Family Temptation Akihiko and His Mother Part 2
| Junjo Romantica: Pure Romance | |
 Encompass of the first Japanese tankōbon volume | |
| 純情ロマンチカ ( Junjō Romanchika ) | |
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| Genre | Boys Love[ane] |
| Manga | |
| Written past | Shungiku Nakamura |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| English publisher | NA Blu Manga |
| Magazine |
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| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Original run | April xxx, 2002 – present |
| Volumes | 25 |
| Anime goggle box serial | |
| Junjou Romantica | |
| Directed by | Chiaki Kon |
| Music past | MOKA☆ |
| Studio | Studio Deen |
| Licensed by | AUS Madman Entertainment NA Nozomi Entertainment Great britain Anime Limited |
| Original network | Television receiver Hokkaido |
| Original run | Apr 10, 2008 – June 26, 2008 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Anime television series | |
| Junjou Romantica two | |
| Directed by | Chiaki Kon |
| Music by | MOKA☆ |
| Studio | Studio Deen |
| Licensed past | AUS Madman Entertainment NA Nozomi Entertainment United kingdom Anime Limited |
| Original network | Goggle box Hokkaido |
| Original run | October 12, 2008 – December 27, 2008 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Original video blitheness | |
| Directed by | Chiaki Kon |
| Studio | Studio Deen |
| Released | December 20, 2012 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes |
| Anime television series | |
| Junjou Romantica 3 | |
| Directed by | Chiaki Kon |
| Music by | MOKA☆ |
| Studio | Studio Deen |
| Licensed past | AUS Madman Entertainment NA Funimation (streaming) Nozomi Entertainment (home video) Uk Anime Express |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, Sunday TV, AT-X, tvk, Chiba Television, TVS, Gifu Goggle box, BS11, TVQ |
| Original run | July eight, 2015 – September 23, 2015 |
| Episodes | 12 |
Anime and manga portalJunjo Romantica: Pure Romance (Japanese: 純情ロマンチカ/ピュア ロマンス, Hepburn: Junjō Romanchika , lit. "Pure-Hearted Romantica") is a Boys beloved series by Shungiku Nakamura. It focuses on four storylines: the master couple, which comprises the majority of the books, and three other male couples that provide ongoing side stories ("Junjo Egoist", "Junjo Terrorist", and "Junjo Mistake"). It has expanded into several CD-dramas, a manga series running in Asuka Ciel, a lite novel series titled "Junai Romantica" running in The Ruby magazine, and a 37-episode anime series.
Shungiku Nakamura has written a spin-off of Junjou Romantica titled Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi (lit. "The Globe'south Greatest First Love") focusing on a shōjo manga editor and his first love, which was as well animated by Studio Deen in 2011.
Characters [edit]
Junjo Romantica [edit]
- Misaki Takahashi ( 高橋 美咲 , Takahashi Misaki )
- Voiced by Takahiro Sakurai
- Misaki Takahashi (the uke of the Romantica couple) is Takahiro's younger blood brother. He is eighteen years old at the start of the series, nineteen in episode eight of the anime, and twenty-ane in the third flavour. He is a textbook tsundere. At the kickoff of the series, Misaki is about to accept his higher entrance exams. He aspires to attend Mitsuhashi Academy, the college his blood brother turned down in order to care for him after their parents died. Although he seems childish and brash, he only doesn't want to cause trouble for anyone else. This is because he even so blames himself for his parents' deaths; he thinks that if he hadn't asked them to hurry home that twenty-four hours, they wouldn't accept had the accident.
- After failing all his exercise exams, Misaki's only selection is to inquire Usagi to tutor him. This professional person relationship gradually evolves into a romantic one. Because Misaki has an idealistic view of relationships, he is reluctant to admit his feelings for Usagi. Even after the two motion in together, many challenges come their way. With his so-called "Usa-mones," Misaki ends upwardly attracting several of the Usami men, including Usagi'southward one-half-brother, Haruhiko, and his male parent, Fuyuhiko. Misaki, now a grad student at Mitsuhashi, got accepted into Marukawa afterwards several interviews.
