{"id":615908,"date":"2024-04-07T07:07:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T04:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/cherry-magic-makes-history-with-wedding\/"},"modified":"2024-04-07T07:07:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T04:07:58","slug":"cherry-magic-makes-history-with-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cherry-magic-makes-history-with-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"#Cherry Magic Makes History With Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Season aired<\/b>: Winter 2024<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Number of episodes<\/b>: 12<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Watched on: <\/b>Crunchyroll<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Translated by: <\/b>?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Genres<\/b>: Romance, Comedy<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Thoughts<\/b>: <\/span>Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!<\/span><\/i> sounds like a silly title, but it cannot be overstated how the story has impacted its audience. With its initial adaptation as a critically acclaimed Japanese drama that won various awards and jumpstarted the acting career of its lead actor, this gay love story was so beloved and popular that it was further adapted into other dramas \u2014 the most famous one being from outside of Japan in Thailand. Now, this story has been adapted into an anime<\/a>, and like its previous adaptations, the series<\/a> made sure to bring something new to the story.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In <\/span>Cherry Magic<\/span><\/i>, Adachi is an office worker with no romantic prospects. After passing his 30th birthday as a virgin, he wakes up to discover he has magic powers. By touching other people, he can read their thoughts. Through this power he never wanted, Adachi learns that Kurosawa \u2014 the most popular, handsome, and successful coworker at his office \u2014 has the biggest crush on him. Suddenly, life isn\u2019t as simple and lonely.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Reading Kurosawa\u2019s thoughts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I\u2019m an incredibly devoted fan. As in, I\u2019ve watched every version of <\/span>Cherry Magic <\/span><\/i>that\u2019s been adapted, and while I still think the original Japanese live action drama reigns supreme, that isn\u2019t to say the anime lacks strengths. For one, I actually like the supporting couple more in the anime than I do in the live action. Focusing on Adachi\u2019s best friend, who despite being a successful romance author also becomes a wizard with mind reading powers at 30 years a virgin, Tsuge and his relationship with Minato feels more organic and less melodramatic. I didn\u2019t mind at all that they took up airtime, versus in other stories where I\u2019d rather have the story be completely focused on the supporting ship or wish for the story to completely disregard it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Despite being the main couple and taking most of the spotlight, Adachi and Kurosawa\u2019s relationship falters at the beginning. There\u2019s an internalized heterosexuality bit that anime insists on having whenever the show features a gay couple. The excuses remain consistent such as\u00a0 Adachi has always been into girls, he supposedly has a \u201ctype\u201d of girl, and he doesn\u2019t feel for Kurosawa. In short, he\u2019s just getting swept up because he\u2019s lonely and \u201cneeds\u201d a girl. As always, there\u2019s also never any mention of bisexuality either. These excuses aren\u2019t present in the live action adaptations, but they are used heavily as unnecessary conflict in the beginning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Confession scene very good<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It does a disservice to the love that blooms between them because the episode where Adachi reciprocates Kurosawa\u2019s feelings is incredibly organic. After being apart for a couple of days, Adachi realized all he could think about was missing Kurosawa\u2019s presence, and any time he felt down, he thought back to Kurosawa\u2019s endearing moments. All the prior \u201cI can\u2019t be attracted to a man\u201d thoughts only serve to drag the heartfelt love epiphany down. Luckily, once he\u2019s made clear his feelings towards Kurosawa, the anime really starts to come into its own.<\/span><\/p>\n

The series makes some creative choices in utilizing Adachi\u2019s powers. During their first date, the episode temporarily shifts into a musical episode when Adachi accidentally reads Kurosawa\u2019s mind, revealing the lovesickness the other man feels for Adachi through an entire song and dance number. Words overcrowd the screen when Kurosawa\u2019s unable to handle his fanboying nature towards his boyfriend, and in the intimate moments, we don\u2019t hear Kurosawa\u2019s thoughts at all. Instead, Adachi explains what it feels like to hear Kurosawa\u2019s love go through his body, preserving the intimacy between those two and sharing only the joy with the audience.<\/span><\/p>\n

As unfortunately commonplace as it is now, <\/span>Cherry Magic <\/span><\/i>falls into the trap of mediocre production values. The opening theme<\/a> song sequence provides more direction, colors, and animation than the actual series itself, which is often grayscale and muddy with a lack of light and barely passable movements. The soundtrack also doesn\u2019t stand out in any scenes, to the point where I wouldn\u2019t even recognize a track if it played outside of the anime.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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An actual modern wedding<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It might not be the treatment you wished to see on such a game<\/a>-changing story, but a decade ago, to see it at all would\u2019ve been a dream. <\/span>Cherry Magic<\/span><\/i>\u2019s romance isn\u2019t perfect, and its anime likely won\u2019t be everlasting the way its drama counterpart will be due to its production values and earlier story beats, but it does make history. Officially, Kurosawa and Adachi wed in the last episode \u2014 with a kiss to seal the union. And despite the national Japanese government still not legalizing gay marriage, the anime commits to the ending, making <\/span>Cherry Magic <\/span><\/i>one of the first anime to show a gay couple officially getting married in Japan.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Rating<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Plot: 7 (Multiplier 3)<\/span><\/p>\n

Characters: 7 (Multiplier 3)<\/span><\/p>\n

Art\/Animation: 6 (Multiplier 2)<\/span><\/p>\n

Voice acting: 7<\/span><\/p>\n

Soundtrack: 6<\/span><\/p>\n

FINAL SCORE: 67<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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