Junjo Romantica: Pure Romance (Japanese: 純情ロマンチカ/ピュア ロマンス, Hepburn: Junjō Romanchika, lit. "Pure-Hearted Romantica") is a Japanese boys lovemanga series by Shungiku Nakamura. It focuses on four storylines: the main couple, which comprises the bulk of the books, and three other male couples that provide ongoing side stories ("Junjo Egoist", "Junjo Terrorist", and "Junjo Mistake"). It has expanded into several CD-dramas, a manga series running in Asuka Ciel, a light novel series titled "Junai Romantica" running in The Ruby magazine, and a 37-episode anime series.
Junjo Romantica: Pure Romance
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Misaki Takahashi and Akihiko Usami
Shungiku Nakamura has written a spin-off of Junjou Romantica titled Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi (lit. "The World's Greatest First Love") focusing on a shōjo manga editor and his first love, which was also animated by Studio Deen in 2011.
Misaki Takahashi (the uke of the Romantica couple) is Takahiro's younger brother. He is eighteen years old at the start of the series, nineteen in episode 8 of the anime, and twenty-one in the third season. He is a textbook tsundere. At the start of the series, Misaki is about to take his college entrance exams. He aspires to attend Mitsuhashi University, the college his brother turned down in order to care for him after their parents died. Although he seems childish and brash, he simply doesn't want to cause trouble for anyone else. This is because he still blames himself for his parents' deaths; he thinks that if he hadn't asked them to hurry home that day, they wouldn't have had the accident.
After failing all his practice exams, Misaki's only choice is to ask Usagi to tutor him. This professional relationship gradually evolves into a romantic one. Because Misaki has an idealistic view of relationships, he is reluctant to admit his feelings for Usagi. Even after the two move in together, many challenges come their way. With his so-called "Usa-mones," Misaki ends up attracting several of the Usami men, including Usagi's half-brother, Haruhiko, and his father, Fuyuhiko. Misaki, now a grad student at Mitsuhashi, got accepted into Marukawa after several interviews.
Akihiko is twenty-eight at the beginning of the series, and he has turned thirty-one by the third season. The seme to Misaki's uke, he is a prolific author of fiction and BL novels, not to mention the youngest recipient of the distinguished Naomori Award. His nickname is "Usagi" (rabbit in Japanese). Usagi is a close friend of Misaki's older brother, Takahiro, and secretly has feelings for him. Not long after meeting Misaki, he discovers Takahiro is engaged. Misaki gets upset on Usagi's behalf, which leads Usagi to realize his true feelings—he is actually in love with Misaki, not Takahiro. Once Takahiro moves away, Misaki and Usagi move in together, and go from roommates to lovers.
Usagi has a cameo in the first episode of the Junjou Romantica spin-off Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi. Ritsu Onodera, the central protagonist of that series, was Usagi's editor prior to transferring to Marukawa.
Haruhiko Usami is Akihiko's 30-year-old half-brother (they have different mothers). Misaki calls him "Big Brother Usagi". He is generally cold and disapproving towards his brother, though no one really knows why. After a brief appearance in the middle of the series, he begins proclaiming that he "loves" Misaki, but that was only after he found out how close he and Akihiko were. When he begins sending Misaki flowers and saying that he would take Misaki as his own, Akihiko claims that Haruhiko was "always trying to take [his] things."
Takahiro is Misaki's 28-year-old brother and Usagi's long-time friend. He was the subject of Akihiko's affections for a long time, though he never seemed to notice as he is shown to be extremely naive. He is extremely caring towards his younger brother, who refers to him as "Niichan," even dropping out of school to raise Misaki after their parents died. Early in the series, he becomes engaged to and marries Kajiwara Manami. They soon move to Osaka due to his job, at which time Misaki goes to live with Usagi. He now has a son named Mahiro in season 3, he and Misaki dote on him a lot, but Usagi doesn't like him because he's not comfortable with creatures ruled by instinct.
A senior college student at Mitsuhashi University and Misaki's friend, Keiichi Sumi is a very mysterious young man; while it is usually hard to tell whether he is being serious or not, he is not viewed as a bad person. The son of famous novelist Ryouichi Sumi, Keiichi is also a member of the university's Onsen Research Group (ORG) which have been known for generations as makers of Japan's most terrifying haunted house. He is first introduced trying to lure Misaki away from Akihiko, fueling Akihiko to intervene. Afterwards, once Akihiko and Misaki admit their feelings for one another, Keiichi frequently creates problems between the two, suggesting to Misaki at one point that there might be something between Akihiko and Aikawa (as she had a key to his apartment). He later reveals that he was merely using Misaki to get closer to his true object of affections, Akihiko. Despite this, the two remain close friends, showing that he does care for Misaki. He graduated in season 3 and got a job in a video company, he was aiming for a publishing company but he didn't get in.
Eri Aikawa (相川 絵理, Aikawa Eri)
Voiced by Noriko Namiki
Eri Aikawa is Akihiko's editor, for both his fiction works and BL novels, as well as a friend to both him and Misaki. She is roughly the same age as Akihiko and is constantly pushing him to finish his work on time. On the exterior, she seems like a kind and nice-mannered person, but when Akihiko does not hand in his manuscripts on time, she is famous for freaking out and even, on one occasion, attacking him. A fan of Akihiko's work, as Misaki notes that Aikawa sometimes acts like a fan girl when she is around Akihiko and Misaki; in fact, Akihiko reveals that many scenes from his novels are Aikawa's own personal requests, a fact that seemed to surprise Misaki.
The father of Akihiko ("Usagi") and Haruhiko, as well as uncle to Kaoruko, Misaki calls him "Papa Usagi". Fuyuhiko Usami loves both of his sons equally and wants what is best for both of them. However, he is known to become quite ruthless in his need to accomplish that. He was married into the Usami family, originally being a commoner, which explains why he doesn't appreciate the relationship between Akihiko and Misaki. There are times he will step in to stop their relationship, but in the last episode of Season 2, he eventually accepts. Like his youngest son, Akihiko, he is very fond of bears and enjoys the art of woodcarving. He owns a successful business and is often seen carrying rubber ducks. It is briefly mentioned by Akihiko that Fuyuhiko was adopted.
