Taiyou yori mo Mabushii Hoshi

Sae Iwata was never cute or dainty like the other girls, and due to her build and strength, she always felt the need to look after her delicate childhood friend and crush, Kouki Kamishiro. But as years passed, Kouki grew taller and more confident, which resulted in them drifting apart.

Toward the end of middle school, Sae reconnects with Kouki. Seeing that Kouki is still the sweet boy she once knew, she realizes that her dormant feelings for him have resurfaced. She tries her best to suppress her emotions—but it becomes even more difficult as, come high school, they end up in the same class. Ignoring her deepening feelings may seem like a fool's errand, but this boy that shines brighter than the sun may just prove to be her destiny.

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Iwata, Sae Main

Fujidera, Minori Japanese

Kamishiro, Kouki Main

Ono, Yuuki Japanese

Kagawa, Mio Supporting

Tamura, Mutsumi Japanese

Ayukawa, Youta Supporting

Ban, Taito Japanese

Sae's Younger Sister Supporting

Kuramochi, Wakana Japanese

Kinoshita Supporting

Mineta, Hiromu Japanese

Sae's Even Younger Sister Supporting

Sekine, Akira Japanese

Komori Supporting

Kameyama, Yuuji Japanese

Teacher Supporting

School Supervisor Supporting

Shiraishi, Youko Producer

Shioya, Naofumi Producer

Nakazawa, Nobuya Producer

Oonuki, Kazuo Producer

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Dec 4, 2025

senemiko

Recommended

Preliminary (7/12 eps)

I recommend watching this anime if you are a fan of angsty fluff and can handle very high schooler-anxious-and-shy love tropes.
I really like this anime especially because it focuses heavily on the insecurities of the female MC and her inner world, how she views her love interest. This deeply and meaningful of a breakdown is not something we see on our average shoujos. Her love is seeping through the screen, it is not shallow.

At the same time, we also get to see how male MC deals with his insecurities, and how they experience their feelings towards each other and I found that to be ... very endearing and enjoyable to watch. But Koki is very absent, especially when compared to Ayukawa who is very calm, collected, mature and seem to really like and enjoy Sae's person and company.

First few episodes drag a bit as female MC's monologues get pretty long and bit tiresome but if you push through that, the anime opens up more. I think the portrayals of school environment, friendships, the feeling of having a crush on someone, and the slight anxiety of all circumstances are done well, and it is worth a shot to sit through few episodes to see if it is to your liking.

Really sorry to add this but Koki is super ugly, it should have been Ayukawa all along, man.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Nov 16, 2025

sebaxxz

Recommended

Preliminary (4/12 eps)

"Taiyou yori mo Mabushii Hoshi" Is probably gonna be atleast top 3 romance s from this season, from the cover it may appear a bit weird and basic, that s what i thougt too but from the start to where am i right now it seem s to be really good, i seen many people underrating this anime, but if we think more about it we are getting only poor isekai s or good anime s with downfalls now days so i would say this anime deserve s more hype than it has, it has good comedy, let s say romance it s good too ... and it has some nice characters and it seem to go on the right oath, yea it might seem to be one of those slow burning and complicated romance s with two characters that seem to cant really speak about of they re fellings.

The story has 2 high school students, pretty basic start, a pretty charming guy but who seem a bit lost when it s about romance or he simply doesnt bring it, and a tall pretty girl, pretty TALL girl but she s beautiful that way and I like the ideea, who doesnt like tall girls?.. And this girl is in the biggest lap of love, she s so in love with our guy and every time she thinks about him or talks with him the background change in a romantic one and the scenes are full of love, but neither one of them speaks about they re love, and I think we have some competition for the girl tho, cuz she s not the only one who seem to like him.

The art is beautiful, but a bit different at a first glimpse, the characters looks a bit like in the anime "Orange" if u ask me so you might like it or not depending on you.

This anime looks good till now and I think it will become more and more good and it clearly deserve a try, trust me.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Nov 14, 2025

Evans_Born

Recommended

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

Decent Comedy, meh Romance
Taiyou yori mo Mabushii Hoshi is another High School Romance, another pure love story that doesn't break out of the mold, but that is not bad necessarily. In many ways this is a generic shoujo, with a lovable heroine and near perfect hero (with subtle flaws), and admirable cast. It's a more grounded, less funny skip to loafer; with the self-reflective frame of Kimi ni Todoke.

The jokes however land (for those more familiar with shoujo and/or various aspects of Japanese culture), and the animation short cuts they take (which can be annoying), do not detract too much from the characters and ... have a kind of charm. It seems to be played for laughs, having fun with certain animation tropes of the genre (Treating key characters the way side characters are).

production
The music is good, and the opening piece was really beautiful, the animation decent, and the voice actors are talented. These are the elements that stand out. I also like the poetic nature of the title.

Narrative:
Very predictable thus far, they establish the setting quite vividly and well. The main cast is distinct and well designed, not as subversive of character tropes like Kimi ni Todoke.

For twists, the author is playing around with character dynamics. The character archetypes are not new, but the interactions are somewhat different. To counteract the predictability of the plot, the author shifts around the conflicts. So many plot points are obvious, what the characters choose to do, and how they react is not as obvious.

As an introduction it was slow, despite the fact they sped through the backstory. This gives the first arc, an overly expository flavor. The hook seems to be "cuteness, and beauty". For intrigue, there are small hints that there is more to the hero than the green flags the heroine sees in him. The interesting thing about the Hero is this combination of red-green flags. Things that might have been taken to be red flags normally being recontextualized as green flags.

Three episodes in, the set up is pretty much done, and it looks like it will be a good, albeit predictable romance. If you are a fan of pure love Romance, this looks like something worth your time. Especially since there seems to be no hope of getting a Last Game anime; or a second season of Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun. This will have to do. It is heart warming, and sweet; and more importantly not another isekai.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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