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The original Japanese post from Syundei:

Ganbare is pretty damn chaste. It's what a lot of people claim to want. It has been held up as a beloved story in the community for years. And folks treat the person who made it like this. Folks who claim that the more "wholesome" anime is "better" think harassing the real person who made the thing in the first place is a great idea and aligns so well with the "wholesome" "ideal".

Syundei has health problems that make it harder to work, and that's why volume 3 of Ganbare hasn't released yet. And now this stuff, in a time Syundei should have been happily celebrating a great achievement.

Plenty of folks are new to BL and the anime is likely their first step in the genre, and that's fine, everyone has to start somewhere. But rather than insisting you know everything about the genre and what it is or should be (which many people have done with both this and The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter and Heated Rivalry and basically every recent popular m/m thing) and seeing something you don't like and insisting it shouldn't exist, maybe avoid it and look for other things. Not all art is for you. There is plenty out there for you to try if you like instead of harassing one person who makes stuff you don't.

This isn't the first time Syundei has nuked her accounts, so she might be back. But things are a bit different in 2026 than they were in ~2019. Obviously toxicity existed then, but it's been particularly vitriolic lately.

One way to send words of support is through the Japanese site for the manga. If you go to the orange button that says ファンレターを送る | "Send a fan letter", and follow the instructions in the link, that should get to Syundei. Contacting Seven Seas, who publishes some of her works in English, to ask that they communicate words of encouragement might also help. And maybe, if you haven't already, buy a copy of Syundei's books to support her:

Go For It, Nakamura-kun!! Volume 1 and Volume 2

Total Eclipse of the Eternal Heart

Fans have also started a tag to post supportive messages on twitter.

Update: If your response to this post is "fuck BL fans", fuck you. Most of the people stirring up shit about the manga aren't BL fans anyway. And I don't say that as "no real BL fan would do this". I repeatedly see people who criticize the manga state they don't read BL.

On April 22, 2026, HERO'S Web, who currently have the digital Japanese license for the manga, released this, with a statement from Syundei:

Original Japanese: 春泥先生からご伝言を頂きました。 下記がご伝言の内容になります。 「TVアニメーション『ガンバレ！中村くん！！』第５話にて、教師と生徒が個人的に連絡先を交換する演出がなされておりますが、 あくまでBLとしての匂わせ表現以上の意味は持たず、作者やアニメ制作陣は、教師と生徒が個人的に連絡先を交換することを推奨しておりません。 『乙切と広瀬の距離を近づけすぎず、あくまで教師と生徒の関係であることを意識して描写してほしいこと、 女子生徒や女性キャラを性的搾取するような描写を避けてほしいこと、 原作にある下品な描写はアニメではなるべく描かず、誰でも見れる表現に修正してほしいこと』などをお願いしたのは作者です。 そして、その想いを守ってくださったのは制作チームの皆さんです。 また、作者は過去に、BLというジャンルにおいて、年齢差の開いたカップリングや教員と生徒といった大人と未成年のカップリング作品をいくつか作ってきましたが、 昨今の大人の未成年に対する凄惨な犯罪の多さを鑑み、今後はそれを題材にすることはありません。 何とぞご了承賜れますようお願いいたします。 そして、既に原作をお読みになり、ご不快になられた方がいらっしゃいましたら、誠に申し訳ありませんでした。」

English machine translation: "We received a message from [Syundei]. The message is as follows:

In episode 5 of the TV anime "Ganbare! Nakamura-kun!!", there is a scene where a teacher and a student exchange personal contact information. However, this is merely a suggestive expression within the context of BL (Boys' Love), and has no meaning beyond that. Neither the author nor the anime production team recommends teachers and students exchanging personal contact information. The author requested that the relationship between Otogiri and Hirose not be portrayed too closely, and that it be depicted with the awareness that it is a teacher-student relationship. The author also requested that depictions that sexually exploit female students or female characters be avoided, and that vulgar depictions from the original work be omitted from the anime as much as possible, and that they be modified to be viewable by anyone. The production team has upheld these wishes. Furthermore, the author has previously created several works in the BL genre featuring pairings with a significant age difference or pairings between adults and minors, such as teachers and students. However, considering the recent increase in horrific crimes committed by adults against minors, the author will not use this as a theme in the future. We ask for your understanding. And if anyone who has already read the original work was offended, we sincerely apologize."

