Taiyou yori mo Mabushii Hoshi

Sae Iwata was never cute or dainty like the other girls, and due to her build and strength, she always felt the need to look after her delicate childhood friend and crush, Kouki Kamishiro. But as years passed, Kouki grew taller and more confident, which resulted in them drifting apart.

Toward the end of middle school, Sae reconnects with Kouki. Seeing that Kouki is still the sweet boy she once knew, she realizes that her dormant feelings for him have resurfaced. She tries her best to suppress her emotions—but it becomes even more difficult as, come high school, they end up in the same class. Ignoring her deepening feelings may seem like a fool's errand, but this boy that shines brighter than the sun may just prove to be her destiny.

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Iwata, Sae Main

Fujidera, Minori Japanese

Kamishiro, Kouki Main

Ono, Yuuki Japanese

Kagawa, Mio Supporting

Tamura, Mutsumi Japanese

Ayukawa, Youta Supporting

Ban, Taito Japanese

Sae's Younger Sister Supporting

Kuramochi, Wakana Japanese

Kinoshita Supporting

Mineta, Hiromu Japanese

Sae's Even Younger Sister Supporting

Sekine, Akira Japanese

Komori Supporting

Kameyama, Yuuji Japanese

Teacher Supporting

School Supervisor Supporting

Nakazawa, Nobuya Producer

Shiraishi, Youko Producer

Kashimura, Emi Producer

Oonuki, Kazuo Producer

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Dec 4, 2025

senemiko

Recommended

Preliminary (7/12 eps)

I recommend watching this anime if you are a fan of angsty fluff and can handle very high schooler-anxious-and-shy love tropes.
I really like this anime especially because it focuses heavily on the insecurities of the female MC and her inner world, how she views her love interest. This deeply and meaningful of a breakdown is not something we see on our average shoujos. Her love is seeping through the screen, it is not shallow.

At the same time, we also get to see how male MC deals with his insecurities, and how they experience their feelings towards each other and I found that to be ... very endearing and enjoyable to watch. But Koki is very absent, especially when compared to Ayukawa who is very calm, collected, mature and seem to really like and enjoy Sae's person and company.

First few episodes drag a bit as female MC's monologues get pretty long and bit tiresome but if you push through that, the anime opens up more. I think the portrayals of school environment, friendships, the feeling of having a crush on someone, and the slight anxiety of all circumstances are done well, and it is worth a shot to sit through few episodes to see if it is to your liking.

Really sorry to add this but Koki is super ugly, it should have been Ayukawa all along, man.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Nov 16, 2025

sebaxxz

Recommended

Preliminary (4/12 eps)

"Taiyou yori mo Mabushii Hoshi" Is probably gonna be atleast top 3 romance s from this season, from the cover it may appear a bit weird and basic, that s what i thougt too but from the start to where am i right now it seem s to be really good, i seen many people underrating this anime, but if we think more about it we are getting only poor isekai s or good anime s with downfalls now days so i would say this anime deserve s more hype than it has, it has good comedy, let s say romance it s good too ... and it has some nice characters and it seem to go on the right oath, yea it might seem to be one of those slow burning and complicated romance s with two characters that seem to cant really speak about of they re fellings.

The story has 2 high school students, pretty basic start, a pretty charming guy but who seem a bit lost when it s about romance or he simply doesnt bring it, and a tall pretty girl, pretty TALL girl but she s beautiful that way and I like the ideea, who doesnt like tall girls?.. And this girl is in the biggest lap of love, she s so in love with our guy and every time she thinks about him or talks with him the background change in a romantic one and the scenes are full of love, but neither one of them speaks about they re love, and I think we have some competition for the girl tho, cuz she s not the only one who seem to like him.

The art is beautiful, but a bit different at a first glimpse, the characters looks a bit like in the anime "Orange" if u ask me so you might like it or not depending on you.

This anime looks good till now and I think it will become more and more good and it clearly deserve a try, trust me.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Dec 12, 2025

EphOn

Not Recommended

Preliminary (12/12 eps)

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Predictable, boring, stereotypical cheap aaah romance anime.
I hate every single character in this shitty anime, why is the main character sooooooo so lamee omg to be thristing for a guy since little and making literally 0 moves, slow burn my a$$, they could at least make admiration-> love and through reconnecting and reviving the frienship in high school making them develope feelings. Boring aaah character the blond guy kamishiro whatever his name is, him being idealized and ooh how cool aww how cute at every second and min of each ep is so annoying...
Wdym they made the only relative of kamishiro a "rival" or someone ... who makes the protagonist jelous/insecure??? THEY ARE RELATIVES can japan stop with this incest stuff? idc if that couple really are a thing or not, the mere fact that they mention the cousins as looking cute toghether as a couple makes me want to vomit.
The only one that is not annoying and interesting is the second love interest they guy with grey hair, but i already know how this super predictable stereotypical cheap romance anime will possible no, literally will end.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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