Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian (Seasons 1–2)

Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian (2024) is a Japanese anime series you can watch online on iFILM. Alisa Mikhailovna Kujou — half-Russian, half-Japanese — is the most admired student at Seiren Private Academy: top grades, striking looks, and a reputation for keeping everyone at arm's length. The classmate she keeps clashing with is Masachika Kuze, the school's resident underachiever who never seems rattled by anything.

Alya has a habit. When Masachika annoys her — or, occasionally, impresses her — she mutters her real feelings in Russian, assuming he can't understand a word. He can. He's been fluent since childhood. He doesn't let on. Produced by Doga Kobo and featuring the voice work of Sumire Uesaka and Kōhei Amasaki, the series runs on that single gap between what Alya thinks is private and what Masachika quietly hears.

It's a light school romance, but the linguistic conceit gives it more comic timing than the genre usually offers. Stream every episode of Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian online on iFILM.