12-sai.: Chicchana Mune no Tokimeki

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Synonyms: Age 12., Juuni-sai.

Japanese: 12歳。～ちっちゃなムネのトキメキ～

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Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 4, 2016 to Jun 20, 2016

Premiered: Spring 2016

Broadcast: Mondays at 19:30 (JST)

Producers: Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, AT-X, Nippon Columbia, Tokyo MX, Shogakukan, JR East Marketing & Communications, Sun TV

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: OLM

Source: Manga

Genre: Romance

Theme: School

Demographic: Shoujo

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG - Children

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Score: 6.41¹ (scored by 16,528 users)

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Ranked: #7548²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #3758

Members: 35,235

Favorites: 63

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Synopsis

Reaching a period of life where they are neither a child nor an adult, 12-year-old Hanabi Ayase and Aoi Yui meet with life-changing events. Due to the mischievous demeanor of her male classmates, Ayase does not think highly of the opposite sex. However, her perspective begins to change after she is paired with the kind-hearted Takao Yuuto for a class assignment and unexpectedly shared their first kisses with each other on the school rooftop.

With her best friend discovering love, Aoi yearns to seek her own. She finds herself falling in love with the rash Kazuma Hiyama after protecting her from a rejected suitor who had talked behind her back.

12-sai.: Chicchana Mune no Tokimeki follows the four in this phase of adolescence. As they grow up alongside each other, this sweet romance depicts the innocence and excitement of first love.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Ayase, Hanabi

Main

Kakuma, Ai
Japanese

Hiyama, Kazuma

Main

Horie, Shun
Japanese

Takao, Yuuto

Main

Saitou, Souma
Japanese

Aoi, Yui

Main

Kimura, Juri
Japanese

Tsutsumi, Ayumu

Supporting

Kakihara, Tetsuya
Japanese

Mikami, Inaba

Supporting

Tachibana, Shinnosuke
Japanese

Hamana, Kokoa

Supporting

Hara, Sayuri
Japanese

Ogura, Marin

Supporting

Makiguchi, Mayuki
Japanese

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Sasaki, Reiko

Producer

Itou, Kaori

Producer

Kanda, Ryouta

Producer

Okuwaki, Masaharu

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Opening Theme

"Sweet Sensation" by Rie Murakawa

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Ending Theme

"Cotona MODE" by AOP

Reviews

Jul 1, 2020

hyproescalier

Recommended

First of all, this is a kid's show so don't even try to complain anything, im pretty sure the author/director knows what's he/she is doing so don't listen to these people that disagree.

But for me this anime is good all and all, it's quite relaxing and soothing to watch which makes you smile every minute, the story, characters and plot is very simple which is to make it easier for kids to understand. if you like cute/adorable litte unique romance that has unique characters which is they're 12, then this is what you're looking for.

If you're looking for more anime like this go to ciao ...

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Dec 28, 2019

Otaku_for_Once

Mixed Feelings

So did i like it? Not really i found it pretty boring. Would 10-12yos like it? Probably, this is what i would’ve loved to watch then.

This is the sort of 12 year old i would’ve wanted to be like, not some weirdo, who still hasn’t been in a relationship at 15, so from that pov i guess it’s not too bad a show. But comparing it to all the others romance anime’s i’ve watched it’s pretty bad.

I’ve never had these experiences irl but i’ve wished for them and i guess this anime shows experiences that could happen, maybe that’s the charm of it, ...

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Jan 30, 2022

AnimeEnjoyer420

Not Recommended

Recommendation: Skip it unless you have the highest possible tolerance for corniness and overly-sweet sentimentality. This review covers both seasons of the full length anime, not the original short OVAs.

Positives:

+ Sweet and innocent. Red flags may go flying up when you hear it's an anime about 6th graders in love, but there is zero fanservice or sexualization of the characters here. It feels like it was written for the actual demographic it portrays (middle school-aged girls), rather than for otaku voyeurism. Rest assured, there is nothing in this series that could possibly qualify as objectionable or creepy.

+ Convincingly portrays the transition from childhood to ... adulthood and all the anxieties and grey areas that come with it. All the blushing and nervousness in the romance comes across as more true to life when it's 6th graders doing it rather than high schoolers or even adults, like in most anime romcoms.

+ The chibi comedy stuff can be pretty cute. It's not like it'll have you laughing out loud, but you'll probably at least smile at how adorable some of it is, like when Hanabi wags her twintails like a dog when she gets excited.

+ The increased roles for Inaba and Tsutsumi significantly improve the 2nd season, and they are arguably more well-developed and interesting than some of the main cast. They both end up being pretty likable despite their initial portrayal as jerks trying to steal away the main girls from their boyfriends.

+ Marin as the romance teacher is a fun ongoing bit, though it would have been nice if they had given her more to do than just repeating that one gag.

+ Season 1 OP has a bitchin' guitar riff.

Negatives:

- This show is a fatal dose of syrupy sweetness. It is so overpoweringly corny that I had a hard time making it through, even with my high tolerance for that kind of thing. Every possible situation is a setup for one of the boys to deliver an embarrassing line laden with shoujo tropes like "if you ever cry, I'll be the first one by your side". The dialogue is cliché, cringeworthy and doesn't feel like the kind of things anyone would ever say in real life.

- The male leads lack personality or interior lives. Yuuto in particular has exactly one personality trait ("cool") and is never developed beyond that. You never even get basic details like what he likes or dislikes, what his family is like, or what his dreams are. He is like a robot that exists solely to deliver embarrassing lines of dialogue.

- Lacks balance. The show is primarily structured around its two main relationships, Hanabi and Yuuto, and Yui and Kazuma. Unfortunately, it tends to go into deep focus on one of these relationships for 2-3 episode arcs while totally ignoring the other during that time (Yui and Kazuma get the short end of the stick more often than not). It's not quite as bad in the 2nd season, but the relationships are forgettable enough that you will start to actually forget them when they get backburnered for long stretches.

- Kazuma is thoroughly unlikable and lame. His immaturity is probably accurate and appropriate for his age, but he's such a miserable little shit that it's hard to understand why Yui likes him at all or why she's so devoted to him when he treats her the way he does. Their romance falls flat largely because it's obvious that Yui deserves better and you don't really want to see Kazuma win, especially when a better character starts trying to woo her in the 2nd season.

- Cocoa's presence as a bitchy manipulator is grating and repetitive. Somehow she always manages to manipulate people and convince them that they're doing something wrong even though she gets caught lying and loses face in front of the entire class repeatedly. It's like everyone exists in a state of perfect naivete where their memory resets at the beginning of each episode and they all forget that she's a lying snake that can't be trusted about anything.

- Basic and cheap animation and questionable character designs, especially when it comes to some of the side characters

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