Nisekoi is an anime adaptation of the manga of the same title written and illustrated by Naoshi Komi. The series is produced by Shaft and directed by Akiyuki Shinbo. Starting on January 11, 2014, the program airs weekly on a number of Japanese channels such as MBS, Tokyo MX, tvk, TV Aichi and some others, while outside Japan, it is being simulcast streamed by Crunchyroll and Daisuki with subtitles in English and other languages. A run of 20 episodes has been planned.
The romantic comedy follows the misadventures of Raku Ichijo, a high school student who is the son of a yakuza leader, as he is forcibly paired with Chitoge Kirisaki, a transfer student with a conflicting personality who is the daughter of a rival gang leader, in a pretend dating relationship to quell the feud between the gangs. As Raku pines for the affections of his crush Kosaki Onodera, he learns that the girls have been carrying keys that could unlock his locket, a symbol of his past love.
Ruri has lost her glasses and asks Raku and Kosaki to find them. Raku asks Ruri if Kosaki is in love with somebody and Ruri confirms she does, devastating Raku. Ruri scolds Raku for not knowing who Kosaki likes and almost tells him Kosaki loves him, but is stopped by Shu, who believes it is better Raku work it out for himself. Raku and Kosaki end up finding the glasses together. Raku's heartbreak at finding out Kosaki likes someone annoys Ruri so she lies and tells Raku she had been joking and that Kosaki isn't in love with anybody, curing his depression. She agrees with Shu it is best to let Raku and Kosaki work things out themselves.
Raku and Chitoge go to a restaurant where Marika has a part time job as a waitress, though she is not very good at it and the manager only tolerates her constant mistakes because her cheerful personality draws in a lot of customers. The restaurant is suddenly swamped by both Raku's fathers Yakuza gang and Chitoge's fathers Beehive Gangsters. Raku and Chitoge pretend to be on a lovey dovey date so both gangs will behave. A fight almost breaks out when Marika hugs Raku in front of everybody. Marika's fathers riot police also arrive and a three way fight between the Yakuza, police and gangsters almost destroys the restaurant. As this would put Marika out of a job she angrily drops her polite, feminine persona and throws all three gangs out of the restaurant by herself, shocking everybody. She admits she values her job because she is saving up to pay for her and Raku's wedding and a house. At her home Marika, who has dutifully saved all the money she has earned, has a picture Raku drew from 10 years ago of his ideal house.