Kaoruko Usami is Akihiko's cousin on his mother's side. Akihiko did mention once that his father was adopted, so it is possible that Akihiko's mother is a blood relative of the Usami family, including Kaoruko Usami. A 20-year-old aspiring pâtissier (pastry chef), Kaoruko came to Japan after she was told her parents had fallen ill; however, this is revealed to be a trick on the part of her uncle Fuyuhiko, who wished for her to marry Haruhiko in an effort order to separate him from Misaki. As time progresses, however, Kaoruko claims to love Misaki, as she has the "same taste" as Akihiko.
Mizuki is Akihiko's 25-year-old cousin from his father's side of the family. He has returned from America to visit Akihiko, freeloading off of his cousin while living in Akihiko's apartment. While he is shown to be quite attached to Akihiko, he comes off as cold and hostile toward Misaki; this is later revealed to be due to his feelings for Kaoruko, sensing her attraction towards Misaki.
Shinnosuke is Misaki's friend and classmate. He is attending Mitsuhashi University as a law student with aspirations of becoming a police officer in the future. He is also a member of the Kendo club. He met Misaki when he picked up The☆Kan phone strap that Misaki had dropped and the two easily bond over their shared love for The☆Kan manga.
Kyō Ijuuin is the creator of Misaki's favorite manga, The☆Kan. Whenever the deadline for his next manga installment is near, he becomes incredibly pessimistic. According to Isaka, it is disputed as to whether The☆Kan is in first or second place in terms of sales at Marukawa Publishing. Misaki first met him at Marukawa when Kyō was in one of his pre-deadline funks, with Misaki giving him the motivation to continue by telling him how much his work meant to him. Later on, Misaki was selected in a lottery to meet him again for an autograph signing, then realized it was Misaki who encouraged him 3 years ago. Kyō is a bachelor who, when cleaned up, is shown to be a considerably attractive man. The majority of his fans are said to be women. It's revealed later in the series, that he has feelings for Misaki.
Tanaka is the butler for the Usami household, often mistakenly called "Sebastian" by Misaki. There was another time when child Kamijou Hiroki mistakenly called him "Mary". (This is because the Japanese word for butler, shitsuji, sounds very similar to the Japanese word for sheep, hitsuji.)
Mahiro Takahashi (高橋 真浩, Takahashi Mahiro)
Voiced by Yuuko Yamazaki
Takahiro and Manami's toddler-age son, Misaki's nephew and Akihiko's godson. His name is a combination of his mother's (Manami) and his father's-(Takahiro) names; Mahiro often mispronounces people's names-(such as calling Usami "Unagi", much to the latter's annoyance/dismay).
The ex-wife of Yō Miyagi and the older sister of Shinobu Takatsuki. Shortly after her divorce with Miyagi, Shinobu (Risako's younger brother) confesses to Miyagi and they begin a relationship, of which she is unaware. Risako was cheating on her husband because she felt that she did not love him anymore. However, in reality, she did love him but she always felt unloved because of his strong attachment of his deceased teacher. She felt that Miyagi never loved her at all and decided to divorced her because of her infidelity.
Manami Takahashi (高橋 真奈美, Takahashi Manami)
Voiced by Kumiko Hashimoto
She is the fiance and later the wife of Takahiro Takahashi, the mother of Mahiro, and the sister-in-law of Misaki.
A new manga editor of Kyo Ijuuin. He often displays a cold emotionless attitude especially when he first meets Misaki; he also disapproves of people being huge crazy fans of Kyo's work even though he himself is a massive fan himself. It can be assumed that he secretly harbors a crush on Kyo.
In the anime, Hiroki Kamijou (the uke of the Egoist couple) is 29 years old (31 years-old in Season 3), a long-time friend of Akihiko's, and an associate professor at Mitsuhashi University. He is a bit of a loner and is extremely passionate about classical Japanese literature, apparently having graduated at the top of his class. Hiroki initially loved Akihiko, his childhood friend. Six years prior to the main events of the story, he took advantage of Akihiko's unrequited love for Takahiro, convincing him to wear a blindfold as he pretended be Takahiro. Hiroki hoped that once Akihiko was intimate with him, his feelings would change, but Hiroki soon realized that he could never be with Akihiko as long as he was in love with Takahiro. He sympathizes with Akihiko, however, for just as Akihiko yearns for Takahiro, Hiroki pines for Akihiko. Soon afterwards, Hiroki would meet Nowaki Kusama, a student four years his junior who refers to him as "Hiro-san." Over the next six years, Hiroki and Nowaki fall in love with each other, but their personal dreams seem to get in the way of their being together. Their story arc focuses on their attempts to start over after Nowaki returns from his study abroad.
In the series, he serves as an example of the tsundere character archetype: he has a bad temper and is feared among his students, who refer to him as "Devil Kamijou," though he is shown to be one who is actually quite shy and who becomes flustered easily. Misaki later makes a reference about his "difficult Japanese literature professor" later on while on a date with Akihiko. In Season 3, it is shown that Misaki complains to Todo about taking Kamijou's class, saying that he is very scary.
Orphaned as an infant, Nowaki Kusama (the seme of the Egoist couple) was abandoned at an orphanage during a heavy rain storm; as a result, he was named "Nowaki" ("typhoon" in Japanese) by the head of the orphanage, though elders seem to refer to him as "Wacchan." Six years before the main story, Nowaki first comes across Hiroki when he finds Hiroki crying about his unrequited feelings with Akihiko. After inviting him to spend the afternoon with him and his friends (the elders mentioned earlier), Nowaki goes on to insist that Hiroki become his tutor. Originally studying to become a social worker, he changes his mind and is currently in training to become a pediatrician. Kind, understanding, and patient, Nowaki shows these traits most often while he is around Hiroki. As Nowaki is four years younger than Hiroki, this fuels a desire in him to quickly catch up to Hiroki (mostly career-wise), as he believes Hiroki deserves someone who is his equal. He shows unrelenting devotion and love for Hiroki, never giving up on them even when Hiroki seems oblivious to it. Despite his age, Nowaki is actually much taller than Hiroki, a fact that initially irritated the older Hiroki.
