Given

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Japanese: ギヴン
English: given
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Type: TV
Episodes: 11
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jul 12, 2019 to Sep 20, 2019
Premiered: Summer 2019
Broadcast: Fridays at 00:55 (JST)
Licensors: Crunchyroll
Studios: Lerche
Source: Manga
Genres: Boys LoveBoys Love, DramaDrama
Themes: MusicMusic, SchoolSchool
Duration: 22 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 8.301 (scored by 333776333,776 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #2942
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #388
Members: 612,576
Favorites: 17,784

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Synopsis

Tightly clutching his Gibson guitar, Mafuyu Satou steps out of his dark apartment to begin another day of his high school life. While taking a nap in a quiet spot on the gymnasium staircase, he has a chance encounter with fellow student Ritsuka Uenoyama, who berates him for letting his guitar's strings rust and break. Noticing Uenoyama's knowledge of the instrument, Satou pleads for him to fix it and to teach him how to play. Uenoyama eventually agrees and invites him to sit in on a jam session with his two band mates: bassist Haruki Nakayama and drummer Akihiko Kaji.

Satou's voice is strikingly beautiful, filling Uenoyama with the determination to make Satou the lead singer of the band. Though reticent at first, Satou takes the offer after an emotional meeting with an old friend. With the support of his new friends, Satou must not only learn how to play guitar, but also come to terms with the mysterious circumstances that led him to be its owner.

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"Kizuato (キヅアト)" by Centimilimental (センチミリメンタル)
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Ending Theme

1: "Marutsuke - Piano ver. (まるつけ -Piano ver.-)" by Centimillimental (eps 1)
2: "Marutsuke (まるつけ)" by Given [Mafuyu Satou (Shougo Yano) (eps 2-11)

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Jul 4, 2025
NO ANIME has messed with my heart strings like this one. I am now emotionally destroyed! Their story, especially Mafiyu's, has broken me and then mended my broken heart. And when Mafyu started singing I couldn't hold my tears!! Every damn time!! I don't know what to say, literally. It made me speechless in every way. The character development, the storyline, the beginning, the ending, and the music, everything was perfect and emotionally abundant. I am not going to lie about me crying when the first song began. It was so nostalgic even for me, considering it shattered Mafyu is an understatement!
Jan 8, 2025
Mixed Feelings
There’s no question that Given is *the* BL anime of the modern era. It is the most watched BL on MAL, constantly tops popularity polls, and whenever anyone these days gives BL recommendations, the first thing you hear is Given, Given, Given.

It’s also disappointing.

Here’s the thing: Given is a drama. It takes itself extremely seriously, so I will take it extremely seriously as well, and thus come to the conclusion that it is not as deep and intelligent as it markets itself as.

Now, Given isn’t bad. It’s a competent story and the relationship between the leads, Ritsuka and Mafuyu, is well done. They had ...
Sep 19, 2024
FunnyFunny
I can't imagine you would enjoy this show unless you are strongly into Boys love. The plot could of had some potential but failed to develop anything apart from the relationships between the main characters. I was only interested in the musical aspect of the show and was very dissapointed. Mafuyu went from learning basic chords to basically playing like a normal guitarist in the space of one episode (with barely any practice and no time). I was also so dissapointed they only managed to create one song including the whole band and barely spent any time showing them performing it or creating it. I ...

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