“Short anime where diverse comforting boys listen and soothe viewers' troubles with gentle affection.”
makuranodanshi
枕男子(まくらのだんし)
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Synopsis
Short anime where diverse comforting boys listen and soothe viewers' troubles with gentle affection.
Whispering sweet lullabies into the ears of the viewers, Makura no Danshi presents the watcher with an experience of comfort. Each short episode features a different boy who will listen to the audience and hold them when they need it. There are boys to suit all tastes: Merry is a gentle brown-haired boy; Sousuke Tanaka is a mature working man; Kanade Hanamine is a high school student who acts tough, but is frightened by mere spiders; Eiji Kijinami is a sore loser who looks like a punk, but has a tender heart; the shy Ryuushi Theodore Emori loves stargazing; Yuu Maiki is a freshman with delusions of grandeur; Haruto Enokawa is an energetic 5-year-old who refuses to sleep without a bedtime story; Nao Sasayama is a hip college student that is addicted to his smartphone; Shirusu Mochizuki is a librarian that treasures both books and book lovers; Yonaga and Yayoi Chigiri are siblings who are learning flower arrangement; and Yuuichirou Iida is a humorous old man who runs an oden stall. Though the watchers may be troubled with various issues in life, these boys will softly talk about themselves and coax the audience members into revealing their problems. All the boys have kind hearts and will make the viewers feel special and loved.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 47 sampled reviews
What 47 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.26 · split reception
5.3 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 2.7
↑ 0.91
Running avg · Sep 2015 → Jan 2026
- 7 “Do you have a stuffed animal and sleep with it? Then you probably gonna like this anime. All this "pillow guys" are the stuffed animal with whom you sleep. This is amazing, they put in anime all of...”
- 7 “Yeah I'm dying alone. this is a very good anime if your at your limit and need a cute boy to console you but I highly recommend you get some headphones cause this is just some really well animated...”
- 8 “This is hilarious, please watch it. An absolutely bizarre show that is so uncanny, gratuitous, and over the top, while still being subdued enough to not go completely off the rails and still...”
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- Format 12 × 4′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 48m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2015 – Sep 2015 Summer 2015
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-10574 catalog
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- Earth Star Entertainment Producer