Nowaki's senior in the hospital whom Nowaki often consult to. He immediately knows what kind of relationship Nowaki has with Hiroki the first time he met Hiroki. He and Hiroki shares a rather cold relationship due to a misunderstanding when Hiroki found him and Nowaki sleeping together on the floor, naked. Although having no romantic feeling towards neither Nowaki nor Hiroki, he likes to tease on their relationship (being clingy to Nowaki, making Hiroki jealous). He is known to be some kind of player, shown in Season 3 when he explains how he was slapped for hitting on a married woman.
Shinoda (篠田, Shinoda)
A real estate agent, Shinoda met Hiroki while trying to get him to sign a real estate contract. He and Hiroki had a brief romantic relationship while Hiroki was dealing with his feelings for Akihiko. He makes a short appearance and is only in the manga.
In the anime, You Miyagi (the seme of the Terrorist couple) is a 35-year-old literature professor at Mitsuhashi University and co-worker of Kamijo Hiroki. He was once married, but is now divorced, though this is most likely due to his indifference toward feelings and emotions. Miyagi is often playful when it comes to teasing Hiroki, with whom he shares an office at the university, though his true character is seen to be far more serious due to an event from his past. He once tried to kiss Hiroki after noticing something was bothering him, but he was stopped at the last minute by Nowaki, who had come searching for Hiroki. Nevertheless, Miyagi seems to be supportive of Hiroki's relationship with Nowaki, stating that as long as Hiroki was happy, he would be happy for him. Miyagi's primary love interest in the series is introduced as Takatsuki Shinobu, his former brother-in-law who is seventeen years his junior.
Shinobu Takatsuki (the uke of the Terrorist couple) is an 18-year-old high school student and the son of Mitsuhashi University's dean of literature. Shinobu believes it to be fate that he is in love with his former brother-in-law, Yo Miyagi, though would very much like Miyagi to take responsibility for Shinobu falling in love with him. He is often blunt and unreasonable, though he is shown to have a softer side.
She was Miyagi's deceased high school teacher. Miyagi says he often gave her a tough time before developing an unrequited love towards her. When her health started to deteriorate, Miyagi often took care of her despite his feelings not being reciprocated. When seeing how strongly he felt toward her, she told him that after her death if her memory proved to be an emotional burden then to forget about her, saying how she wants him to live a full and happy life with someone he can truly love.
Ryūichirō Isaka (the uke of the Mistake couple) is the 32-year-old president of Marukawa Publishing and a childhood friend of Haruhiko and Akihiko. He and his assistant Asahina are the main characters of the short comics released with the DVDs, "Junjou Mistake," which takes place ten years before the main Romantica storyline. Isaka initially aspired to become a novelist, though he eventually found his true talent in finding future best-sellers.
In the anime adaptation, he first appears interrupting Akihiko and Misaki while they are on a date. Isaka later appears in the spin-off series Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi, which centers around the relationship between Ritsu Onodera and Masamune Takano at Marukawa Publishing.
Kaoru Asahina (the seme of the Mistake couple) is Ryūichiro's secretary who came to work for the Isaka family when they helped his family out of a bad situation. Originally intended to be Isaka's playmate, he ended up becoming something more of a caretaker.
Media
Manga
Written by Shungiku Nakamura, Junjo Romantica: Pure Romance began serialization in Asuka Ciel in 2002. The individual chapters have been compiled into twenty-seven tankōbon volumes by Kadokawa Shoten. The first volume was released on June 2, 2003;[2] as of September 1, 2022, 27 volumes have been released.[3]
The series was licensed for an English-language release in North America by Blu Manga, an imprint of Tokyopop, until Tokyopop's closure in May 2011.[4] As of April 2011, 12 English volumes have been released.[5] An attempt to gauge relative sales of manga titles by online vendors (based on publicly available "bestseller" listings) suggests that Junjo Romantica was the best-selling yaoimanga series of 2008 among online vendors.[6] Volume 10 was #6 in the manga category of the New York Times "Graphic Books" weekly bestseller list for July 11, 2009,[7] and volume 12 was #4 on the same list for September 10, 2010.[8]
In 2017, Viz Media stated at Yaoi-Con that they received requests to re-license the series, but they decided against it due to the series being too long.[9]
Studio Deen produced an anime adaptation based around the manga series. Premiering in Japan on TV Hokkaido on April 10, 2008, the series' first season ran for twelve episodes until its conclusion on June 26, 2008. A second season premiered on the same channel on October 12, 2008, it also ended after twelve episodes. On March 28, 2012, a new anime adaptation of Junjo Romantica was announced to be in the works, which has been revealed as an OVA to be released with the limited edition Volume 16 on December 20, 2012.[35] On August 29, 2013, it was announced that more anime for the series is in production.[36] On July 30, 2014, it was confirmed that the series had been green-lit for a third season,[37] which premiered on July 8, 2015.[38][39]
The anime series is licensed for release in North America by Kadokawa Pictures USA; Season 1 was released on May 4, 2010.[40] The series has not been dubbed for English audiences, but released in Japanese with English subtitles. Per their website, they may be releasing the series under the name "Romantica: Pure Love". Anime OVA in bundled with volume 16 is released on December 20, 2012. Nozomi Entertainment will re-release the series on Blu-ray on July 17, 2017.[41]
On July 9, 2015 at 1:05 am in Japan, the third season of the show was released and was credited as a sequel to the previous seasons.
