冬の蝉

Embracing Love: A Cicada in Winter

If time did not allow ordinary things to be ordinary. How would you have lived? It is the Bakamatsu and early Meiji Period. Akizuki Keiichirou and Kusaka Touma stand of opposite sides of the political scale of the time but still, something as fragile as the shell of a cicada binds these two men together in a tragic and cruel fate. A story of friendship, love and seperation as well as reunion and sacrifice. (Source: AniDB)

Names

Original	冬の蝉 (japanese)
Romaji	Fuyu no Semi
English	Embracing Love: A Cicada in Winter
Chinese	冬之蝉 (simplified · via bangumi)
Also known as	Winter Cicada

Facts

Format	OVA (home video) · 3 ep · 33 min · 2h total
Aired	2007-02-23 → 2007-04-27 (Winter 2007)
Status	FINISHED
Studio	Venet
Source	Manga
Origin	Japan (Anime)
Genres	Drama Romance
Themes	Historical Swordplay Boys' Love LGBTQ+ Themes
Streaming	OceanVeil

Reception

Community score	6.81 / 10
Bayesian score	7.23 / 10
Composite	50.3
On lists	3,356
Favourited	45 (1.3%)
Completion	91.8%
Drop rate	3.6%
In backlog	35.8%
Score spread σ	2.02

Score distribution

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Where it places

Cohort	Value	Tier	Rank
Broadcast season	Winter 2007	C	15 of 41
Year	2007	C	89 of 234
Format	OVA (home video)	C	349 of 944
Era	Late 2000s	C	417 of 1,149
Length	OVA / Special	C	480 of 1,260
Season (all years)	Winter	C	657 of 1,557
Genre	Romance	C	769 of 1,687
Genre	Drama	D	1,125 of 1,917
Source material	Manga	D	1,587 of 3,025
Origin	Japan	C	3,080 of 7,157