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“New art teacher Kawase faces unexpected romantic pursuit from popular senior teacher Kazama, testing societal expectations.”
After School in the Lounge
放課後の職員室
5.01
14,362 rank · 8,476 viewers · 8 favorites
Boys Love
Drama
Adult Cast
Workplace
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Synopsis
New art teacher Kawase faces unexpected romantic pursuit from popular senior teacher Kazama, testing societal expectations.
Fresh out of college, Kawase Mitsuro is eager to start his new job as a middle school art teacher. Upon his arrival, he quickly blends in with the masses of girls ogling the toned body of senior teacher Kazama Toshiaki. Kazama ignores the schoolgirls. However, Kazama realizes something is different about Kawase and decides to ask the latter out to dinner. Unconvinced his advances are serious, Kawase goes along with Kazama halfheartedly. When Kazama's true feelings are revealed, will Kawase embrace his potential lover or give in to the expectations of society?
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 15 sampled reviews
3.5
/10
What 15 viewers settled on.
20%
recommend
Score distribution
median 2
mode 2
σ 2.50
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.50 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.7 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 2.3
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No
Score over time
↑ 1.47
Running avg · Jun 2009 → Jun 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “Truly this is an outstanding slice of entertainment. Animation at it's best. 10/10. This is quality. Fun for the whole family. Worth 54 minutes of my life.”
- 7 “Don't watch this if you expect this anime to compete with nowadays style. This is old animation, and furthermore, this is old yaoi style. Broad shoulders, long legs, pointy chins, it's standard...”
- 7 “Unlike a lot of people who really didn't like this anime, I find that I rather enjoyed it. Yeah, the art was a bit strange and so was the music but it was actually pretty good. The art was a bit...”
Verbosity
Short · 87%
Medium · 7%
Long · 7%
Watch Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — After School in the Lounge begins and ends here.
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- Format 2 × 27′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 54m all episodes
- Aired Apr 1994 – Jan 1995
- Source Ova media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-0671 catalog
Produced by
- Daiei Producer