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“College student Touya's relationship with rising idol Yuki faces strain from fame, rivals, and limited time together.”
White Album
ホワイトアルバム
6.48
7,870 rank · 131,051 viewers · 234 favorites
Drama
Romance
Harem
Idols (Female)
Music
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Synopsis
College student Touya's relationship with rising idol Yuki faces strain from fame, rivals, and limited time together.
Can a relationship between a regular college student and an idol singer survive? That is the question that White Album tries to answer. Touya Fujii is a normal college student with normal worries—namely balancing his classes and his job he works to pay for school. He is also concerned about the amount of time he has to spend with Yuki Morikawa, or rather, the lack of it. Being an up and coming idol singer, Yuki has concerns of her own. Even though she's not yet as popular as experienced veteran Rina Ogata, Yuki is turning heads and landing interviews on television. This should be a good thing, but not everyone is happy about the attention she receives from the media and from Rina. The idol industry is surprisingly cutthroat, and rival singers have their eyes on Yuki. While it may seem exciting to watch your girlfriend on television, how does Touya really feel about all this? Between the challenges associated with Yuki's career and other people that Touya meets at his university, their relationship may not last…
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Community consensus
Derived from 40 sampled reviews
6.4
/10
What 40 viewers settled on.
73%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 8
σ 2.52
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.52 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.1 pts
Recommenders 8.3 · others 2.1
Yes
No
Score over time
↓ 1.63
Running avg · Jan 2009 → Mar 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “This drama-heavy anime delivers an overwhelming amount of emotional toxicity that I personally found entertaining enough to rate 9/10. The show overuses drama to the point of being its main...”
- 8 “The story is great and the refreshing setting adds significant depth to the plot, delivering heavy drama that subverts typical ecchi/harem expectations. However, you'll be dropped in without any...”
- 8 “If you enjoy pure Romantic-Dramas then this is for you, plain and simple. White Album has next to no comedic elements and focuses primaraly the main characters' relationship with his Girlfriend,...”
Verbosity
Short · 20%
Medium · 35%
Long · 45%
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A Tv Production · Winter 2009
Seven Arcs.- Format 13 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 5h 12m all episodes
- Aired Jan 2009 – Mar 2009 Winter 2009
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-3782 catalog