This is the second vertical AI BL drama I've sat through, and honestly I went in knowing better. I had it on while I was doing cardio at the gym, and what struck me was just how much the plot echoed the last one I watched. Same step brother romance angle, same mystery girlfriend showing up near the end, same extra guy pining after one of the leads. Genuinely the only thing going for it was the runtime, the whole thing wrapped up in forty five minutes flat. The setup kicks off with Finn moving schools because his mom just married into money. He finds out his new step brother Aiden goes to the same place, and he's warned to keep his distance from him. Their first run in at school is rocky, just like you'd expect, but there's this odd pull between them neither can shake off. Finn keeps telling himself not to read into it because Aiden's straight and openly homophobic. Things shift when some kids start bullying Finn and the student council president, Ryan, steps in to ...
Mio is a high school, recently orphaned student, who spends every night sitting on a bench by the beach. Shun Hashimoto sees him every night while working at his grandma's cafe and decides to approach him. After initial awkwardness they are able to make a very small conversation. However, Mio's reaction towards Shun reaching out to him reminds him of the estrangement from his parents after they discovered his sexual orientation. Soon after, Mio moves to mainland to study but comes back after three years as a tenant in Shun's grandma's house. Mio, honestly confesses his love for Shun, but Shun is not very sure. Although after sometime he eventually gives in. Some time passes, and out of nowhere, Shun's ex-fiance appears on the island to persuade Shun to visit his father whose health is not doing too well. Given his past experience Shun is wary of going back, but Mio urges him to return to reconcile with his family. Finally Shun realizes that Mio is truly and deeply in love with him, although both have their share of doubts. In the end, Shun asks Mio to join him in the trip to visit his family.
My big problem with this anime was that it would go suddenly into flashbacks (and there were plenty of those), and you really have to pay attention on the fact that it has suddenly gone into flashback plus whose story they are showing and all that. Besides that, it was just really a cute little story. The story does move at a fast pace and there area lot of characters, which keep coming and out. There are 2 girls who keep appearing and we are never told who they are. Its like they are Shun's side kicks. The anime was nice, I guess. Some situations were interesting, for example the whole thing about them wanting to have sex and talking about it. I also loved how they support each other in the relationship. But besides these cute little moments, overall this has nothing new to offer. Its pretty run-of-the mill standard stuff that we have seen multiple times, this time just in anime format. (5/10)
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