Dakaichi: I'm Being Harassed By the Sexiest Man of the Year the Movie - Spain Arc

劇場版抱かれたい男1位に脅されています。～スペイン編～ (Dakaretai Otoko 1-i ni Odosarete Imasu. Movie: Spain-hen)

7.6(9,626)

MAL Score

Ranked #1638

Popularity #4028

Boys Love
Comedy
Drama
Adult Cast
Showbiz

Episodes: 1
Duration: 1 hr 18 min
Aired: Oct 9, 2021
Status: Finished Airing

Synopsis

Takato Saijou and Junta Azumaya, celebrated as Japan’s “sexiest men,” reunite as co-stars for a new stage production built around a flamenco face-off. Junta has a natural edge thanks to his heritage, while Takato has never danced a step—so Takato heads to southern Spain, determined to grasp the intensity and technique the role demands and to finally surpass his partner.

Amid Spain’s welcoming streets, Takato crosses paths with Ceres, a seasoned and striking flamenco dancer who catches his interest as a potential mentor. Plans complicate when Junta arrives to visit his grandfather’s hometown, pulling Takato into Junta’s family circle. With the performance looming, Takato must juggle training, pride, and a new obstacle in Antonio, a surprising contender for Junta’s affection.

Otaku Consensus

Spain Arc lands as a confident franchise feature rather than a disposable side story, with Naoyuki Tatsuwa’s direction and CloverWorks’ production giving the Dakaichi formula a more theatrical, performance-driven shape. Fans responded solidly, reflected in a 7.61 MAL average and 74/100 AniList score, especially to the flamenco material, adult showbiz setting, and the way the movie adapts a specific manga arc into a compact dramatic showcase. Its recurring weakness is accessibility and compression: the film assumes prior investment in Takato and Junta, so newcomers get less emotional runway than returning fans.

Why You Should Watch

Watch Spain Arc if you want boys-love romance built around adult professional pride rather than school-age confession beats. It scratches some of the same performance-industry itch as Skip Beat! or the theatrical side of Kageki Shojo!!, but filters it through Dakaichi’s more possessive, comic, and openly romantic BL energy. The appeal is in seeing a celebrity couple’s dynamic tested through craft: acting, dance discipline, rivalry, jealousy, and the insecurity that comes from loving someone who is also your most dangerous competitor. CloverWorks gives the movie a polished feature-length flow, while Masaru Yokoyama’s music helps the flamenco angle feel like more than travel-window dressing. If you already liked the TV series’ mix of showbiz melodrama and adult-cast romance, this is the arc with the sharpest stage-performance identity.

Key Characters

T
Takato Saijou
Takato remains compelling because his vanity is tied to craft: fans respond to him as a proud actor whose competitiveness makes every romantic setback feel like a professional challenge too.
J
Junta Azumaya
Junta’s charm comes from the gap between his public polish and his intensely possessive devotion, a dynamic reflected in the series’ strong Boys’ Love and Yandere tag presence.
C
Ceres
Ceres stands out as the film’s flamenco authority figure, giving the Spain Arc a performance mentor presence rather than treating dance as simple scenery.
A
Antonio
Antonio functions as the arc’s romantic pressure point, sharpening the movie’s jealous comedy without moving it away from its adult showbiz focus.

What Makes It Stand Out

1
CloverWorks produced the movie as a single theatrical installment released on October 9, 2021, giving the Spain Arc a more concentrated structure than a multi-episode TV continuation.
2
The film’s identity is unusually dance-forward for a BL franchise entry: AniList’s Dancing tag sits at 79%, and the central performance material is built around flamenco rather than generic idol or stage choreography.
3
Yoshimi Narita’s script keeps the series in its adult-cast showbiz lane, emphasizing actors preparing for performance instead of shifting the romance into slice-of-life downtime.
4
Masaru Yokoyama is credited for the music, a notable choice for a film where rhythm, theatricality, and dance atmosphere are part of the arc’s dramatic language.
5
The tag profile is unusually specific: Boys’ Love at 88%, Primarily Adult Cast and Primarily Male Cast both at 70%, Foreign at 60%, and Yandere at 60%, which accurately signals a romance built on travel, possessiveness, and professional performance.

Fun Facts & Trivia

Fun fact 1: The movie adapts the Spain-hen portion of Hashigo Sakurabi’s Dakaichi material, making it an arc-focused continuation rather than an anime-original detour.
Fun fact 2: Naoyuki Tatsuwa directed the film, with character design credited to both Minako Shiba and Chisato Kawaguchi, giving the feature a defined visual staff identity beyond the source manga’s reputation.
Fun fact 3: DEEP SQUAD performed the theme song, connecting the film’s performance-oriented subject matter with a real Japanese vocal group rather than using an in-universe idol framing.
Fun fact 4: Despite being only one episode in database terms, the movie has substantial fan footprint data: 9,626 MAL votes, a #1638 MAL rank, #4028 popularity, and 255 AniList favourites.
Fun fact 5: The official genre and theme mix is narrow but distinctive: Boys Love, Comedy, and Drama paired with Adult Cast and Showbiz, which separates it from both school BL and idol-industry anime.