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“Two boys navigate unexpected friendships: Ema with eccentric Hayashi, Medaka with misunderstood Nikaidou.”
Captivated, By You
夢中さ、きみに。
7.32
2,946 rank · 17,447 viewers · 70 favorites
Slice of Life
School
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Synopsis
Two boys navigate unexpected friendships: Ema with eccentric Hayashi, Medaka with misunderstood Nikaidou.
To escape from the monotony of his daily life, Jouji Ema likes to count all the cute things he sees. However, this has become a difficult task at his all-boys school, with one exception: his classmate Miyoshi Hayashi. After a random mishap with Hayashi at the sports festival, the boy starts following Ema around asking him if he thinks he is cute. Ema is puzzled by Hayashi's frank yet naive attitude, but he cannot help but be drawn in by his eccentric personality. Meanwhile, Yuuichi Medaka's school year takes a wrong step when he is seated in front of Akira Nikaidou, a gloomy boy rumored to put curses on anyone that crosses his path. Determined to get in Nikaidou's good graces, Medaka tries to befriend him, but to no avail. Just when he is about to admit defeat, he discovers that Nikaidou might not be the bad omen everyone believes he is.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 11 sampled reviews
7.1
/10
What 11 viewers settled on.
89%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 1.00
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 1.00 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
2.5 pts
Recommenders 7.5 · others 5.0
Yes
No
Score over time
↑ 1.09
Running avg · Sep 2025 → Feb 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “A good anime. I just wish I knew what it was about. Well its a school slice of life that doesn't focus on one character. And switches to a different pov with each story. Its unique. Simple....”
- 7 “This is a small cute anime, with a combination of different quirky small stories. They are all adorable in their own way. It's simple and enjoyable. I think this is lowkey adorable. Also I really...”
- 7 “This was an interesting little anime. I wasn't sure what would happen given Wayama's previous works but I was not disappointed. The characters seemed like kids you'd see in an actual high school....”
Verbosity
Short · 73%
Medium · 18%
Long · 9%
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- Format 5 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 55m all episodes
- Aired Aug 2025 – Sep 2025 Summer 2025
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-27431 catalog
Produced by
- Kadokawa Producer