Ore to Yu Nii! Leads to Sing Ending Song “Pure Heart Beat”
Studio Hibari is animating the boys-love manga adaptation, which premieres in January 2027.
Shinnosuke Tokudome and Shūichirō Umeda will perform “Pure Heart Beat,” the ending theme for Ore to Yu Nii! They voice Tsubaki and Yū.
Shinnosuke Tokudome and Shūichirō Umeda will perform “Pure Heart Beat,” the ending theme for Ore to Yu Nii! (Me and Older Brother Yu). The anime’s official website announced the song on Friday.
The television anime adapts Miyuki Nakayama’s boys-love manga Shota x Oni, also known as Shota Oni. It will debut in January 2027.
Tokudome voices Tsubaki, while Umeda plays Yū. A visual shared on the anime’s X account places Tsubaki on the right and Yū on the left.
Noriko Hashimoto, whose credits include the 2024 Given movies, directs the anime at Studio Hibari. Yuniko Ayana, whose credits include the Given television anime and BanG Dream!, oversees the series scripts.
Yumi Kuroiwa designs the characters. Kuroiwa previously handled sub-character design for HYPNOSISMIC -Division Rap Battle- Rhyme Anima PLUS, the second television season.
Yukari Hashimoto and Ruka Kawada compose the music at Pony Canyon. Their credits include:
- Yukari Hashimoto: I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day (Kimi ga Shinu made Koi wo Shitai).
- Yukari Hashimoto: Mr. Osomatsu (Osomatsu-san).
- Ruka Kawada: Is the order a rabbit? (Gochūmon wa Usagi Desu ka?).
- Ruka Kawada: The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife (Tōmei Otoko to Ningen Onna: Sonouchi Fūfu ni Naru Futari).
Other staff members include:
- Art director: Hirofune Hane.
- Color design: Saki Tada.
- Director of photography: Sena Nakagawa.
- Sound director: Takeshi Takadera.
The story follows elementary school boy Tsubaki and his childhood friend Yū, a high school student. Tsubaki loves Yū, but Yū always treats him like a child.
Tsubaki thinks, “I'll grow up quickly so I can make Yū happy!”
Nakayama, whose other works include Blend S and Spirits & Cat Ears (Kudamimi no Neko), debuted the manga on Comic CMOA in September 2021. Its debut accompanied the launch of Square Enix’s boys-love manga label, Gangan BLiss.
The manga is also available on:
- Manga UP!
- ebookjapan
- LINE Manga
- Kindle Store
Square Enix published the manga’s seventh volume on March 21.
The manga won the Best Next Generation (Newcomer) award at boys-love website Chil-Chil’s 13th annual BL Awards in 2022.
Sources: Ore to Yu Nii! anime website via ANN
