Kakkou no Iinazuke

It's been a while since an anime opened up without a cold open and jumped straight in with the opening song. And the opening of Kakkou no Iinazuke is pretty great. It's punchy, catchy, creative, vibrant, well directed and animated, and overall just feel-good. Everything this anime isn't. Warning: This review CONTAINS SPOILERS (but this show sucks and has very poor sense of foreshadowing so it honestly doesn't matter) and is quite long The Westermarck Effect is clearly a product that has not yet found import into Japan. I haven't seen such aggressive pandering on incest since Domestic Girlfriend. But whilst Domestic Girlfriend actually went into the characters' psyches and explored how a relationship such as being in love with your (not like they're blood related) sibling could actually impact your life and the relationships of the people around you, this series doesn't scratch a single micrometer past its initial gimmick. And that's the whole problem with this show- it's all just pandering without any sort of pay-off. There's a distinct lack of any sort of direction being applied to this series outside of being a pure, cold-blooded advert for the manga because I make no small assertion when I say this anime, at it's hollow core, does nothing. Absolutely nothing. The cast is made up of some of the most unlikable dregs hauled over from the south side of Rent A Girlfriend. We have our supposedly smart male protagonist who lacks any sort of common sense. We have the classmate he has a crush on. We have the one he was swapped at birth with and is engaged to and is the most nonsensical tsundere I have ever seen. And we have the little sister. None of these characters have any sort of redeeming qualities to them and none of them rise above the haphazardly -stapled-together-skeleton of tropes and cliches they are made of. I'll get into more detail on them later. The anime sets him up quite well early on as he has a goal of winning the heart of his classmate Segawa Hiro by taking first place in school marks since she has a strong inclination towards those better than her yet the MC always remained second-best to her. It's this small plot point that mixes with his mutually-unwanted engagement with the second harem member Amano Erika that drives the story for the first few episodes as the anime focuses on the hi-jinks and escapades which result from such a ridiculous situation. Umino Nagi - our proud harem protagonist - is just every other generic harem protagonist who is perverted, indecisive, always misunderstands every situation, selfish, and just a huge moron in general - yet he somehow is surrounded by girls who like him for no reason. I'm constantly surprised by how stupid the anime can make him look every episode. It's actually impressive how awful he is. When given a simple thought experiment to determine who he loves, he ends up with all three of the main girls (including his own sister mind you) and it's this indecisiveness that kills any sort of serious character interaction in this show. Segawa Hiro seems like a nice girl at first but the actions she takes as the series goes on - especially near the end - are so bizarre and almost cruel. I'm sure she was intended to have some sort of implication that she wanted to escape from her fate (she's also engaged against her will) but she practically constantly leads-on Nagi with various "dates" and other fun interactions - knowing that he likes her - and yet afterwards always ends with "Yeah no I'm engaged" which ditches him in his mire of indecisive thoughts and a cold, ambiguous feeling of what her real feelings are. It's not just the main character being naturally a massive idiot who overthinks things but Segawa doesn't help at all. Of course this means nothing actually happens between them the entire runtime of this anime. And get used to that because nothing happens with every other contrived plot the author managed to shit out. Amano Erika is supposedly the main