Reception
Junjo Romantica became the first yaoi (boys' love) title to enter the New York Times Manga Best Seller list when it debuted in week 28.[42] According to Oricon and DVD sales data from Animesuki, the first DVD for the Junjō Romantica anime adaptation was released on July 25, 2008 and it became a hit, selling 8,406 copies in its first week.[citation needed] It is currently the fourth best selling debut DVD for an anime series of 2008, just after Gundam 00, Macross Frontier and Aria the Origination.[citation needed] It continued to dwell on the Oricon anime DVD charts for the second week charting on the top 5 with total sales for the first DVD at 10,986 copies.[citation needed] With those sales, it is currently ranked at number 1 for the shōjo category on DVD sales for the year 2008. According to Oricon sales for the past 5 years, it is the best selling BL (Boys Love) anime so far and has performed the best on the charts.[citation needed]
The second season's DVD sales have performed extremely well as well, selling an average of 7,000 to 8,000 copies, which makes it one of the most profitable anime series of the year. It is constantly ranked very high on Amazon Japan for the DVD category as well. Fan reviews and the responses were positive.[citation needed]
Jacob Chapman of Anime News Network noted that the series focuses on three couples, with superficial connections between characters, with no "crossover relationships" between the couples.[43] However, he said that this is a "prime specimen" when it comes to yaoi works, but that the story's main couple is problematic, because there is rape involved, even though the two other couples in the series have consensual relationships. He also praised the anime's art and said that the show is a "feast for the fanbase with a few...ideas outside of its...main pairing."
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External links
Official Junjō Romantica anime site (in Japanese)
(in Italian)
(in Japanese)
Official MX TV Junjō Romantica 2 anime site 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine(in Japanese)
Official English Junjo Romantica site
Junjo Romantica: Pure Romance (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Junjō Romantica Boys-Love Anime Season 3's Date, Cast, Staff Revealed
March 18, 2023
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Junjo Romantica Pure Romance Japanese 純情ロマンチカ ピュア ロマンス Hepburn Junjō Romanchika lit Pure Hearted Romantica is a Japanese boys love manga series by Shungiku Nakamura It focuses on four storylines the main couple which comprises the bulk of the books and three other male couples that provide ongoing side stories Junjo Egoist Junjo Terrorist and Junjo Mistake It has expanded into several CD dramas a manga series running in Asuka Ciel a light novel series titled Junai Romantica running in The Ruby magazine and a 37 episode anime series Junjo Romantica Pure RomanceFirst tankōbon volume cover featuring Misaki Takahashi and Akihiko Usami純情ロマンチカ Junjō Romanchika GenreBoys Love 1 MangaWritten byShungiku NakamuraPublished byKadokawa ShotenEnglish publisherNA Blu MangaMagazineAsuka Ciel 2002 2014 Emerald 2014 present DemographicShōjoOriginal runApril 30 2002 presentVolumes27 List of volumes Anime television seriesJunjou RomanticaDirected byChiaki KonMusic byMOKA StudioStudio DeenLicensed byAUS Madman EntertainmentNA Nozomi EntertainmentUK Anime LimitedOriginal networkTV HokkaidoOriginal runApril 10 2008 June 26 2008Episodes12 List of episodes Anime television seriesJunjou Romantica 2Directed byChiaki KonMusic byMOKA StudioStudio DeenLicensed byAUS Madman EntertainmentNA Nozomi EntertainmentUK Anime LimitedOriginal networkTV HokkaidoOriginal runOctober 12 2008 December 27 2008Episodes12 List of episodes Original video animationDirected byChiaki KonStudioStudio DeenReleasedDecember 20 2012Runtime25 minutesAnime television seriesJunjou Romantica 3Directed byChiaki KonMusic byMOKA StudioStudio DeenLicensed byAUS Madman EntertainmentNA Funimation streaming Nozomi Entertainment home video UK Anime LimitedOriginal networkTokyo MX SUN TV AT X tvk Chiba TV TVS Gifu TV BS11 TVQOriginal runJuly 8 2015 September 23 2015Episodes12 List of episodes Shungiku Nakamura has written a spin off of Junjou Romantica titled Sekai ichi Hatsukoi lit The World s Greatest First Love focusing on a shōjo manga editor and his first love which was also animated by Studio Deen in 2011 Contents 1 Characters 1 1 Junjo Romantica 1 2 Junjo Egoist 1 3 Junjo Terrorist 1 4 Junjo Mistake 2 Media 2 1 Manga 2 1 1 Volume listing 2 2 Anime 3 Reception 4 References 5 External linksCharacters EditJunjo Romantica Edit Misaki Takahashi 高橋 美咲 Takahashi Misaki Voiced by Takahiro Sakurai Misaki Takahashi the uke of the Romantica couple is Takahiro s younger brother He is eighteen years old at the start of the series nineteen in episode 8 of the anime and twenty one in the third season He is a textbook tsundere At the start of the series Misaki is about to take his college entrance exams He aspires to attend Mitsuhashi University the college his brother turned down in order to care for him after their parents died Although he seems childish and brash he simply doesn t want to cause trouble for anyone else This is because he still blames himself for his parents deaths he thinks that if he hadn t asked them to hurry home that day they wouldn t have had the accident After failing all his practice exams Misaki s only choice is to ask Usagi to tutor him This professional relationship gradually evolves into a romantic one Because Misaki has an idealistic view of relationships he is reluctant to admit his feelings for Usagi Even after the two move in together many challenges come their way With his so called Usa mones Misaki ends up attracting several of the Usami men including Usagi s half brother Haruhiko and his father Fuyuhiko Misaki now a grad student at Mitsuhashi got accepted into Marukawa after several interviews Akihiko Usami 宇佐見 秋彦 Usami Akihiko Voiced by Hikaru Hanada and Rina Sato child Akihiko