

The Highschool Life of a Fudanshi
腐男子高校生活
Ryou Sakaguchi is a totally normal high school student, aside from his single unusual hobby. Sakaguchi is a fudanshi—a man who loves reading "boys' love" manga, and fantasizing about the gay potential he sees everywhere. He has only one wish before he dies: to find himself some friends that understand his secret passion. His wish comes true, as Sakaguchi begins to uncover a host of interested parties. There's Rumi Nishihara, a closeted fujoshi who is more than eager to discuss the joys of boys' love with Sakaguchi; the flamboyantly gay leader of the school's cooking club, Yuujirou Shiratori, who makes no effort whatsoever to conceal his sexuality; Akira Ueda, Shiratori's diligent admirer, who will do anything for the love of his life; and even the mischievous Daigo, a fellow fudanshi and popular author of boys' love doujinshi. Standing by their sides throughout all the otaku chaos is Sakaguchi's best friend, Toshiaki Nakamura, who only wishes his classmates would start acting more like normal people. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Ryou Sakaguchi is a totally normal high school student, aside from his single unusual hobby. Sakaguchi is a fudanshi—a man who loves reading "boys' love" manga, and fantasizing about the gay potential he sees everywhere. He has only one wish before he dies: to find himself some friends that understand his secret passion. His wish comes true, as Sakaguchi begins to uncover a host of interested parties. There's Rumi Nishihara, a closeted fujoshi who is more than eager to discuss the joys of boys' love with Sakaguchi; the flamboyantly gay leader of the school's cooking club, Yuujirou Shiratori, who makes no effort whatsoever to conceal his sexuality; Akira Ueda, Shiratori's diligent admirer, who will do anything for the love of his life; and even the mischievous Daigo, a fellow fudanshi and popular author of boys' love doujinshi. Standing by their sides throughout all the otaku chaos is Sakaguchi's best friend, Toshiaki Nakamura, who only wishes his classmates would start acting more like normal people. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
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Harambe_Panic
September 22, 2016
Okay, The fact that I am a gay shouldn't have any impact on my views here, however a lot of these reviews seem to think that such an inconsequential personal detail is the lynch pin on which the entire world should turn. Fudanshi Koukou Seikatsu is a charming, inoffensive and hilarious series, something that is evidently lost on the joyless, humourless losers who seem to think they're being oppressed by cartoon characters. Fragile little faeries with hair trigger emotions and a victimhood fetish this is evidently not for you. But anybody with a sense of humour and skin thicker than a wispy fart will be utterly captivatedby these characters and their fabulous interplay, 3 minutes per episode isn't enough time to tell a complicated story, but it is enough time to make a human connection and its more than enough time to make you fall in love. Highly recommend... unless you're a humourless weakling.
moon-waifu
September 24, 2016
To start off, as someone who is bisexual I can see why many in the LGBT community would be upset by the themes of this anime. But I personally don't think any harm was meant by any of it and it is clearly intended as a comedy, not serious at all, or intended to be homophobic, that should be taken with a pinch of salt. The word 'Fujoshi' itself is a word for rotten, so there isn't any need for people to further go on about how disgusting fujoshi are because that's the intention of the word itself. While the fetishisation of gay people isa problem, if people are reasonable and it is limited to anime, manga, yaoi, etc, it really shouldn't be something people are massively offended by because...It's not real. Please do not confuse fujoshi with the kinds of people who fetishise real life gay couples. Each to their own I say, and I personally thoroughly enjoyed this anime and would highly recommend it if you are looking for a lighthearted humerous anime with BL and fujoshi themes. I am also a fan of other BL and yaoi animes but I wouldn't class myself as a serious fujoshi because of this, I actually agreed with Sakaguchi, that it's more about the love and romance between the couples seen in these things that I really love and get a cute happy feeling from! Overall cute fun anime, I enjoyed watching Sakaguchi interact with his friends, make more friends and loved the end theme so much! :) xoxo
nightshade19
September 21, 2016
I personally loved this anime. I immediately went and read all the comic strips after watching the first episode too. I see a number of people criticising the work for being homophobic or offensive or other such garbage which I really don't understand. I think these people have misunderstood the premise or context of the anime and expected something different from it. This anime is (as the name suggests) about the daily life of a fudanshi high schooler - and as a fudanshi, my friends and I all found it hilariously relatable. They managed to capture it so well given that the episodes were only 3-4minutes long. Also, just in terms of representation, this is the second anime I've ever seen with a fudanshi character (the other being Genshiken Nidaime, which I recommend if you want a more serious look at a fudanshi character), and it honestly felt really nice to have a character I could relate to that much. I would recommend this anime to any fujoshi or fudanshi, as well as anyone who is even a little interested in yaoi. I do kind of feel however that if you don't already have some experience with the genre, some of the things they say or do may go over your head.
Anime_lover3099
September 19, 2016
It's stupid. It's dumb. It's short. It's simplistic. It's what you'd expect in 3 minutes. But it's a dumb entertaining. Like something so dumb, you like it. Sometimes you can't fathom it, but that's the point. It's not suppose to make sense. The fudanshi character isn't explainable in simple terms. It's convoluted. And this show portrays that. Art is basic, sound isn't that great, characters are funny, enjoyment is ehh, but overall, if you got spare time (40min), and you're freaking bored, this is an easy way to spend it. Honestly in my own opinion, I felt like this anime was purely comedy based,anything else, and it doesn't make sense. Like it can't be shoujo, it can't be shounen, it's honestly just weirdness bundled up into 3 minute episodes. This is no plot, that's the point, randomness. Overall I rate this 7/10 because it's entertainment material is something to rid your boredom. If you're looking for a meaningful anime, this anime is not for you. If you're looking for a quality anime, this anime is not for you. This anime is to rid boredom, entertain, not make you think about society in a deep meaningful way. Honestly this show and Plastic Nee-san, they're practically like the same type of anime. Entertainment based. Not meant to spark those well known anime jitters you get when you watch good anime like Tokyo Ghoul, Parasyte, Eureka 7, hell it's not even remotely close to FLCL. Like I said, good for entertainment, not enjoyment.
_sakurablossom_
October 11, 2016
Seeing how there are quite a few people who seem to have been negatively affected by this anime, I'd like to give my own short review on what to expect from this anime, and who it is/isn't for. Fudanshi Koukou is not a boys love anime. If you are a gay man / someone else looking for an anime with gay representation, this is not the anime for you. The main character of this anime is a (supposedly) straight high school student who finds enjoyment in seeing two guys together, making this a series more appealing to fujoshi rather than anyone else. The episodes are very short, andtherefore not a whole lot of character development can be expected. It's more of a series of short stories about Sakaguchi's high school days, and his 'trouble' of finding like-minded people and, obviously, buying BL manga. The art overall feels nice to look at, and the sound is okay. As it is a comedy anime (which a lot of people should probably have taken as a hint not to expect actual representation), its purpose is to make you smile, which I think works very well if you're not stuck up or, again, someone looking for an actual BL anime.
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