Ai no Shinýu

Shin'yu no Ai

Romance

Slice of Life

School

**Ai no Shinýu** (愛の親友, Love of a Best Friend) also known in short as *Ainoýu* is a gacha shounen series produced by GachaYui and directed by Jayla S. It has yet to air, but it will be presented on YouTube between October and November. The story revolves around a boy who feels stuck between his best friend and his girlfriend.

## Plot

*Ryouji Sorata* has been friends with *Katori Yuuki* since they were kids, they have always had a liking toward each other but were always afraid to loose there friendship, but all things change when *Madoka Minato* comes into their lives and asks out *Ryouji*. He agrees to go out with her just cause she was pretty and liked him, now that he has taken a step, *Katori* wonders if it's too late or that maybe she might still have a chance.

## Characters

**Ryouji Sorata**

* *Ryouji* is the main protagonist of the series and is a second year high school student. He becomes *Madoka's* boyfriend in the first episode but he said from the start that he only said yes because she asked him and she was pretty

**Katori Yuuki**

* *Katori* is the main heroine in the series and is a second year high school student. She is *Ryouji's* childhood friend, and has had feeling for him for a while but was always too afraid to say anything about it. She despises Madoka and tries to separate them without them finding out how she feels.

**Madoka Minato**

* *Madoka* is a second year student and is transferred to the same class as *Ryouji* and *Katori*. She immediately takes a liking to *Ryouji* and asks him out at the end of the first episode, she is very girly and likes make overs and looking pretty.

**Hikari Yuuki**

* *Hikari* is a fourth year student and the older sister of *Katori*. She takes care of her little sister because they no longer have parents. There's a boy who goes to the same school as her who helps her with everything and she sees him as her best friend

**Shó Juinchi**

* *Shó* is a fourth year student and the best friend of Hikari. He helps her to take care of her little sister because he liked her and wanted to get closer to her. He rather stay as her friend than tell her and not be close to her

## Development

Ai no Shinýu is the third project developed by GlitterSparks, and is the second Ai series with the first being Ai no Sasu and the third one Ai no Sekai ni Kanojo. The storyline of this story is the same as the movie and series Niji no Hikari as the main heroine of this story also appears in the movie version of Niji no Hikari, Niji no Hikari: Yami no Yoake.

### **Release history**

The show was supposed to be a winter anime of 2019 but was delayed because of technical issues and COVID-19, so it's been pushed to 2021 November because the serie was supposed to be a winter anime as it appears to be so in the later episodes. Even tho this project was before Ai no Sekai ni Kanojo, it is gonna premiere after it because those episodes are not in winter but in Autumn. But this show will be released before Niji no Hikari: Yami no Yoake.

## Adaptations

### **Gacha Series**

*See also:* List of Ai no Shinýu episodes

A gacha series produced by *GlitterSparks*, directed by *Jayla S*, and written by *GachaYui* is supposedly premiering on YouTube in November, 2020. The series' opening theme, "Hatsukoi Parachute" (初恋パラシュート, *Hatsukoi Parashūto*), is performed by Miyuki Hashimoto and the ending theme, "STORY," is performed by Kenshō Ono.

### **Gacha Mini Movie**

a planning for a movie will air by the end of the series. The movie will be about the past of our main characters, who are thinking back while they are on a trip with the school

## Trivia

* A movie of the show will air by the end of the series
* The series are supposedly premiering on YouTube in November, 2021
* The show was supposed to be a winter anime of 2019 but was delayed because of technical issues
* Ai no Shinýu is gonna be a winter show
* The storyline is around the same as the movie Niji no Hikari: Yami no Yoake