Takuya Ohara and Rika Honjoji are coworkers at a travel agency, but despite working in the same office, they don’t often talk to each other. You see, they’re both introverts, so neither of them goes out of their way to speak to anyone if they can help it. They’re not proud of their lack of social skills though, and they both wish they were better at communicating with their colleagues. When their supervisor announces that someone in the team will be sent to Alaska, everyone hopes they won’t get picked. Unfortunately for all the single people, the only way to ensure you won’t be selected is if you’re married. It’s unrealistic to get into a relationship on short notice, let alone get married…right? Well, Rika absolutely doesn’t want to leave the country, so that inspires her to tell Takuya about her ambitious plan: she asks him to have a fake marriage with her to avoid getting sent to Alaska. Will they get away with it, and is any job worth that much trouble?

When I read the synopsis, I hoped this anime would be at least half-decent. After all, we don’t often get a solid anime with an adult cast, and with a silly premise like this, odds are it won’t be of high quality. Thankfully, my pessimistic assumptions were wrong. I immediately noticed the relatively tight editing/pacing, an area where I often find (romantic) comedy anime to be lacking. That and the fantastic voice acting (as expected from Saori Hayami) decidedly sold this anime to me. The art and animation are good, but nothing special. The writing, on the other hand, is surprisingly good. I found much of the inner monologue and dialogue to be very believable, which I didn’t expect given the premise. I prefer watching anime for which the source material has ended, and that’s the case here; the manga finished last year. Because of that, I will definitely be tuning in for episode 2 next week.

365 Days To The Wedding is streaming on Crunchyroll.