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A Couple of Cuckoos

A Couple of Cuckoos

カッコウの許嫁

7.1(72)2022Ended2 Seasons
AnimationComedy

Overview

16-year-old super-studier Nagi Umino, second-year student at the Megurogawa Academy high school, was switched at birth. On his way to a dinner to meet his birth parents, he accidentally meets the brash, outspoken, Erika Amano, who is determined to make Nagi her fake boyfriend as she never wants to actually marry. But once Nagi makes it to dinner, he finds his parents have decided to resolve the hospital switch by conveniently having him marry the daughter his birth parents raised...who turns out to be none other than Erika herself!

Score: 7.1TMDB user rating

Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

24 episodes · 2022

Episode 1You're going to be my boyfriend.

Umino Nagi was swapped with another child at birth. He’s going to meet his real parents today, but on his way to school, he meets a girl who is threatening to die to get out of her engagement.

2022-04-2423

Episode 2I'm not going to marry you.

Nagi and Erika are now engaged, but Nagi can’t wrap his head around how loaded Erika is, and Erika seems to have concerns of her own.

2022-05-0123

Episode 3You aren't going to beat me!!!!

Living together with Erika gives Nagi an opportunity to focus on exam prep, except when they run into trouble.

2022-05-0823

Episode 4Would you please go out with me...?

Having scored higher than anyone else in his grade, including Hiro, Nagi decides to finally confess to her.

2022-05-1523

Episode 5Can we do our morning study sessions together...?

Hiro and Nagi begin studying together in the mornings, but unexpected circumstances put a wrench in their relationship.

2022-05-2223

Episode 6I thought you live by yourself.

Erika joins Nagi’s and Hiro’s morning study sessions to wingman for Nagi, and Hiro wants to come hang out at her place.

2022-05-2923

Episode 7Is my fate going to change?

Nagi invites Hiro to join his group for a school field trip. The group is plunged into chaos with the addition of a couple more members.

2022-06-0523

Episode 8Are you going to marry him?

Sachi notices something going on between Erika and Nagi and decides to try to get to the bottom of it. Both she and Nagi are on the verge of a big decision.

2022-06-1223

Episode 9The Kuroshio currents beckon to me.

Hiro and Nagi go on date at the amusement park. Sachi is not amused.

2022-06-1923

Episode 10Don't treat me like your kid sister.

Sachi and Nagi go shopping together for a Mother’s Day gift, but they can’t think of anything their mother would appreciate

2022-06-2623

Episode 11I can't forget that just happened.

Erika and Nagi are stuck in a power outage. Nagi goes to the front door to find an emergency kit, when the unthinkable happens.

2022-07-0323

Episode 12It's not that I like you, yet.

Nagi tries to redeem himself after embarrassing himself in front of Hiro on their amusement park date.

2022-07-1023

Episode 13Things aren't quite working out, are they?

Nagi is beginning to question his own feelings, and he has trouble even focusing on midterms.

2022-07-2423

Episode 14Walls exist to be overcome!!

Erika’s parents want her to come home if she fails her make-up exams. She asks Nagi for help, but it may not be that easy.

2022-07-3123

Episode 15We have to tell her... about our secret!

Erika and Nagi walk around the festival together, and she shocks him with how out-of-touch she is.

2022-08-0723

Episode 16I want to talk about now.

Sachi is worried about Hiro, so she brings Erika along to follow her and learn about her.

2022-08-1423

Episode 17Anything could happen right now!

Erika, Hiro, Sachi and Nagi make plans to study at Erika’s vacation house, but there ends up being a slight change in the roster.

2022-08-2123

Episode 18Who is that person?

Nagi is hoping to do the test of courage with Hiro, but Erika takes him instead. Nagi can’t figure out what it is that’s bothering her.

2022-08-2823

Episode 19You must have noticed by now.

Erika reveals who it is that she’s been trying to reach through social media.

2022-09-0423

Episode 20I want to grow up already!

Nagi discusses with Erika what he learned – or tried to learn – from her father.

2022-09-1123

Episode 21It's a secret between you and me.

Having topped his grade in the term exams, Nagi confesses to Hiro once again.

2022-09-1823

Episode 22I'll Be There With You

Erika, Hiro, Sachi, and Nagi spend more time at the beach home retreat, and eventually, clues about Erika's missing older brother are found. This incites Nagi to search for him around the nearby town with Erika by his side.

2022-09-2523

Episode 23What Should We Do Now?

On the day Nagi, Erika, Sachi, and Hiro are to return home, Nagi and Hiro decide to stay behind to collect a shrine stamp from the local temple. However, become of this, their train ride home is canceled due to the stormy weather, thus forcing them to stay at a local inn where things get strangely intimate.

2022-10-0223

Episode 24All That Matters Is That You Two Are Happy

The household visits the diner to attend Yohei's birthday party and learn some family secrets surrounding them. The next day after a study session, Erika succumbs to a cold that she caught, and the household, including Hiro, scrambles to help her through it.

2022-10-0223

Season 2

Season 2

12 episodes · 2025

Episode 1Who Was Umino-kun's First Love?

Hiro moves in with Nagi, Sachi and Erika. Friction arises, but they're reminded of what happiness might mean.

2025-07-0824

Episode 2Onii Confessed to You, Didn't He?

Hiro is kidnapped and Nagi immediately sets out to save her.

2025-07-1524

Episode 3That, but Times a Hundred

Nagi is suddenly hit with the truth about Ai’s real objective.

2025-07-2224

Episode 4I See You're All Together

Hiro is preparing for a festival that's about to be held at her shrine.

2025-07-2924

Episode 5It's My Life, Too!

The world now knows the face of singer Mochizuki Ai, who created the song “Arc Fault.”

2025-08-0524

Episode 6There's No Way I Can Be Normal!!

Nagi and Erika are trapped in a hotel room by her mother, who seems to be playing with them.

2025-08-1224

Episode 7It's Ours to Build!

2025-08-1924

Episode 8No Such Thing as a Meaningless Kiss

2025-08-2624

Episode 9The Real Enemy is Sachi-chan!!

2025-09-0224

Episode 10I Know, Nagi-kun! Let's Take Pictures for Memory's Sake!

2025-09-0924

Episode 11I Found Him Attractive for the First Time

2025-09-1624

Episode 12Thank You for Falling in Love with Me

2025-09-2324