#TasogareOutFocus

Finished Twilight Out Of Focus.

It was a mixed bag. I really liked the pairing of Hisashi and Mao because they were just good for each other. But I had my qualms about the other parts, starting with how everyone in the club seemed to be gay and how they all had convenient circumstances for sharing rooms where they could make out.
Giichi and Jin worked well as a pair and I liked them bonding over BL manga, though.
Rei and Shion were hard to root for although it ended up being a decent relationship. Despite some improvement, I simply found Shion annoying.
All in all I could have done with a shorter series about just one pair, and would rather have seen them move on to uni or something.

#TasogareOutFocus #TwilightOutOfFocus #anime #BoysLove #review #JitschFinish

Anime Animals アニメの動物anianimalsmoe@sakurajima.moe
2024-09-17

Today's #AniAnimal is this dog that Mao imagines in "Tasogare Outfocus".

今日の #アニアニマル は『黄昏アウトフォーカス』で 真央 が想像したこの犬です。

More info and other AniAnimals at: anianimals.moe/scene/dlFqp-dFX

#Anime #AnimeDog #TasogareOutfocus #アニメ #アニメ犬 #黄昏アウトフォーカス

Anicastanicasts
2024-09-06

Got my answer, they're all happening in the same timeline, they're just private about their relationships it seems.

Two teenage boys (Kikuchihara and Giichi) appearing to be close in a hallway, possibly about to kiss, as a different teenage boy (Rei) appears surprised by what he's seeing.
Anicastanicasts
2024-08-23

Well, I spent most of that episode screaming "this guy's an idiot" at my laptop. He came with a goal and left with ... well, something. :blobpeek:

A teenage boy (Shion) with a clinched fist excitedly saying, "I'm totally gonna find a boyfriend!"
Anicastanicasts
2024-08-21
A teenage boy (Jin) appearing surprised as another teenage boy (Giichi) pulls him close and gives him a kiss.A teenage boy (Giichi) with blushed cheeks and a cautious expression says, "That's to get you back for yesterday."
Anicastanicasts
2024-08-02

The fifth episode of Twilight Out Of Focus took us on a whole different track, leaving Mao and Hisashi behind and turning the camera onto Gichi and Kikuchihara. While Gichi might see him as a rival, it seems that once they become roommates they become the best of friends - and likely more. Also, that gyoza is such a silly detail in here. :BigBlobhajHug:

Two teenage boys (Ghichi and Kikuchihara) with surprised expressions after they accidentally kissed after getting too close together in a tense moment.A teenage boy (Gichi) part way through dressing with a teenage boy (Kikuchihara) looking at him with a blushed face.A teenage boy (Gichi) laughing while holding a plush pig which came out of a plush gyoza which another teenage boy (Kikuchihara) is holding.A teenage boy (Kikuchihara) looks with a blushed face at a teenage boy (Gichi) sleeping next to him in a bed.
Anicastanicasts
2024-07-27

The fourth episode of Twilight Out Of Focus. *stares blankly* These boys have no self-control, do they? Other things did happen, don't get me wrong, but somehow it felt like we kept ending up in the same place. :blobpeek:

Two teenage boys (Hisashi and Mao) in a bed, one holding a phone, while the other asks "What time is it?"Two teenage boys (Hisashi and Mao) holing one another in a bed with one saying, "As soon as I touch you, I get so turned on. It's tough."Two teenage boys (Hisashi and Mao) seen from behind, wearing clothes, sitting on the edge of a bed, with a subtitle of Mao thinking, "...but I am falling into Hisashi's arms tonight." On the bed are two plushies close to one another.A teenage boy (Mao) putting his hands on the mouth of a teenage boy (Hisashi) who appears surprised. A subtitle of Mao is on screen with him saying, "I know it's night, but we're outside! We can't!"

Twilight Out Of Focus somehow feels like typical BL but it has characters with genuine interactions. I like that the “rowdy” looking Hisashi is the more sensitive and gentle type and that he and Mao have each other figured out quite well already at the start of the story.
There is not much beating around the bush and delaying the obvious. Which is also nice.
As of episode 2 I’m a bit worried that the relationship is going to be complicated - Hisashi has to get over a past abusive relationship and I guess it’s not all going to be fluffy. But I’m willing to stay for that because I wish the characters a happy ending immediately.

#tasogareOutFocus #TwilightOutOfFocus #BoysLove #anime #JitschsNewAnime

Anicastanicasts
2024-07-21
Looking at the floor, the shadow of a person backlit from the light of the hallway coming into the room.A crop of a teenage boy (Hisahi) showing the bottom half of his face and the upper part of his chest. He's holding onto a towel with one raised hand with the other part of the towel going over his shoulder.
Anicastanicasts
2024-07-20

Enjoyed this clever callback on Hisashi's part.

Two hands holding a smart phone in a horizontal orientation. A subtitle says, "Hey, Mao. Look over here."A teenage boy (Mao) turning his head while laying down in a nurse's room bed. He's seen through the video app of a phone.A teenage boy (Hisashi) holding a smart phone in his hands, saying, "If you can't lie to this thing, then talk to me."
Anicastanicasts
2024-07-19
A teenage boy (Hisashi) leaning against a pillow, while the person off screen (Mao) is thinking, "There. Looking at me with those feverishly, tempting,"A close up of a pair of eyes with a subtitle of the other character thinking, "probing eyes again."
Anicastanicasts
2024-07-19

Well, seems things aren't gonna go slow in this show, are they?

A teenage boy (Mao) seen through the viewfinder of a camera as he looks into the camera with one finger over his lips.
Anicastanicasts
2024-07-16
A teenage boy (Tao) leaning in to the ear of another boy (Hisahi) while saying, "Hey. Look at me." His eyes are closed and his cheeks are blushing.A close of up a teenage boy's face (Hisahi) from the side with the other boy (Mao) saying, "Even just for a second."
Anicastanicasts
2024-07-15
A teenage boy (Hisahi) leaning over with a slightly alluring expression on his face saying, "Maybe I just wasn't getting enough of you."
Anicastanicasts
2024-07-06

And sometimes you throw in a frame purely for the viewer. Feel like I'll follow Twilight Out of Focus.

A character standing in front of a blackboard with one hand in a fist and the other slapping the blackboard where a large BL is written

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