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“Student Murai transforms into teacher Tanaka's favorite otome character to win her love after initial rejection.”
Murai in Love
村井の恋
7.53
1,994 rank · 23,316 viewers · 128 favorites
Comedy
Romance
Gag Humor
Otaku Culture
School
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Synopsis
Student Murai transforms into teacher Tanaka's favorite otome character to win her love after initial rejection.
Murai is a second-year student at Takebe Gakuen High School enrolled in the college preparatory course. His homeroom teacher, Tanaka, summons him to her office after he declares that his post-high school plans are to marry her. Tanaka rejects Murai, telling him that she would never be interested in a boy with long, black hair. Secretly an otaku, she has eyes only for Hitotose, a character from an otome video game. The next day, Murai appears before Tanaka a changed man. Having cut his hair short and dyed it blond, Murai looks exactly like her beloved Hitotose. Tanaka is unable to hide her shock at this sudden development and tries to distance herself from Murai, while Murai presses on in his attempts to romance his teacher. (Source: Disney+)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 28 sampled reviews
7.5
/10
What 28 viewers settled on.
81%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 7
σ 2.10
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.10 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.2 pts
Recommenders 8.4 · others 4.2
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Score over time
↑ 0.54
Running avg · Sep 2024 → Jan 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “Here's why it is soo good yet soo bad i started watching it purely because of the romance plot..still watching it because of it the animation on the other hand is not that bad or good either i...”
- 9 “Honestly at first i disappointed with the animation, but after watched 6 eps, i didn't care again because that animation make the plot funnier 😂. I've watch many shoujo romance and i think this...”
- 7 “This is one of those animes that you'd want to watch to have a palette cleanser. It is a typical romcom backed-up with easy motion animation that would relax your eyes from all the hyper animated...”
Verbosity
Short · 46%
Medium · 39%
Long · 14%
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- Format 12 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 36m all episodes
- Aired Sep 2024 – Nov 2024
- Source Ona media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-22239 catalog
Produced by
- Dentsu Producer