Junjo Romantica - Pure Romance
{Volume One} (Volume One Content}
I personally fell in love with this series after a friend recommended it
to me. It was a new read, I had never read anything quit like it before
it was very funny, cute, unexpected, and all around a great read. I
will say though the volumes are much more intense then the anime series.
So if you ever read them, I recommend an open mind! They are yes, to
the extreme MATURELY rated. I've placed a description about the anime
series below. I have also included a website were you can also read the
volumes for free if your interested. Only problem is that you can't any
long buy this series in the US... "Crys" Only the DVD set. Their are
two seasons. I will be posting the second season soon.
Thank you hopefully you'll enjoy this too. "Smiles" Junjou Romantica: Pure Romance (純情ロマンチカ/ピュア ロマンス Junjō Romanchika, lit. "Pure-Hearted Romantica"), stylized as Junjou Romantica ~Pure Romance~, is a yaoi series by Shungiku Nakamura. It focuses on three storylines; the main couple, which comprises the bulk of the books, and two other male couples that provide ongoing side stories (Junjo Egoist and Junjo Terrorist). It has expanded into several cd-dramas, a manga series running in Asuka Ciel, a light novel series titled "Junai Romantica" running in The Ruby magazine and a 24-episode anime series.
Shungiku Nakamura has written a spin-off to Junjou Romantica (mentioned above), titled Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi (lit. The Best First Love in the World) focusing on a shojo manga editor and his first love, which was also animated by Studio Deen in 2011.
{DVD Cover Artwork}
This three disc release offers all 12 episodes of the mysterious and romantic anime series Junjo Romantica,
following the story of three different couples, all of whom become
ensnared in a spider web of passion, betrayal, and sexual confusion.
Extras with the set include trailers, clean opening and closing credits,
and more.
Product Details
Price: $45.34 "Barns and Noble"
- Release Date: 5/4/2010
- UPC: 742617101823
- Source: Right Stuf
- Region Code: 1
- Presentation: Wide Screen
- Sound: Dolby Digital Stereo
- Language: Japanese
- Time: 5:00:00
- Format: DVD
- Sales rank: 23,180
Season one
Episode one -
Original Airdate: April 10, 2008
Description:
Misaki Takahashi is doing poorly in school. His brother Takahiro
arranges for his eccentric best friend, the author Akihiko Usami
(nicknamed and generally referred to as Usagi, or rabbit), to tutor
Misaki. At Usami's house, Misaki discovers a romance novel starring
Usami and his brother. Misaki confronts the writer, but ends up getting
harassed by a grumpy Usami. With time, his study results improve, and he
grows sympathetic towards Usami, who has an unrequited crush on
Takahiro. When Takahiro announces his engagement, Usami and Misaki
become closer. When Takahiro and his wife suddenly have to move to Osaka,
Misaki decides to live in Usami's house in return for doing housework
such as laundry, dishes, cooking dinner, and cleaning. Early on it is
shown that Misaki and Usami eat together and later shows that Usami
thinks of them as a family.
Episode two -
Original Airdate: April 17, 2008
Description:
It's been a month since Misaki started living in the house of Akihiko
Usami. Misaki has been accepted by the department of Economics at
Mitsuhashi University. Ever since the second day of school, everyone
acts weird towards Misaki and avoids him. His new friend Sumi Keiichi
tells him everyone probably wonders why he gets dropped off every day by
Akihiko Usami, the famous writer, in a red sports car. Usami acts
jealous of Misaki's new friend, and Misaki wonders if Usami only likes
him as a substitute for his brother. They argue, but then make up and
Usami admits he was jealous. This results in Usami and Misaki having sex
and Usami telling Misaki not to let anyone else touch him like he had.
Usami realizes he is falling in love with Misaki and Misaki feels
something is changing in him as well.
Original Airdate: April 24, 2008
Description:
Hiroki Kamijou is sitting in a park remembering his fruitless
relationship with his childhood friend and crush, Akihiko Usami. His
thoughts are abruptly disturbed when Nowaki Kusama launches a toy rocket
that almost hits Hiroki. Nowaki sees him crying and immediately drags
him off to a group of men watching the rocket. Hiroki learns that Nowaki
is a foundling.
Nowaki later insists on Hiroki becoming his tutor, to help him with the
high school proficiency exam. Akihiko makes a surprise visit, but
Nowaki interrupts and confesses his love for Hiroki. He says he fell in
love the moment he saw him. All he wants right now is Hiroki to fall in
love with him. Hiroki denies his love and tells Nowaki never to see him
again. But it is shown later that Hiroki can't stop thinking about
Nowaki and actually goes to spy on Nowaki from the cafe across the
street from the flower shop where Nowaki works. Nowaki sees Hiroki, and
confronts him about it in Hiroki's apartment. This is followed by Hiroki
admitting that he is falling in love with Nowaki and thus they have
sex. The episode ends with both confessing their love to each other.
