The High School Life of a Fudanshi

The High School Life of a Fudanshi (腐男子高校生活) is a Japanese yonkoma manga series written and drawn by Michinoku Atami. The manga is published online in Ichijinsha's Zero-Sum Online with first tankōbon format released on September 25, 2015. The manga is licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. This work parodies BL's cliche and fandom, but is more focused on the genre, than other elements.

An anime adaptation was produced by EMT Squared and broadcast in Japan from July 5, 2016, with each episode 4 minutes long.

Plot
Ryo Sakaguchi has a deep, dark secret: he is a fudanshi straight boy obsessed with boys' love (BL), the genre of stories revolving around the romance between two men. While he has trouble understanding how others do not find the same bliss he does from his unusual hobbies, that does not make it any easier for Ryo to buy his precious manga from the "girls" section of the store, or any simpler, explaining the world of boys’ love, shipping wars, and doujinshi circles to his best friend Nakamura. Will Ryo find other fanboys to share his hobby with, or is he doomed to sit alone on his throne of BL romance?

Characters

 * Ryō Sakaguchi (坂口 亮)
 * The series' protagonist. He is nicknamed Gucchi (グッチ). He really likes BL to the point that he gets excited over everything that resembles BL in real life, but is too shy to buy BL doujinshi by himself because of his sex. Despite his hobby, he is straight.
 * The series' protagonist. He is nicknamed Gucchi (グッチ). He really likes BL to the point that he gets excited over everything that resembles BL in real life, but is too shy to buy BL doujinshi by himself because of his sex. Despite his hobby, he is straight.


 * Toshiaki Nakamura (中村 俊明)
 * Sakaguchi's friend who doesn't like BL, but still understands his friend's hobby even though he sometimes questions Sakaguchi's real sexual orientation.
 * Sakaguchi's friend who doesn't like BL, but still understands his friend's hobby even though he sometimes questions Sakaguchi's real sexual orientation.


 * Rumi Nishihara (西原 ルミ)
 * At first glance she is a normal high school girl, but is actually a fujoshi. By chance she becomes friends with Sakaguchi, and becomes the one who introduces Sakaguchi to the whole new level of BL love by taking him to the Comiket. The work implies that she has something for Ryo, but so far it has not developed.
 * At first glance she is a normal high school girl, but is actually a fujoshi. By chance she becomes friends with Sakaguchi, and becomes the one who introduces Sakaguchi to the whole new level of BL love by taking him to the Comiket. The work implies that she has something for Ryo, but so far it has not developed.


 * Yūjirō Shiratori (白鳥 勇次郎)
 * Sakaguchi's friend who is a cross-dressing homosexual and president of the Cooking Club. Even though he acts completely like a woman, his strength is similar to a delinquent.
 * Sakaguchi's friend who is a cross-dressing homosexual and president of the Cooking Club. Even though he acts completely like a woman, his strength is similar to a delinquent.


 * Akira Ueda (上田 アキラ)
 * Shiratori's servant who will do anything for him. Akira is not gay though, which parodies BL-bait fan-service in anime and manga.
 * Shiratori's servant who will do anything for him. Akira is not gay though, which parodies BL-bait fan-service in anime and manga.


 * Daigo (台後)
 * A fudanshi whose class is next to Sakaguchi's and apparently a BL doujinshika.
 * A fudanshi whose class is next to Sakaguchi's and apparently a BL doujinshika.


 * Keichi (圭一)
 * A cooking club member who joined the club because his childhood friend always says meals cooked by Keichi are bland.
 * A cooking club member who joined the club because his childhood friend always says meals cooked by Keichi are bland.


 * Reiji (レイジ)
 * Keichi's childhood friend. He's so close and jealous of Keichi that Ryo regularly comments that their friendship looks like a BL-subtext manga.
 * Keichi's childhood friend. He's so close and jealous of Keichi that Ryo regularly comments that their friendship looks like a BL-subtext manga.


 * Kana-chan (かなちょん)
 * Rumi's (normal) friend.
 * Rumi's (normal) friend.


 * Yukari (ゆかり)
 * Reiji's younger sister. A shrine maiden who likes Keiichi but who is continuously blocked by her brother.

Manga
The yonkoma manga was written and drawn by Atami Michinoku and published online in Ichijinsha's Zero-Sum Online. The series so far has been compiled into five tankōbon as of September 2018. Seven Seas Entertainment announced that it had licensed the manga in North America on August 5, 2016.

Anime
The anime is directed by Toshikatsu Tokoro at EMT Squared with Chinatsu Ishida adapting Michinoku's original design. Nobuyuki Abe as sound director while DAX Production handled the sound production. Dream Creation handled the production. The theme song titled "Sekai wa Boy Meets Boy ♂" (SEKAIはボーイミーツボーイ♂) is sung by Ryō Sakaguchi's voice actor Wataru Hatano.

The blu-ray and DVD were released on October 14, 2016, containing all 12 episodes of the anime.

Web radio
A web radio titled Radio Fudanshi Kōkō Seikatsu "Fu-Jinrui Mina Kyōdai!!" (ラジオ 腐男子高校生活「腐人類みな兄弟!!」) started airing from July 3, 2016, on Anitama for 30 minutes an episode, with Hatano Wataru (Sakaguchi Ryō) and Suzaki Aya (Nishihara Rumi) as hosts.