# Insomniacs After School (2023)

> Two high school students with insomnia find an unlikely connection while sneaking naps in their school's abandoned observatory.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/117905

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 13
- Episode runtime: 24 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, drama, romance
- Network: TV Tokyo
- Cast: Gen Sato, Konomi Tamura, Juri Nagatsuma, Takako Tanaka, Emiri Suyama, Rin Kusumi, Tomoyo Takayanagi, Minami Iinuma
- TMDB rating: 7.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26450257/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: gentle, wistful, dreamy, melancholic, tender

## What critics say

Audience reception is positive, with viewers praising the gentle romance and the quiet, sleep-centered premise.

## Synopsis

Insomniacs After School (2023) is a Japanese anime slice of life romance series created for TV Tokyo, adapted from a seinen manga and produced by LIDENFILMS. High school student Ganta Nakami (voiced by Gen Sato) suffers from chronic insomnia until he meets Isaki Magari (voiced by Konomi Tamura), a classmate who shares the same condition. Their fragile connection forms around a secret arrangement: the two sneak into the school's abandoned observatory, where they can finally catch up on sleep together. The engine of the series is quiet, mounting closeness, with each episode built from small everyday school moments, the awkwardness of teenage feelings, and the slow weight of exhaustion that keeps the pair on the edges of their classmates' lives. Across a single thirteen-episode season, the story unfolds at an unhurried pace, a gentle and wistful register tinged with melancholy and hope. Its astronomy motif and nighttime atmosphere give it a dreamy, hushed quality. Fans of Horimiya, Your Lie in April and Scum's Wish will find resonance in its tender, understated romance and its portrait of youthful loneliness.

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