Given

Title:Given
ギヴン
Overall:Unevaluated
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Notables: Animation - Lerche
UCHIDA Yuma
YANO Shougo
Ritsuka played guitar but has lost interest in the instrument. One day, he meets Mafuyu, who is holding a broken guitar. Ritsuka unwillingly starts teaching Mafuyu the guitar, but when he hears Mafuyu's voice, things suddenly begin to change for Ritsuka.
(Synopsis courtesy of ANN)

11 episodes
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Unevaluated Stretch [series:3721#628]
(One episode watched):

I used the ANN synopsis above because I frankly didn't know what to make of this show after watching episode one. A listless, fairly annoying guy, who carries a guitar around but hasn't a clue how to play it--what's the deal with that? The thought occurred to me that this might have a touch of boy's love to it, especially after Ritsuka saves Mafuyu from getting hit by a car and they have a little physical encounter. Sure enough, the ANN page devoted to this show categorized it as a BL anime. That made some sense since it wasn't exactly shaping up to have a memorable music theme. The jokes were definitely not LOL funny and Mafuyu annoys me, and the only way a BL series would be worth watching to me would be if the main characters were highly intriguing and sympathetic, which the ones here are not. So, I decided to pass on this show.

Last updated Saturday, October 05 2019. Created Sunday, July 14 2019.

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