What Common Point Were Shun Horie and Hina Yomiya Conscious of During the "Boku Yaba" Recording Sessions? [Interview for "The Dangers in My Heart: The Movie"]

The romantic comedy "The Dangers in My Heart," currently serialized in Akita Shoten's "Champion Cross," aired its first TV anime season starting in April 2023, with the second season airing from January 2024.

Kyōtaro Ichikawa, a middle school student afflicted with chunibyo syndrome, initially found Anna Yamada—a beautiful and popular classmate who also works as a model—to be annoying. However, through various circumstances, he begins conversing with Yamada, and gradually develops romantic feelings for her despite her somewhat airheaded nature and eccentric behavior.

The film version of "The Dangers in My Heart," featuring a compilation of the two characters' story filled with both laughter and tears from Ichikawa's perspective, along with new scenes including a live performance by Ichikawa's older sister Kana (referred to as "Onee") and further developments between the two, will be released on February 13th.

In this article, we bring you episodes from the recording sessions through an interview with Shun Horie, who plays Ichikawa, and Hina Yomiya, who plays Yamada. We hope you'll catch a glimpse of how their delicate performances—fresh yet making you want to root for them—were created.

——While looking back on Ichikawa and Yamada's journey as a compilation, I was reminded of how wonderful both of your performances are. What points were you conscious of during the TV anime recording sessions?

Horie: For me, the most important thing was not to finalize everything. This comes from my experience as an actor, but when I was a newcomer, I would complete everything within myself without considering my co-actors' performances, and would solidify my acting plan way too much.

That worked sometimes, but when it didn't work, I couldn't adapt at all, and after experiencing that many times, once I shifted to not finalizing everything within myself and creating together with everyone on set, it became much easier to work.

I especially felt that subtlety, or rather, that interesting aspect on the "Boku Yaba" set. There was this feeling of creating together, of valuing the emotions born in that moment.

Yomiya: I was also thinking about not finalizing everything, and then Horie-san said exactly that, so I ended up nodding in agreement.

Horie: Ahaha (lol).

Yomiya: There were scenes where we made fine adjustments on set, coordinating based on how things appeared from Ichikawa's perspective, and I was very conscious of that too.

——Were there also specific directions from the staff about portraying Ichikawa and Yamada?

Yomiya: Rather than being told "Anna-chan is like this," they would explain the scene and situation, like "Anna-chan is thinking this way right now," and I incorporated that into my performance.

Horie: Even thinking back now, there weren't many specific instructions like "please do it this way," and as long as the core of the character wasn't off track, I felt that the staff trusted not just us two but all the actors. There was a strong sense of being allowed to perform however we liked.

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