A Condition Called Love

A Condition Called Love is a modern school-set shoujo romance anime produced by East Fish Studio, blending heartfelt drama with the tender emotions of youth. Based on the manga by Moe Morino, the series is directed by Tomoe Makino with series composition by Hitomi Amemiya. Centered on Saki Hananoi and Hotaru Hinase, this TV anime brings the warmth and sincerity of its source material to life through a sensitive and emotionally resonant lens.

A Condition Called Love follows Hotaru Hinase, a high school freshman whose life is filled with caring family members and close friends — yet romantic love remains a complete mystery to her. She has never experienced the feeling of being in love and genuinely struggles to understand what it even means. Everything changes one afternoon when she stumbles upon Saki Hananoi, the popular boy from the neighboring classroom, standing alone in a park after being dumped by his girlfriend. Acting on a simple impulse of kindness, Hotaru offers him her umbrella. That small, unassuming gesture sets off an unexpected chain of events. Hananoi, a boy who loves with an almost overwhelming intensity and dedicates himself entirely to the person he cares for, soon turns his attention toward Hotaru. The story explores the tender, awkward, and sometimes complicated beginnings of a first love between a girl who has never known romance and a boy whose feelings run deeper than most could imagine.