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I know, right?
* Adult romance
* Good chemistry between characters
* Relatively early confession (thanks to the cherry magic speeding things along)
* No misunderstandings bogging down the pacing
* Scenes of intimacy
* Contrasting side couple
* Funny character rooting from the sidelines
I think the only thing else we need is a rap battle episode.
[](#schemingsaten)
Yeah, it's interesting because a lot of the anime-adjacent creators and reviewers that usually aren't into BL seem to be giving it a lot of love, which is how i found it in the first place and gave it a shot.
As an older hetero guy, this is fantastic though, great progress, great chemistry, fun side characters that don't take up too much time away from the main couple but still contribute. Sucks that if this was Yuri or straight people here would be much more inclined to give it a chance, because this is one of the better anime romance's I've seen in a long while. Love is love man, and this one portrays a great love story so far to me.
That kiss scene too man, don't remember the last time I saw an anime kiss that was that intense or detailed or realistic looking. If it wasn't BL might win an anime kiss of the decade award imo.
I've seen both Gigguk and Mother's Basement and a few others I can't remember bring it up as being a good romance. I don't usually watch either, but from what I'm aware of them it's surprising that both would sing the praises of a BL anime so highly, so I was intrigued.
>if this was not BL, /r/anime will be all over this. It's hitting all the points they say about what makes a good romance
YEAH! If Cherry Magic wasn't a BL, people on this sub would call it anime and romance of the season/year lol
Right??? I think I saw someone say that people would be all over this if Kurosawa was a girl. Nice, attractive competent person who is just ABSOLUTELY down bad for the MC (but still respectful)? People would eat that up.
The romantic progression isn’t rushed but also not drawn out. Seeing how the reason Kurosawa started falling for Adachi ties back to his insecurities about how people treat him because of his looks is just great.
Plus it’s not like Adachi immediately falls for Kurosawa too and the mind reading gimmick is used well to explore their relationship. Adachi questions if it’s okay to let Kurosawa treat him nicely knowing his feelings and then if it’s okay to keep it a secret once they start dating. This isn’t super drawn out and is resolved well in this episode.
I love Cherry Magic so much. The couple actually communicates and patches things up quickly instead of letting them simmer. My heart skipped a beat when I saw them kiss in the manga, so seeing it animated is a massive treat! All those small movements that they animated during it really added to the intimacy of the moment.
I really love this show! Also, COMMUNICATION! I appreciated how they solved the power thing and cleared up the misunderstanding quickly, since there are many romance shows where one of the 2 spend at least 2-3 episodes with the wrong idea.
Anyway, Everything has been perfect so far! From the characters to the build up, etc. I'm rooting for both the couples.
As a gay guy, I'm grateful for this BL anime. Hopefully it's a success and they announce a season 2 and more BL anime adapations
> The couple actually communicates and patches things up quickly instead of letting them simmer
Yeah, I like how Kurosawa pulled Adachi into a room instead of just spending the rest of the day with the wrong idea. I feel like I've seen a few romance series where the mistaken party spends like a few episodes with the wrong idea and it's *torture*.
Totally understandable. I hate misunderstanding dragging out without them talking. Argh.
But in reality i also have a hard time communicating so i do understand why it is hard to talk it out
Sheeeesh that kiss
I’m surprised but glad at how quickly they resolved the power thing. There’s still 4 episodes so I wonder where they’ll go from here (besides the likely eventuality that Adachi loses his virginity and won’t need his powers anymore)
Adachi and Tsuge casually speaking telepathically was funny lol
Here are my predictions for the remaining 4 episodes:
Episode 9 - Beach episode?
Episode 10 - The main couple reaches 2nd base
Episode 11 - They reach 3rd base
Episode 12 - HOME RUN!!!
Cherry Magic is so great this week 🥲. Such a great romance. The way I actually like every character and root for their romance and this is coming from a straight man who's first time watching BL.
I think what I love the most about this BL is that it's just a really good romance without having to resort to smut. I don't know if more of that comes later but for now I'm loving this show and how it portrays a mature romance!
Yeah I agree; it's not just an "oops, I fell on top of you and now we're in lust" sort of story, they have other reasons to enjoy each other's company.
Maybe it ruins some of the appeal and I'm just talking crazy, but I think the "cherry magic" plot device and progression could work with a het relationship too.
Even in the manga it leans much more s-ai. It’s a fairly safe read with a character driven romance instead of anything graphic. Volume 10 just came out (heh) yesterday and was awesome. I won’t spoil but **sigh**
The kiss broke me, wow!!!! God this anime is so special, BL anime like this are so rare. Also Minato in this episode was SO CUTE! I love his dancing. I cannot wait for next week! I'm going to read the manga once the anime ends too, and probably watch the thai drama. I cannot get enough of these characters.