girl of he show given her status as the main character's fiance and the token tsundere of the harem. Yet for her supposed importance she is given very little spotlight. Her interactions with the male lead are limited and forced. And it was so easy for it not to be since she shares the same opinion with our male lead that arranged marriages in the modern world is stupid and they could have naturally build up from that. Instead, because this anime has no concept of pacing, her time on the screen is butchered apart and smeared thin throughout the anime. Because of this there's no consistency between her actions. Is she trying to help Nagi get together with Segawa like in the first few episodes? Or is she being a jealous bitch trying to ruin that pairing at all cost like in most of the second half? Because we see so little of what she thinks and feels all if it is jarring to say the least. She's also the one who introduces one of the stupidest and out-of-place plot twist in fiction with the introduction of her (Nagi's biological) older brother near the goddamn end of the show. It's a valiant attempt to give her any sort of personality and try to justify her also starting to lead on Nagi but it comes off as unnecessary and too-little-too-late. And how does this anime treat this pretty important plot development which is almost as contrived and bullshit as Nisekoi's keys? Nothing. I told you this show doesn't do any sort of payoff. And finally there's the little sister Umino Sachi. I don't know where Japan's obsession with incest is but I can honestly forgive that as a simple quirk if only she was given any sort of writing to explain why she is so thirsty for her brother. The anime just writes this off as "Oh yeah, incest. That's a thing" and shoves it down our throats without questioning exactly how these two siblings would develop any sort of romantic feelings towards each other. They literally just do it to pander to the incest imouto audience because it is quite literally just dropped in like Sachi goes all "Oh so he's not my biologically-related brother that means I can sleep with him". The series makes no attempt to explore anything about her developing feelings towards Nagi and it plays the same game of "Will they won't they" with those two as it does with Nagi and every other girl. And you know what's worse? The anime actively encourages the shipping between Nagi and his sister. Segawa, Erika, and the poorly-written father guy are not averse to such a relationship and I can deduce this to be more pandering from the writers. It wouldn't even be so bad if Sachi was actually given any sort of personality but she never steps outside the "imouto who is jelly of her onii chan and wants his dick" circle. And she isn't even the only incest wannabe. Erika is also unable to escape such a fate as the author seems to believe that it is not possible for siblings to grow up together and NOT want to bone each other. It really baffles my mind how such a simple premise was turned into unironic incest pandering this hard without the full intention of the hack of an author. I haven't seen a piece of romance fiction where the characters have this little chemistry with each other. It's written like some predictive text AI that was fed bargain bin mid-2000s harem anime because the anime seems to think that loud and funny interactions is the way people grow to like each other romantically when in fact the end product is contrived, uninspired, and generic and doesn't make me like the characters in any way. Thanks to the actual lack of substance in the screenplay, this has got to be one of the slowest anime ever made. It has 24 episodes yet the amount of major developments is small and spread thin. Half of every episode is narrative chafe that pads out it's runtime with the aforementioned loud haha funnies. The actual "story" so to say is mostly made up of a bucket list of every harem romcom ever made and there's little done to add any sort of twist to i…

