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“Emotionally immature boy's "rationalism" crumbles during affair with older courtesan, learning love's cost.”
Natsu e no Tobira
夏への扉
5.99
10,734 rank · 7,463 viewers · 17 favorites
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Drama
Shoujo
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Synopsis
Emotionally immature boy's "rationalism" crumbles during affair with older courtesan, learning love's cost.
Marion is a young schoolboy who prides himself on his adherence to a philosophy he calls "rationalism". Because of his disdain for emotional display, he ignores anything remotely akin to affection. But when he's entangled in a romantic affair with an older courtesan, his rationalism is revealed to be little more than a cover for his own emotional immaturity. Learning to love, Marion blossoms under his older lover's care but unfortunately, Marion has yet to learn the true price of the affair. (Source: ANN)
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Community consensus
Derived from 10 sampled reviews
6.2
/10
What 10 viewers settled on.
67%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7.5
mode 8
σ 2.68
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.68 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.5 pts
Recommenders 8.2 · others 2.7
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No
Score over time
↓ 1.80
Running avg · Jun 2015 → Jan 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “This was such a gorgeous movie. I was caught off guard by how much I actually ended up enjoying and getting emotional over this. It's certainly not the best story, but despite that the visuals and...”
- 8 “And, once again, I see people gratuitously crapping on a very good anime because reasens, and I sincerely don't understand why. What I saw here was extremely good and stylish animation, extremely...”
- 10 “This film is an astounding portrayal of sexuality, youth and the struggle of emotional growth. The visual presentation for these themes doesn't leave anyone cold after the experience that is this...”
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Short · 20%
Medium · 40%
Long · 40%
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- Format 1 × 59′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 59m all episodes
- Aired Mar 1981 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-2408 catalog
Produced by
- Madhouse Producer