is twenty eight at the beginning of the series and he has turned thirty one by the third season The seme to Misaki s uke he is a prolific author of fiction and BL novels not to mention the youngest recipient of the distinguished Naomori Award His nickname is Usagi rabbit in Japanese Usagi is a close friend of Misaki s older brother Takahiro and secretly has feelings for him Not long after meeting Misaki he discovers Takahiro is engaged Misaki gets upset on Usagi s behalf which leads Usagi to realize his true feelings he is actually in love with Misaki not Takahiro Once Takahiro moves away Misaki and Usagi move in together and go from roommates to lovers Usagi has a cameo in the first episode of the Junjou Romantica spin off Sekai ichi Hatsukoi Ritsu Onodera the central protagonist of that series was Usagi s editor prior to transferring to Marukawa Haruhiko Usami 宇佐見 春彦 Usami Haruhiko Voiced by Kōsuke Toriumi adult Haruhiko Usami is Akihiko s 30 year old half brother they have different mothers Misaki calls him Big Brother Usagi He is generally cold and disapproving towards his brother though no one really knows why After a brief appearance in the middle of the series he begins proclaiming that he loves Misaki but that was only after he found out how close he and Akihiko were When he begins sending Misaki flowers and saying that he would take Misaki as his own Akihiko claims that Haruhiko was always trying to take his things Takahiro Takahashi 高橋 孝浩 Takahashi Takahiro Voiced by Kishō Taniyama Takahiro is Misaki s 28 year old brother and Usagi s long time friend He was the subject of Akihiko s affections for a long time though he never seemed to notice as he is shown to be extremely naive He is extremely caring towards his younger brother who refers to him as Niichan even dropping out of school to raise Misaki after their parents died Early in the series he becomes engaged to and marries Kajiwara Manami They soon move to Osaka due to his job at which time Misaki goes to live with Usagi He now has a son named Mahiro in season 3 he and Misaki dote on him a lot but Usagi doesn t like him because he s not comfortable with creatures ruled by instinct Keiichi Sumi 角 圭一 Sumi Keiichi Voiced by Isshin Chiba A senior college student at Mitsuhashi University and Misaki s friend Keiichi Sumi is a very mysterious young man while it is usually hard to tell whether he is being serious or not he is not viewed as a bad person The son of famous novelist Ryouichi Sumi Keiichi is also a member of the university s Onsen Research Group ORG which have been known for generations as makers of Japan s most terrifying haunted house He is first introduced trying to lure Misaki away from Akihiko fueling Akihiko to intervene Afterwards once Akihiko and Misaki admit their feelings for one another Keiichi frequently creates problems between the two suggesting to Misaki at one point that there might be something between Akihiko and Aikawa as she had a key to his apartment He later reveals that he was merely using Misaki to get closer to his true object of affections Akihiko Despite this the two remain close friends showing that he does care for Misaki He graduated in season 3 and got a job in a video company he was aiming for a publishing company but he didn t get in Eri Aikawa 相川 絵理 Aikawa Eri Voiced by Noriko Namiki Eri Aikawa is Akihiko s editor for both his fiction works and BL novels as well as a friend to both him and Misaki She is roughly the same age as Akihiko and is constantly pushing him to finish his work on time On the exterior she seems like a kind and nice mannered person but when Akihiko does not hand in his manuscripts on time she is famous for freaking out and even on one occasion attacking him A fan of Akihiko s work as Misaki notes that Aikawa sometimes acts like a fan girl when she is around Akihiko and Misaki in fact Akihiko reveals that many scenes from his novels are Aikawa s own personal requests a fact that seemed to surprise Misaki Fuyuhiko Usami 宇佐見 冬彦 Usami Fuyuhiko Voiced by Jurōta Kosugi The father of Akihiko Usagi and Haruhiko as well as uncle to Kaoruko Misaki calls him Papa Usagi Fuyuhiko Usami loves both of his sons equally and wants what is best for both of them However he is known to become quite ruthless in his need to accomplish that He was married into the Usami family originally being a commoner which explains why he doesn t appreciate the relationship between Akihiko and Misaki There are times he will step in to stop their relationship but in the last episode of Season 2 he eventually accepts Like his youngest son Akihiko he is very fond of bears and enjoys the art of woodcarving He owns a successful business and is often seen carrying rubber ducks It is briefly mentioned by Akihiko that Fuyuhiko was adopted Kaoruko Usami 宇佐見 薫子 Usami Kaoruko Voiced by Mizuki Nana Kaoruko Usami is Akihiko s cousin on his mother s side Akihiko did mention once that his father was adopted so it is possible that Akihiko s mother is a blood relative of the Usami family including Kaoruko Usami A 20 year old aspiring patissier pastry chef Kaoruko came to Japan after she was told her parents had fallen ill however this is revealed to be a trick on the part of her uncle Fuyuhiko who wished for her to marry Haruhiko in an effort order to separate him from Misaki As time progresses however Kaoruko claims to love Misaki as she has the same taste as Akihiko Mizuki Shiiba 椎葉 水樹 Shiiba Mizuki Voiced by Hiro Shimono Mizuki is Akihiko s 25 year old cousin from his father s side of the family He has returned from America to visit Akihiko freeloading off of his cousin while living in Akihiko s apartment While he is shown to be quite attached to Akihiko he comes off as cold and hostile toward Misaki this is later revealed to be due to his feelings for Kaoruko sensing her attraction towards Misaki Shinnosuke Tōdō 藤堂 進之介 Tōdō Shinnosuke Voiced by Wataru Hatano Shinnosuke is Misaki s friend and classmate He is attending Mitsuhashi University as a law student with aspirations of becoming