Audience reviews
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CreepSkull
"Twilight Out of Focus" is a show about the beginnings of three different gay couples at the same school. It's one of the quiet, calm kind, which captures you with it's beautiful artstyle and calm pacing.
In only 12 episodes the show succedes in establishing (mostly) healthy relationship dynamics without the need of unnecessary drama or artificial misconceptions, although I felt a bit disappointed, that we didn't get more time to really explore the relationships.
The characters show surprisingly many layers considering the length of the show and the screentime of every main character. Romance is well written, although a bit repetitive at times. The show tells the story of three different couples, packing every story in aprox. 3 - 4 episodes, which works surprisingly well in establishing…
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It was pretty good but the story of Rei and Shion really brought it down for me, Mao and Hisashi were lovely and i wish we could have seen more of them, jin and ichikawa were alright, i liked their dynamic, but Rei and Shion? They were such a pain, I think Shion could have gotten somebody better, like Kirito; And at the very end Rei is more than anything else just a possesive piece of shit masked as love, "I was going to do whatever i wanted regardless of what his answer was" he said, i'm sorry what? That's just fucked up, It's an "i can fix him" storyline that if anything else just makes the "fixed" one just end up being obsessive and thinking that he owns the other one, not to mention that their plot was overall just annoying or boring and i would have prefered watching any of the other…
Read at the sourceWorm_Death
It had potential...
The main thing I think ruined this anime for me was the structure and pacing. It could have been a lovely story about these three couples developing feelings and general friendships towards each other. I don't get the point of all the characters being in the film club if it's barely utilized. The three couples just stick to themselves and have minimal interactions with other characters, even though they're all in the same club. Sure, Ichikawa talks to Mao a couple of times (only when making movies and keeping relatively professional), and Rei and Jin are friends. But what matters is that the characters don't bounce off each other at all. It would have been the perfect opportunity to flesh out the characters more if we got to know them as club friends first before dire…
Read at the sourceAlgernonD
I mean yeah it's cliche and we've all seen tropes like these before but it healed my yaribu trauma so it gets a pass. BUT i hate hate hate how they animated the lips, the art style was solid BUT THE LIPS hate it.
The plot wasn't realistic at all like come on 5 guys in the same club start dating and one of them during his first day gurl be for real. I honestly think that i've enjoyed it because i am basically a bl veteran after reading so much of it at work.
Over all it was pretty good, but if u wanna watch it cause the first couple looks like Ash and Eiji i don't think that its worth it 👐🏻
Read at the sourceValentine07
(Spanish review below).
It was so... bad.
The story is VERY cliché and it develops from one moment to the next. The anime adapts the three individual volumes that make up this world, each one focusing on a couple, but most of the trailers focus on the first one, so I wasn't expecting the rest. I was wondering how they would develop the story of a single volume into twelve episodes. I expected them to do the same thing that the studio that animated 'Given' did, which was to add more scenes and develop the story a bit more. I would have preferred that.
The film club is interesting, but it's nothing more than an excuse to develop the stories.
The characters are clichés to the core. The only ones that are saved a bit are the first couple. The second one was pretty good, but the third one..…
Read at the sourceMari_OTPs
I loved it, each chapter was so full of love and had so much charm to it!!
I loved how healthy and how real some of the relationships were portrayed!! Great anime no doubt!!
Usually I don't trust animes will be able to make me feel completely comfortable without having to ignore a thing or two due to them being out of my comfort zone, but this didn't happen at all with Tasogare Out Focus! I truly loved every chapter, 100% recommended!!
The characters and relationships were incredibly well thought and developed even though there are only 12 chapters. Once the anime is done, you'll be there with a smile on your face and your heart full!!
Read at the sourceFlickerwisp
I adore the manga this anime is based on and the only reason I'm not rating this higher is because I'd rather recommend the manga. It's basically a shot by shot direct adaptation of the manga apart from one storyline. This style of adapting can by its nature never enhance the source material because it doesn't play to the strength of its medium. It's also hesitant to fully the sex scenes and rather sticks to a couple shots with dialogue, which is fair for any non-hentai anime, but it does kind of suck. The animation in general isn't the best, the movement is kind of stilted and especially the kiss scenes look kind of off. The dub voice acting, however, is incredible, which does help elevate the show.
Read at the sourcekozad
TL;DR – if you’re a gay man who loves anime, or if you like any romance-oriented anime, watch this. It’s not quite as good as Given, but it’s also miles better than Gravitation. This anime breaks ground in ways rarely seen in yaio/BL, and usually avoids tropes. There's even a nice post-credits scene on the last episode. Just don't expect twilight to come into focus.
This is the third time I’ve written/updated my review. I know, I said I probably wouldn’t update it, but the final episodes compelled me to log in and give another hot take. This is a long review, because I had my expectations set really high by the backlash Crunchyroll faced when they announced this, and by the first 4 episodes. The episodes featuring Mao and Hisashi are by far the strongest episodes, and they feel realistic,…
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I loved the manga, but i'm not so sure about the anime.
First of all, this is an adapptation of a manga series in which each volume tells the story of 4 different couples. And the anime thought they could tell their stories well in 12 episodes. Honestly, this felt more like a motion manga than an anime in itself; I'm not really sure how to express myself on that one.