- Akihiko Usami ( 宇佐見 秋彦 , Usami Akihiko )
- Voiced past Hikaru Hanada and Rina Sato (child)
- Akihiko is twenty-eight at the showtime of the series, and he has turned thirty-one by the third season. The seme to Misaki's uke, he is a prolific author of fiction and BL novels, not to mention the youngest recipient of the distinguished Naomori Honor. His nickname is "Usagi" (rabbit in Japanese). Usagi is a close friend of Misaki's older brother, Takahiro, and secretly has feelings for him. Not long afterwards meeting Misaki, he discovers Takahiro is engaged. Misaki gets upset on Usagi'southward behalf, which leads Usagi to realize his true feelings—he is actually in honey with Misaki, not Takahiro. Once Takahiro moves abroad, Misaki and Usagi move in together, and go from roommates to lovers.
- Usagi has a cameo in the first episode of the Junjou Romantica spin-off Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi. Ritsu Onodera, the central protagonist of that series, was Usagi's editor prior to transferring to Marukawa.
- Haruhiko Usami ( 宇佐見 春彦 , Usami Haruhiko )
- Voiced by Kōsuke Toriumi (developed)
- Haruhiko Usami is Akihiko'southward thirty-twelvemonth-onetime half-brother (they have different mothers). Misaki calls him "Big Brother Usagi". He is generally cold and disapproving towards his brother, though no i actually knows why. Later on a cursory advent in the middle of the serial, he begins proclaiming that he "loves" Misaki, simply that was only later he establish out how shut he and Akihiko were. When he begins sending Misaki flowers and saying that he would accept Misaki equally his own, Akihiko claims that Haruhiko was "always trying to have [his] things."
- Takahiro Takahashi ( 高橋 孝浩 , Takahashi Takahiro )
- Voiced past Kishō Taniyama
- Takahiro is Misaki's 28-year-old blood brother and Usagi's long-time friend. He was the subject of Akihiko'south affections for a long time, though he never seemed to detect as he is shown to be extremely naive. He is extremely caring towards his younger brother, who refers to him as "Niichan," fifty-fifty dropping out of school to raise Misaki after their parents died. Early in the serial, he becomes engaged to and marries Kajiwara Manami. They presently motility to Osaka due to his job, at which time Misaki goes to live with Usagi. He now has a son named Mahiro in flavour three, he and Misaki dote on him a lot, but Usagi doesn't similar him because he'south not comfortable with creatures ruled by instinct.
- Keiichi Sumi ( 角 圭一 , Sumi Keiichi )
- Voiced by Isshin Chiba
- A senior higher educatee at Mitsuhashi University and Misaki's friend, Keiichi Sumi is a very mysterious young man; while information technology is usually hard to tell whether he is being serious or not, he is not viewed equally a bad person. The son of famous novelist Ryouichi Sumi, Keiichi is also a fellow member of the university's Onsen Inquiry Grouping (ORG) which have been known for generations every bit makers of Japan'southward most terrifying haunted firm. He is first introduced trying to lure Misaki abroad from Akihiko, fueling Akihiko to intervene. After, one time Akihiko and Misaki acknowledge their feelings for one some other, Keiichi often creates problems between the two, suggesting to Misaki at one indicate that there might exist something between Akihiko and Aikawa (as she had a key to his apartment). He later reveals that he was merely using Misaki to go closer to his true object of affections, Akihiko. Despite this, the two remain close friends, showing that he does care for Misaki. He graduated in flavor iii and got a job in a video visitor, he was aiming for a publishing company but he didn't go far.
- Eri Aikawa ( 相川 絵理 , Aikawa Eri )
- Voiced by Noriko Namiki
- Eri Aikawa is Akihiko's editor, for both his fiction works and BL novels, equally well as a friend to both him and Misaki. She is roughly the same historic period as Akihiko and is constantly pushing him to cease his work on time. On the exterior, she seems like a kind and nice-mannered person, but when Akihiko does not mitt in his manuscripts on time, she is famous for freaking out and even, on one occasion, attacking him. A fan of Akihiko's work, every bit Misaki notes that Aikawa sometimes acts like a fan girl when she is around Akihiko and Misaki; in fact, Akihiko reveals that many scenes from his novels are Aikawa's own personal requests, a fact that seemed to surprise Misaki.
