If time did not allow ordinary things to be ordinary. How would you have lived?
It is the Bakumatsu and early Meiji Period. Akizuki Keiichirou and Kusaka Touma stand of opposite sides of the political scale of the time but still, something as fragile as the shell of a cicada binds these two men together in a tragic and cruel fate. A story of friendship, love and seperation as well as reunion and sacrifice.
Embracing Love: A Cicada in Winter has finished airing and it has 3 Episodes. It is also Known as: 冬の蝉, Winter Cicada
Genres: Romance , Japan , Bishounen , Drama , Past , Shounen Ai , Historical , Samurai , Yaoi
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Top 7 Anime Like Embracing Love: A Cicada in Winter (Fuyu no Semi) [2024 List]
7. Zetsuai 1989
![Zetsuai 1989](/image/https://media.kitsu.app/anime/poster_images/931/original.jpg)
Koji Nanjo, a young rock star, falls in love with soccer player Takuto Izumi. Koji eventually learns that Izumi's mother killed his father out of severe and intense love. Izumi took all the guilt for his father's murder and refuses to go pro because of fear that his past will be discovered by the media. Izumi detests Koji's company and encouragement and severely dislikes the attention from the press, but Koji cannot stay away for he soon realizes that his love for Izumi is very similar to the love that Izumi's mother felt for his father.
Zetsuai 1989 has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 絶愛-1989-, Desperate Love, Everlasting Love, Bronze: 1989
6. Gakuen Heaven
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Itou Keita, an average guy, is shocked when he's invited to attend the elite institution, "Bell Liberty Academy." Unnerved by the mystery, he's further distracted by the school's social dynamics. In a sea of amazing young men, Keita struggles to find out what makes him unique, and how he can possibly deserve to be treated as an equal by the boys of BL. Lacking any particular ability, just why has Itou been welcomed into the privileged world of the talented and the beautiful?
Along the way, he develops intense relationships with the almost everyone at school but he is terribly drawn to the friendly, over-caring but very mysterious classmate, Kazuki Endou.
Gakuen Heaven has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: 学園ヘヴン, Boy's Love Scramble
5. Hyakujitsu no Bara
![Hyakujitsu no Bara](/image/https://media.kitsu.app/anime/poster_images/4328/original.jpg)
Two soldiers from warring countries are bound by a pledge as master and servant. Taki Reizen is a Commander of sublime beauty, shouldering the fate of his nation. Called "Mad Dog" because of his rough temperament, Klaus has sworn his loyalty to him as a knight. Despite this, those around them are cold and disapproving, full of various misgivings. For all their genuine feelings, what will come of love made cruel by the violence of war?
Maiden Rose has finished airing and it has 2 Episodes. It is also Known as: 百日の薔薇, Hyakujitsu no Bara
4. Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Tsuioku-hen
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When mankind's savagery surpasses his fear of death, there is little hope for those who wish to live honest lives. Beneath a full moon, a young boy witnesses the murder of the bandits who had enslaved him, and is then christened with a new name by the man who rescued him. This boy is Shinta, now known as Kenshin Himura, and he is destined to become a swordsman. The softness of his heart does not befit the occupation, but his desire to protect the innocent is absolute.Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Tsuioku-hen details the origins of the man who would bear the name of Hitokiri Battousai long before he swore his oath not to kill and before he earned his reputation as an assassin. The young man’s heart is divided between justice and corruption, while the fate of a nation rests on his actions.
Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal has finished airing and it has 4 Episodes. It is also Known as: るろうに剣心―明治剣客浪漫譚―追憶編, Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuiokuhen, Rurouni Kenshin: Reminiscence
3. Sengoku☆Paradise Kiwami
![Sengoku☆Paradise Kiwami](/image/https://media.kitsu.app/anime/poster_images/6535/original.jpg)
Based on the online mobile phone otome game "Sengoku☆Paradise".
The first 3 minutes of the 10 minute spot for Sengoku☆Paradise Kiwami is the anime. The rest of the 7 minutes is of Sengoku☆Paradise Kiwami cast members Daisuke Namikawa and others (first time with Tetsuya Kakihara, second time with Rei Mochizuki) going on missions, plus an informative short.
Sengoku☆Paradise Kiwami has finished airing and it has 26 Episodes. It is also Known as: 戦国☆パラダイス-極-(きわみ), Sengoku☆Paradise Kiwami
2. Hybrid Child
![Hybrid Child](/image/https://media.kitsu.app/anime/poster_images/6465/original.jpg)
Kuroda, the puppet master, invented the Hybrid Child, a specialized android that is neither a machine nor a real human being. Originally purchased by lonely rich people yearning for companionship, the Hybrid Child is able to grow like a human when showered with love and care by its master. Even though they are designed like dolls, they have consciousness and can feel all kinds of emotions.Hybrid Child is made up of three very emotional and tragic love stories that explain the depth of a bond between a Hybrid Child and its owner.
Hybrid Child has finished airing and it has 4 Episodes. It is also Known as: ハイブリッド チャイルド, Hybrid Child
1. Ai no Kusabi
![Ai no Kusabi](/image/https://media.kitsu.app/anime/poster_images/649/original.jpg)
On planet Amoi, a great society has developed, creating a computerized city called Tanagura, ruled by supercomputer Jupiter. The populace is almost entirely male and is based on hair color; silver and/or blonds are the elitist, ending with dark/black haired as the bottom of society, often known as "mongrels". Blondies keep "pets", young boys kept for a few years, especially made for performing sexual actions for the Blondie's voyeurism entertainment. Blondies aren't suppose to keep pets for long or interact sexually with pets, but one blondie named Iason Mink has kept a pet named Riki, for years and is rumored to sleep with him. Iason refuses to let go of Riki, even with Jupiter's disapproval. Riki fights with his emotions and society problems, unable to decide what to do about his old friend/lover Gai (Guy) and their gang. Iason is obsessed with keeping Riki, and Riki doesn't know what to do; fight against him or surrender to him.
Ai no Kusabi has finished airing and it has 2 Episodes. It is also Known as: 間の楔, Love Wedge, The Space Between, Wedge of interval, Wedge of Love