Ochikobore Fruit Tart
English title: Dropout Idol Fruit Tart
Japanese title: おちこぼれフルーツタルト
Type: TV
Episodes: 12
Premiered: fall 2020
Source: 4-koma manga
Genres: Slice of Life
Studios: feel.
Producers: AT-X, Studio Mausu, Houbunsha, Kadokawa Media House, NTT Plala, Kadokawa
Duration: 23 min per ep
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Ino Sakura has just moved to Tokyo to join the newly formed Fruit Tart, an idol group composed of three members besides herself—Roko Sekino, a washed-up child actor; Hayu Nukui, a failed musician; and Nina Maehara, a model who is still waiting for her first gig. They soon begin their new life together in their dormitory, the Mouse House. But there is no time to get settled as the girls awaken to a shocking reality: Fruit Tart is in a deep debt of one hundred million yen and has not even started yet!

With the possibility of Fruit Tart breaking up and the Mouse House being torn down if they cannot repay the money, the girls must work their way up from the bottom of idol society by making a name for themselves and writing their own songs. Luckily, Hemo Midori, an experienced idol, is a huge fan of Sakura and decides to join the group. With smiles on their faces, Sakura and the other girls work hard to become popular idols while making sure that each day is as fun as the last.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]