“Given” has many fans as a supreme BL work, and in 2024, the final story of the main story will be released as a two-part movie, making it a year of endless topics. To commemorate the release of the final chapter, “Given: To the Sea,” which will be released on September 20th, we will introduce the profiles and personalities of the main characters, as well as notable scenes.
*This article contains spoilers.
His family consists of his father and mother. His father is a musician and lives in England, while his mother lives a relaxed life at home. When his parents separate, he moves into Murata Ugetsu’s house. He has studied karate and violin since he was a child, and is a jack-of-all-trades type who can play not only the drums but also the guitar and bass.
When he was competing for first and second place in a national competition, Akihiko had a certain amount of dreams and confidence in his music, but when he entered high school and met Ugetsu, he was overwhelmed by his talent and essentially gave up the violin. Still, he continued playing the violin to be on an equal footing with Ugetsu, but when he told him he wanted to break up, he started playing the drums as a way to escape.
When Mafuyu, who had refused to join the band, said that he was worse at expressing himself than other people, Ritsuka revealed his feelings, saying, “Your song moved my heart.” Akihiko could see the overlap with his past self and understood Ritsuka’s pain.
After leaving Haruki’s house, Akihiko began to take music seriously both at school and in his band, and even entered a violin competition. When he noticed that Haruki had come to watch, Akihiko chased after Haruki, who had already left. Akihiko came
fourth in the competition. Akihiko wasn’t very happy with his result, but suddenly he started talking about how he had broken up with Ugetsu. Haruki, who thought that it was Ugetsu who had changed Akihiko’s way of life, confronts him about the things that had been building up inside him.
He changed in order to become a man worthy of Haruki. After hearing Mafuyu’s song, he wanted to change, and was trying to face the things he had been running away from.
春樹といて音楽が楽しいと思えるようになった秋彦は、雨月の家から出ていくことを決心します。自分にはヴァイオリンしかないし、雨月しかいなかった秋彦でしたが、ドラムを始めバンドを組み、今までとは違う音楽をやりたいと思うように。それはヴァイオリンを捨てるということ――。
ライブ審査のあと見に来ていた雨月を追いかけた秋彦は、今度は自分が別れ話を切り出します。お互いしかいなかったのに、めちゃくちゃ傷つけあってしまった2人。雨月を呼び止めるために握った手を離し、雨月が見えなくなったところで泣き崩れる秋彦を支えたのは、「大丈夫」という言葉を届けてくれた真冬の歌でした。
春樹の家を出て物件を探す秋彦。決め手となったのは、空が見えること、そして花火が見えること。半地下にあった雨月の家では決して見ることのなかったもの。春樹の家で花火を見た時、隣にいてくれる春樹の優しさ、誰かと見る花火の美しさ、今まで気づかなかった景色を見たのかなと思いました。
そんな淡い思い出を大切にしていて、「また春樹と一緒に花火を見たい」と思ったのかなと考えるだけで、心が温かくなりました。秋彦の…強面が見せる笑顔がいいですよね。雨月との恋が苦しかった分、春樹とは楽しい恋をしてほしいなと思います。
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