Real Girl (2018)

Name: Real Girl
Released: 2018
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Teppei Uenishi, Yu Serizawa, Reina Ueda, Sayaka Kanda, Minami Tsuda

23m 5.8/10 IMDb

Animation Comedy Drama

Tsutsui Hikari (a.k.a "Tsuttsun") is a high school student who is content with his virtual life of anime and video games. One day, he gets stuck cleaning the pool with Iroha, a real live girl who is stylish, sassy and known to be easy with boys ... and she aggressively approaches him! Tsuttsun, who has few friends and lives in his own world, finds himself smitten by the confident and wild Iroha ... and his whole world is turned upside down!! It's the awkward and pure love story of a boy who experiences relationship for the first time.

Cast: Teppei Uenishi, Yu Serizawa, Reina Ueda, Sayaka Kanda, Minami Tsuda

Content Warnings

Identity & Discrimination

Ableism (depicted) Homophobia / transphobia (depicted) (referenced)Stalking / harassment

Mental Health & Emotional

Death of a parent (referenced)Grief / bereavement (major focus) Suicide (discussed or ideation) (referenced)Terminal illness

Other

Gaslighting / emotional manipulation Infidelity (referenced)

Phobias & Sensory

Body horror (referenced)Needles / medical procedures

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Does It Get Worse?

Gets Worse Content intensity increases in later seasons.

2 series-wide warnings apply across all seasons.

Season 1 6 warnings

Avg severity:(2.0)

Homophobia / transphobia (depicted)Stalking / harassmentGrief / bereavement (major focus)Terminal illnessGaslighting / emotional manipulationInfidelity

Season 2 7 warnings

Avg severity:(2.9)

Stalking / harassmentDeath of a parentGrief / bereavement (major focus)Suicide (discussed or ideation)Terminal illnessGaslighting / emotional manipulationNeedles / medical procedures