A main trailer for The Salty Koharu Has a Soft Spot for Me TV anime, featuring the lead pair’s developing relationship and the newly announced opening theme song “Joker Salt” by Masayoshi Oishi, has been revealed along with an October 6 broadcast start date and more.
In addition to the opening song’s details, it was announced that the ending song is “Hatsukoi Reply” by HoneyWorks featuring Nijisanji VTuber Hoshikawa Sara. A second key visual was also released.
The Salty Koharu Has a Soft Spot for Me (Shio Taio no Sato san ga Ore dake amai, or ShioAma) is based on the light novel series written by Kazami Sawatari and illustrated by Achiki. There is a manga by Kaya Tetsuyama, with Comikey describing the synopsis as such:
“Satou Koharu is a pretty girl that everyone can recognize.”
But her attitude with anyone is so bitter that she got nicknamed “Salt-God Sato-san.” Anyone who tried to get close to her got emotionally injured in a brutal way. Though for some reason, I was able to save Sato-san from some pick-up boys where I was working at. Which made her like me, and thus I became a friend of “Salt-god Sato-san.” In front of everyone, she is a salt-god, but in front of me, she is very sweet. This is a high school life story of Satou-san and I.
The Salty Koharu Has a Soft Spot for Me light novel series, which is published under the Shogakukan Gagaga Bunko label, began in 2019 and will get its 13th main volume on October 16, 2026. The story was first published as a Shosetsuka ni Naro web novel.
Production credits
• Director: Fumihiro Yoshimura (My Wife Has No Emotion)
• Character designer: Daisuke Okushima
• Animation production: Tezuka Productions
Cast
• Hiiro Ishibashi as Sota Oshio
• Miku Ito as Koharu Sato
Source: @shioamaofficial