To be completely fair, I wasn't expecting a ton from A Couple of Cuckoos, and while it's not really a snoozer of a series, not enough high points were introduced into the series, and any dramatic parts feel half-done. Story & Characters: A Couple of Cuckoos introduces us to a family of four - Nagi Umino, his sister Sachi, and their parents, who run a small family-run restaurant. Nagi has had a long crush on Hiro Segawa, and he considered her to be his rival because they both bounce back and forth between being at the top of their class. After school one day, Nagi runs into Erika Amano, who is a pretty popular Instagram-er (or whatever they call their version). Thus, we see pretty early on this that series is likely going for a comedy-style Harem series between Nagi and our three female characters. Nagi is eventually brought out to dinner where his parents tell him that he was actually swapped at birth... with Erika Amano. Both them, and Erika's parents have brought them together, as they feel they'd make an excellent couple in an arranged marriage. I didn't hate the premise of the first few episodes, as it seemed mildly interesting. Erika's clearly very popular and spoiled, but she's not that bright in terms of her school work. She's been given everything because of her father's wealth and her interactions with him are actually reasonably amusing. Nagi's quite the opposite - he's extremely hard working, doesn't have the wealthiest parents and does everything he can to make sure they're well off. However, I just didn't see the chemistry between these two. Now, the goal of any decent harem might be to make sure the other female cast members aren't far ahead of the others, so maybe this is planned, but there weren't enough quality interactions that made this arranged marriage feel like much of anything. Add to that Nagi acts like too much as your typical male-in-a-harem character, and this series doesn't really shine on him as much as you'd like. Sure, he's smart and is decently considerate of others, but there's not enough there. Hiro doesn't fit into the typical harem trope quite as much, as there are some surprising elements in her story that could make you root for her. Sachi doesn't get quite as much inclusion as the others until the second half, and even when she does, it doesn't feel like she fits particularly well. Her backstories are never explored, and it just makes her come off as the fourth character. Shion gets introduced in the second half as a fan of Erika's, but he's honestly so annoying that you really cringe at anything he says. He doesn't fit into the crew and he's not even the least bit amusing. Both Nagi and Erika's parents are decently involved in the story, and both their dads have some decent elements to them every now and then. As a whole though, the side characters don't bring enough to this story, and Nagi and Erika make an incredibly awkward couple. The story never feels like it gets going quite enough. Maybe that's on purpose because you have to stretch the story across two cours, but it just felt slow and lacking much of a direction. You know the goal is to see how well Nagi and Erika end up together, and while I'm okay with their interactions if you're looking at this from the standpoint that you want these two to "start" to date, as opposed to getting married, that's not what this series is trying to sell you on. There needed to be more about our characters that made us care, and while there was certainly some of that, it feels halfway done, not the least of which is when the series tried to force a character who Erika used to know into the story, then completely ditch the idea without reason. The series doesn't have to be a drama series, but there needs to be more to make us care about our characters. As you get past the second half, the series does move forward in some meaningful way that made it more tolerable than the first. Living arrangements change, characters meet with outside side characters and they seem to care more about each other as things happen. That part does shine a little here and there. The way the series ends does end up being a little awkward though because, even the finale was fine, it didn't really feel like a finale. It just felt like another episode. Maybe there's more to come as the source materially gets worked on, but unless it ends, I'm not sure there will be enough to hold me for much longer. (Story: 5/10, Characters: 6/10) Art: This series looked decent enough, and I'm happy to report that the animation didn't really suffer the way many other seasonal series does as it carries on. The way the series attempts to use visuals to make you feel surprised for brief moments are also done decently well as well. Fan service is kept to a minimum too, which is something surprising considering the genre. (7/10) Sound: The sound was fine and not distracting, which is good for a series like this. Neither OPs or EDs were terrible either. VO work was a bit of a mixed bag, though our main cast with Lindsay Sheppard (Erika), Nicholas Andrew Louis (Nagi), Bryn Apprill (Sachi) and Amanda Lee (Hiro) seemed fine. It felt like Lee tried too hard to sound like the other two female actresses at times, is all. Brendan Blaber (Shion) and Dave Dixon (Mr. Amano) both felt weird at times. Gianni Matragrano (Mr. Umino) was definitely perfect for the part though. (7/10) Overall: A Couple of Cuckoos doesn't really live up to what I was hoping it would be, as it falls into a lot of harem tropes rather easily, and ditches parts of the story here and there. The sense of progression as the series goes on is definitely present, but the lacking in closure on the ending didn't make it feel like a really strong ending to a series. There's just too many hole in the story, and I'm not sure I pick this up, should it continue, unless I know it's ending from the source material. (6/10)

