The creator of Go for It, Nakamura! has issued a fresh clarification after online backlash around the BL comedy’s anime adaptation escalated into harassment.
HERO’s Web, the digital manga platform that publishes Go for It, Nakamura! — also known as Ganbare, Nakamura-kun! — shared a message from manga author Syundei following their recent decision to leave X. The move had already caused concern among fans, especially after Syundei previously said the situation made them question whether there was any point continuing as a manga creator.
The issue centres on Episode 5 of the TV anime, which includes a scene where a teacher and student exchange personal contact details. According to Syundei’s statement, the moment was meant only as a suggestive BL-style setup within the story, not as any kind of real-world approval.
Syundei made it clear that neither the author nor the anime production team supports teachers and students privately exchanging personal contact information in real life.
That distinction matters, especially in anime fandom where screenshots and short clips can travel faster than the full context. Malaysian and SEA anime fans know how quickly these arguments blow up on X, TikTok, Facebook groups and Discord servers. One scene becomes a morality war, then suddenly the creator is being attacked directly instead of people discussing the work itself.
The anime adaptation has brought renewed attention to the original manga, which is currently airing on Crunchyroll in the West. But with the bigger spotlight came heavier scrutiny. Some viewers criticised scenes they felt were inappropriate, including the teacher-student interaction, non-canon art previously posted by Syundei, older works involving age-gap or student-teacher tropes, and a comedic non-explicit tentacle gag that appears in the manga.
Syundei’s new statement also says they had already asked the anime team to handle certain material carefully. These requests reportedly included keeping the relationship between protagonist Aiki Hirose and teacher Sou Otogiri within proper teacher-student boundaries, avoiding scenes that sexually exploit female students, and softening the manga’s more vulgar moments so the adaptation could work for a broader audience. Syundei said the production team respected those requests.
The bigger headline, though, is that Syundei now says they will avoid using themes such as age-gap relationships and student-teacher pairings in future works. The reason given was the recent increase in horrific crimes committed by adults against minors.
For fans, this is one of those messy reminders that fiction discourse needs some brain lah. It is absolutely fair to criticise uncomfortable tropes, especially when minors and power imbalance are involved. Anime and manga do not get a free pass just because something is “just fiction.” At the same time, direct harassment of creators does not make fandom safer or smarter — it just pushes artists offline and turns discussion into mob behaviour.
For SEA viewers, especially younger fans getting into BL, romcom anime and manga through streaming and social media, the useful takeaway is simple: engage critically, call out what feels wrong, but don’t blur the line between critique and targeted abuse. We can have sharper fandom conversations without making creators disappear from public spaces.
Go for It, Nakamura! remains a title many fans enjoy for its awkward teen romance and comedy, but this controversy shows how sensitive adaptation choices can become once a niche manga reaches a wider audience.
Source: Automaton Media