“Junior-high classmates Kotarou and Akane navigate first love amid uncertainty and rival affections under a fateful full moon.”
Tsukigakirei
月がきれい
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Synopsis
Junior-high classmates Kotarou and Akane navigate first love amid uncertainty and rival affections under a fateful full moon.
With a new school year comes a new crowd of classmates, and for their final year of junior high, aspiring writer Kotarou Azumi and track team member Akane Mizuno end up in the same class. Though initially complete strangers, a few chance encounters stir an innocent desire within their hearts. A yearning gaze, a fluttering heart—the hallmarks of young love slip into their lives as fate brings their paths to a cross. However, though love is patient and love is kind, Kotarou and Akane discover it is not always straightforward. Despite the comfort they find in each other's company, heartache and anxiety come hand in hand with pursuing the feelings in their hearts. With the uncertainty of how the other truly feels as well as the competing affections of those around them, the road ahead is unclear. Even so, under the shining light of a beautiful full moon, Kotarou gathers his courage to ask Akane a single question, one that forever changes their quiet relationship.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 320 sampled reviews
What 320 viewers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.69 · some divergence
5.9 pts
Recommenders 9.1 · others 3.1
↓ 1.35
Running avg · Jun 2017 → Oct 2025
- 10 “Yep pretty good i reckon, i felt like I could understand and feel the character until he got a girlfriend, that's where they lost me. I definitely got more self aware at the fact that im getting...”
- 10 “When I first started watching this anime I thought it was going to be like other anime that I have watched. I will enjoy it and it will end there. But man this anime really wasnt like that. I loved...”
- 7 “Quite a sweet story, unfortunately there were a few points that brought it down for me. First was the lack of dialogue. I mean there are points where no characters are talking. Like period. They're...”
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- Format 12 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 48m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2017 – Jun 2017 Spring 2017
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-12249 catalog
Produced by
- Sotsu Producer
- Mainichi Broadcasting System Producer
- flying DOG Producer
Licensed by
- Funimation Licensor
- Crunchyroll Licensor