Tasogare Out Focus

Despite a rocky start to their relationship, second-year high school students Mao Tsuchiya and Hisashi Ootomo have managed to find a way to coexist in their dorm room for another year. The roommates swear to abide by three simple promises: Mao must refrain from outing Ootomo as gay and having a boyfriend; Ootomo, in turn, must not fall in love with Mao; and the two must respect each other's privacy when one of them "needs time to himself." While these are simple asks, the school's film club's new project suddenly puts them at risk.

The club's short film for the year is a boys' love story between a class president and a delinquent—a role for which Ootomo is considered the perfect fit. As the principal photographer in charge of composing every scene, Mao oversees all of the intimate moments between the leads, and though he wishes he could deny it, his growing attraction to his roommate is affecting the movie's production. But as things start to intensify—both in the film and in his personal life—Mao is soon forced to confront these complex emotions head-on.

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Ootomo, Hisashi Main

Uchida, Yuuma Japanese

Inaba, Rei Main

Eguchi, Takuya Japanese

Ichikawa, Giichi Main

Nakazawa, Masatomo Japanese

Yoshino, Shion Main

Saitou, Souma Japanese

Tsuchiya, Mao Main

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Japanese

Kikuchihara, Jin Main

Furukawa, Makoto Japanese

Kujou, Kirito Supporting

Itou, Kent Japanese

Rudy Supporting

Takumi, Yasuaki Japanese

Tsuchiya, Isao Supporting

Tadokoro, Hinata Japanese

Chiaki, Minoru Supporting

Satou, Gen Japanese

Watanabe, Toshinori Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Yano, Satoshi Sound Director

Narita, Yoshimi Script, Series Composition

Galileo Galilei Theme Song Arrangement

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Dec 11, 2024

Mari_OTPs

Recommended

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!!

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Sep 25, 2025

helloThereWorld

Mixed Feelings

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 two couples. If you can look past that though? I really like the other stories portrayed as i said before, they feel engaging and it is such a thrill to follow the characters as they grow

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jan 8, 2025

Valentine07

Not Recommended

(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... horrible. It was uncomfortable to watch in many ways. It's been a while since I saw such unbearable characters.

I don't recommend watching it at all. There are many other BLs (if that's what you're looking for) that are much better.

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Fue tan... malo.

La historia es MUY cliché y se desarrolla de un momento al otro. El anime adapta los tres tomos individuales que conforman este mundo, centrados cada uno en una pareja, pero la mayoría de los trailers se centran en la primera de ellas, por lo que yo no me esperaba al resto. Me preguntaba cómo harían para desarrollar la historia de un solo tomo en doce episodios. Me esperaba que hicieran lo mismo que hizo el estudio que animó ‘Given’, que agregaron más escenas y desarrollaron un poco más la historia. Lo hubiese preferido.

El club de cine es interesante, pero no es más que una excusa para desarrollar las historias.

Los personajes son clichés hasta la médula. Los únicos que se salvan un poco son la primera pareja. La segunda estuvo bastante bien, pero la tercera... horrible. Fue incómodo de ver en muchos aspectos. Hace tiempo que no veía personajes tan insoportables.

No recomiendo verlo para nada. Hay muchos otros BLs (si es lo que están buscando) mucho mejores.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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