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Manga/Comics
Given Anime Watch Order: TV, OAD & All Movies (2026)
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 ... -
Manga Essays
Why Given Works Even If You’ve Never Watched BL Before
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... -
Culture Essays
What Is Boys’ Love? A Beginner’s Guide for Western Fans:Starting with Given
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... -
Culture Essays
What Given Understands About Loving Someone Who’s Grieving
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... -
Character Essays
Given: Shizusumi Yagi Explained(The Person Who Understood Everything and Said Nothing)
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: Hiragi Mix (2024). Some characters take up space loudly. Shizusumi Yagi does the opposite. He is quiet. Unobtrusive. Easy to overlook. For a long time in Given, he exists mostly as the person standing next to Hiiragi — present, but not quite visible. And then Hiragi Mix arrives. And everything you assumed about him tur...
