腐男子高校生活

The Highschool Life of a Fudanshi

The comedy depicts the daily life of Sakaguchi, a high school boy and also a "fudanshi" who loves boys-love stories. Fudanshi is a wordplay on fujoshi (literally, "rotten girls") — the slang for women who love boys-love/yaoi stories. (Source: Anime News Network)

Names

Original	腐男子高校生活 (han)
Romaji	Fudanshi Koukou Seikatsu
English	The Highschool Life of a Fudanshi
Chinese	腐男子高校生活 (simplified · via bangumi)

Facts

Format	TV short · 12 ep · 4 min · 1h total
Aired	2016-07-05 → 2016-09-20 (Summer 2016)
Status	FINISHED
Studio	EMT Squared
Source	Manga
Origin	Japan (Anime)
Demographic	Josei
Genres	Comedy Slice of Life
Themes	Otaku Culture Male Protagonist School Josei Boys' Love
Streaming	Crunchyroll

Reception

Community score	6.17 / 10
Bayesian score	6.42 / 10
Composite	39.8
On lists	15,921
Favourited	110 (0.7%)
Completion	86.6%
Drop rate	6.9%
In backlog	23.4%
Score spread σ	1.91

Score distribution

114721673311450951,19561,73771,5418737953210287

Where it places

Cohort	Value	Tier	Rank
Studio	EMT Squared	D	23 of 36
Broadcast season	Summer 2016	E	80 of 93
Demographic	Josei	E	100 of 113
Format	TV short	D	268 of 417
Year	2016	E	354 of 418
Length	Short-form	E	1,014 of 1,250
Genre	Slice of Life	E	1,463 of 1,578
Season (all years)	Summer	E	1,483 of 1,662
Era	Late 2010s	E	1,583 of 1,863
Source material	Manga	E	2,800 of 3,025
Genre	Comedy	E	3,177 of 3,488
Origin	Japan	E	6,382 of 7,157

Key staff

Director	Toshikatsu Tokoro, Ryuusuke Shiino, Kei Ichikura
Series composition	Saeka Fujimoto
Character design	Chinatsu Ishida
Original creator	Atami Michinoku

Franchise — 腐男子高校生活

腐男子高校生活　スポーツの秋煩悩の秋

The Highschool Life of a Fudanshi Special

2016Special46.0

Relation	Year	Title
side story	2016	The Highschool Life of a Fudanshi Special

AniList id 21782 · MAL id 33222 · Bangumi 180211 · record updated 2026-08-26