Go For It, Nakamura!! Episode 8 Story & Preview Cuts Released: A Handsome Rival Appears to Challenge Nakamura!?

The story and preview images for Episode 8 of the TV anime Go For It, Nakamura!! (JP: ガンバレ！中村くん!!) have been revealed. This episode will air on Thursday, May 21 at 12:30 AM (JST), and will later be available on various international streaming platforms.

Episode 8 Story

The second semester has begun.

Nakamura has taken custody of Hirose's gym clothes to return them to him. However, while alone in the classroom, a certain inner conflict begins to take hold of him.

Later that day after school, Nakamura is over the moon when Hirose invites him to walk home together. But waiting for them at the school gate is a handsome boy from another school. While he appears to be a completely perfect young man, his true identity is actually...

Introduction

"What should I do? I love him—I'm crazy about him...!"

The protagonist, Okuto Nakamura, is your average shy high school boy. Having zero friends, his world changes when he meets his classmate, Aiki Hirose.

What is this feeling...?! Even though they haven't even spoken yet, his heart won't stop pounding every time he looks at Hirose!!

Syundei's popular and classic BL romantic comedy, Go for It, Nakamura!, is officially getting a TV anime adaptation! The series has garnered massive popularity for its comical portrayal of Nakamura's "delusions and outbursts of unrequited love" for Hirose, all rendered in a nostalgic 80s–90s art style.

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Source : Go for It, Nakamura! Official