Tokiko Kofudo– Author –

If you have spent any time watching Japanese anime or reading manga, you may have noticed something. The words I love you almost never appear. Characters fall for each other. Deeply, painfully, completely. They carry feelings for years. They make enormous sacrifices for the people they love. And they almost never say it out loud. In Western fiction, I love you is often the emotional climax — the moment everything has been building toward. In Japanese fi...

No major spoilers in this article. The correct Given anime watch order is the release order: Given — TV anime, all 11 episodes given the Movie given: on the other hand — officially classified in Japan as the OAD Given: Uragawa no Sonzai given The Movie: Hiiragi Mix given The Movie: To the Sea Start with all 11 TV episodes, then continue through the films and OAD in the order above. given The Movie: To the Sea is the official conclusion, so the complete anime story can now ...

This manga series is a must-read for any fan of the genre! Grab a copy and dive into the story. No spoilers in this article. Given is a Boys' Love series. It is also the series I would recommend first to someone who has never watched Boys' Love before. Not despite that. Because of how it's made. "I'm Not Sure BL Is for Me" You might have a particular image of what Boys' Love is. Stories about male romance, made for a specific audience. Something that might not speak t...

This manga series is a must-read for any fan of the genre! Grab a copy and dive into the story. You may have come across the term Boys' Love somewhere. Or maybe you watched Given and thought: so this is what BL is. Either way, you're in the right place. This is a gentle introduction to the Boys' Love genre — what it is, where it came from, why it travelled so far from Japan, and why Given is one of the best places to start. What Is Boys' Love? Boys' Lov...

This manga series is a must-read for any fan of the genre! Grab a copy and dive into the story. This article contains spoilers through Given: To the Sea (2024). There is a difference between loving someone who has an ex, and loving someone who has lost someone. It is not a small difference. An ex is an ending. A relationship that finished — through distance, through incompatibility, through the slow erosion of something that once worked. Painful, sometimes. But finished. D...