Crossing Time

Crossing Time (Japanese: 踏切時間, Hepburn: Fumikiri Jikan; lit. "Railroad Crossing Time") is a Japanese manga series by Yoshimi Sato. It was serialized in Futabasha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Action from May 2016 to September 2021 and was collected in eight tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Ekachi Epilka aired from April to June 2018.

Crossing Time
Cover of Fumikiri Jikan volume 1 by Futabasha
踏切時間 (Fumikiri Jikan)
Genre	Slice of life[1]
Manga
Written by	Yoshimi Sato
Published by	Futabasha
Magazine	Monthly Action
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	May 25, 2016 – September 25, 2021
Volumes	8 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Yoshio Suzuki
Written by	Misuzu Chiba
Studio	Ekachi Epilka
Licensed by	Crunchyroll
Original network	Tokyo MX
Original run	April 10, 2018 – June 26, 2018
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)

Plot

Our whole life consists of sheer fuss. People all the time somewhere in a hurry, in a hurry, run ... In the dizzy everyday bustle, sometimes we even have no time to take a breath. But there must be a balance in everything. And if we can not stop in time, the city will do it for us. There are traffic lights on which you can slow down and spend a moment in simple waiting. And there are railway crossings, where you will have to stand a little longer, peering into the distance and looking for the silhouette of an approaching train, and also calculate how many cars there are. What thoughts come to their mind when the barrier suddenly blocks them further? For them, every day is a new story, the sounds of which are mixed with the noise of a train passing along the rails.

This story of short stories tells us about everyday life and the conversations of young people, but at the same time different people on various topics, waiting at railway junctions.

Characters

Ai (アイ)

Voiced by: Sayaka Senbongi^[1]

Tomo (トモ)

Voiced by: Yui Ogura^[1]

Mashima (真島)

Voiced by: Yuri Komagata^[2]

Tanishi (田西)

Voiced by: Kazuki Matsunaga^[2]

Misaki Komaba (駒場 みさき, Komaba Misaki)

Voiced by: Suzuna Kinoshita^[2]

Takashi Komaba (駒場 たかし, Komaba Takashi)

Voiced by: Mitsuhiro Ichiki^[2]

Utako (詩子)

Voiced by: Yu Ayase^[2]

Kurobe (黒部)

Voiced by: Mariko Honda^[2]

Teacher (先生, Sensei)

Voiced by: Yasuhiro Mamiya^[2]

Akemi (あけみ)

Voiced by: Kazusa Aranami^[3]

Hassaku Oji-san (はっさくおじさん)

Voiced by: Norio Wakamoto^[3]

Yukiko (雪子)

Voiced by: Yukari Tamura^[3]

Saiki (斉木)

Voiced by: Ken Narita^[3]

Media

Manga

Crossing Time is written and illustrated by Yoshimi Sato. It was serialized in Futabasha's Monthly Action magazine from May 25, 2016, to September 25, 2021.^[4][5] Eight tankōbon volumes was released from December 12, 2016^[6] to December 9, 2021.^[7]

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	December 12, 2016[6]	978-4-57-584896-0
2	May 12, 2017[8]	978-4-57-584972-1
3	March 12, 2018[9]	978-4-57-585123-6
4	June 12, 2018[10]	978-4-57-585168-7
5	March 12, 2019[11]	978-4-57-585279-0
6	December 12, 2019[12]	978-4-57-585392-6
7	September 12, 2020[13]	978-4-57-585488-6
8	December 9, 2021[7]	978-4-575-85665-1

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced in the March 2018 issue of Monthly Action, published on January 25, 2018. It is produced by Ekachi Epilka and directed by Yoshio Suzuki, with Misuzu Chiba handling the series' scripts, and Kaori Takamura designing the characters.^[1] Yuri Komagata performed the opening theme song "Tomare no Susume". It aired on Tokyo MX from April 10 to June 26, 2018.^[14][a] Crunchyroll streamed the series.^[15]

No.	Title [16][b]	Original release date
1	"Their Youth" Transliteration: "Futari no Seishun" (Japanese: 二人の青春)	April 10, 2018 (2018-04-10)
2	"Majima Eriko Is Sexy" Transliteration: "Majima-san wa Eroi" (Japanese: 真島さんはエロい)	April 17, 2018 (2018-04-17)
3	"Together With Sensei" Transliteration: "Sensei to Issho" (Japanese: 先生といっしょ)	April 24, 2018 (2018-04-24)
4	"SNS Siblings" Transliteration: "SNS Kyōdai" (Japanese: SNS兄妹)	May 1, 2018 (2018-05-01)
5	"Goth Ordeals" Transliteration: "Gosu Junan" (Japanese: ゴス受難)	May 8, 2018 (2018-05-08)
6	"Mr. Hassaku and I" Transliteration: "Watashi to Hassaku Ojisan" (Japanese: 私とはっさくおじさん)	May 15, 2018 (2018-05-15)
7	"Railroad Crossing Poet" Transliteration: "Fumikiri no Poeto" (Japanese: 踏切のポエト)	May 22, 2018 (2018-05-22)
8	"SNS Siblings 2" Transliteration: "SNS Kyōdai 2" (Japanese: SNS兄妹②)	May 29, 2018 (2018-05-29)
9	"Heart of the City Train Part 1" Transliteration: "Toden Kokoro-jō Zenpen" (Japanese: 都電こころ状 前編)	June 5, 2018 (2018-06-05)
10	"Heart of the City Train Part 2" Transliteration: "Toden Kokoro-jō Kōhen" (Japanese: 都電こころ状 後編)	June 12, 2018 (2018-06-12)
11	"Majima Eriko Is Sexy Part 2" Transliteration: "Majima-san wa Eroi 2" (Japanese: 真島さんはエロい②)	June 19, 2018 (2018-06-19)
12	"Their Youth Part 2" Transliteration: "Futari no Seishun 2" (Japanese: 二人の青春②)	June 26, 2018 (2018-06-26)

See also

• Makina-san's a Love Bot?!, another manga series by Yoshimi Sato

Notes

1. Tokyo MX lists the series premiere at 25:15 on April 9, 2018, which is effectively 1:15 a.m. JST on April 10.
2. All English titles are taken from Crunchyroll.^[17]