Episode Four - Fear Is Often Greater Than The Danger Itself
Original Airdate: May 1, 2008
Description:
Misaki discovers yet another BL book about him and Usami. While he's
upset he also angers Usami, but he is 'saved' when Usami's editor,
Aikawa arrives. It seems like Usami is having some problems with
deadlines. Sumi-senpai
suggests to Misaki that Usami has a relationship with Aikawa. This
makes Misaki very jealous, and he also wonders if his own feelings are
genuine. When Usami leaves with Aikawa, Misaki eats chocolates that were
given to him by Aikawa but later shown that they were filled with
liquor, which causes him to feel tipsy. He falls asleep cuddling Usami's
shirt. Misaki tells Usami that he loves him, but the next day refuses
to.
Episode Five - Meeting in the beginning of parting
Original Airdate: May 8, 2008
Description:
Episode Six - Good can come out of misfortune
Original Airdate: May 15, 2008
Description:
Continues from the last episode. Nowaki, contemplating Miyagi and
Hiroki's relationship, is askeed to greet a professor flying in from
America. He agrees, believing he can still meet Hiroki, but the flight
is delayed. Hiroki goes to the restaurant an hour early and waits for
hours for Nowaki. Nowaki rushes to the restaurant, already late. Hiroki
eventually leaves, believing Nowaki doesn't love him anymore. Nowaki
makes it just as Hiroki leaves but they don't see each other. Miyagi is
surprised by a dripping wet Hiroki in his office and attempts to
'comfort' him, but is stopped when Nowaki barges into the office, seeing
what Nowaki was implying he rushed and became violent. Nowaki drags
Hiroki away but ends up chasing him into the library. Here Nowaki admits
that he wanted to be the kind of man that would make Hiroki proud to be
his lover. Hiroki breaks down and admits that he loves Nowaki, and the
two make love in the library. Later, while Nowaki is moving in with
Hiroki, Hiroki finds a bag full of letters to him that Nowaki never
posted, and refuses to give them up as he is so happy just to have them.
The episode ends with Hiroki remembering that in a distracted moment,
he was the one who advised Nowaki to study abroad in America.
Episode Seven - Spare the rod and spoil the child
Original Airdate: May 22, 2008
Description:
Misaki is having a hard time with Usami again. He has difficulty
picturing himself as Usagi's lover despite having made love with him and
admitting that he may love him. Usagi's answer is to go on a date and
end up at a fancy restaurant. Misaki is actually enjoying himself till
Usagi's drunken editor-in-chief, Isaka-san, interrupts and Misaki
realizes he hardly knows anything about Usagi's past. Isaka is removed,
and later Usagi and Misaki are on a large slow Ferris wheel. Misaki gets
mad because Isaka knew more about Usagi's history than he does. Usagi
is happy knowing that Misaki is jealous over him again and tells him
that he loves him. Misaki tries to block it out but ends up making love
with Usagi again once they get home. The next day Misaki finds a
brochure on different restaurants with loads of tags in the pages.
Realizing that Usagi went through so much trouble to pick a place to eat
with him he goes to thank him only to be stopped by the appearance of
another AkihikoxMisaki BL novel. After the ending credits Takahiro,
Misaki's elder brother, phones Usagi. Usagi tells Misaki to leave the
room. When Usagi returns he tells Misaki that Takahiro is coming back to
Tokyo and is going to take Misaki back.
Episode Eight - Away from home, one needs feel no shame
Original Airdate: May 29, 2008
Description:
Opens with Misaki being told he is going to go back to living with
Takahiro. Misaki believes that he has become a burden to Usagi, so he
doesn't object. He goes to visit his brother in Osaka before Takahiro
comes back to Tokyo. At his brother and sister-in-law's home he realizes
this is what a normal family should feel like, but ends up getting mad
when Takahiro starts criticizing Usagi. Misaki begins to notice he feels
lonely. Usagi is at home and constantly thinking about Misaki. It is
revealed that he let Misaki go because Takahiro said that Misaki blames
himself for their parents deaths. Misaki asked them to hurry home and
they sped home in the rain and crashed. Misaki does everything he can
not to become a burden to anyone or to ask too much of them. Misaki
phones Usagi from the train station but Usagi accidentally says
something that upsets him. He tells Misaki to wait there and turns up 3
hours later. He drags Misaki onto a different train and tells him he
won't ever let him go. Misaki is forced to decide what he actually wants
to do, and says that he just doesn't want to cause trouble for Usagi.