- Fuyuhiko Usami ( 宇佐見 冬彦 , Usami Fuyuhiko )
- Voiced by Jūrōta Kosugi
- The father of Akihiko ("Usagi") and Haruhiko, besides every bit uncle to Kaoruko, Misaki calls him "Papa Usagi". Fuyuhiko Usami loves both of his sons every bit and wants what is best for both of them. Yet, he is known to become quite ruthless in his need to accomplish that. He was married into the Usami family, originally being a commoner, which explains why he doesn't appreciate the relationship between Akihiko and Misaki. There are times he will footstep in to finish their relationship, but in the last episode of Season ii, he eventually accepts. Like his youngest son, Akihiko, he is very fond of bears and enjoys the art of woodcarving. He owns a successful business organisation and is oftentimes seen conveying rubber ducks. Information technology is briefly mentioned by Akihiko that Fuyuhiko was adopted.
- Kaoruko Usami ( 宇佐見 薫子 , Usami Kaoruko )
- Voiced by Mizuki Nana
- Kaoruko Usami is Akihiko's cousin on his female parent's side. Akihiko did mention once that his father was adopted, and then it is possible that Akihiko's mother is a blood relative of the Usami family, including Kaoruko Usami. A 20-yr-former aspiring pâtissier (pastry chef), Kaoruko came to Japan after she was told her parents had fallen ill; however, this is revealed to be a fox on the part of her uncle Fuyuhiko, who wished for her to ally Haruhiko in an effort order to separate him from Misaki. As time progresses, however, Kaoruko claims to love Misaki, as she has the "same taste" as Akihiko.
- Mizuki Shiiba ( 椎葉 水樹 , Shiiba Mizuki )
- Voiced by Hiro Shimono
- Mizuki is Akihiko's 25-year-old cousin from his father's side of the family unit. He has returned from America to visit Akihiko, freeloading off of his cousin while living in Akihiko's flat. While he is shown to be quite attached to Akihiko, he comes off as cold and hostile toward Misaki; this is afterwards revealed to be due to his feelings for Kaoruko, sensing her attraction towards Misaki.
- Shinnosuke Tōdō ( 藤堂 進之介 , Tōdō Shinnosuke )
- Voiced past Wataru Hatano
- Shinnosuke is Misaki's friend and classmate. He is attention Mitsuhashi University as a law student with aspirations of condign a police officer in the hereafter. He is also a fellow member of the Kendo lodge. He met Misaki when he picked upwards The☆Kan telephone strap that Misaki had dropped and the two easily bond over their shared love for The☆Kan manga.
- Kyō Ijuuin ( 伊集院 響 , Ijuuin Kyō )
- Voiced by Hozumi Gōda
- Kyō Ijuuin is the creator of Misaki's favorite manga, The☆Kan. Whenever the deadline for his side by side manga installment is near, he becomes incredibly pessimistic. Co-ordinate to Isaka, it is disputed as to whether The☆Kan is in first or 2nd place in terms of sales at Marukawa Publishing. Misaki first met him at Marukawa when Kyō was in one of his pre-deadline funks, with Misaki giving him the motivation to go on past telling him how much his work meant to him. After on, Misaki was selected in a lottery to come across him again for an autograph signing, then realized it was Misaki who encouraged him 3 years ago. Kyō is a bachelor who, when cleaned upward, is shown to be a considerably attractive man. The bulk of his fans are said to be women. It'south revealed later in the series, that he has feelings for Misaki.
- Tanaka ( 田中 , Tanaka )
- Voiced by Kenta Miyake
- Tanaka is the butler for the Usami household, often mistakenly called "Sebastian" by Misaki. There was some other fourth dimension when child Kamijou Hiroki mistakenly called him "Mary". (This is considering the Japanese word for butler, shitsuji, sounds very similar to the Japanese word for sheep, hitsuji.)
