Voiranime sasaki to miyano

The story revolves around two high school boys, the eponymous Miyano and Sasaki. Miyano is a first-year whose only quirk is his love of

As far as Sasaki goes, the story is largely about him coming to understand his own sexual orientation. The implication is that he’s always assumed that he’s attracted to girls because that’s what’s considered normal, but meeting Miyano hits him like a ton of hearts and suddenly he’s forced to reconsider. He’s not freaked out, but he is a bit confused. He’s also totally willing to try to figure out what his feelings are and to gently pursue his crush. The discovery that Miyano is a fan of

This is, of course, the stickiest bit of the plot. Miyano doesn’t go around loudly proclaiming that he’s not gay, he just likes homoerotic love stories, which is a major plus. He does make similar comments twice in the book, but he’s also clearly not homophobic, and it seems more that he’s oblivious to Sasaki’s feelings in the manner of all good manga romance protagonists. (And in this case, Sasaki’s still trying to figure it out, so it feels less ridiculous than the trope can sometimes be.) Most of the conflict appears to be on Sasaki’s side at this point, not because he’s opposed to the discovery that he has a crush on Miyano, but because he’s just never thought it was something that he’d experience, and he’s being forced to reconfigure his view of himself, or at least one facet of himself. Again, there’s no apparent homophobia; it’s just a new thing and he’s confused. He’s also afraid that Miyano will reject him entirely if and when he figures things out, which is valid because sometimes that happens, regardless of orientation, and also because at one point Sasaki half-jokingly asked him out and Miyano said no. Again, not with any disgust, but more as if he assumed Sasaki was fully joking, which at the time Sasaki allowed without comment.