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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 MatrangaMolly SearcyChris AyresTiffany Grant
Starring
Ai KayanoTakahiro SakuraiDavid MatrangaMolly SearcyChris AyresTiffany Grant
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.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12012
7.51K145h 25m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1We Kissed7.5
8925 min
▶2Fried Chicken Flavored7.4
8125 min
▶3If You Trust Someone...7.5
7625 min
▶4They Have Scars7.6
7225 min
▶5Just Like This8.3
8125 min
▶6Why...7.2
7325 min
▶7I Really Love You7.3
7425 min
▶8New to Love7.8
7025 min
▶9Each and Every7.5
6925 min
▶10Nothing Else7.4
6725 min
▶11Parade7.7
6825 min
▶12I'll Protect You7.4
6725 min
▶13Say "I Love You"7.4
13425 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
Molly Searcy Additional Voices
Chris Ayres Additional Voices, Marshmallow, Cameraman
Tiffany Grant Additional Voices, Mei's Mother, Female Teacher
Crash Buist Additional Voices, Hiro Taku, Michiru
Leraldo Anzaldua Yamato Kurosawa
Juliet Simmons Additional Voices, Momoko Sasano
Genevieve Simmons Additional Voices, Chiharu Ogawa, Female Scout

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