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Adachi and Shimamura - Season 1
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Adachi and Shimamura - Season 1

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TV-14
Season 1
October 9, 2020
Wokeometer Rating
9Woke
0/10
Audience Woke Score
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Scale: 0 = not woke, 10 = maximally woke

TL;DR Verdict

Adachi and Shimamura Season 1 scores 9/10 woke by building its entire plot around two girls' same-sex romantic awakening, obsessive jealousy, and identity conflicts with zero heterosexual balance or neutral storytelling. Skip it if you want entertainment instead of ideological messaging.

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Detailed Analysis

Adachi and Shimamura Season 1 builds its entire narrative around the romantic and sexual awakening of two high school girls, Sakura Adachi and Hougetsu Shimamura, with Adachi's LGBT awakening serving as the central emotional driver.

Across all 12 episodes, the story revolves around Adachi's internalized shame, obsessive jealousy, dreams of intimacy with Shimamura, and struggles to confess her feelings, while the pair engages in activities like holidays, Valentine's Day, and sleepovers that advance their same-sex relationship toward becoming girlfriends. This setup prioritizes explorations of queer identity and heteronormative pressures as the main conflicts, turning what could be a standard school story into a vehicle for identity questioning without any heterosexual balance or alternative framing. The author intent, as reflected in the source material, deliberately emphasizes the psychological depth of this queer teen romance and its effects on the characters' lives, making progressive themes foundational rather than incidental. Such an approach intrudes on the entertainment value by centering same-sex attraction, secret relationship considerations, and identity issues as primary plot points, sidelining broader appeal or neutral storytelling in favor of ideological messaging that dominates the series.

Key Factors

  • Core premise is a yuri romance with Adachi's full LGBT awakening and confession arc as the central emotional driver across all 12 episodes
  • Recurring focus on same-sex attraction, internalized shame, secret relationship considerations, and identity questioning as primary conflicts rather than incidental subplots
  • Author intent and source material emphasize psychological depth of queer teen romance and its impact on the characters' lives, with no traditional heterosexual framing or balance

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Directed by

  • Satoshi Kuwabara
  • Fumihiro Yoshimura
  • Ryuta Yamamoto
7 more directors
  • Fumio Maezono
  • Kaoru Yabana
  • Masami Hata
  • Taiji Kawanishi
  • Takuo Suzuki
  • Tomio Yamauchi
  • Yasuo Iwamoto

Is Adachi and Shimamura - Season 1 Woke?

We've run a full content analysis on Adachi and Shimamura - Season 1 and scored it 9/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of woke content is in Adachi and Shimamura - Season 1?

Our analysis checks for themes like identity politics, race-swapping, gender ideology, environmental activism, anti-religious messaging, and other progressive agenda elements. The score breakdown above shows which specific categories were flagged and how heavily they factor into Adachi and Shimamura - Season 1's overall score.

Is Adachi and Shimamura - Season 1 family-friendly?

Wokeometer focuses on ideological content rather than traditional ratings (violence, language, etc.). Adachi and Shimamura - Season 1 is rated TV-14. For a full picture, combine our woke analysis with the age rating to decide if it's right for your family.

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We evaluate media across multiple ideological categories on a 0–10 scale. Scores of 0–3 mean story-first, 4–6 have moderate elements, and 7–10 flag heavily agenda-driven content. Learn more about our methodology →

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Top Cast

Akari Kito
1.4Based

Akari Kito

Sakura Adachi (voice)

Miku Ito
3Based

Miku Ito

Hogetsu Shimamura (voice)

Manami Numakura
1.1Based

Manami Numakura

Akira Hino (voice)

Reina Ueda
1.5Based

Reina Ueda

Taeko Nagafuji (voice)

Iori Saeki
9Woke

Iori Saeki

Yashiro Chikama (voice)

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