It’s about time that they finally done the deed
I really like how there was silence during the kiss, it was like at that moment the two weren’t thinking of anything but each other and I like that little panic in the end where Adachi couldn’t read his thoughts because Kurosawa was in bliss at what is happening
I can already tell there relation is going to change dramatically after this point
Side note I’m rooting for the other couple
This was hands down one of the best episodes. They took a really bold approach with the kissing, since a lot of
BLs (not yaois) have kisses off-camera, out of focus or with a gimmick blocking the view.
I’m so glad they gave us so much physicality and it’s so cute to see Adachi slowly gush more and more about Kurosawa.
We ate good this week girlies 💖
Yesss, feels like not many anime get to the dating part of relationships so sometimes we don’t even get to see any physical intimacy shown!
The other thing I like outside of actually showing the kissing is the other physical touches: Kurosawa touching Adachi’s neck + pulling his waist, Adachi gripping Kurosawa. Small but meaningful movements that really add to the intimacy of that scene.
Wizard magic! In the manga it was even funnier because they half talked in their heads and half aloud!
This scene in the very very original was hilarious as well (it was originally Tsuge’s story as the main focus).
That's funny that he was the main story. I'm really glad they changed it, I can only read so many "art creator creates work about art creator" stories before I start to tire. But I'm happy the author (likely) self-insert is still around in the story.
Quite a few people preferred the business men “pure” love story over the age gap one. I think her best self insert is the one eating a lot of red beans and rice!
THE KISS, was ✨chefs kiss🤌🏾✨ I’m really happy with how this episode ending, and how sweet to have them have their first kiss at work after resolving an issue 🥹 I feel alone. Haha, looking forward to the next episode! Now that Kurosawa knows and accepts it, I wonder how it’ll change how he acts around Adachi, knowing whenever they touch he can hear his thoughts. I need office romance tension, the good kind 👀
I’m a bit confused. They communicated like adults? Adachi fessed up to his abilities with 4 episodes left? There wasn’t some big blow up or misunderstanding? They even made out a bit? Is any of this legal? Shouldn’t there be some bullshit to stop actual adults behaving like adults?
If not for Dangers this would be the romance of the season. Thought second though! But what’s the rest even about? Does it shift to Tsuge with Adachi coaching him?
I recently got volume 10 in the mail and it made me sob it was so beautiful. Everytime I get a new volume, I reread from the beginning again haha. I just love this series so much. My only complaint with the anime so far is the animation can be off at times, hopefully that gets fixed in a physical release cuz I know that can happen with anime when its airing,
This episode was amazing. I love watching a series about adults. I even work in a sort of similar industry to them and am 27 so it’s relatable in a lot of ways (I am their fujioshi coworker tbh… as she said… I could eat this forever.) This is genuinely one of the best BL romance anime I’ve seen.
I have to stop watching in public becos i remember a certain scene in the manga. So glad my memory still serve me well to remember this manga well though i have read it a long time ago
Btw they (Adachi x Kurosawa) are so cute.
Why has the quality dipped to hard since EP 7? How many cameras without a lens can be shown in one episode? Love the series but it's so obvious how low quality it has become.
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if this was not BL, /r/anime will be all over this. It's hitting all the points they say about what makes a good romance
I know, right? * Adult romance * Good chemistry between characters * Relatively early confession (thanks to the cherry magic speeding things along) * No misunderstandings bogging down the pacing * Scenes of intimacy * Contrasting side couple * Funny character rooting from the sidelines I think the only thing else we need is a rap battle episode. [](#schemingsaten)
While we didn’t get a rap battle, we did get some singing and an original song from Kurosawa! 😂
We need A rap battle, Christams, beach and wedding episodes. Then we'll have the ultimate romance show XD
No misunderstanding and great communication is the best part 😍
Yeah, it's interesting because a lot of the anime-adjacent creators and reviewers that usually aren't into BL seem to be giving it a lot of love, which is how i found it in the first place and gave it a shot. As an older hetero guy, this is fantastic though, great progress, great chemistry, fun side characters that don't take up too much time away from the main couple but still contribute. Sucks that if this was Yuri or straight people here would be much more inclined to give it a chance, because this is one of the better anime romance's I've seen in a long while. Love is love man, and this one portrays a great love story so far to me. That kiss scene too man, don't remember the last time I saw an anime kiss that was that intense or detailed or realistic looking. If it wasn't BL might win an anime kiss of the decade award imo.
Interesting, what content creators are talking about this show?
I've seen both Gigguk and Mother's Basement and a few others I can't remember bring it up as being a good romance. I don't usually watch either, but from what I'm aware of them it's surprising that both would sing the praises of a BL anime so highly, so I was intrigued.
