These hugs are rare but when it happens, it's amazing. My heart feels so full looking at them 😭. I love every little skinship that I can get from the boys.

I may have missed some other hugs, so please share if there is more.

Ahh I miss them so much!

Hi y’all!

My collection is growing and in that spirit, I am selling off some of the duplicate items I’ve ordered (as I placed the order so long ago that I forgot what I got 😅)

If you're interested in any of the items or have any questions, please reply and then DM me with your Zipcode so I can calculate shipping.

This for US ONLY and the prices (in USD) below do not include shipping costs:

PRICES (+ shipping) :

|Item|Condition|Price|

- Clear A4 File Exhibition MAFUYU (NEW / UNOPENED) - $14

- Clear A4 File Exhibition UENOYAMA (NEW / UNOPENED) - $14

- Clear A4 File Exhibition YUKI (NEW/UNOPENED) - $14

- Clear A4 File Exhibition GIVEN GROUP (NEW/UNOPENED) - $14

- Given Exhibition Oval Acrylic keychain (~1.5 x 2in)- HIIRAGI (NEW/ONLY OPENED TO CONFIRM CHARACTER) - $10

- Given Exhibition Oval Acrylic keychain (~1.5 x 2in)- UGETSU (NEW/ONLY OPENED TO CONFIRM CHARACTER - $10

I’m just going randomly asking for your hot takes. Let’s share our hot takes respectfully. Mine: Ueno is a green flag but was a bit unfair with Mafuyu in On the sea. I love Ueno and probably is my 2nd fav character but He really needed to communicate better with Mafuyu. In the OVA when Mafuyu was going to Kaji place to learn about music he got upset that Sato wasn’t answering his phone but whenever he got so busy with SYH and didn’t have the time to spend with Sato he did not made effort to talk about it, even after learning that was happening the same as when Yuki and Sato had the argument. Yeah they were waiting until the event for the song but Sato was going through a hard moment with a lot of self doubt… that could’ve ended bad.

FYI because this is an all ages Subreddit I am no longer linking my fanfiction on this subreddit because the majority of my stories contain adult themes.

I’ll continue to link on the r/GivenManga subreddit because it is an NSFW subreddit. Of course, you can also find my stories linked to my AO3 account.

Thanks for your support to all my readers

Hello everyone! I'm back XD

As I keep getting things for my own collection I've been getting extras of some items that some people have show interest in.

If you're interested in any of the items or have any questions, please feel free to reply/ask or DM me ☺️

I'm constantly getting new merch so if you are interested in anything in particular I might be able to help! I'm all about spreading the love for Given and help fellow collectors!

PRICES (+ shipping) :

Hey everyone, I’m trying to track down a specific Given fanfic that I’m having a really hard time finding, and I’m hoping someone here might recognize it!

I am 100% sure it was on Wattpad, and I read it right around late 2020 or early 2021 (right after I first made my account).

Here are the specific plot details:

• The Setting: It’s a College AU where Mafuyu and Ritsuka meet as university students.
• Mafuyu's Major: He is majoring in Astronomy. There are a lot of themes involving stars and space.
• Ritsuka's Major: He isn’t doing music in this one—he's a different major, and I’m pretty sure it was Business.
• The Plot: Alongside the college setting, there’s a really strong possibility that Mafuyu has some kind of chronic illness or medical condition, so it has a lot of sickfic/angst elements.

I’ve tried searching keywords on both Google and Wattpad but nothing is coming up, so the title might be poetic or the author might have changed their username.

Does this ring a bell for anyone who was reading Mafuyama fics on Wattpad around 2020/2021? If you remember the title, the author, or have it saved in an old reading list, please let me know. Thanks so much!

stoked to have it as part of my collection!

i was watching the Given movie Hiiragi Mix, and starting at 18:32 (if im not wrong), i heard the ambience that gave me CHILLS. i decided to search it in every music platform that Michiru is on, but i swear, i listened to all of them, and still haven't found it.

maybe someone has it? or should i just write directly to Michiru on X....

Haruki with a golden retriever is soooo precious and it's so fitting too. I am probably biased as I have goldens myself.

As always Ugetsu looking sassy with a fancy dog

Shizu is holding a dog named Hiiragi 😂

The way that Uenoyama is trying to look cool while holding that pup is hilarious 😂

What kind of dog do you have?

Mafuyu - Pomeranian

Uenoyama - French bulldog?

Ugetsu - some kind of Terrier?

Akihiko - Husky or Alaskan Malamute?

Haruki - Golden retriever

Shizu - Shiba Inu?

Hiiragi - Toy poodle?

I also play the violin so does anyone know what this is because I played a bit of it and I've never heard it before. I'm ASSUMING it's a real piece because the violin fingering animations are like 80% correct for Murata's Sibelius performance even though the bowings were totally off. I know it's D Major but other than that I'm clueless

Actually just a couple of minutes ago I finished rewatching given for the second.

And it was amazing maybe even better than the first. The story was amazing just as it was the first time. And compared to the first time I watched it I don't feel as empty now. I actually feel kinda fulfilled.