It's a shame that weirdos who can't separate fiction from reality pressured these people into making this statement, and likely made Syundei think this was the only choice. Syundei's been harassed for many years for her work, and knowing an anime adaptation would open the door to an even larger audience likely made an already traumatic situation more worrisome, hence the request. I hope wherever Syundei is, and whatever Syundei is doing, she's happier.

these fucking moral ocds... like dude get the fuck out of the internet if you are this sensitive to everything to the point you go and HARASS real life people over fucking fiction and you think you did a good job. Who's more dangerous for society? someone who creates fiction and is able to separate fiction and reality or someone who bullies others for fictional shit? NO REAL PERSON WAS HURT and you did too much for literally some imaginary characters because you were scared you might not be able to keep your real life morals after engaging with a fiction and i think it's pretty dangerous dude, it's scary. if you people lose your real life morals THIS easily after just engaging with a FICTION, and that's why you are scared, I'm also scared of you, and i really want to ask you to stay away from fandoms.

Who the hell threatens real life people with REAL emotions for fake and imaginary characters with fake emotions? That's something actual freaks do. It's like 2020-2022 again BUT WORSE, i hate to bring it up but why you guys don't get over this: "because I cannot separate fiction and reality and children cannot stay away from adult spaces, then everything must be censored and i have the right to bully real life people over this, because I'm so nice."

I do think It would be better if the author had put a warning so these people without the ability to keep their morals in real life after engaging with a fiction wouldn't watch/read this in the first place.

And how people came to this conclusion that these are BL/YAOI fans? These are moral freaks.

Also, i know the criticism about fiction and reality was always there, but after that huge argument in 2020 (that one mostly on Twitter) people started to bully others over their fictional preferences even if they never caused a problem in real life. That's why i think 2020 was the biggest start for this.

The original Japanese post from Syundei:

Ganbare is pretty damn chaste. It's what a lot of people claim to want. It has been held up as a beloved story in the community for years. And folks treat the person who made it like this. Folks who claim that the more "wholesome" anime is "better" think harassing the real person who made the thing in the first place is a great idea and aligns so well with the "wholesome" "ideal".

Syundei has health problems that make it harder to work, and that's why volume 3 of Ganbare hasn't released yet. And now this stuff, in a time Syundei should have been happily celebrating a great achievement.

Plenty of folks are new to BL and the anime is likely their first step in the genre, and that's fine, everyone has to start somewhere. But rather than insisting you know everything about the genre and what it is or should be (which many people have done with both this and The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter and Heated Rivalry and basically every recent popular m/m thing) and seeing something you don't like and insisting it shouldn't exist, maybe avoid it and look for other things. Not all art is for you. There is plenty out there for you to try if you like instead of harassing one person who makes stuff you don't.

This isn't the first time Syundei has nuked her accounts, so she might be back. But things are a bit different in 2026 than they were in ~2019. Obviously toxicity existed then, but it's been particularly vitriolic lately.

One way to send words of support is through the Japanese site for the manga. If you go to the orange button that says ファンレターを送る | "Send a fan letter", and follow the instructions in the link, that should get to Syundei. Contacting Seven Seas, who publishes some of her works in English, to ask that they communicate words of encouragement might also help. And maybe, if you haven't already, buy a copy of Syundei's books to support her:

Go For It, Nakamura-kun!! Volume 1 and Volume 2

Total Eclipse of the Eternal Heart

Fans have also started a tag to post supportive messages on twitter.

Update: If your response to this post is "fuck BL fans", fuck you. Most of the people stirring up shit about the manga aren't BL fans anyway. And I don't say that as "no real BL fan would do this". I repeatedly see people who criticize the manga state they don't read BL.