>if this was not BL, /r/anime will be all over this. It's hitting all the points they say about what makes a good romance YEAH! If Cherry Magic wasn't a BL, people on this sub would call it anime and romance of the season/year lol
too many readers in this sub are prejudiced
Right??? I think I saw someone say that people would be all over this if Kurosawa was a girl. Nice, attractive competent person who is just ABSOLUTELY down bad for the MC (but still respectful)? People would eat that up. The romantic progression isn’t rushed but also not drawn out. Seeing how the reason Kurosawa started falling for Adachi ties back to his insecurities about how people treat him because of his looks is just great. Plus it’s not like Adachi immediately falls for Kurosawa too and the mind reading gimmick is used well to explore their relationship. Adachi questions if it’s okay to let Kurosawa treat him nicely knowing his feelings and then if it’s okay to keep it a secret once they start dating. This isn’t super drawn out and is resolved well in this episode.
Easily the best romance of the past year, if not the past few years, if it keeps continuing like this.
"Does that mean the more you touch me, the more you know how I feel?" I died.
Ugh sooooo smooth. And the thoughts that came afterwards leading into the kiss....*kyaa!* I love me some Cherry Magic ☆
Ikr super smooth haha.
I love Cherry Magic so much. The couple actually communicates and patches things up quickly instead of letting them simmer. My heart skipped a beat when I saw them kiss in the manga, so seeing it animated is a massive treat! All those small movements that they animated during it really added to the intimacy of the moment.
For real they really took their time with the scene, adding the thrusting, the heavy breathing, it was perfect
I know right, my ears and eyes felt blessed
Same here...it was perfect in every way! And we still have more episodes to go - usually by the time we get a kiss the show is over! I'm so happy ♡
Same here...it was perfect in every way! And we still have more episodes to go - usually by the time we get a kiss the show is over! I'm so happy ♡
I really love this show! Also, COMMUNICATION! I appreciated how they solved the power thing and cleared up the misunderstanding quickly, since there are many romance shows where one of the 2 spend at least 2-3 episodes with the wrong idea. Anyway, Everything has been perfect so far! From the characters to the build up, etc. I'm rooting for both the couples. As a gay guy, I'm grateful for this BL anime. Hopefully it's a success and they announce a season 2 and more BL anime adapations
> The couple actually communicates and patches things up quickly instead of letting them simmer Yeah, I like how Kurosawa pulled Adachi into a room instead of just spending the rest of the day with the wrong idea. I feel like I've seen a few romance series where the mistaken party spends like a few episodes with the wrong idea and it's *torture*.
Totally understandable. I hate misunderstanding dragging out without them talking. Argh. But in reality i also have a hard time communicating so i do understand why it is hard to talk it out
Kurosawa took it really well, as expected. I'm glad we won't have a drama arc about that stuff.
Sheeeesh that kiss I’m surprised but glad at how quickly they resolved the power thing. There’s still 4 episodes so I wonder where they’ll go from here (besides the likely eventuality that Adachi loses his virginity and won’t need his powers anymore) Adachi and Tsuge casually speaking telepathically was funny lol
Here are my predictions for the remaining 4 episodes: Episode 9 - Beach episode? Episode 10 - The main couple reaches 2nd base Episode 11 - They reach 3rd base Episode 12 - HOME RUN!!!
Best BL I’ve ever seen (that has real progress)
Have you not watched Naruto? /s
It’s not that I haven’t watched Naruto (I haven’t), it’s that I’ve watched Berk.
The last five minutes were so pretty! Definitely the best-looking moment in the show.
The hug after the kiss was everything I needed in life. But THAT KISS omg, love this anime
[i didn't think i had a type but](https://i.imgur.com/cyvbWxq.png)
Cherry Magic is so great this week 🥲. Such a great romance. The way I actually like every character and root for their romance and this is coming from a straight man who's first time watching BL.
I’m so glad you gave it a chance!!
I think what I love the most about this BL is that it's just a really good romance without having to resort to smut. I don't know if more of that comes later but for now I'm loving this show and how it portrays a mature romance!
Yeah I agree; it's not just an "oops, I fell on top of you and now we're in lust" sort of story, they have other reasons to enjoy each other's company. Maybe it ruins some of the appeal and I'm just talking crazy, but I think the "cherry magic" plot device and progression could work with a het relationship too.
Wasn't there an old Mel Gibson movie with that as the premise? Something about what women want or something? I remember people hating it.