- Mahiro Takahashi ( 高橋 真浩 , Takahashi Mahiro )
- Voiced by Yuuko Yamazaki
- Takahiro and Manami'southward toddler-age son, Misaki'south nephew and Akihiko'southward godson. His name is a combination of his mother's (Manami) and his father'due south-(Takahiro) names; Mahiro often mispronounces people'south names-(such as calling Usami "Unagi", much to the latter'southward annoyance/dismay).
- Risako Takatsuki ( 高槻 理沙子 , Takatsuki Risako )
- Voiced past Mayumi Asano
- The ex-wife of Yō Miyagi and the older sister of Shinobu Takatsuki. Shortly afterwards her divorce with Miyagi, Shinobu (Risako's younger blood brother) confesses to Miyagi and they begin a relationship, of which she is unaware. Risako was cheating on her hubby considering she felt that she did not love him anymore. Withal, in reality, she did love him but she ever felt unloved because of his potent zipper of his deceased teacher. She felt that Miyagi never loved her at all and decided to divorced her considering of her adultery.
- Manami Takahashi ( 高橋 真奈美 , Takahashi Manami )
- Voiced past Kumiko Hashimoto
- She is the fiance and later the married woman of Takahiro Takahashi, the mother of Mahiro, and the sister-in-law of Misaki.
- Ryou Shizukuishi ( 雫石涼 , Shizukuishi Ryou )
- Voiced past Toshiyuki Toyonaga
- A new manga editor of Kyo Ijuuin. He often displays a cold emotionless mental attitude especially when he showtime meets Misaki; he too disapproves of people being huge crazy fans of Kyo's work fifty-fifty though he himself is a massive fan himself. It can exist assumed that he secretly harbors a crush on Kyo.
Junjo Egoist [edit]
- Hiroki Kamijou ( 上條 弘樹 , Kamijō Hiroki )
- Voiced past Kentarō Itō (adult) and Eri Kitamura (child)
- In the anime, Hiroki Kamijou (the uke of the Egoist couple) is 29 years old (31 years-onetime in Flavour iii), a long-fourth dimension friend of Akihiko's, and an associate professor at Mitsuhashi Academy. He is a bit of a loner and is extremely passionate about classical Japanese literature, manifestly having graduated at the height of his form. Hiroki initially loved Akihiko, his childhood friend. Six years prior to the principal events of the story, he took reward of Akihiko'due south unrequited love for Takahiro, convincing him to wear a blindfold every bit he pretended be Takahiro. Hiroki hoped that once Akihiko was intimate with him, his feelings would change, but Hiroki presently realized that he could never be with Akihiko as long as he was in love with Takahiro. He sympathizes with Akihiko, however, for just equally Akihiko yearns for Takahiro, Hiroki pines for Akihiko. Presently afterward, Hiroki would see Nowaki Kusama, a student four years his junior who refers to him as "Hiro-san." Over the next six years, Hiroki and Nowaki fall in dear with each other, merely their personal dreams seem to go far the way of their being together. Their story arc focuses on their attempts to start over after Nowaki returns from his study abroad.
- In the serial, he serves every bit an example of the tsundere character archetype: he has a bad temper and is feared among his students, who refer to him as "Devil Kamijou," though he is shown to be one who is actually quite shy and who becomes flustered easily. Misaki afterward makes a reference about his "hard Japanese literature professor" later on while on a date with Akihiko. In Season 3, information technology is shown that Misaki complains to Todo about taking Kamijou'southward class, proverb that he is very scary.
- Nowaki Kusama ( 草間 野分 , Kusama Nowaki )
- Voiced by Nobutoshi Canna (developed) and Ryoko Shiraishi (child)
- Orphaned as an babe, Nowaki Kusama (the seme of the Egoist couple) was abased at an orphanage during a heavy rain storm; as a issue, he was named "Nowaki" ("draft" in Japanese) by the head of the orphanage, though elders seem to refer to him equally "Wacchan." Half dozen years before the main story, Nowaki first comes across Hiroki when he finds Hiroki crying about his unrequited feelings with Akihiko. After inviting him to spend the afternoon with him and his friends (the elders mentioned earlier), Nowaki goes on to insist that Hiroki become his tutor. Originally studying to become a social worker, he changes his mind and is currently in training to become a pediatrician. Kind, understanding, and patient, Nowaki shows these traits well-nigh ofttimes while he is around Hiroki. As Nowaki is four years younger than Hiroki, this fuels a desire in him to quickly catch up to Hiroki (mostly career-wise), every bit he believes Hiroki deserves someone who is his equal. He shows unrelenting devotion and honey for Hiroki, never giving up on them even when Hiroki seems oblivious to information technology. Despite his historic period, Nowaki is really much taller than Hiroki, a fact that initially irritated the older Hiroki.
