“Touma pretends to attend Keio, juggling love triangle with cousin Urara and classmate Meiko after failing entrance exam.”
Sakura Diaries
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Synopsis
Touma pretends to attend Keio, juggling love triangle with cousin Urara and classmate Meiko after failing entrance exam.
A Keio University (one of the top three colleges in Japan) exam candidate, Touma Inaba, is interupted when a cute young girl, Urara Kasuga, arrives at his hotel room door. She later turns out to be his cousin who he barely remembers from his childhood. Urara, who had felt something special for him (an other-than-cousinly-love), invites Touma to live with her since he has no place to stay other than the hotel room. Before taking the test, Touma meets Meiko Yotsuba, a beautiful, sophisticated woman also trying to get into Keio. Meiko gets into Keio but Touma does not, due to a cold Urara had given him shortly before. Although he did not make it, he pretends he does to earn the respect of Meiko. Touma is caught up in a love triangle with Urara and Meiko, while struggling to keep Meiko believing he's really a Keio student and still be there for Urara at the same time. (Source: ANN)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 10 sampled reviews
What 10 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.51 · split reception
6.2 pts
Recommenders 8.2 · others 2.0
↑ 0.10
Running avg · Jul 2008 → Apr 2025
- 9 “No complex thing you can find in Sakura Diaries. Story is well developed, you want to watch the next episode quickly. Soundtrack is great, also ending and opening themes are so nostalgic and makes...”
- 8 “I just finished watching Sakura Diaries on a whim after "Strange Love" thinking it was going to be another sexy girls anime. Instead I found of the most hearttouching and funny romance anime...”
- 8 “So, Sakura Diaries. It's about a guy, who likes this girl. And another girl, who likes the guy who likes the other girl who is also his cousin. Typical Rom-Com stuff, right? WROOOOONG. This is one...”
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- Format 12 × 21′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 12m all episodes
- Aired May 1997 – Oct 1997
- Source Ova media type
- Rated R+ Mild Nudity
- Ref. BS-0740 catalog
Produced by
- Kitty Films Producer
- Studio Tulip Producer
- Arts Pro Producer
Licensed by
- ADV Films Licensor