a b "Ōya-san wa Shishunki 4-Panel Manga Has Anime in the Works". Anime News Network. 15 September 2015 . Retrieved 10 November 2015.

Absolutely adorable. At first it didn't totally grip me because of the artstyle (I didn't dig it for a few chapters) but it was super cozy and I read it all in one go. a b Chapman, Paul (16 September 2015). " "Ōya-san wa Shishunki!" Manga To Receive Anime Adaptation". Crunchyroll . Retrieved 10 November 2015.Characters: 7/10 - I enjoyed Fujiyama more than I did Kanba, especially in the beginning and mid sections of the manga. Kanba is pretty perverted and goes and starts this whole ordeal thinking with his libido, but it actually ends up well. Fujiyama is a pretty shy character who gets embarrassed easily but you can't blame her because she has always been teased her whole life about her height. I will say though, the way that the author wrote their characters ties in with the story really well, it made more sense of why the characters acted because they are in middle school. The way that they act fits really well with the age that they are supposed to be. So even if male MC isn't the best, he really fits in with his age group so kudos to the writer. The side characters were good and all but I couldn't tell you their names except vice-principle Also the Nurse is great for various reasons. a b c "Ōya-san wa Shishunki! TV Anime's Main Staff, Lead Voice Actress, Key Visual Revealed". Anime News Network. 22 November 2015 . Retrieved 22 November 2015. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t 大家さんは思春期！[Ōya-san wa Shishunki!]. Houbunsha (in Japanese) . Retrieved 10 November 2015.

An important side of Fujiyama-san wa Shishunki is that the whole story is permeated with beautiful eroticism. It’s perfect – healthy and tasteful. The two teens start to enjoy their bodies, learn about attraction, try touch. They don’t even kiss, be warned, but the existing erotic subtext is substantial and enjoyable nevertheless. You desperately want them to have sex, but for once not only to ogle, but because you believe that this couple will manage to turn it into a moment of absolute happiness. a b "Ōya-san wa Shishunki! TV Anime Premieres in January". Anime News Network. 9 November 2015 . Retrieved 10 November 2015.

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Before that, I must speak of the characters. The characters are the selling point of this story. I find no problem with them, and scratching down on the surface you begin to see some light on how simple "simple" is. The tl;dr of it is that these characters are legit people, legit humans probably on a relatability scale that hits closer than anything I have seen before. It's weird because what also makes these characters so good is that they undergo very implicit development, to the point where it flows with little notice. Their writing here was made in a way that makes it seem like nothing happens. Which is true. Not a lot of change happens. Nothing too drastic from what my memory serves. But that is what makes them so well, in real life, change happens over a long period of time. Average lifestyle, at least from what I know of Japan, doesn't consist of loud crashes and bangs like anime, specifically s.o.l romcoms, will tell you, people doing the stupidest of teenage things every moment, or some other nonsense that should only exist in a fictional atmosphere. Fujiyama and Kanba are perfect representations of this, they are the kind of people you could probably draw a parallel to someone you know, or have seen, in real life in a school environment. Whilst the two don't have anything of some really deep and intricate development, they are undoubtedly perfect in character representation. People in real life have a simple style of life; it is all the more enforced in this manga. Fujiyama is your athlete kinda girl, a little popular, outgoing-type and aggressive too. Kanba, the less popular childhood friend, is a little more lowkey, perverted, but still quite boyish to some extent. You can't tell me these people don't seem realistic. It isn't just that flat description I have just given, they also have their own motives and emotion to call their own using it to do stuff that may look like a universal action, but still gives them a sense of their solid character to claim as their own. We aren't so different from one another, but we still have something that makes you "you". I would never say that these characters do something for the sake of moving the plot forward either, none of this pointless drama or spontaneous burst random feelings. These characters are what they say they are and it is like that throughout the entire thing. You want some consistent characters? Here are some. I had to constantly remind myself these were middle schoolers because the "romance" was mild but it's infinitely better this way. These are 14-15 year old kids, no one would expect more than handholding and awkwardness from them. That aspect is perfectly represented throughout the manga. The plot follows the slice of life staples, with status quo changing rarely, if at all, until near the very end. Some chapters may be a tiny bit strained, there’re some fluctuations in the mood (from a somewhat messy teen romance to a happy family-like romance), but overall the high quality of writing is maintained. Rurū Minase began publishing the series in Houbunsha's Manga Time magazine in 2012. The manga is also serialized in the publisher's Manga Time Family magazine, starting in January 2014. [4] The series has been collected into ten tankōbon volumes.