- Tsumori ( 津森 , Tsumori )
- Voiced past Susumu Chiba
- Nowaki'due south senior in the hospital whom Nowaki oft consult to. He immediately knows what kind of relationship Nowaki has with Hiroki the showtime time he met Hiroki. He and Hiroki shares a rather cold relationship due to a misunderstanding when Hiroki found him and Nowaki sleeping together on the floor, naked. Although having no romantic feeling towards neither Nowaki nor Hiroki, he likes to tease on their relationship (beingness clingy to Nowaki, making Hiroki jealous). He is known to be some kind of histrion, shown in Season 3 when he explains how he was slapped for striking on a married woman.
- Shinoda ( 篠田 , Shinoda )
- A existent manor agent, Shinoda met Hiroki while trying to get him to sign a real estate contract. He and Hiroki had a cursory romantic relationship while Hiroki was dealing with his feelings for Akihiko. He makes a short appearance and is only in the manga.
Junjo Terrorist [edit]
- You lot Miyagi ( 宮城 庸 , Miyagi Yō )
- Voiced by Kazuhiko Inoue
- In the anime, You Miyagi (the seme of the Terrorist couple) is a 35-year-old literature professor at Mitsuhashi University and co-worker of Kamijo Hiroki. He was once married, simply is now divorced, though this is most likely due to his indifference toward feelings and emotions. Miyagi is frequently playful when it comes to teasing Hiroki, with whom he shares an office at the university, though his true character is seen to be far more than serious due to an event from his past. He one time tried to buss Hiroki later noticing something was bothering him, simply he was stopped at the last minute by Nowaki, who had come searching for Hiroki. Withal, Miyagi seems to exist supportive of Hiroki'due south human relationship with Nowaki, stating that equally long as Hiroki was happy, he would be happy for him. Miyagi's primary love interest in the series is introduced as Takatsuki Shinobu, his former brother-in-law who is seventeen years his inferior.
- Shinobu Takatsuki ( 高槻 忍 , Takatsuki Shinobu )
- Voiced by Daisuke Kishio
- Shinobu Takatsuki (the uke of the Terrorist couple) is an 18-year-onetime high school student and the son of Mitsuhashi University's dean of literature. Shinobu believes it to be fate that he is in dear with his former brother-in-constabulary, Yo Miyagi, though would very much like Miyagi to take responsibility for Shinobu falling in dearest with him. He is often edgeless and unreasonable, though he is shown to have a softer side.
- Sensei ( 先生 , Sensei )
- Voiced by Yuki Masuda
- She was Miyagi's deceased high schoolhouse teacher. Miyagi says he oft gave her a tough time earlier developing an unrequited love towards her. When her health started to deteriorate, Miyagi often took care of her despite his feelings not being reciprocated. When seeing how strongly he felt toward her, she told him that subsequently her death if her retentiveness proved to be an emotional burden and so to forget about her, saying how she wants him to alive a full and happy life with someone he tin truly dearest.
Junjo Mistake [edit]
- Ryūichirō Isaka ( 井坂 龍一郎 , Isaka Ryūichirō )
- Voiced by Toshiyuki Morikawa
- Ryūichirō Isaka (the uke of the Mistake couple) is the 32-year-old president of Marukawa Publishing and a childhood friend of Haruhiko and Akihiko. He and his assistant Asahina are the main characters of the brusk comics released with the DVDs, "Junjou Mistake," which takes place ten years before the main Romantica storyline. Isaka initially aspired to get a novelist, though he somewhen constitute his true talent in finding future best-sellers.
