# A Condition Called Love (2024)

> A cheerful high school freshman with little luck in romance finds her life upended when a heartbroken classmate asks her out.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/155895

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 12
- Episode runtime: 24 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, romance, comedy
- Network: MBS, TBS, CBC, Tulip Television, SBC, BSN, tys, NBC, HBC, RKK, i-Television, SBS, IBC, BSS, MRO, OBS, TUF, RSK, TUY, tbc, RKB, KUTV, RBC, UTY, RCC, MRT, ATV, MBC
- Cast: Kana Hanazawa, Chiaki Kobayashi, Yurika Kubo, Maaya Sakamoto, Ryohei Kimura, Ryota Osaka, Sayumi Suzushiro, Kazuyuki Okitsu
- TMDB rating: 6.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29899598/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: sweet, wistful, comedic, breezy, awkward

## What critics say

Audience reception is mixed, with viewers finding the romance charming in places but the leads' awkwardness and slow emotional development divisive.

## Synopsis

A Condition Called Love (2024) is a Japanese animated shoujo romance series created for broadcast on MBS and TBS, adapted from a manga and produced by East Fish Studio. Its twelve episodes follow high school freshman Hotaru Hinase, voiced by Kana Hanazawa, whose warm, family-rooted life is full of friendship but stubbornly short on romantic luck. Her world changes when a small kindness toward her heartbroken classmate Hananoi, voiced by Chiaki Kobayashi, prompts him to ask her out, leaving her flustered and unsure what the feeling even is. The engine of each episode is the gap between Hotaru's earnest bewilderment and Hananoi's overbearing, heavy-handed affection, played out through school days, friendships, and the small everyday moments of a first crush. Supporting classmates voiced by Yurika Kubo and Maaya Sakamoto add lively friendship comedy around the central pairing. The series moves at a gentle, breezy pace, with a warm, wistful, lightly comic register that treats young love as both thrilling and puzzling. Fans of Horimiya, Kimi ni Todoke and Kaguya-sama: Love Is War will find a similar blend of teenage awkwardness, sweetness and comedy in this contemporary Japanese high school setting.

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