Embracing Love
春を抱いていた
“Two adult film actors compete for roles and love while navigating their complex relationship and careers.”
6.67
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Synopsis
Two adult film actors compete for roles and love while navigating their complex relationship and careers.
The adorable and attractive main characters of Haru wo Daiteita are Kyousuke Iwaki and Youji Katou who are both in the film industry, having starred in various adult video films and are trying to climb the ladder of success and become greater actors. Iwaki is accepted to star in a popular movie, having beaten Katou in the auditions. During their time together, Katou believes he is in love with Iwaki-San, who on the contrary refuses to believe that he is in love. It is later on that another gay actor comes back to Japan and co-stars with Katou that problems starting arising. And it is from then on that the two realise where their hearts are set. (Source: ANN)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 8 sampled reviews
6.1/10
What 8
viewers
settled on.
71% recommend
Score distribution
Agreement
SplitPolarized
σ 2.71 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.8 ptsRecommenders 7.8 · others 2.0
Yes
7.8
No
2.0
Score over time
1.88Verbosity
Short · 50%
Medium · 38%
Long · 13%
Snap verdicts · shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10/10 “The plot and emotions are truly wonderful, and the characters feel incredibly real, making for an experience that left me in tears. There are no criticisms to be found, as the art style holds up...”
- 8/10 “The dramatic premise of two AV actors navigating their professional and personal lives is compelling, offering much more emotional depth than a standard boyXboy series. While my assessment is...”
- 8/10 “This anime offers a well-packaged, feel-good romance with a great balance between intimate moments and character-driven storytelling, complemented by a peaceful and impressive opening sequence....”
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A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Embracing Love begins and ends here.
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Reel · 01 Cat. №BS-0683
- Format
- 2 × 30′
- eps × min
- Total runtime
- 1h 00m
- all episodes
- Aired
- Mar 2005 – May 2005
- Winter 2005
- Source
- Ova
- media type
- Rated
- R+
- Mild Nudity
- Ref.
- BS-0683
- catalog