Embracing Love (2005)

Original title

春を抱いていた

Directed by

Yoshikata Nitta

Genre

yaoi, romance anime and manga

Country

Japan

Runtime

58 min

Rating

2.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two male actors who work in adult films try to break into mainstream acting while falling in love. Their personal and professional lives become intertwined as they navigate their feelings and careers.

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What happens

Embracing Love (春を抱いていた, Haru o Daiteita) is a yaoi manga by Youka Nitta, it narrates the story about two male pornographic actors who fall in love as they attempt to break into mainstream acting. It was published in English by Be Beautiful Manga prior to Biblos's bankruptcy. In 2012, SuBLime Manga announced that they had licensed the series for an omnibus release. As of 2023, only the first 6 volumes have been released in North America. In addition to the manga, a drama CD and OVA have been released. Nitta chose to use the pornography industry as a backdrop because she felt it had potential, and she felt there was a parallel between how the pornography industry is marginalised in Japan and how boys love manga is marginalised within the manga industry. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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