TV series

Say "I Love You."

2012 · 1 season

A tender, quietly angsty high-school romance about guarded hearts slowly learning to trust, with soft animation and plenty of emotional ache.

Created by: Yuta Maruyama, Risako Yoshida
Genres: Animation, Drama
Starring: Ai Kayano, Takahiro Sakurai, Risa Taneda

Overview: To trust is to set yourself up for failure. That’s the lesson Mei Tachibana learned when her heart was broken. She found a solution: never make any more friends. It’s not as easy as it sounds, but it works for Mei. At least it did until handsome and charming Yamato Kurosawa showed up to complicate everything. Mei’s not looking for a white knight. So why did he have to kiss her and ruin everything? Between heartbeats and behind trembling lips the specter of betrayals past, future, and present haunt them both in Say "I Love You"!

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Created by: Yuta Maruyama, Risako Yoshida
Genres: Animation, Drama
Starring: Ai Kayano, Takahiro Sakurai, Risa Taneda

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
isolation
identity
betrayal
friendship
Places: school
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	6
Romance	8
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: animation, drama
Created by: Yuta Maruyama, Risako Yoshida, Toshiharu Kudou, Toshimasa Kuroyanagi, Mana Uchiyama, Sasa Fujisawa
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Music: Yuji Nomi
Cinematography: Yoshihisa Ohyama
Length: 1 seasons, 13 episodes, 24 min each
Network: TOKYO MX
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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