Second, since the original source material has kind of short stories for the couples it didn't feel rushed or anything. I liked the pacing, but this anime... I don't know, it felt kind of off? I'm not sure, it felt like there was something missing, but I'm not sure what.
Third, despite all of what i said, I enjoyed watching this. Wish it was a bit longer, maybe that way the story could be more well developed, but I'm just anot…
Read at the sourcemizundahstood
I love my BL and have been a fujoshi for 10+ years and have consumed almost every sort of BL there is available from novels, to anime to manga/manhua/manhwa, and I am very veerrryyy pleased to say this is one of the loveliest anime adaptions of BL to anime I've watched.
I loved the manga so much, and the anime portrayed this so beautifully. I have no complaint and love the relationship progression of ALL the characters as it just feels so healthy and sooo damn sweet. <3
For BL lovers, don't miss out on both the manga and the anime, it is absolutely a wonderful watch.
Read at the sourcesarybelle
Before starting Twilight Out of Focus, it’s important to know that there’s not really a “main” couple. The series is pretty evenly split between 3 separate couples, all with their own storylines. Because of this, this series is definitely not a slowburn, as each storyline is 3-4 episodes.
Taking all that into account, Twilight Out of Focus is a great series, full of green flags, healthy relationships, and interesting characters with their own distinct personalities. It’s cute, it’s fluffy, and also a little spicy - which in my opinion is realistic considering these are all high school boys.
If you want a cute, non-toxic, fast paced BL, I’d highly recommend this one.
Read at the sourcebeeper2beeper
With how much toxic relationships seen in BL series, its refreshing to see a show that portrays a healthy BL relationship (relative to popular manga/webtoons). It was a great watch from start to finish; the only gripe I had on it was the show not focusing enough on the main couple (which the hypnosis and cover art suggests). The show goes into three couples including the main one, and gets a little lost a long the way. It does recoup at the end.
The show doesn't focus on sex only. It mostly focuses on the daily lives of the characters being in the film club. We get to see their struggles and how they share a passion for filmmaking. It's a solid watch. The OST is good. The VAs did a great job.
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I really appreciated this series and found it to be so unapologetically gay and cute and fun! It is so refreshing to see a BL or even a story with gay characters where there wasn't really a single implied moment of homophobia in the setting of the world. It just set a stage with great pieces and let it play out in a light-hearted and entertaining way that made me feel good every time I watched it.
First though: --- my big critique is with how the show starts very early on. There is one interaction that is very uncomfortable and immediately had me on my red flags drawn type of viewing. I was wondering if we were going Banana Fish-level trauma or sub-5.0 rating yaoi dumpster bin. Luckily it spins out of that interaction pretty fast. And while it does help build one of the lead characters st…
Read at the sourcekirA_-_
In some way I feel bad to give such a low score and I know a lot of people gonna think I’m way to harsh but lets talk about it and a little bit about manga because its important for this anime.
Tasogare Out Focus Is a combination of four different mangas written by same author. Its like a Tetralogy. With the every manga expect the last one about a different couple. They are all one volume and contains 7 to 9 chapters. So all of them pretty short and this is the biggest problem. There are to many things happening to them being short stories.
We have three couples that have 7 chapters to start a relationship, have a interesting story and develop a relationship which is not enough. After this part I’m gonna talk about anime.
Same think happens even worse in the anime for me. Couples felt em…
Read at the sourceLilyVarbik
"Mixed Feelings" recommendation is mostly because there is a LOT of sex (it's 13+ appropriate but damn). I personally understand why there is so much, and everything around it is super nice, but personally not a sex person.
Another major downside is very brief reference to pedophilia and statutory rape which pisses me off greatly, but is very brief problem and minor point of the show, but has value as unfortunately that issue does genuinely exist in the real world (woodchippers... where they belong). I think this may have been my first dedicated BL, and see why so many people love them.
Content: Some may argue, especially for the main couple, it's kind of meh/generic, but I loved it! To solve this issue, this has more than one love story!!! Each being unique in their own way and super <3…
Read at the sourceweebna
I was really excited about this one. It started off strong but gradually lost its way. The original story line about the two roommates seems to have been completely sidelined. Instead, the focus has shifted to multiple couples and completely forgetting about the first couple. My question to this is WHY?
The original couple was cute and had a nice banter but everything else was a mess and, to be honest, boring. I started watching because of the original couple but after their episodes all I got was a lot of back-and-forth.
Not even sure if I can recommend this if I simple enjoyed a certain part of it.
Read at the sourceKANLen09
Twilight Out of Focus - One place, three different stories, but...GAY.
If you didn't know already, Boys Love a.k.a BL shows have existed just as long as other most recognizable AniManga genres do, but in the age of the 2020s, cancel culture is so rampant for people to get nosy-ticklish to cancel shows that are regarded as outrageous and oh-so-out of control. Yet, that is unfortunately the case for mangaka Janome's Tasogare Out Focus a.k.a Twilight Out of Focus, being the subject of litigation of X/Twitter's unnecessary heated fire from homophobes, so much so that stupid old Sony-owned Crunchyroll pretty much nuked the comments section instead of hiring moderators to fish out the bot accounts that are spreading the misogyny of BL anime. That's a first that the show was unfortunately crowne…
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