Okuto Nakamura is a timid student who, after spotting him from a distance at his entrance ceremony, fell in love with his jovial classmate Aiki Hirose. Unfortunately, due to Nakamura’s awkward social skills, his many attempts to befriend his crush have failed spectacularly. Yet, while friendship sometimes seems like a distant dream, Nakamura’s determined attempts […]
Kaboku Kotani enters Ichiran High School hoping for a school life where he goes unnoticed because of his stutter. While his friends start looking to join traditional sports clubs, Kaboku is drawn to the dance club, but a memory from the past about dancing in front of others gives him pause. That changes when he
While many believe that the allure of sports anime is that it appeals to non-basement-dwelling weebs who have an interest in sports, that’s actually not as true as you might think. For many who specifically seek out and enjoy sports anime, they might not be too into the sport. Instead, they are there for some
Tsukasa Akeuraji dreamed of becoming a professional figure skater, but with professionals starting training in elementary school, he started too late in his teens and his ambitions never got off the ground. Giving up on his dreams, he takes a job as an assistant skating coach. On his first day, he meets Inori Yuisuka, a
After 30 years of life passed him by, Kiyoshi Adachi discovers that the old saying that if you remain a virgin until you are 30 you will gain magic powers is actually true! However, instead of anything magnificent, the only power that Adachi has is to read the thoughts of anyone he is touching. Thinking
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As Japan is one of those countries that sit in the perfect sweet spot just the right distance away from the equator, it has afforded them the ability to experience the four seasons in distinction. None of that “three days of autumn” before winter or a winter of rain that some other countries get. Each
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Sports anime is considered the most approachable genre for those unfamiliar with anime because sports are a widely popular hobby. Even for those that don’t play sports, the activity is an easily grasped stage for the character stories that are often the very highlight of sports anime. That said, if you do happen to play
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Kyudo is a modern martial art with a focus on archery. Minato used to be into the sport in middle school, enchanted by the “tsurune” sound made by a releasing bowstring, but gave it up after a certain incident left him with target panic. This phenomenon resulted in Minato missing every shot he took and
For a good chunk of sports anime, the appeal isn’t in the sport it presents. You can only present soccer, basketball, or baseball in so many different ways before its not actually anything like the sport. Instead, the appeal of many sports anime is the characters and the relationships between them. Everyone loves a supportive
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After watching a gripping performance by a male ballet dancer as a kid, Junpei Murao fell in love with dance. However, after being pressured into finding it effeminate, he took up more manly sports like Jeet Kune Do and soccer, particularly after his father’s death made him the man of his house. One day after