On April 22, 2026, HERO'S Web, who currently have the digital Japanese license for the manga, released this, with a statement from Syundei:

Original Japanese: 春泥先生からご伝言を頂きました。 下記がご伝言の内容になります。 「TVアニメーション『ガンバレ！中村くん！！』第５話にて、教師と生徒が個人的に連絡先を交換する演出がなされておりますが、 あくまでBLとしての匂わせ表現以上の意味は持たず、作者やアニメ制作陣は、教師と生徒が個人的に連絡先を交換することを推奨しておりません。 『乙切と広瀬の距離を近づけすぎず、あくまで教師と生徒の関係であることを意識して描写してほしいこと、 女子生徒や女性キャラを性的搾取するような描写を避けてほしいこと、 原作にある下品な描写はアニメではなるべく描かず、誰でも見れる表現に修正してほしいこと』などをお願いしたのは作者です。 そして、その想いを守ってくださったのは制作チームの皆さんです。 また、作者は過去に、BLというジャンルにおいて、年齢差の開いたカップリングや教員と生徒といった大人と未成年のカップリング作品をいくつか作ってきましたが、 昨今の大人の未成年に対する凄惨な犯罪の多さを鑑み、今後はそれを題材にすることはありません。 何とぞご了承賜れますようお願いいたします。 そして、既に原作をお読みになり、ご不快になられた方がいらっしゃいましたら、誠に申し訳ありませんでした。」

English machine translation: "We received a message from [Syundei]. The message is as follows:

In episode 5 of the TV anime "Ganbare! Nakamura-kun!!", there is a scene where a teacher and a student exchange personal contact information. However, this is merely a suggestive expression within the context of BL (Boys' Love), and has no meaning beyond that. Neither the author nor the anime production team recommends teachers and students exchanging personal contact information. The author requested that the relationship between Otogiri and Hirose not be portrayed too closely, and that it be depicted with the awareness that it is a teacher-student relationship. The author also requested that depictions that sexually exploit female students or female characters be avoided, and that vulgar depictions from the original work be omitted from the anime as much as possible, and that they be modified to be viewable by anyone. The production team has upheld these wishes. Furthermore, the author has previously created several works in the BL genre featuring pairings with a significant age difference or pairings between adults and minors, such as teachers and students. However, considering the recent increase in horrific crimes committed by adults against minors, the author will not use this as a theme in the future. We ask for your understanding. And if anyone who has already read the original work was offended, we sincerely apologize."

It's a shame that weirdos who can't separate fiction from reality pressured these people into making this statement, and likely made Syundei think this was the only choice. Syundei's been harassed for many years for her work, and knowing an anime adaptation would open the door to an even larger audience likely made an already traumatic situation more worrisome, hence the request. I hope wherever Syundei is, and whatever Syundei is doing, she's happier.

these fucking moral ocds... like dude get the fuck out of the internet if you are this sensitive to everything to the point you go and HARASS real life people over fucking fiction and you think you did a good job. Who's more dangerous for society? someone who creates fiction and is able to separate fiction and reality or someone who bullies others for fictional shit? NO REAL PERSON WAS HURT and you did too much for literally some imaginary characters because you were scared you might not be able to keep your real life morals after engaging with a fiction and i think it's pretty dangerous dude, it's scary. if you people lose your real life morals THIS easily after just engaging with a FICTION, and that's why you are scared, I'm also scared of you, and i really want to ask you to stay away from fandoms.

Who the hell threatens real life people with REAL emotions for fake and imaginary characters with fake emotions? That's something actual freaks do. It's like 2020-2022 again BUT WORSE, i hate to bring it up but why you guys don't get over this: "because I cannot separate fiction and reality and children cannot stay away from adult spaces, then everything must be censored and i have the right to bully real life people over this, because I'm so nice."

I do think It would be better if the author had put a warning so these people without the ability to keep their morals in real life after engaging with a fiction wouldn't watch/read this in the first place.

And how people came to this conclusion that these are BL/YAOI fans? These are moral freaks.

pranking your boyfriend for a whole month before the actual proposal (he would)

p/s. reference for the ring: yes it is an actual official merchandise, technically an earcuff slash ring (but no one would use it for ear-cuff of course), it has "The only one I had" engraved inside (the only other version is Yuta's ring with "It's pure love").