But instead of being placed in their literary division, Ritsu finds himself working as the rookie manga editor for the Emerald editing department, a team that operates under extremely tight schedules in order to meet deadlines. To accomplish this, he quits his job at his father's publishing company and transfers to Marukawa Publishing. Junjou Romantica collects three love stories, narrating every couple's romance.Īfter having to deal with jealousy from his co-workers for working under his father's name, prideful literary editor Ritsu Onodera is determined to establish himself in the industry. However, the educator soon realizes that Shinobu will do anything for their destined romance. Even so, You does not feel the same way and attempts to scare him off. As the two get closer, more revelations about the student are made.įurthermore, when wealthy teenager Shinobu Takatsuki finds out that his older sister has divorced Hiroki's coworker You Miyagi, he immediately wants to date the same man-as he saved Shinobu from a robbery three years prior. Despite denying Nowaki's request numerous times, Hiroki eventually lends him a hand. While on the edge of a mental breakdown, he meets student Nowaki Kusama, who wants his help for an upcoming exam.
However, after stumbling upon the author's latest boys-love novel, Misaki becomes uncertain whether or not to trust Akihiko regarding his friendship with the student's brother.Įlsewhere, Hiroki Kamijou, a university teacher of classical literature and Akihiko's friend, is grieving a failed romance. With the two of them slowly becoming acquainted, Akihiko ends up as Misaki's private tutor. Bewildered by such a sight, Misaki finds out that the stranger is actually Akihiko Usami, a popular novelist and his brother's best friend.
The blog closed in September of 2017.High school student Misaki Takahashi returns home to see his older brother being fondled by an unknown man. This story originally appeared on the USA TODAY College blog, a news source produced for college students by student journalists. Sophia Tulp is an Ithaca College student and a USA TODAY College intern. The majority of these characters were gay males (36), nine were lesbian, six were bisexual and none were transgender, according to a USC Annenberg report.īut, if the internet has its way, that could change soon with the help of films like In a Heartbeat. In the top 100 films of 2016, of about 5,000 speaking characters, only 51 or 1.1% were lesbian, gay or bisexual. And in live action, the stats are dismal too. LGBTQ representation is meager at best in the world of animation. “We hope that our film will inspire understanding in people from all walks of life that the heart wants what the heart wants and there’s nothing wrong with that,” Bravo said in a video on the Kickstarter page. And now it's already racked up over 4 million views and counting on YouTube - and it's trending in the top 10 videos just 24 hours after its release. For the past year they’ve been storyboarding, working on art, modeling and animating the project before showcasing it to the world. They ended up getting $14,000, almost five times their goal. They launched the Kickstarter in November 2016 to raise $3,000 for a sound designer. "It’s a film that deals with a real and personal topic in a very sweet and lighthearted way.” In a Heartbeat producers Beth David and Esteban Bravo, who just wrapped their senior year at Ringling, described the project on their Kickstarter page as “not only a culmination of our four years of education and hard work at the college, but also an expression of a subject that has not been explored in computer animation." Some are even calling for a full-length film. It’s an emotional roller coaster with the sweetest ending, and the internet is praising it - and making it go viral. He sees his crush, Jonathan, “the most popular boy in school" and his heart - literally - pops out of his chest and sparks a chase for him to get it back before being outed at school. In a Heartbeat follows Sherwin, a middle schooler who’s living in the closet. Two computer animation majors at Ringling College of Art and Design in Florida just released their senior thesis project, a short animated film about two young boys in love, and well, you might need a box of tissues.