Tasogare Out Focus

Are you a Fujin who loves contrasting aesthetics? Banana fish and Tasogare out of focus have main couples with very similar styles. Plus both couples are hair contrast duos. Despite the series's differences in tones and themes, if you like your bad boys with blonde hair and slightly better boys with dark hair, this is for you. Also Uchida Yuuma plays the blonde boy in both of these series. Note: if you intend to watch bf please take my note that its VERY tonally different seriously. I believe there's a good tw list for it on tumblr you should read before watching if certain things get under ur skin. read more 

BL focused on acting with a blonde x black hair relationship. 

Both are high school boy's love stories. They also focus a lot of the character's hobbies and interests outside of school. 

Both are BL with movie/acting topic. Tasogare is more about filming club, also more mature, and Love Stage is about getting into the world of cinematography and more cute and silly. As a huge fan of Love Stage, I really liked the other one. Highly recommend to check both! 

It's the same school setting. Less anxiety-inducing and more butterflies and heart flutters. Great friend circle. A very calming atmosphere. Just that high-school romance that pulls you in and makes you want to stay in that atmosphere for a little while longer. Also doesn't have any of those shit BL tropes. 

Both are BL, but Stranger by the Shore is definitely the more mature title of the two. Stranger, like Twilight, shakes off a lot of negative tropes from other BL media. 

Both of these anime are BL about young men falling in love, though Twilight Out of Focus is a little bolder at times with how much is actually shown on screen. Both are also centered on characters who meet via their interest in art - TOOF being film and Given being music. Both also start off with two characters meeting in school and building on the story from there. Given felt more mature given (lol) that some of the characters are actually adults.