Dance Dance Danseur

Junpei Murao's love affair with ballet began at a young age during his sister's ballet recital, when a male ballet dancer roused his interest with a gripping performance. But for Junpei, nothing could be worse than his peers finding out about his secret passion for ballet and perceiving him as effeminate. That is why he is in the soccer club, trains Jeet Kune Do, and is intent on following in his father's footsteps of becoming a stunt coordinator: all very "manly" activities.

When Junpei's classmate Miyako Godai spots him demonstrating an impressive kick that combines skills from ballet and Jeet Kune Do to his friends, she suddenly recruits him to join her mother's ballet studio. He resists at first, and although he has abandoned his dreams of formally pursuing ballet, nothing quite captures the euphoria that ballet elicits. After suppressing his desire to pursue ballet for so long, it is not so easy to shake off his hesitation and break free of the shackles of masculinity. Junpei has to be willing to make certain sacrifices and fully commit to ballet, all while risking losing some friends.

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Murao, Junpei Main

Yamashita, Daiki Japanese

Mori, Ruou Main

Uchiyama, Kouki Japanese

Godai, Miyako Main

Hondo, Kaede Japanese

Oikawa, Natsuki Supporting

Fukuen, Misato Japanese

Godai, Chizuru Supporting

Asano, Mayumi Japanese

Murao, Nanako Supporting

Aoyama, Yoshino Japanese

Nakamura Supporting

Koyasu, Takehito Japanese

Murao, Ippeita Supporting

Fujimoto, Takahiro Japanese

Mioka Supporting

Kazuki, Hiroto Japanese

Sagura, Hyouta Supporting

Kaiden, Michiko Japanese

Kamei, Hiroshi Producer

Ogawa, Takahiro Producer

Okada, Akihiko Producer

Hiraki, Ryouko Assistant Producer

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Aug 26, 2022

Itagato

Recommended

This is my first time writing a review so I'm going to try and keep this short and sweet. (edit: I guess its not my first lol, forgot i posted one before)

But this anime was definitely not one I expected to like as much as I did. I usually give all genres of anime a chance and decide if I want to continue after a couple episodes. This one was worth the shot.

The story telling was done so well. Everything from the animation, to the music, to the pacing. From start to finish I found it to be thrilling and fulfilling all at the same ... time. Normally when watching anime I'm very off put by characters being overly nice/fake. But in Dance Dance Danseur it did not feel fake, and in fact felt like the real emotions of 13/14 year old boys and girls. Through the anime I could truly feel the struggles of being a teenager trying to break out of the norms of society, and I found that very enjoyable.

The way they even paced the anime to have a mid season climax with their performance was WELL DONE. The performance was encapsulating of course with the visuals, the plot, and the music but tied in with the pacing it was just *chefs kiss*. And then the introduction of new characters... extremely well done. Characters were fleshed out just enough for them to be relevant and impactful to the story (imo), which says so much for the story as a whole.

The ending was perfect too. Once again I'm not one for the sappy endings, but I felt that the ending was realistic and perfectly executed. Hard to put into words the emotions I was feeling at the end but they were genuine.

I pray for a season 2 with just as much effort and attention to detail as the first.

And I know I gave this a perfect 10. That does not mean I think this is literally perfect or that I am comparing it to other 10s. In my ratings I rate things based off of their own metrics. Kinda confusing but to explain it as simply as possible, I do not compare this 10 to other 10s. However, generally similar genres will get similar comparisons.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Jul 5, 2022

GimmeAnime

Mixed Feelings

This series is a solid 9 up until episode 10, but good god, that ending is an incredibly frustrating, disappointing, and depressing 2, so I will grudgingly, GRUDGINGLY give this a 5 overall.

No lie, the characters are very good, with solid development for the MC, but I wouldn't have minded more than the last-minute exposition for the 2 main side characters. The overall story is great; it certainly pulled me in and got me invested.

The music is fantastic, especially if you enjoy classical. And the ending, man, the ending ruined the entire thing for me completely. Felt like getting emotionally beaten with a nail bat. ... I'd call the overall feel of the ending maybe something between "bittersweet" and "what the f* is this?".

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Oct 30, 2023

just8lank

Not Recommended

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Predictable, mess up romance, following horrible shounen trends. Genre is okay, but why they alway have trash romance set up, create main female lead, seduce male lead, then pair her with some side character. Its alway first impression, if you want to make her a main character, put her in first episode, give her all the screen time, give the big influence on the main male lead, dont sway people with crap like that, i swear, i already saw 3-4 anime/mange with the same setup, the romance alway mess up what supposed to be good anime, its alway the male lead has admiration toward ... the female lead, bla bla bla. If you want to mess up romance part, dont put it the story in the first place. Its really ruin the experience for some of the people who watch it, you give they hope they backstabbing them later on. Event the main cover of the anime/manga also give wrong impression, its like you scamming the people to watch it only to backstabbing them later on. This is my honest opinion, whether you accept it or not, i dont care.

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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