Junjou Romantica
Junjou Romantica: Pure Romance, stylized as Junjou Romantica ~Pure Romance~, is a yaoi series by Shungiku Nakamura. It focuses on three storylines; the main couple, which comprises the bulk of the books, and two other male couples that provide ongoing side stories. It has expanded into several cd-dramas, a manga series running in Asuka Ciel, a light novel series titled "Junai Romantica" running in The Ruby magazine and a 24-episode anime series. Shungiku Nakamura has written a spin-off to Junjou Romantica, titled Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi focusing on a shōjo manga editor and his first love, which was also animated by Studio Deen in 2011.
- Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
- Studio: Tokyo MX, Sun TV, AT-X, tvk, Chiba TV, Teletama, BS11, TVQ
- Keyword: college, romance, slice of life, coming of age, based on manga, art, teacher student relationship, lgbt, angst, drastic change of life, erotic, gay theme, tsundere, boys' love (bl), cute boys doing cute things
- Cast: Hikaru Hanada, Takahiro Sakurai, Nobutoshi Canna, Kentaro Ito, Daisuke Kishio, Kazuhiko Inoue
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