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Given (2020)

★ 8.2 · 417 ratings on TMDB

A story of a certain summer.

Given poster★ 8.2

Haruki secretly had feelings for Akihiko for years, but Akihiko was still in a relationship with his roommate, the violinist Ugetsu Murata. Haruki, Akihiko, and Ugetsu's love clashes and starts to move forward.

DirectorHikaru Yamaguchi
CastMasatomo Nakazawa, Shintaro Asanuma, Shogo Yano, Takuya Eguchi, Yuma Uchida
GenresAnimation, Drama, Music, Romance
The emergence reading

Given keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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