a police officer in the future He is also a member of the Kendo club He met Misaki when he picked up The Kan phone strap that Misaki had dropped and the two easily bond over their shared love for The Kan manga Kyō Ijuuin 伊集院 響 Ijuuin Kyō Voiced by Hozumi Gōda Kyō Ijuuin is the creator of Misaki s favorite manga The Kan Whenever the deadline for his next manga installment is near he becomes incredibly pessimistic According to Isaka it is disputed as to whether The Kan is in first or second place in terms of sales at Marukawa Publishing Misaki first met him at Marukawa when Kyō was in one of his pre deadline funks with Misaki giving him the motivation to continue by telling him how much his work meant to him Later on Misaki was selected in a lottery to meet him again for an autograph signing then realized it was Misaki who encouraged him 3 years ago Kyō is a bachelor who when cleaned up is shown to be a considerably attractive man The majority of his fans are said to be women It s revealed later in the series that he has feelings for Misaki Tanaka 田中 Tanaka Voiced by Kenta Miyake Tanaka is the butler for the Usami household often mistakenly called Sebastian by Misaki There was another time when child Kamijou Hiroki mistakenly called him Mary This is because the Japanese word for butler shitsuji sounds very similar to the Japanese word for sheep hitsuji Mahiro Takahashi 高橋 真浩 Takahashi Mahiro Voiced by Yuuko Yamazaki Takahiro and Manami s toddler age son Misaki s nephew and Akihiko s godson His name is a combination of his mother s Manami and his father s Takahiro names Mahiro often mispronounces people s names such as calling Usami Unagi much to the latter s annoyance dismay Risako Takatsuki 高槻 理沙子 Takatsuki Risako Voiced by Mayumi Asano The ex wife of Yō Miyagi and the older sister of Shinobu Takatsuki Shortly after her divorce with Miyagi Shinobu Risako s younger brother confesses to Miyagi and they begin a relationship of which she is unaware Risako was cheating on her husband because she felt that she did not love him anymore However in reality she did love him but she always felt unloved because of his strong attachment of his deceased teacher She felt that Miyagi never loved her at all and decided to divorced her because of her infidelity Manami Takahashi 高橋 真奈美 Takahashi Manami Voiced by Kumiko Hashimoto She is the fiance and later the wife of Takahiro Takahashi the mother of Mahiro and the sister in law of Misaki Ryou Shizukuishi 雫石涼 Shizukuishi Ryou Voiced by Toshiyuki Toyonaga A new manga editor of Kyo Ijuuin He often displays a cold emotionless attitude especially when he first meets Misaki he also disapproves of people being huge crazy fans of Kyo s work even though he himself is a massive fan himself It can be assumed that he secretly harbors a crush on Kyo Junjo Egoist Edit Hiroki Kamijou 上條 弘樹 Kamijō Hiroki Voiced by Kentarō Itō adult and Eri Kitamura child In the anime Hiroki Kamijou the uke of the Egoist couple is 29 years old 31 years old in Season 3 a long time friend of Akihiko s and an associate professor at Mitsuhashi University He is a bit of a loner and is extremely passionate about classical Japanese literature apparently having graduated at the top of his class Hiroki initially loved Akihiko his childhood friend Six years prior to the main events of the story he took advantage of Akihiko s unrequited love for Takahiro convincing him to wear a blindfold as he pretended be Takahiro Hiroki hoped that once Akihiko was intimate with him his feelings would change but Hiroki soon realized that he could never be with Akihiko as long as he was in love with Takahiro He sympathizes with Akihiko however for just as Akihiko yearns for Takahiro Hiroki pines for Akihiko Soon afterwards Hiroki would meet Nowaki Kusama a student four years his junior who refers to him as Hiro san Over the next six years Hiroki and Nowaki fall in love with each other but their personal dreams seem to get in the way of their being together Their story arc focuses on their attempts to start over after Nowaki returns from his study abroad In the series he serves as an example of the tsundere character archetype he has a bad temper and is feared among his students who refer to him as Devil Kamijou though he is shown to be one who is actually quite shy and who becomes flustered easily Misaki later makes a reference about his difficult Japanese literature professor later on while on a date with Akihiko In Season 3 it is shown that Misaki complains to Todo about taking Kamijou s class saying that he is very scary Nowaki Kusama 草間 野分 Kusama Nowaki Voiced by Nobutoshi Canna adult and Ryoko Shiraishi child Orphaned as an infant Nowaki Kusama the seme of the Egoist couple was abandoned at an orphanage during a heavy rain storm as a result he was named Nowaki typhoon in Japanese by the head of the orphanage though elders seem to refer to him as Wacchan Six years before the main story Nowaki first comes across Hiroki when he finds Hiroki crying about his unrequited feelings with Akihiko After inviting him to spend the afternoon with him and his friends the elders mentioned earlier Nowaki goes on to insist that Hiroki become his tutor Originally studying to become a social worker he changes his mind and is currently in training to become a pediatrician Kind understanding and patient Nowaki shows these traits most often while he is around Hiroki As Nowaki is four years younger than Hiroki this fuels a desire in him to quickly catch up to Hiroki mostly career wise as he believes Hiroki deserves someone who is his equal He shows unrelenting devotion and love for Hiroki never giving up on them even when Hiroki seems oblivious to it Despite his age Nowaki is actually much taller than Hiroki a fact that initially irritated the older Hiroki Tsumori 津森 Tsumori Voiced by Susumu Chiba Nowaki s senior in the hospital whom Nowaki often consult to He immediately knows what kind of relationship Nowaki has with Hiroki the first time he met Hiroki He and Hiroki shares a rather cold relationship