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Golden Time

★ 7.6 7K votes 2013–2014 1 season · 24 episodes Ended MBS
AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 9/10Love storyA love story as the engine of the show, not a side plot.This show: 9/10Romantic yearningThe will-they-won't-they ache as the main draw.This show: 8/10Coming of ageGrowing up as the central arc.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Yui HorieMakoto FurukawaMike HaimotoAi KayanoKaito IshikawaIbuki Kido
Starring
Yui HorieMakoto FurukawaMike HaimotoAi KayanoKaito IshikawaIbuki Kido
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About

"campus romance that turns unexpectedly raw"

Golden Time follows Banri, a college freshman starting law school with no memory of his past, and Koko, the fiercely determined girl who falls for him. What begins as a breezy campus comedy about new friendships and awkward crushes slowly deepens into something much heavier, exploring obsessive love, identity, and mental strain beneath the bright slice-of-life surface. The tone swings hard between goofy ensemble humor and raw emotional drama, and it's carried by its central couple's messy, unusually honest chemistry rather than typical romance tropes.

Watch it for

the unusually honest, messy portrayal of a couple's emotional dependence and growth.

Maybe skip if

you want a lighthearted college romance without sudden tonal lurches into heavy drama.

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All Seasons

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Season 12013
7.95K249h 36m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Spring Time7.3
26024 min
▶2Lonely Girl7.4
23124 min
▶3Night Escape7.4
22724 min
▶4Blackout8.0
23724 min
▶5Body and Soul7.5
21224 min
▶6Yes No8.4
25824 min
▶7Masquerade7.5
20624 min
▶8Reset7.6
20524 min
▶9With You Again7.8
20324 min
▶10In the Mirror7.4
19924 min
▶11Trouble Party7.3
19424 min
▶12Don't Look Back8.5
24324 min
▶13Summer Has Come7.4
19324 min
▶14Ladies Talk7.3
18724 min
▶15Accident Beach8.3
22424 min
▶16Wake-up Call8.1
21224 min
▶17Return to Yesterday7.5
18924 min
▶18My Hometown7.7
19224 min
▶19Night in Paris7.7
19624 min
▶20His Chasm7.5
18624 min
▶21I'll Be Back8.2
19824 min
▶22Paradise Lost8.6
26124 min
▶23Last Smile8.3
21224 min
▶24Golden Time8.9
39624 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Yui Horie Koko Kaga
Makoto Furukawa Banri Tada
Mike Haimoto Banri Tada
Ai Kayano Nana Hayashida, Linda
Kaito Ishikawa Mitsuo Yanagisawa
Ibuki Kido Chinami Oka
Takahiro Hikami 2D-kun
Takayuki Kondô Kosshi-senpai
Satomi Satô Nana-senpai
Christina Marie Kelly Kouko

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