Sasaki to Miyano

Yoshikazu Miyano's troubles first start one hot summer day when Shuumei Sasaki steps into his life. Sasaki saves Miyano's classmate from a group of bullies, and after that, Miyano cannot seem to shake off his eccentric upperclassman. His silent admiration for Sasaki gradually sours into annoyance each time the so-called delinquent refuses to leave him alone. Constantly being called by cute nicknames and having his boundaries ignored, Miyano wonders why Sasaki wants to get close to him.

The shy and easily flustered Miyano harbors an embarrassing secret—he is a "fudanshi," a boy who likes boys' love (BL) manga. The last thing he wants is for other students to find out, but through a slip of the tongue, he reveals the truth to Sasaki. Intrigued, the clueless Sasaki asks to borrow a book to read, which he is given very reluctantly. To Miyano's surprise, Sasaki enjoys the BL that he receives and asks for more, marking a shift in their strange dynamic.

Although Sasaki appears to possess some personal agenda, his feelings for Miyano become complicated the more time they spend together. As they now share a common interest, their relationship is poised to change and further develop.

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Sasaki, Shuumei Main

Shirai, Yuusuke Japanese

Miyano, Yoshikazu Main

Saitou, Souma Japanese

Hirano, Taiga Supporting

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Japanese

Kagiura, Akira Supporting

Shimazaki, Nobunaga Japanese

Hanzawa, Masato Supporting

Uchida, Yuuma Japanese

Tashiro, Gonzaburou Supporting

Ichiki, Mitsuhiro Japanese

Kuresawa, Tasuku Supporting

Arai, Ryouhei Japanese

Ogasawara, Jirou Supporting

Ono, Yuuki Japanese

Sasaki, Satoko Supporting

Kamakura, Yuna Japanese

Shirahama, Kyouji Supporting

Nakashima, Takuya Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Kananiwa, Kozue Producer

Ogata, Mitsuhiro Producer

Ogura, Rie Producer

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Dec 1, 2024

boysloveboyslove

Recommended

If you enjoy feel good stories,this is a must watch. A wholesome story about two boys falling in love, with so many moments that can make your heart melt. It has a great balance of funny, serious, and just adorable moments throughout. If you've never watched a BL, or avoided it because you've heard bad things about common tropes, this is perfect for you. An amazing entry that stays healthy and avoids so many problematic themes associated with the genre.

Some parts can be annoying, and it may feel like the story drags on, but the cute moments given by that dragging almost make up ... for it. The focus is of course on Sasaki and Miyano, but you're definitely able to get invested in the side characters and their own stories. Watching their relationship progress is very sweet, and if you're looking for a comfy watch on a late night this is perfect, no matter how experienced or new you may be to the genre.

If it was up to me, this would be required viewing for every queer youth. This is one of the best representations of what a healthy young homosexual relationship should be. Even if you're straight, or never really enjoyed BL, I'd still strongly recommend this to any romance fan. This is a classic high school love story with engaging characters abd a romance centered, but engaging plot that can be enjoyed by almost everyone. The anime is clearly tied to fudanshi/fujoshi culture, and is filled with references to it, so if you have a strong aversion to that stuff then you likely won't be able to enjoy it as much. But even if you know nothing about that culture, the anime is just as enjoyable, and you get to learn about stuff you didn't know.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Jan 6, 2024

ThatFlowerGirl

Mixed Feelings

It's been a while since I had a review for something, and I had the urge to write one, especially for this particular BL anime.. my first-ever review had to be on a BL anime.. lol. Well I don't mind since I'm a fujoshi, but having the chance to read and own almost all the latest volumes of the manga of this anime, I felt like I needed to say something.

First of all, some mangas are better left as mangas than animations. That's what I've been thinking the whole time I've been watching this adaptation midway through. I'm not gonna drag this out longer but ... I need to point out how Miyano's "Fudanshi Blabber" is so awkward and cringe when displayed with a voice, whereas in the manga it wasn't like that. Japan's way of making an excited person shout when excited about something is getting dull now, ESPECIALLY when Miyano doesn't want to be found out for liking BL manga. I always imagined him blabbering to Sasaki at the manga to be more conversed at less louder but I guess Japan's anime standard for excitement is different than mine. Also his voice makes him really feminine too, when he doesn't want to be feminine I always imagined his voice to be more boyish?? Or even forced boyish like voice but not too boyish? I dont know I just hate his VA (BUT sasaki's and others side charac I like)

Another thing to point out is the character designs, I like Sasaki but HATE Miyano's design, having those 3 dots on his eyes is so off as I liked Miyano's more natural look at the manga. People who haven't read the manga may like this but I DONT. Also the animation, can I say.. STOP WITH THE KIMI NI TODOKE BUBBLES FOR JUST A MINUTE WTF!?!?!? Every "emotional" scene there are randomly some shapes floating around. It just feels so... forced? Like "OoOoOh look at this!!!! bubbles omg so romantic hehehehiihihi" BRUH? I don't know man. Also the gradient eyes is very lateish anime style. I like Sasaki's and others but Miyanos... its just so... ugly? I don't know they just destroyed Miyano's charm for me.

The pacing of this anime is also pretty bad. I dont know.. the manga feels more natural whereas this adaptation felt weird to me. maybe because my standards were too high but I dont know.. I also skipped out some dialogues at episodes 7-11. It felt so redundant with all the fillers. I'm just so disappointed. But as for the OST, Its the only redeeming factor. I like the constant use of that one OST when Miyano and Sasaki were together. It's very catchy. and the OP is pretty good (although I hate some parts of the animation in that OP). Actually I hate many animated parts in the span of the 12 episodes I've watched (most of them, no, ALL OF THEM includes Miyano)

When I heard this manga was receiving an adaptation I was just so excited because It was the first time I've read the manga first before watching the anime. (I first watched this on 2022, but put it as on hold at episode 4, then tried to watch it now.. 2 years ago..) I dont know man, I just expected something better. Go watch this if u want but I'm just... disappointed with how things turned out. If you're REALLY THIRSTY for some BL please read the manga, its bazillion better. But eehhh whatever Kimi ni Todoke S3 will be out in the next months and Im pumped for that. So yeah that's it.
TLDR: hate Miyano here, like Sasaki, but manga still wins as always.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Apr 6, 2022

Mitsumi_

Not Recommended

I don't think I've ever been more happy to finish a show in my life, and not in the kind of way where you're excited for the ending. This show is the kind of show that starts out promising but over time you slowly realise quite how bad it is, and from about the half-way point every minute I spent watching it made me want to fall asleep, cry, or do literally anything else. Why didn't I drop it? Well, is there much point dropping a 12 episode show when you're already half way through it? But thinking about it, it takes over 2 hours ... to watch 6 episodes and I'm never getting those 2 hours of my life back, so maybe I should've dropped it after all.

This is a 12 episode long will-they-won't-they story with characters so either bland or dislikeable that you hope their relationship fails. It's also really weird about gay men, embracing the tropes that outright fetishize them (with basically every character, even ones you hardly see on screen, being a fujoshi/fudanshi, whatever the differences between the two are). You know what, if that's your thing then you'll probably enjoy this show, but personally it made me feel... well, icky, I guess. That's one of my main gripes with the show; watching it made me feel gross.

That's about all I have to say on this show to be honest. The art style was ok, I guess. It was at least pleasant to look at while I suffered. Again, if you're into fujoshi/fudanshi culture or whatever, you'll probably enjoy it. I, personally, didn't.

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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