Through this anime it is a slow burner and more fleshed out compared to your average 12 episode rom com/slice of life anime. Yes the characters start of with 2 Dimensional personalities, but that's kind of the point to see them progress through the episodes especially through the 2nd half of the season. Patience is needed with this one, and in my opinion pays off in the end, though leaving multiple questions left unanswered which a 2nd season would answer or following on the manga. If you go into romance animes expecting different outcomes than someone falling in love then I suggest you switch genres. Hope more 24 Episoders are made like this so they don't feel as rushed.

A Couple of Cuckoos-6/10. Decent. Honestly, I don't have a lot to say about this. Its decent, enjoyable at times, but not something I would ever rewatch. As for the story, its pretty simple and cliched as far as harem romcoms are concerned. The author does try to make things interesting by adding the plotlines of "missing brother" and "what the dad is plotting", but we don't really get anything explored about it other than a few scenes. That's not to say its all bad. If you are someone who enjoys harem romcoms with a love polygon, you would really love this. TLDR- 6/10. Standard harem romcom. If you like/love this genre, this is the show for you.

It's like my 3rd review out of the 200+ shows I've watched and I'm writing just to warn you that don't waste 8 hours on this thing. (Mild spoilers ahead) It started as a romance and switched genre to harem midway and in these 24 episodes nothing happened besides that like no noticeable progress. The One or Two weak attempts on mysteries weren't answered, no kiss or anything like that, MC still doesn't know what he's going to do and I'm pretty sure this won't be getting a 2nd season so no need to waste 8 hours on an epilogue like content.

First ever review lets go When i first started this anime i was thinking about all those shitty romcom anime. First half of the anime got be. I was starting to enjoy felt like a harem. You know there is 24 episode in this anime not 12 but 24. So i thought in my mind it would be good. When i was watching it through 15 episode it felt really boring. You know a typical boring ahh romance anime. Normaly shitty romance anime would only have 12 episode but this has 24 episode. Its all about engagement. Two girls and one boy. The main character boy loves another girl who is engaged. I thought in the last episode or 23 he will choosse between those two girls. But guess what? the whole fucking plot was chaged. The plot was the most shittest plot i have ever seen in my entire life. Like god damn 24 fucking episode for the shittest plot. I dont recommend this anime as it was a waste of time. My whole time was wasted watching this absolute trash. Legit no one asked for that plot. No character development at all. No happy endning. Instead why not make it 12 episode waste of time Enjoyement-6/10 throughout 10 episode only Romance- 2/10 absolute trash Development-2/10 shit plot Overall-3/10 not enjoyable waste of time

if you really finished 24 episodes for this boring anime, like i did, i commend your dedication, but sometimes i really question the decisions i make, like keep watching time after time and when i finish watching it i immediately rush to write this review and I don't really like it. in terms of story which is quite interesting like the Protagonist of a diligent male harem has become the archetype of recurring characters, such as Futaro Uesugi from The Quintessential Quintuplets, or Nariyuki Yuiga, from We Never Learn. I'm sure though, that Umino Nagi is one of the worst harem protagonists I've ever seen. He is smart but stupid at the same time

As it always is with these kinds of rom-coms, it gets us hyped with first few episodes with some unique plot point – being exchanged in hospital to another family, and parents of both exchanged children decide together to get them married to each other. After this event, it is as basic and average as one can imagine. There is no element that ruins the show. The problem is that it is incredibly plain. Nothing major happens, no real development, just day-to-day mundane life of a betrothed teen couple living together. Although the show sometimes brings some interesting twist, it fades away after some time or remains unsolved. The main cast is likable and frustrating to follow at the same time. The male hero is not totally lame – he is very intelligent and shows some courage (being able to beat up delinquents) – but even with that, he is still pretty generic. He panics all the time, screams all the time like a little brat, and seriously, why is he tripping over so often… When it comes to girl cast (three of them in total), they have each their own charm – beautiful character designs and likable personalities; interactions between the main cast are mostly fine, but nothing groundbreaking. Since these interactions are the main part of the story, it requires more focus on character development, which is lacking in this show. Jokes are cheap and cliche like in all generic rom-coms; nothing funny. While the artstyle is beautiful and colorful, and the show sounds promising at the beginning, it abandons its premise and becomes very formulaic slice of life show right after introductory episodes with no substance or romantic development. If it was more focused on those heavy segments of the story that are scattered here and there (an actual story), I could imagine this show being way better. Pros: + gorgeous artstyle and character designs + main female cast is likable Cons: - very plain – nothing really happens - weak character development - cheap, boring, almost non-existent jokes Double-edged: +/- male protagonist is a mixed bag +/- character interactions are not bad, just generic +/- has some very intense parts, but is overall inconsistent 5/10 (AVERAGE)