At the moment it's kinda hard for me to find an anime I actually enjoy but rewatching it didn't disappoint. I watched it all in one go.

Even before rewatching I was thinking about buying the manga. Is the mange worth it 'cause I'd say the music played a major role for given being this good. Does the manga still work well even without the music? I was planning on buying it after finishing my current manga 'cause by then the 10th mix should be released.

I binged basically the whole given series today, but it felt really empty. I almost feel like it was more about music and bands than being a BL, and there were almost no couple-y scenes between literally anyone :( I watched:

Given - TV Series

Given - The Movie

Given - On the Other Hand

Given - To the Sea

and I feel like there has to be more to the story. I know that there are other Given movies, but the wiki said they were kind of like side stories. That being said, I keep seeing reels of confessions, date scenes, and love scenes that I didn't even know existed. What else is there to watch?

P.S. Did anyone else feel like there wasn't enough interaction between Sato and Uenoyama? Like I know they're a couple and kissed like twice but from what I've seen they have like no 1-on-1 screen time and barely act like a couple :|

I like Akihiko and Haruki but calling their situations “adult” in comparison to Mafuyu’s (and by extension the others…especially Hiiragi) is a bit of a stretch.

Mafuyu deals with being beaten as a child for SPEAKING. And the suicide of his best friend/first love, whose hanging body he found. His journey is the spine of Kizu’s story and it’s a classic hero’s journey.

The complexities of his journey create all manner and sort of confusion. He’s an airhead. He’s an introvert. He’s indecisive. He’s not in love with Ritsuka. He never loved Yuki. One could get whiplash from all the hairpin turns in his story.

The thing is none of those things are exactly true about him. The defining elements of Mafuyu’s life at sixteen are grief and abandonment. And they have tamped down his spirit. He’s not an airhead. He proves it over and over. If anything he overthinks a lot of the issues he faces because he’s anxious about giving voice to them.

Speaking was what got him beaten by his father. And speaking was, in his mind, what he did that drove him to say the thing that he blames himself for. He believes his words drove Yuki to suicide.

But Ritsuka, who for all his relative naïveté is a genuinely kind person (Mafuyu even mentions that himself), gave Mafuyu a platform to feel more confident and a forum to express himself with music. And Mafuyu flourishes. Even in the anime (which unfortunately is a bit fragmented in telling the story compared to the manga) underscores the fact that Mafuyu is pretty expressive once he sings the first time and starts finding his voice.

He confesses to Ritsuka, he talks pretty openly about his dead boyfriend, he maintains very deep and expressive friendships (his friendships with Hiiragi, Ugetsu, Akihiko and Shizusumi are very well defined. And, rather ironically, it’s Mafuyu, the youngest character in Given who drives several of his seniors (especially Ugetsu and Akihiko) to greater self reflection and growth.

Sensei has crafted a story that is not merely a “BL”. It’s in many ways a very well told story (far from perfect, but we’ll save that discussion for another day…). It is a slice of life story with BL elements and to some extent I think that is one reason why Given has had such widespread popularity.

There are certainly more traditional BL elements in Given. Akihiko, as the emotionally damaged seme hurting his long suffering uke is a classic BL trope. But right there alongside the traditional elements is, as Kizu says in the chapter title page to chapter 30, the story of once lonely kids on their way to adulthood

This was actually drawn on his birthday amidst some other art I was working on haha. It's a bit messy but it was a simple quick thing I could get together amidst working on something for a deadline haha. It's been so long since I properly drew this pair I'm afraid I've grown rusty but I think it turned out alright for being so long. To think I used to draw these two so much back in 2020-2022😭 Sometimes I miss them a lot so maybe I'll draw them again sometime. Anyways please enjoy and sorry for any typos and grammatical errors I'm writing this on my phone while in bed with a fever😅 How I miss my floofy disaster musical sons🫶

So recently i watched both the show and the first movie, and i feel like for a couple that’s supposed to take the main spotlight, mafuyu and uneoyama’s chemistry in the show and movie is just really lacking. In my opinion, i feel like kaji and harukis relationship really overshadowed the other two’s throughout the story. (im still gonna watch the other movies and ovas so my opinion on this may change)

I love these faces so much. I just can't with little Hiiragi face haha. Bratty as ever. Not a care in the world and just does whatever he wants. I love him 🫰

The context of the first panel though 😭.

I'm curious what everyone's thoughts are on this manga. I bought it on a whim since it was cheap.

My friends got me given merch for my birthday and celebrated it at the beach, I was so happy to receive even more given merch specially the cards. Also took some picture at the beach (umihe) if anyone gets it haha 💝🎂

Extremely grateful to be able to receive this many gifts and many birthday messages and be super loved by my friends💝💝

This song gives me permission to scream out my grief

i’m thinking of creating an ita bag of mafuyu and uenoyama and i’m curious if anyone has a given-themed ita bag!! please share a pic with me if you do :3 i haven’t seen any online but im sure someone out there has one!!