Usagi asks him to stay with him and Misaki says yes. They spend the
night together in a private sleeper car. The next day Misaki sees that
they are in Sapporo. Usagi says it is a birthday present for Misaki. The
episode ends by revealing Usagi's small obsession with Marimo.
Episode Nine - One good turn deserves another"
Original Airdate: June 5, 2008
Description:
This episode the backstory Hiroki and Akihiko friendship. They met in
Hiroki's private hideaway on Akihiko's family estate when they were ten
years old, and the two became classmates and friends. Akihiko spends a
lot of time with Hiroki, and when Hiroki breaks down in tears due to all
the pressure from the clubs he's in, Akihiko kisses him to calm him
down. Afterward, Akihiko sleeps over at his house. Soon after, Hiroki is
taken to Akihiko's house and it becomes clear that Akihiko does not
have a very good relationship with his parents. In Akihiko's room,
Hiroki sees some notepads filled with stories and ends up reading one of
them. Akihiko comes back and tries to snatch the pad away from Hiroki,
but Hiroki tells him it's really good and asks to read the rest. Akihiko
agrees and the two form a pact that only Hiroki can read his stories.
The episode ends with young Hiroki freaking out at the fact that he
could be in love with Akihiko.
Episode Ten - Boys, be ambitious
Original Airdate:
June 12, 2008
Description:
The episode opens up with a love confession that teenager Takatsuki
Shinobu makes to his ex-brother-in-law, Miyagi Yo. The episode flashes
back to three years prior, when two thugs tried to mug Shinobu, and
Miyagi ran them off. They both ended up at the same marriage arrangement
meeting for Miyagi and Shinobu's sister, Risako. Back in the present
day, it is revealed Miyagi has divorced Risako, and Shinobu returned
from studying abroad when he heard the news. When Miyagi is asked to
house Shinobu, the two form an uneasy relationship. Miyagi challenges
Shinobu's earnest declaration of adoration by making a sexual advance,
but the plan backfires when he realizes that the younger man is serious.
He retreats to his office, but Shinobu finds him. Finally, Miyagi tells
Shinobu to try hard in school, because people who are not serious do
not interest him. In the Omake, Miyagi teases Hiroki about his homemade bentou (packed lunch) as Shinobu looks on.
Episode Eleven - All things are easy that are done willingly
Original Airdate: June 19, 2008
Description:
Miyagi and Shinobu's story continues. As Miyagi walks to his car Risako arrives to get one last item, and comments that she felt Miyagi should have been more honest with her about his feelings. When she leaves he has a flashback of staying by someone's bedside and an empty wheelchair. His ruminations are interrupted by Shinobu's arrival home. Miyagi tries to make a hasty exit and in the process, drops a photo he'd been looking at. Shinobu presses him for details but Miyagi tells him to mind his own business. Shinobu once again declares his feelings, but Miyagi dismisses them. Shinobu then challenges Miyagi to sleep with him to show how serious he is. Miyagi makes an aggressive advance on Shinobu, but stops when Shinobu starts to cry. Shinobu leaves soon after. Driving home from work he reminisces about a teacher that he had loved, the woman in the picture. At home he finds Shinobu leaving, they talk and Shinobu reveals that he'd loved Miyagi even before they'd met during the attack. The next day, Shinobu's father calls and during the discussion it is revealed Shinobu is leaving to return to Australia. Miyagi rushes to stop him and gets there just in time.
Episode Twelve - Even a chance acquaintance is preordained
Original Airdate: June 26, 2008
Description:
The episode opens with Misaki sprawled out on the floor, apparently
thanks to Usami. To convince Takahiro to let Misaki stay with him, Usami
has told outrageous lies, all of which Takahiro believes. The next day,
Keiichi tells Misaki to congratulate Usami for winning the Kikukawa
Prize, but Misaki worries suddenly it might be for one of the explicit
BL books. When he gets home Usami, Isaka, and Aikawa talking about
preparations for a celebration party. The manager mentions that
Haruhiko, Usami's older brother will be present, which troubles Usami.
The two adults rush Usami off to the press conference, leaving Misaki
feeling a little hurt he hadn't known. He decides to do something for
Usami when he is interrupted by a delivery of flowers from Usami's
brother. Later that evening, Usami returns and Misaki expresses the
sadness he feels from being excluded. Usami finds it charming and
decides to take Misaki to bed. Things are changed slightly, when Misaki
tries to take the initiative, but is too embarrassed. He'd gotten the
idea because Usami previously said that his BL books were a mix of
hobby, profit and fantasy. It gives Usami ideas and he gives Misaki the
rest of the BL collection and tells him to study it, which embarrasses
him further.
Hope you enjoyed this Season. "Smiles"