tl;dr formless and aimless, I fell asleep multiple times while getting through it I really wish I could've given this a better score than a 4. Cute character designs and an interesting premise are unfortunately not backed up by actual content. 24 episodes was perhaps a few too many for this amount of development and plot that honestly could've fit in a single 12 episode season or less. Kakkou no Inazuke was enjoyable and funny at times yet astoundingly boring and frustrating elsewhere. Perhaps it's part of the decline of the harem romcom in general; one can only watch the same trope a finite amount of times before feeling bored and disengaged. And I think that's the main issue with the show. It drags on too long over the same content and simply isn't engaging. The characters art and music on one hand were pleasant, but after the first few episodes it becomes clear that there won't be any character development. What little change the characters see in their behavior or relationship with the other characters is really more of a revealing of past inclinations or previously unknown traits. We end episode 24 in much the same state that we started episode 2 in. Naturally the creators want to do this in order to drag on the clueless MC trope as long as possible, but as we have seen in Bokuben and Quints (who share really similar MC's with this show) there's only so much you can stretch that trope before it becomes unbelievable to the point of detracting from the show. Maybe there just isn't enough source material to fill up 2 cours of anime? In which case I would be judging the show too harshly. Yet from manga source to a show in 3 years is perhaps a bit on the fast side surely there's enough to put in here to prevent it from becoming the soporific it is? Either way, maybe if you're out of romcoms to watch you can hit this one up. 4/10

I am so terribly disappointed in this show. I picked it up about episode 10 at first and was really happy to know that there were 24 episodes total. I made sure to come in every Saturday night and watch it first thing, but then it started to deteriorate. Story lines got dropped or completely disregarded by the time we reached the last episode. I knew when I reached about episode 19 that there was way more that needed to be done in order to close this off in the next five episodes and it never properly was. They just cut ties and left those storylines broken right off. Nagi disappoints me more than any of the characters because he never made any improvement for the entire series. He remained an immature jerk that just yelled because things didn't go his way. Sachi never developed very much either. I do think that Amano made good progress. She found what she wanted and reveled in it. I have a lot of mixed feelings on this and I can't say that I would recommend it, but see that others may enjoy it. I hope that you can, because I just have one very big dose of disappointment sitting on me.

The first few episodes were very promising,but I'd agree that around the halfway point, this show really lost its way. Honestly, the turn probably started in earnest around episode 8 or 10, but by halfway through the season, you could really tell it was starting to go in circles. So the show started as a solid 8 and then slid precipitously. Also, I got sick of the ugly MC's constant panicking and general lack of social skills of any sort. He takes the "bookish, awkward, loner MC" to a kinda new level. He rarely even shows the typical soft/considerate/kind side that tends to be the secret weapon of these guys. Some spoilers ahead (I wouldn't call them exactly major with how little actually happens in the show, but maybe that's why they're all the more spoiler-y): The biggest issues for me is how they handled the "rival love interest" and the little sister. For context, from the start, there is exactly one and only one main girl. Certainly, there are other ships that could sorta kinda work, but really the FMC is the only one that checks the plot boxes for everyone to be the most happy at the end. Given that, the "rival" has to be pretty compelling in order to combat the sheer plot armor given to the FMC. And to be fair, she is, she's this all-around uberwoman. How they get to know each other is pretty flimsy, but I guess that can slide. _What's weird is after that, they show basically no compatibility for the rest of the show._ It's all MC's unconditional obsession with her and her being amused by him. Yet somehow, nobody really unpacks this situation, and yet somehow, she's still in the running by the end of the season. The little sister is the more egregious one. She was in the perfect position to play a secondary role either supporting or undermining MC's relationships, but instead the story takes her to center stage as part of the "harem" because she catches feels for her not-blood-related-brother. It's infuriating because she's a huge part of the "perfect endgame", she stands to gain an older-sister-she-never-knew-she-had who is married to her dear older brother. She could have had some nice, complicated emotions about "losing" her older brother to technically her blood related older sister, then overcome that childish dependency and started scheming for how to actually make it happen since in the long run it's sorta the best case scenario for her. BUT NO, this is anime, the sister MUST fall for the brother and develop into a true brocon. The problem is that if she actually goes through with stealing her brother from her blood-related-sister, then the whole nice happy life they have been living goes up in smoke like a dream. Sachi just doesn't check the right boxes like Erika does, for the best outcome, it _must_ be the two swapped at birth to get married. Anyway, all that aside, there's also some huge plotlines teased, but then nothing whatsoever comes of them. The FMC and "rival" characters are good, they were fairly cute, but I could see them each getting on some peoples' nerves depending on your tastes. The MC is ok for a few episodes, but as mentioned before, he gets pretty tough to stomach after an extended run. He's just annoying and has a near-diagnosable lack of social skills. Overall, I feel like this anime had a really strong premise for a "one true ship" with an arc-based format for "a new challenger approaches", but instead it just slipped into a harem and mediocrity. Its slice of life content was actually quite nice, I shouldn't have binged it, but I'm still let down by how muddled everything was left, clearly the author doesn't know how long they will need to drag it on and doesn't have a clear plan for how to stall for time other than just making no progress at all. Perhaps watch this to kill some time, it's fairly palatable, but it's not worth actively pursuing in the slightest.

