English Dub Review: Sasaki and Miyano “First Time”

 

Overview:

A schoolyard fight leads to a chance encounter between Miyano and Sasaki. As their friendship blossoms and Miyano introduces Sasaki to Boys’ Love manga, Sasaki wrestles with newfound and unfamiliar feelings.

Our Take:

I think this was a solid first episode and I think it has a good premise. I do want to get some of the negatives out of the way. The use of backgrounds and animations to show silly moments is nothing new in anime but this show does it like every thirty seconds. It makes it hard to tell whether this is going to be a serious yaoi show or something that is more like a comedy.

So far we haven’t gotten too much characterization on Miyano but it is only one episode so far. However, Sasaki has already become my favorite so far. Kellen Goff does an amazing job voicing the character and you can really feel the struggle as he comes to terms with the fact that he finds a boy attractive and what that entails. I also really like how maturely they have handled everything so far. It could change at any moment I’m sure but I like how they aren’t making a big deal about his sexuality. It just is what it is and that is refreshing.

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