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Say "I love you"

★ 7.2 5K votes 2012–2013 1 season · 14 episodes Ended Tokyo MX
Romantic yearningThe will-they-won't-they ache as the main draw.This show: 9/10AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 9/10Love storyA love story as the engine of the show, not a side plot.This show: 9/10School & campusSchools and universities as the primary world.This show: 8/10Coming of ageGrowing up as the central arc.This show: 8/10Outsider leadA misfit or newcomer as our way into the world.This show: 7/10Young adultTeen protagonists with teen-first appeal.This show: 7/10Female perspectiveWomen's experience as the defining lens.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Ai KayanoTakahiro SakuraiDavid MatrangaChris AyresTiffany GrantMolly Searcy
Starring
Ai KayanoTakahiro SakuraiDavid MatrangaChris AyresTiffany GrantMolly Searcy
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
03875113150

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About

"First love written as anxiety, not fantasy"

A friendless, mistrustful teenage girl who has spent years pushing people away is unexpectedly noticed by the most popular boy in school, and the two begin a tentative, halting relationship. The show is a slow, interior romance more interested in awkward silences, insecurity, and the fear of being hurt again than in grand gestures. It leans heavily on internal monologue and quiet character beats rather than plot, so pacing is gentle and sometimes repetitive. What carries it is the emotional honesty of its lead and the way it treats first love as genuinely scary rather than cute.

Watch it for

the unusually honest portrayal of social anxiety and distrust inside a budding teen romance.

Maybe skip if

you want fast plotting or polished animation over introspective, dialogue-heavy pacing.

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All Seasons

Season 12012
7.51K145h 25m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
1We Kissed7.5
8825 min
2Fried Chicken Flavored7.4
8025 min
3If You Trust Someone...7.5
7525 min
4They Have Scars7.6
7125 min
5Just Like This8.3
8025 min
6Why...7.2
7225 min
7I Really Love You7.3
7325 min
8New to Love7.8
6925 min
9Each and Every7.5
6825 min
10Nothing Else7.4
6525 min
11Parade7.7
6725 min
12I'll Protect You7.4
6625 min
13Say "I Love You"7.4
13325 min
14Someone OVA7.0
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Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Ai Kayano Mei Tachibana
Takahiro Sakurai Yamato Kurosawa
David Matranga Additional Voices, Business Man, Daichi Kurosawa
Chris Ayres Additional Voices, Marshmallow, Cameraman
Tiffany Grant Additional Voices, Mei's Mother, Female Teacher
Molly Searcy Additional Voices
Leraldo Anzaldua Yamato Kurosawa
Juliet Simmons Additional Voices, Momoko Sasano
Genevieve Simmons Additional Voices, Chiharu Ogawa, Female Scout
Caitlynn French Mei Tachibana

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