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Fifteen-year-old Marion is intelligent, handsome and loved by everyone at his French boarding school, but the boy holds nothing but disdain for both his classmates, and himself. For Marion is devoted to rationalism, believing that emotions such as anger and love are unnecessary – even sex is merely a means of ensuring a species' survival. But deep down, this attitude is simply a façade that was carefully constructed to protect Marion's naivety and fragile emotions, and when a chance encounter brings a seductive adult woman into his life, even he won't be able to retain his icy exterior...
No sooner has Nanako Misonoo started attending Seiran, the most prestigious girls’ school in Japan, when she is unexpectedly chosen to join its most exclusive club, the Sorority. Believing that she was given preferential treatment by the Sorority’s leader, the beautiful and intimidating Miya-sama, Nanako’s jealous classmates begin to bully her. Slowly, life at Seiran begins to unravel and Nanako wonders why the Sorority chose her over more eligible candidates. Not only that, what could lie behind Miya-sama’s mysterious smile? With only the letters to her ‘dear brother’ to help her make sense of it all, Nanako must try to find answers to these and many more questions.
Though the gender makeup of their casts are completely opposite, both anime are based on manga from the early, overly-melodramatic days of shoujo. Both are filled to the brim with tragedy, flowers, sparkles, lust, innocence, needlessly-dramatic music, unrequited love, and oodles of painting-esque still frames. In short, both are marvelous.
When nobleman and gypsy-born Serge Batouille arrived at Laconblade Academy, he had no idea his life would change forever. Upon arriving, he is roomed with the sexually-voracious and flirtatious Gilbert Cocteau, which ensures that life at the prestigious school will dole out more complications and confrontations than either boy has dealt with in the past. Together, these two young men brave love, growth, and the pain of youth, all while growing closer together than anyone would have thought...
Both of these movies are based on manga by the same author, and it's pretty obvious. Characters are ultra-pretty, plot is rife with (awesomely tacky) melodrama, some shounen-ai elements (far more so in Song of Wind and Trees) and both capture the same decadent French ambiance.
I liked Natsu e no Tobira oodles more, but both are still recommended for fans of early shoujo.
