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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. You want to watch Given. But then you look it up and discover there are five separate releases — a TV anime, multiple films, something called an OAD — and suddenly it's not clear where to begin. This guide will fix that. Here is everything you need to know to watch Given in the right order, without confusion. The Complete Given Series ...

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...

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...