The story starts with Sasaki and Miyano being virtual strangers who attend the same school and through a serendipitous event they get to know each other and become closer. Sasaki gets interested in Miyano's hobby and Miyano finally finds someone he can talk to about BL. Sasaki realises his feelings pretty early on and after confessing to Miyano, Miyano requests more time to figure out what sort of answer he should give. In the end, Miyano realises his own feelings and he confesses to Sasaki himself.
It is incredibly refreshing to watch a story that is so healthy, and promotes positivity for queer people. A lot of queer stories use the taboo trope, forbidden love, can't be together because we are both men, etc. Even though that is a reality even in our world it can be quite tiring to always consume content about how wrong your type of love is for society. This anime does not have this stereotype. Miyano's friends are open to his flirtatious relationship with Sasaki (Kuresawa even knows about Sasaki's feelings without anyone telling him) and Sasaki's friends are in the same boat.
Miyano himself is not so much bothered about the fact Sasaki is a man who has feelings for him as he is bothered about how he can respond to those feelings properly. Even before he realised his own feelings he was incredibly caring towards Sasaki and he wanted to think his own feelings through so he wouldn't hurt him. When he did realise his own feelings he wanted to ensure they were the same and it wasn't just curiosity or admiration. I, personally, found that touching and so so healthy to promote.
Each episode carries a light tone, and portrays the daily lives of high school boys. The focus is on Sasaki and Miyano and the progress of their relationship from strangers to senpai/kouhai and then to more but there are a lot of wonderful moments between all the characters. Hirano and Kagiura are also introduced (they are characters from a spin-off story that I also recommend called Hirano to Kagiura).
The art is a solid 10/10, it follows the manga art closely and the colours are vibrant and vivid which promote the light tone and happy vibe the anime carries
The music is a 9/10, only because there's not a whole lot of it. The ending absolutely kills me. It is sang by Yusuke Shirai (Sasaki Shuumei) and Saito Soma (Miyano Yoshikazu) and the lyrics are to die for (i could write a dissertation on it alone)
The story itself is a 10/10, and you will see it for yourselves if you watch it. Heartwarming, adorable and sweet!
Out of all the BLs I have read/watched in my life, this is one of the few that have left me with such a sweet and light feeling in my heart and the only one I feel portrays gay relationships between high schoolers in a healthy and realistic way
