Twilight Out of Focus

Twilight Out of Focus (黄昏アウトフォーカス) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Jyanome. It began serialization on Kodansha's digital BL magazine Honey Milk in June 2018. The series consists of five parts, three of which are part of the main story, and the other two parts being spin-off content. An anime television series adaptation produced by Studio Deen premiered in July 2024.

Characters

 * Mao Tsuchiya (土屋 真央)


 * Hisashi Otomo (大友 寿)


 * Jin Kikuchihara (菊地原 仁)


 * Giichi Ichikawa (市川 義一)


 * Rei Inaba (稲葉 礼)


 * Shion Yoshino (吉乃 詩音)


 * Runa Kagari (加賀利 ルナ)


 * Teru Kagari (加賀利 テル)


 * Takayuki Honjō (本條 雪孝)


 * Minoru Chiaki (千秋 実)


 * Isao Tsuchiya (土谷 功緒)


 * Rudy (ルディ)


 * Kirito Kujō (九条 桐斗)

Manga
Written and illustrated by Jyanome, Twilight Out of Focus is serialized on Kodansha's digital BL magazine Honey Milk. The first part, Twilight Out of Focus, was serialized from June 10, 2018, to March 10, 2019. It was collected in a single tankōbon volume in June 2019. The second part, Twilight Out of Focus 3: Overlap, which continues the story in the first part was serialized from May 10, 2019, to August 10, 2020. It was collected in a single tankōbon volume in August 2020. The third part, Twilight Out of Focus 5: Long Take, began serialization on August 10, 2022. It has been collected in two tankōbon volumes as of May 2024.

A spin-off manga, titled Twilight Out of Focus 2: Afterimages in Slow Motion was serialized between December 10, 2019, and May 10, 2020. It was collected in a single tankōbon volume in July 2020.

Another spin-off manga, titled Twilight Out of Focus 4: The Evening Monologues, was serialized between December 10, 2020, and June 10, 2021. It was collected in a single tankōbon volume in June 2021.

In March 2022, Kodansha USA announced that they licensed the series for English digital publication. At Anime Expo 2022, Kodansha USA announced that they licensed the series for English print publication.

Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced in July 2023. The series is produced by Studio Deen and directed by Toshinori Watanabe, with Yoshimi Narita in charge of series composition, Yoko Kikuchi designing the characters, and Satoshi Hōno and Kaori Nakano composing the music. It premiered on July 4, 2024, on Tokyo MX and other networks. The opening theme song is "Crank Up" performed by Ikusaburo Yamazaki, while the ending theme song is "Unchain×Unchain" performed by Amber's. Crunchyroll licensed the series. Medialink licensed the series for streaming in East and Southeast Asia on its Ani-One Asia YouTube channel.

Controversy
Crunchyroll, the streaming service that carries the international simulcast rights to the anime series, removed its comment section across the entire platform to "reduce harmful content", presumably in response to heavy backlash the anime was receiving.