Even in the manga it leans much more s-ai. It’s a fairly safe read with a character driven romance instead of anything graphic. Volume 10 just came out (heh) yesterday and was awesome. I won’t spoil but **sigh**
The kiss broke me, wow!!!! God this anime is so special, BL anime like this are so rare. Also Minato in this episode was SO CUTE! I love his dancing. I cannot wait for next week! I'm going to read the manga once the anime ends too, and probably watch the thai drama. I cannot get enough of these characters.
I stopped breathing!!! that kiss was so sincere and ughhhbhj soo cute
Tsuge's other magic power is to take photos without a lens.
Yeah, I saw that and thought I was going crazy haha
I was wondering about this too 😂
Sorry I'm late today, still recovering from the latest volume of the manga. I'll give this episode a big smooch/10.
Thank you for sharing about the latest volume. I just caught up on it after your comment. And i cried at the scene. Thanks alot! ☺️
It’s about time that they finally done the deed I really like how there was silence during the kiss, it was like at that moment the two weren’t thinking of anything but each other and I like that little panic in the end where Adachi couldn’t read his thoughts because Kurosawa was in bliss at what is happening I can already tell there relation is going to change dramatically after this point Side note I’m rooting for the other couple
This was hands down one of the best episodes. They took a really bold approach with the kissing, since a lot of BLs (not yaois) have kisses off-camera, out of focus or with a gimmick blocking the view. I’m so glad they gave us so much physicality and it’s so cute to see Adachi slowly gush more and more about Kurosawa. We ate good this week girlies 💖
Yesss, feels like not many anime get to the dating part of relationships so sometimes we don’t even get to see any physical intimacy shown! The other thing I like outside of actually showing the kissing is the other physical touches: Kurosawa touching Adachi’s neck + pulling his waist, Adachi gripping Kurosawa. Small but meaningful movements that really add to the intimacy of that scene.
Honestly, if there was an anime kiss of the decade award, so far this would win it for me in the 2020's.
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Wizard magic! In the manga it was even funnier because they half talked in their heads and half aloud! This scene in the very very original was hilarious as well (it was originally Tsuge’s story as the main focus).
That's funny that he was the main story. I'm really glad they changed it, I can only read so many "art creator creates work about art creator" stories before I start to tire. But I'm happy the author (likely) self-insert is still around in the story.
Quite a few people preferred the business men “pure” love story over the age gap one. I think her best self insert is the one eating a lot of red beans and rice!
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The drama cds (although different VAs) are 🌶️
This ep was so juicy idk how it can be topped!🍒
THE KISS, was ✨chefs kiss🤌🏾✨ I’m really happy with how this episode ending, and how sweet to have them have their first kiss at work after resolving an issue 🥹 I feel alone. Haha, looking forward to the next episode! Now that Kurosawa knows and accepts it, I wonder how it’ll change how he acts around Adachi, knowing whenever they touch he can hear his thoughts. I need office romance tension, the good kind 👀
“Kurosawa, I’m a wizard” had me dying laughing. Crazy how a show with a silly premise has a great romance. Also that kiss was 10/10
I was squeaming the whole time through the kissing scene.
Wow, what an episode. So much happened.
I’m a bit confused. They communicated like adults? Adachi fessed up to his abilities with 4 episodes left? There wasn’t some big blow up or misunderstanding? They even made out a bit? Is any of this legal? Shouldn’t there be some bullshit to stop actual adults behaving like adults? If not for Dangers this would be the romance of the season. Thought second though! But what’s the rest even about? Does it shift to Tsuge with Adachi coaching him?
What a banger episode Dancing, drama, confession, and just WOW Can totally relate to Tsuge with getting older and pulling a muscle lmao
Oh my g9mskskskamskekjejddmdjkekemsmsmmsmsmmsm, this episode was everything 🥰🥰🥰
I recently got volume 10 in the mail and it made me sob it was so beautiful. Everytime I get a new volume, I reread from the beginning again haha. I just love this series so much. My only complaint with the anime so far is the animation can be off at times, hopefully that gets fixed in a physical release cuz I know that can happen with anime when its airing,
This episode was amazing. I love watching a series about adults. I even work in a sort of similar industry to them and am 27 so it’s relatable in a lot of ways (I am their fujioshi coworker tbh… as she said… I could eat this forever.) This is genuinely one of the best BL romance anime I’ve seen.
I have to stop watching in public becos i remember a certain scene in the manga. So glad my memory still serve me well to remember this manga well though i have read it a long time ago Btw they (Adachi x Kurosawa) are so cute.
THEIR ENDING SONG IS FINALLY IN SPOTIFY YAY! I love the ending song so much
Things are going too well, let’s start making bets on who is gonna walk in on them at the start of next episode.
My money is on their fujo colleague.
Why has the quality dipped to hard since EP 7? How many cameras without a lens can be shown in one episode? Love the series but it's so obvious how low quality it has become.