I'm still trying to figure out why I wasted my time on this anime. I mean, the premise sounded cool - arranged marriage, rival families, forbidden love... but trust me, it was a hot mess. First off, the characters were so annoying. Akira's all like "Oh, I'm so tough and cool" but really he's just a whiny baby. And Miyuki's got some serious self-esteem issues, it's like, girl, you're amazing, stop letting him walk all over you! And don't even get me started on the plot. It's like they took every cliche from the romance genre and mashed them all together into a big ol' mess. Forbidden love? Check. Evil family members? Check. Love triangles? Check. Gah, it was like they were trying to torture me. The only good thing I can say is that the animation was pretty, I'll give them that. But honestly, that's not enough to save this trainwreck. If you value your sanity, stay far, far away from this anime. 2/10, would not recommend.

I guess I had high expectations for this anime and should have figured it out right away by looking at the ratings. The premise looked interesting, so why not give it a chance. Long story short, 24 episodes gone and we're still where we were. I like watching the development of the characters, the evolution of their relationships, and I like rooting for the main characters. The MC is always a slow burn. He's presented as the "second" smartest in the school, but his expressive skills and emotional maturity are at an all time low. I didn't like FMC perhaps one bit. Erika as the spoiled little girl the MC has to take care of from morning till night is really wife material. Sadly, 24 episodes won't change that. I'd rather have this at home than alone. Sachi, who falls in love like a snap of a finger with a bro she's been with for over 15 years. This aside, she does nothing to deepen their relationship and just throws stones... I find Segawa to be the least annoying of the two, but that I could say any positive things about her?

This show, I really wanted to like it. I just wasn't satisfied with the overall flow. Characters are somewhat stereotypical for a romcom harem-esc anime. The weird thing is this type of anime is one of those shows that I watch ironically and eventually get really into it for some reason. This didn't really happen because of the stop and go of the story, what little of it there is. I liked it but at the same time I hated it. *MINOR SPOILS AHEAD* - shouldn't harm your viewing experience. Let's talk about the art first and foremost. It's some of the best art I've seen in a while. I normally don't pay much attention to the art style but this one felt just right. It hit the spot. I'm not going to pretend that it's the greatest looking art I've ever seen but it's definitely in the top tiers and what really made the show stand out among the rest for me. The characters are just, whew. Male MC is an over used stereotype. Male MC is interested in someone else and almost relentlessly trudges after her. No problem with that in all honesty but he does it so fervently that it honestly made me want to beat my head on the wall. This is REGARDLESS of whatever emotions he might develop for the Female MC. Speaking of Female MC, she can be irritatingly cheerful at times and borderline wildly emotional. She too is interested in someone else and this interest is, for the most part, why I started to REALLY dislike the show. One term: Bro-con. At least that was the vibe that I was getting, take it as you will. What's worse than one of the MCs being a bro-con? Having two bro-cons (Technically) in the same show. This trope ruins shows for me if it isn't kept in check. Now let's address the elephant in the room, the story. Oh wow, male and female MC are engaged and they're both totally against it. Been there done that. As the story develops coldness starts to go away like it typically does and then enter the plot twist and wham episodes. It got me interested, enough to forget about dropping it at least. At the end of the 24 episodes what are we left with? Nothing, absolutely nothing but up in the air "What just happened" feelings. As mentioned earlier, the story does a stop and go thing. A little development and then a lot of fanservice. Rinse, mix, and repeat. Except at one point pretty much all development just kind of went out the window. I really wanted to like this show because the characters grew on me. But at the end I just felt melancholic at best. In fact, it would be more accurate to say it was more of a feeling of irritation both with the story and with the MC and his frustrating wishy-washiness. There were 24 episodes to make some decent progress but nothing really happened. Bit of a rocky start huge wham moment in the middle and then nothing comes of it. It almost feels like the show was robbed of it's potential because the creators wanted to try to set it up for another season. Something that doesn't happen as much as it should. Would I watch a second season? Yes, but only if it's serialized for another 24 episodes and actually makes progress through the story. The manga is new, I get it but the ending was handled in classic harem sloppiness.

