 24:30 JST on TOKYO MX, BS11, Gunma TV and Tochigi TV, with an uncensored version on AT-X on Tuesdays. Outside Japan, OceanVeil streams the anime as it airs.
About the series
Muchimaro’s four-panel comedy began in Weekly Shonen Magazine in April 2022 and took first place in the comics category of the Next Manga Award 2023. It follows Ume Mizunoe, a first-year with award-winning writing skills and disastrous science grades, who joins the student council to boost his record and avoid repeating a year, only to find himself surrounded by a lovable crew of oddballs. Seven Seas Entertainment publishes the manga in English.
Tatsuwa and Imamura also made the series’ animated promo video that went viral in 2024, before the full TV anime was announced.
Additional details from Comic Natalie and the official announcement.
Source: Crunchyroll News