- In the anime adaptation, he beginning appears interrupting Akihiko and Misaki while they are on a engagement. Isaka later appears in the spin-off series Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi, which centers effectually the human relationship between Ritsu Onodera and Masamune Takano at Marukawa Publishing.
- Kaoru Asahina ( 朝比奈 薫 , Asahina Kaoru )
- Voiced by Ryōtarō Okiayu
- Kaoru Asahina (the seme of the Mistake couple) is Ryūichiro'southward secretarial assistant who came to work for the Isaka family when they helped his family out of a bad situation. Originally intended to be Isaka's playmate, he ended up condign something more of a caretaker.
Media [edit]
Manga [edit]
Written by Shungiku Nakamura, Junjo Romantica: Pure Romance began serialization in Asuka Ciel in 2002. The individual chapters have been compiled into 15 tankōbon volumes past Kadokawa Shoten. The first volume was released on June 2, 2003;[2] as of September one, 2020, 25 volumes have been released.[3]
The series was licensed for an English language-language release in Northward America by Blu Manga, an imprint of Tokyopop, until Tokyopop'due south closure in May 2011.[iv] As of April 2011, 12 English volumes have been released.[5] An attempt to judge relative sales of manga titles past online vendors (based on publicly available "bestseller" listings) suggests that Junjo Romantica was the best-selling yaoi manga series of 2008 amid online vendors.[6] Volume 10 was #6 in the manga category of the New York Times "Graphic Books" weekly bestseller list for July 11, 2009,[7] and volume 12 was #4 on the aforementioned list for September 10, 2010.[eight]
In 2017, Viz Media stated at Yaoi-Con that they received requests to re-license the series, merely they decided against information technology due to the series being also long.[9]
Volume listing [edit]
| No. | Original release appointment | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
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| 1 | June 2, 2003[2] | 978-4-04-853606-vi | October, 2006[v] | 978-i-59816-719-i |
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| 2 | November 27, 2003[ten] | 978-4-04-853702-five | February, 2007[5] | 978-1-59816-720-seven |
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| iii | May 28, 2004[11] | 978-four-04-853748-3 | June, 2007[5] | 978-1-59816-721-four |
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| 4 | October 28, 2004[12] | 978-iv-04-853778-0 | October, 2007[5] | 978-ane-59816-722-1 |
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| 5 | April 27, 2005[thirteen] | 978-4-04-853848-0 | February, 2008[5] | 978-1-59816-723-eight |
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| 6 | October 28, 2005[14] | 978-iv-04-853907-4 | June, 2008[5] | 978-1-59816-724-5 |
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| seven | April 27, 2006[15] | 978-4-04-853953-ane | September, 2008[5] | 978-1-4278-0218-7 |
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| 8 | January 29, 2007[16] | 978-4-04-854072-8 | January, 2009[5] | 978-1-4278-0707-6 |
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| 9 | Oct 30, 2007[17] | 978-4-04-854137-four | April, 2009[5] | 978-1-4278-1284-1 |
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| ten | March 28, 2008[18] | 978-4-04-854162-six | July, 2009[5] | 978-1-4278-1521-7 |
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| 11 | November 28, 2008[19] | 978-4-04-854270-8 | December, 2009[v] | 978-1-4278-1704-iv |
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| 12 | August 27, 2009[20] | 978-4-04-854362-0 | August 2010 | 978-one-4278-1789-1 |
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| thirteen | June 28, 2010[21] | 978-4-04-854489-4 | - | — |
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| fourteen | April 26, 2011[22] | 978-4-04-854628-7 | - | — |
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| 15 | April 26, 2012[23] | 978-4-04-120226-5 | - | — |
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| sixteen | December 20, 2012[24] | 978-4-04-120269-2 | - | — |
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| 17 | August 29, 2013[25] | 978-four-04-120863-2 | - | — |
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| 18 | Baronial 1, 2014[26] | 978-4-04-101893-four | - | — |
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| 19 | July 1, 2015[27] | 978-four-04-103123-0 | - | — |
*Junjou Romantica act 37
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| twenty | Dec 1, 2015[28] | 978-4-04-103321-0 | - | — |
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| 21 | September 1, 2016[29] | 978-4-04-104272-iv | - | — |
