
Bloom Into You(2018)
Yuu has always dreamt of receiving a love letter but feels numb when a boy gives her one. Confused, she starts high school and meets Touko. Will Yuu's heart finally skip a beat?


Nagisa Aoi is a new transfer student into one of the three prestigious all-girls Catholic high schools on Astraea Hill: a school called St. Miator (the other two are St. Spica and St. Lelim (known in the anime as Le Rim, for some reason). While getting totally lost on her first day, she stumbles into a clearing with a tree, and also into a girl with long silver hair. Nagisa is immediately smitten with the girl, Shizuma Hanazono, otherwise known as the Etoile of the three schools (the most idolized girl). Shizuma, after picking up a figurine dropped by Nagisa, kisses her on the forehead, leading to Nagisa fainting. After waking up in the school's infirmary, Nagisa then meets her new roommate, Tamao Suzumi. Things, however, will be getting a lot more complicated for the new student than just that.

Ai Shimizu
Tamao Suzumi / Kizuna Hyuga

Hitomi Nabatame
Shizuma Hanazono

Mai Nakahara
Nagisa Aoi

Junko Noda
Miyuki Rokujou

Chiwa Saito
Chiyo Tsukidate

Yokote Kumiko
Shion Toumori

Kotomi Iwamura
Kaori Sakuragi

Miyu Matsuki
Hikari Konohana

Natsuko Kuwatani
Yaya Nanto

Saki Nakajima
Chikaru Minamoto
Strawberry Panic is a animation, drama series that first aired in 2006 exploring themes of anime, girls' love (gl). Created by Tatsuhiko Urahata, it stars Ai Shimizu, Hitomi Nabatame, Mai Nakahara. Nagisa Aoi is a new transfer student into one of the three prestigious all-girls Catholic high schools on Astraea Hill: a school called St. Miator (the other two are St. Spica and St. Lelim (known in the anime as Le Rim, for some reason). While getting totally lost on her first day, she stumbles into a clearing with a tree, and also into a girl with long silver hair. Nagisa is immediately smitten with the girl, Shizuma Hanazono, otherwise known as the Etoile of the three schools (the most idolized girl). Shizuma, after picking up a figurine dropped by Nagisa, kisses her on the forehead, leading to Nagisa fainting. After waking up in the school's infirmary, Nagisa then meets her new roommate, Tamao Suzumi. Things, however, will be getting a lot more complicated for the new student than just that.
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