“Anxious student Ayumu crystallizes under stress, forming taboo bond with crystal-loving teacher Kouya.”
This Boy Suffers From Crystallization
この男子、石化に悩んでます。
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Synopsis
Anxious student Ayumu crystallizes under stress, forming taboo bond with crystal-loving teacher Kouya.
Ayumu Tamari suffers from a condition known as "Crystallization Syndrome." In moments of high stress, parts of his body begin to crystallize and become extremely difficult to move. Unfortunately, Ayumu's severe social anxiety makes him completely unable to speak to anyone in his class, and ultimately causes him to crystallize so frequently that he has to repeat a year in high school. Ayumu's only solace is his homeroom teacher, Kouya Onihara, whom he affectionately refers to as "Oni-chan Sensei." Kouya collects and studies crystals, and he finds Ayumu's crystalline body both beautiful and fascinating. With his stress from school compounded by the complexities of a forbidden student-teacher relationship, Ayumu struggles to find normalcy in his life while managing his emotions and trying to prevent complete crystallization.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 6 sampled reviews
What 6 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.81 · split reception
3.3 pts
Recommenders 6.3 · others 3.0
↓ 3.33
Running avg · Jan 2015 → Aug 2022
- 7 “I fell in love with the other two OVA's that were related to this series, and was excited to watch this one. The art style was unique like the rest of the OVA's, but this probably was my least...”
- 8 “This is a great anime. I think it is very underrated. Although it seems to be a normal teacher-student romance it is very deep. I think that the synopsis sells it short. The art was iffy at times...”
- 9 “To start off with, let me just say that I am not one for long tedious anime reviews so this will be a short but concise one. So without any further ado let me begin. :D I have personally fallen in...”
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A Ova Production
CoMix Wave Films.- Format 1 × 27′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 27m all episodes
- Aired Dec 2014 – ongoing
- Source Ova media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-9256 catalog
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- Kuma Holdings Licensor