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| 22 | December 28, 2017[xxx] | 978-4-04-106077-three | - | — |
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| 23 | September 1, 2018[31] | 978-iv-04-107270-seven | - | — |
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| 24 | August 30, 2019[32] | 978-4-04-108604-9 | - | — |
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| 25 | September one, 2020[iii] | 978-4-04-109804-2 | - | — |
Anime [edit]
Studio Deen produced an anime accommodation based around the manga series. Premiering in Nippon on TV Hokkaido on April 10, 2008, the serial' first season ran for twelve episodes until its conclusion on June 26, 2008. A 2d flavor premiered on the aforementioned channel on October 12, 2008, it also concluded afterward twelve episodes. On March 28, 2012, a new anime accommodation of Junjo Romantica was announced to be in the works, which has been revealed as an OVA to be released with the express edition Volume 16 on December 20, 2012.[33] On August 29, 2013, it was announced that more anime for the series is in production.[34] On July thirty, 2014, it was confirmed that the series had been green-lit for a 3rd season,[35] which premiered on July 8, 2015.[36] [37]
The anime serial is licensed for release in Northward America by Kadokawa Pictures The states; Season 1 was released on May 4, 2010.[38] The series has not been dubbed for English language audiences, but released in Japanese with English subtitles. Per their website, they may be releasing the series under the name "Romantica: Pure Love". Anime OVA in bundled with volume 16 is released on December 20, 2012. Nozomi Entertainment will re-release the series on Blu-ray on July 17, 2017.[39]
On July 9, 2015 at 1:05 am in Japan, the 3rd flavour of the bear witness was released and was credited as a sequel to the previous seasons.
Reception [edit]
Junjo Romantica became the showtime yaoi (boys' honey) title to enter the New York Times Manga All-time Seller list when it debuted in week 28.[xl] Co-ordinate to Oricon and DVD sales information from Animesuki, the first DVD for the Junjō Romantica anime adaptation was released on July 25, 2008 and information technology became a hit, selling 8,406 copies in its kickoff calendar week.[ citation needed ] It is currently the fourth best selling debut DVD for an anime series of 2008, just after Gundam 00, Macross Frontier and Aria the Origination.[ citation needed ] It continued to dwell on the Oricon anime DVD charts for the second week charting on the top 5 with total sales for the first DVD at 10,986 copies.[ citation needed ] With those sales, it is currently ranked at number one for the shōjo category on DVD sales for the year 2008. According to Oricon sales for the by five years, it is the best selling BL (Boys Beloved) anime so far and has performed the best on the charts.[ citation needed ]
The second flavor'due south DVD sales take performed extremely well every bit well, selling an average of 7,000 to eight,000 copies, which makes it ane of the most profitable anime series of the yr. It is constantly ranked very high on Amazon Japan for the DVD category also. Fan reviews and the responses were positive.[ commendation needed ]
Jacob Chapman of Anime News Network noted that the series focuses on three couples, with superficial connections between characters, with no "crossover relationships" betwixt the couples.[41] However, he said that this is a "prime specimen" when it comes to yaoi works, only that the story'south main couple is problematic, considering there is rape involved, even though the two other couples in the serial have consensual relationships. He likewise praised the anime'due south fine art and said that the testify is a "feast for the fanbase with a few...ideas exterior of its...main pairing."
References [edit]
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External links [edit]
- Official Blu Manga Junjo Romantica: Pure Romance manga website
- Official Junjō Romantica anime site (in Japanese)
- Official Italian Junjō Romantica site (in Italian)
- Official Studio Deen Junjo Romantica anime site (in Japanese)
- Official MX TV Junjō Romantica two anime site Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
- Official English Junjo Romantica site
- Junjo Romantica: Pure Romance (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Junjo Romanchika at IMDb
- Junjō Romantica Boys-Love Anime Flavor iii's Date, Bandage, Staff Revealed
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junjo_Romantica:_Pure_Romance
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