Blue Spring Ride
A tender, melancholic shoujo romance about the bittersweet reunion of childhood sweethearts who have grown into different people.
In middle school, Futaba Yoshioka was madly in love with Tanaka Kou but he moves away with his mother. She is reunited with him later in life but he is not the same person anymore.
Essence
Ensemble
Tsubasa Honda
Yoshioka Futaba
Masahiro Higashide
Mabuchi Kou
Yua Shinkawa
Murao Shūko
Ryo Yoshizawa
Kominato Aya
Izumi Fujimoto
Makita Yūri
Yu Koyanagi
Tanaka Yōichi
Mitsuki Takahata
Narumi Yui
Yudai Chiba
Kikuchi Tōma
Airi Tazume
Young Yoshioka Futaba
Mizuki Itagaki
Tanaka Kou
Kyoka Shibata
Young Narumi Yui
Kumiko Okae
Kou and Yōichi's Mother
Closest match
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Same mood
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Go darker
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Hidden gem
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