due to a misunderstanding when Hiroki found him and Nowaki sleeping together on the floor naked Although having no romantic feeling towards neither Nowaki nor Hiroki he likes to tease on their relationship being clingy to Nowaki making Hiroki jealous He is known to be some kind of player shown in Season 3 when he explains how he was slapped for hitting on a married woman Shinoda 篠田 Shinoda A real estate agent Shinoda met Hiroki while trying to get him to sign a real estate contract He and Hiroki had a brief romantic relationship while Hiroki was dealing with his feelings for Akihiko He makes a short appearance and is only in the manga Junjo Terrorist Edit You Miyagi 宮城 庸 Miyagi Yō Voiced by Kazuhiko Inoue In the anime You Miyagi the seme of the Terrorist couple is a 35 year old literature professor at Mitsuhashi University and co worker of Kamijo Hiroki He was once married but is now divorced though this is most likely due to his indifference toward feelings and emotions Miyagi is often playful when it comes to teasing Hiroki with whom he shares an office at the university though his true character is seen to be far more serious due to an event from his past He once tried to kiss Hiroki after noticing something was bothering him but he was stopped at the last minute by Nowaki who had come searching for Hiroki Nevertheless Miyagi seems to be supportive of Hiroki s relationship with Nowaki stating that as long as Hiroki was happy he would be happy for him Miyagi s primary love interest in the series is introduced as Takatsuki Shinobu his former brother in law who is seventeen years his junior Shinobu Takatsuki 高槻 忍 Takatsuki Shinobu Voiced by Daisuke Kishio Shinobu Takatsuki the uke of the Terrorist couple is an 18 year old high school student and the son of Mitsuhashi University s dean of literature Shinobu believes it to be fate that he is in love with his former brother in law Yo Miyagi though would very much like Miyagi to take responsibility for Shinobu falling in love with him He is often blunt and unreasonable though he is shown to have a softer side Sensei 先生 Sensei Voiced by Yuki Masuda She was Miyagi s deceased high school teacher Miyagi says he often gave her a tough time before developing an unrequited love towards her When her health started to deteriorate Miyagi often took care of her despite his feelings not being reciprocated When seeing how strongly he felt toward her she told him that after her death if her memory proved to be an emotional burden then to forget about her saying how she wants him to live a full and happy life with someone he can truly love Junjo Mistake Edit Ryuichirō Isaka 井坂 龍一郎 Isaka Ryuichirō Voiced by Toshiyuki Morikawa Ryuichirō Isaka the uke of the Mistake couple is the 32 year old president of Marukawa Publishing and a childhood friend of Haruhiko and Akihiko He and his assistant Asahina are the main characters of the short comics released with the DVDs Junjou Mistake which takes place ten years before the main Romantica storyline Isaka initially aspired to become a novelist though he eventually found his true talent in finding future best sellers In the anime adaptation he first appears interrupting Akihiko and Misaki while they are on a date Isaka later appears in the spin off series Sekai ichi Hatsukoi which centers around the relationship between Ritsu Onodera and Masamune Takano at Marukawa Publishing Kaoru Asahina 朝比奈 薫 Asahina Kaoru Voiced by Ryōtarō Okiayu Kaoru Asahina the seme of the Mistake couple is Ryuichiro s secretary who came to work for the Isaka family when they helped his family out of a bad situation Originally intended to be Isaka s playmate he ended up becoming something more of a caretaker Media EditManga Edit Written by Shungiku Nakamura Junjo Romantica Pure Romance began serialization in Asuka Ciel in 2002 The individual chapters have been compiled into twenty seven tankōbon volumes by Kadokawa Shoten The first volume was released on June 2 2003 2 as of September 1 2022 27 volumes have been released 3 The series was licensed for an English language release in North America by Blu Manga an imprint of Tokyopop until Tokyopop s closure in May 2011 4 As of April 2011 12 English volumes have been released 5 An attempt to gauge relative sales of manga titles by online vendors based on publicly available bestseller listings suggests that Junjo Romantica was the best selling yaoi manga series of 2008 among online vendors 6 Volume 10 was 6 in the manga category of the New York Times Graphic Books weekly bestseller list for July 11 2009 7 and volume 12 was 4 on the same list for September 10 2010 8 In 2017 Viz Media stated at Yaoi Con that they received requests to re license the series but they decided against it due to the series being too long 9 Volume listing Edit No Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN1June 2 2003 2 978 4 04 853606 6October 2006 5 978 1 59816 719 1Junjou Romantica act 1 Junjou Romantica act 2 Junjou Egoist act 1 Junjou Egoist act 2 Junjou Romantica act 2 52November 27 2003 10 978 4 04 853702 5February 2007 5 978 1 59816 720 7Junjou Romantica act 3 Junjou Egoist act 3 Junjou Egoist act 4 Junjou Egoist act 5 Junjou Romantica act 3 53May 28 2004 11 978 4 04 853748 3June 2007 5 978 1 59816 721 4Junjou Romantica act 4 Junjou Romantica act 5 Junjou Romantica act 5 5 Junjou Egoist act 6 Junjou Egoist act 74October 28 2004 12 978 4 04 853778 0October 2007 5 978 1 59816 722 1Junjou Egoist act 8 Junjou Egoist act 9 Junjou Romantica act 6 1 Junjou Romantica act 6 2 Junjou Romantica act 6 3 Junjou Minimum act 15April 27 2005 13 978 4 04 853848 0February 2008 5 978 1 59816 723 8Junjou Romantica act 7 Junjou Romantica act 7 5 Junjou Terrorist act 1 Junjou Terrorist act 2 Junjou Terrorist act 3 Junjou Egoist act 9 5 Usami Akihiko and Takahashi Misaki6October 28 2005 14 978 4 04 853907 4June 2008 5 978 1 59816 724 5Junjou Romantica act 8 Junjou Romantica act 9 Junjou Egoist act 10 Junjou Terrorist act 47April 27 2006 15 978 4 04 853953 1September 2008 5 978 1 4278 0218 7Junjou