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This is in part because the cast of secondary characters is kept relatively small. Overall, both leads are given enough room to show their personalities and grow. At that point, we’re able to see his own problems more clearly, as well as his own growth.
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While the film spends most of its time from the perspective of Kusakabe, the second half focuses more on Sajo’s perspective. Perhaps that isn’t unusual, either, but it does make his character more relatable and likable. Kusakabe is written with quite a bit of humor to him, and he certainly isn’t a “bad boy” type of character: yes, he’s into his band and his budding relationship, but he’s not trying to “go against the system.” Like many young people (and some not-so-young people) he isn’t sure about what he should do with his life. Interestingly enough, though, that’s not exactly how the two young men end up being written. These characters, on the surface, are cardboard cutouts of what’s been played out before: the studious one and the rebel. Even if the story itself isn’t anything new, a number of the typicalities are made a little fresher by the film’s tone and characters. This makes it seem like a more realistic story as a whole: yes, they’re teenagers, but that doesn’t mean they’re pure hormones. This places the story somewhere in between the innocence of a shounen-ai work and the near-pornographic details that can be found in yaoi titles. However, things never get too hot and heavy. Yes, there are still some moments that will cause you to squeal if you’re that kind of fan of the genre (I heard “ooooooh” a number of times while the film played). Sure, the story is somewhat predictable in the context of a romance, but it ends up being rather refreshing for a boys’ love anime.
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Does that make it bad? No, not necessarily. The film is broken up into four smaller stories, and that pattern happens about three times. In a number of ways, the film progresses like many romance stories do: things start out fine, a misunderstanding ensues, things turn out okay. Their designs match their characters: Sajo has side-swept hair and glasses, a look that’s extremely typical of good students in anime, and Kusakabe has longer hair colored blonde, giving him a more rebellious look. The story of Doukyusei is nothing terribly new: one boy, Licht Sajo, is a studious young man on the fast-track to going to the university his father and grandfather attended the other, Hikaru Kusakabe, is more interested in his band than what his life will be like after high school ends. After reading the synopsis and taking a look at the trailer, though, I decided to give it a shot. That, of course, isn’t necessarily enough of a reason: if it’s something I know I won’t get any sort of enjoyment out of, I’m not going to see it, even if it is anime-related. So, then, why did I go see the film Doukyusei ~Classmates~? Well, to begin with, I like supporting anime when it’s released in theaters. I also don’t know how I feel about the portrayal of homosexual relationships in things like yaoi and yuri. There seems to be a particular kind of stigma attached with that “genre,” namely that yaoi or shounen-ai stories have tropes that the vast majority of works follow almost to a T. I will admit that I typically don’t read or watch boys’ love material. Is Doukyusei a boys' love story that's accessible to more than just yaoi fans?