However, on the day of her entrance ceremony, she gets caught in the commuter rush and gets lost, and her life plan is quickly frustrated.

Written and illustrated by Misaki Takamatsu, Skip and Loafer has been serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon since August 25, 2018.

[10] In North America, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they had licensed the manga for English release in February 2021.

Works and written and directed by Kotomi Deai, with character designs handled by Manami Umeshita, who also served as chief animation director, and music composed by Takatsugu Wakabayashi.

[55] It was one of the Jury Recommended Works for the French 17th ACBD's Prix Asie de la Critique 2023.

It's light without being frothy and real without being a drag, and if you're looking for a story that verges on the humorous slice-of-life genre, I can't recommend this enough.

[58] The series was nominated in the Best Romance and Best Slice of Life categories at the 8th Crunchyroll Anime Awards in 2024.

[59] It also won the Magnolia Award for Best Storytelling, while it was nominated for Best Animation at the 29th Shanghai Television Festival.

Alex Henderson of Anime Feminist reviewed the first episode, calling it "cute as a button", with naturalistic animation and well-done backdrops, with a female protagonist who is "endearing", said there is still room for the show to "wobble", and argued that the episode was "thoroughly charming".