Terrorist act 5 Junjou Terrorist act 6 Junjou Terrorist act 7 Junjou Romantica act 10 Junjou Egoist act 118January 29 2007 16 978 4 04 854072 8January 2009 5 978 1 4278 0707 6Junjou Romantica act 11 Junjou Romantica act 12 Junjou Egoist act 129October 30 2007 17 978 4 04 854137 4April 2009 5 978 1 4278 1284 1Junjou Romantica act 13 Junjou Romantica act 14 Junjou Minimum act 5 Junjou Terrorist act 810March 28 2008 18 978 4 04 854162 6July 2009 5 978 1 4278 1521 7Junjou Romantica act 15 Junjou Romantica act 16 Junjou Egoist act 1311November 28 2008 19 978 4 04 854270 8December 2009 5 978 1 4278 1704 4Junjou Romantica act 17 Junjou Romantica act 18 Junjou Minimum act 6 Junjou Terrorist act 912August 27 2009 20 978 4 04 854362 0August 2010978 1 4278 1789 1Junjou Romantica act 19 Junjou Romantica act 20 Junjou Minimum act 7 Junjou Egoist act 1413June 28 2010 21 978 4 04 854489 4 Junjou Romantica act 21 Junjou Romantica act 22 Junjou Romantica act 23 Junjou Terrorist act 1014April 26 2011 22 978 4 04 854628 7 Junjou Romantica act 24 Junjou Romantica act 25 Junjou Romantica act 26 Junjou Romantica act 26 5 Junjou Egoist act 1515April 26 2012 23 978 4 04 120226 5 Junjou Romantica act 27 Junjou Romantica act 28 Junjou Romantica act 29 Junjou Romantica act 29 516December 20 2012 24 978 4 04 120269 2 Junjou Romantica act 30 Junjou Romantica act 31 Junjou Romantica act 31 5 Junjou Egoist act 1617August 29 2013 25 978 4 04 120863 2 Junjou Romantica act 32 Junjou Romantica act 33 Junjou Mistake act 3 Junjou Mistake act 3 518August 1 2014 26 978 4 04 101893 4 Junjou Romantica act 34 Junjou Romantica act 35 Junjou Romantica act 36 Junjou Terrorist act 10 519July 1 2015 27 978 4 04 103123 0 Junjou Romantica act 37 Junjou Romantica act 38 Junjou Terrorist act 11 Junjou Terrorist act 11 520December 1 2015 28 978 4 04 103321 0 Junjou Romantica act 39 Junjou Romantica act 40 Junjou Mix Junjou Egoist Junjou Mix Junjou Terrorist Junjou Mix Junjou Mistake Junjou Mix Junjou Romantica Junjou Romantica act 40 521September 1 2016 29 978 4 04 104272 4 Junjou Romantica act 41 Junjou Romantica act 42 Junjou Romantica act 42 5 Junjou Mix 2 Junjou Egoist Junjou Mix 2 Junjou Terrorist Junjou Mix 2 Junjou Mistake Junjou Mix 2 Junjou Romantica22December 28 2017 30 978 4 04 106077 3 Junjou Romantica act 43 Junjou Romantica act 44 Junjou Romantica act 44 5 Junjou Mix 523September 1 2018 31 978 4 04 107270 7 Junjou Mix Shiiba Mizuki Junjou Mix Ijuuin Kyo Junjou Romantica act 45 Junjou Romantica act 46 Junjou Romantica act 46 524August 30 2019 32 978 4 04 108604 9 Junjou Romantica act 47 Junjou Romantica act 48 Junjou Romantica act 48 5 Junjou Mix 6 Junjou Romantica Junjou Mix 6 Junjou Egoist Junjou Mix 6 Junjou Mistake Junjou Mix 6 Junjou Terrorist25September 1 2020 33 978 4 04 109804 2 26September 1 2021 34 978 4 04 111661 6 27September 1 2022 3 978 4 04 112838 1 Anime Edit Main article List of Junjō Romantica episodes Studio Deen produced an anime adaptation based around the manga series Premiering in Japan on TV Hokkaido on April 10 2008 the series first season ran for twelve episodes until its conclusion on June 26 2008 A second season premiered on the same channel on October 12 2008 it also ended after twelve episodes On March 28 2012 a new anime adaptation of Junjo Romantica was announced to be in the works which has been revealed as an OVA to be released with the limited edition Volume 16 on December 20 2012 35 On August 29 2013 it was announced that more anime for the series is in production 36 On July 30 2014 it was confirmed that the series had been green lit for a third season 37 which premiered on July 8 2015 38 39 The anime series is licensed for release in North America by Kadokawa Pictures USA Season 1 was released on May 4 2010 40 The series has not been dubbed for English audiences but released in Japanese with English subtitles Per their website they may be releasing the series under the name Romantica Pure Love Anime OVA in bundled with volume 16 is released on December 20 2012 Nozomi Entertainment will re release the series on Blu ray on July 17 2017 41 On July 9 2015 at 1 05 am in Japan the third season of the show was released and was credited as a sequel to the previous seasons Reception EditJunjo Romantica became the first yaoi boys love title to enter the New York Times Manga Best Seller list when it debuted in week 28 42 According to Oricon and DVD sales data from Animesuki the first DVD for the Junjō Romantica anime adaptation was released on July 25 2008 and it became a hit selling 8 406 copies in its first week citation needed It is currently the fourth best selling debut DVD for an anime series of 2008 just after Gundam 00 Macross Frontier and Aria the Origination citation needed It continued to dwell on the Oricon anime DVD charts for the second week charting on the top 5 with total sales for the first DVD at 10 986 copies citation needed With those sales it is currently ranked at number 1 for the shōjo category on DVD sales for the year 2008 According to Oricon sales for the past 5 years it is the best selling BL Boys Love anime so far and has performed the best on the charts citation needed The second season s DVD sales have performed extremely well as well selling an average of 7 000 to 8 000 copies which makes it one of the most profitable anime series of the year It is constantly ranked very high on Amazon Japan for the DVD category as well Fan reviews and the responses were positive citation needed Jacob Chapman of Anime News Network noted that the series focuses on three couples with superficial connections between characters with no crossover relationships between the couples 43 However he said that this is a prime specimen when it comes to yaoi works but that the story s main couple is problematic because there is rape involved even though the two other couples in the series have consensual relationships He also praised the anime s art and said that the show is a feast for the fanbase with a few ideas 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