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At around 18:30 in the 1st episode of _Domestic Girlfriend_ , when the MC is
asking for advice from his friend, there is a shot of some books on a shelf:

[![Twelve books of various sizes sitting on a
shelf.](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EyESO.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EyESO.jpg)

As the well-known novelist Anton Chekhov [put
it](https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/3199940-if-in-the-first-act-you-have-
hung-a-pistol),

> If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the
> following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put it there.

I suspect that (most of) the books in the shot have something in common, which
in fact indicates the route of the whole (or at least part of) story.

Unfortunately, I don't know about these books, let alone their contents, and
therefore I can't figure out the meaning of their appearance. However, one
thing is for sure, if these books have nothing to do with the plot, the
producer wouldn't have bothered to make such a special depiction.

What significance do these books have?


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In the 1st episode of Domestic Girlfriend, what's the significance of these books?


**The book scene is anime original.**

The manga equivalent of this scene is from volume 1, chapter 2, pages 73-75.
In the manga, the panels are mostly focusing on both Natsuo and Fumiya
conversing, with the addition of Fumiya's mother. For comparison, here is the
whole scene with only related dialog from the anime (pages are ordered from
left-to-right/top-to-bottom):

![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vnU4wm.png)
![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/mUHLOm.png)
![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NfwIVm.png)

While there are books on the shelves, the titles are too blurry that they
cannot be reasonably deciphered.

* * *

Regarding the books in the anime themselves, the titles are (from left to
right):

  * ？－192 天地明察 ( _Tenchi Meisatsu_ , [_Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenchi:_The_Samurai_Astronomer)) by Tow Ubukata
  * 全訳古語辞典 ( _Zenyaku Kogojiten_ , _Archaic Complete Translation Dictionary_ )
  * **シ** －023/ **シ** －024 坂の上の雲 ( _Saka no Ue no Kumo_ , [_Clouds Above the Hill_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saka_no_Ue_no_Kumo)) by **Shi** ba Ryōtarō
  * **み** －113 あかんべえ ([ _Akanbee_](https://archive.org/details/akanbee0000miya)) by **Mi** yuki Miyabe
  * **シ** －015 世に住む(...) → 世に棲む日日 ( _Yo ni Sumu Hibi_ , [_Everyday Life_](https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/251377)) by **Shi** ba Ryōtarō
  * 忍びの国 ( _Shinobi no Kuni_ , [_The Land of Stealth_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinobi_no_Kuni)) by Ryō Wada
  * **マ** －014 幕末の動乱 ( _Bakumatsu no Douran_ , [_Bakumatsu Rebellion_](https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOBK-448458)) by Seichō **Ma** tsumoto
  * のぼうの城 ( _Nobou no Shiro_ , [_The Floating Castle_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Floating_Castle)) by Ryō Wada
  * **マ** －030 火の虚舟 ( _Hi no Utsurobune_ , [_Fire of Utsuro-Bune_](https://www.amazon.com.au/Matsumoto-Complete-Imperial-University-Utsuro-Bune/dp/416509210X)) by Seichō **Ma** tsumoto
  * ？－113 かげろう絵図 ([ _Kagerou Ezu_](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052956/)) by Seichō Matsumoto
  * オ－012 はなとゆめ ( _Hana to Yume_ , [_Flowers and Dreams_](https://fullofbooks.com.au/product_info.php?products_id=41692)) by Tow Ubukata

Almost ―if not― all of these books are historical fantasy/fiction novels,
which might imply that Fumiya is a history maniac... which is really
contrasting with his hobby in the manga.


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