A lot of people compare this anime to Niseokoi and they're not wrong. It's got a lot of similarity, so if you like that show you'll most likely like this one too. For me? It was okay. Nothing special, but it's not bad. It's in the middle. There were some enjoyment parts, but most of the time it was kind of boring to be honest. Animation/Music: 9/10 I like this style of anime. Aside from the MC, all the girls look lovely. The OST was also on point. Characters: 7/10 No one is unique or special, but no one is particularly bad, well except for the MC. Nagi is very plain and boring, which I guess is what the author was going for since it appeals to a certain audience group. I don't hate it, but it's just that I've seen that before in a billion other animes. Also, for a guy who is supposedly very mart, he makes a lot of stupid decisions. His fiance, Erika, is alright. Cardboard cut out of those happy-go-lucky no consequences for me yayay hooray type. Over all, I like her, but she doesn't like...do anything. Next up is contestant #2 which is Nagi's sister Sachi. I actually adore her. Again, a typical cardboard cut out, but I don't know if its her design or VA, but I think she adds the right amount of spice to the anime. And lastly, contest #3 Hiro Segawa. She's probably the most interesting one. Starts off reeeeeeaaally boring as a character, but near the end she finally starts working the gears for herself by plotting things behind the scene. Finally, I just want to point out that this show has one of the worse character in all of anime history- Shion. Jesus Christ he's annoying. Plot: 6/10 Weakest part of the show. The premise is interesting- swapped at birth, forced engaged, and then let theew be cute and chaotic moments. However, the problem is that NOTHING REALLY HAPPENS. The plot moves at a snails pace. I think nothing significant even happens until some 16 episode in. There's no consequences because all the characters don't make any decisions. They're just all there together. Don't get me wrong- some of the interactions are good, but eventually you'd want something to happen, right? The ending was super typical as all the characters are literally the same as they were at the start of the show. No progression whatsoever. I still give this anime a 7/10 because I think 6 is too low. It has positives and I think some will enjoy it. I just think they could've cut out 70% of the mundane parts to move the plot along and that would've been so much better. If there is a season 2, not gonna lie I will most likely sit it out....

The anime started off as pretty good, but after a bit, it just did not pay off. The anime starts off with a decent setup: main character Nagi Umino and girl 1 Erika have a Nisekoi-esq meeting and relationship while Nagi still has feelings for girl 2 Segawa Hiro, with pretty animation for the first few episodes. The first sign of going bad is hints of not-blood-related incest with the Imouto character Sachi Umino, but the character development in the first half is good enough and the plot ignores it enough to be overlooked. However, the plot has a negative progression in the second half. They cover all the same points, but in reverse order, and with weirder sister stuff, and worse animations. The last episode feels the exact same as the 4th, except they hint at a 4th girl, and it's 20 episodes later with no plot progression. The idea for a decent mindless harem rom-com was there, but the execution fails, and it ends up being really boring and forgettable. Score: 6.0/10