Fuufu Ijou, Koibito Miman.

This was a pretty good anime, I thought. It's a basic rom com, where two people who normally wouldn't even give each other the time of day are forced into a situation where they have to get to know each other, and well, eventually hormones take over and the inevitable might happen. I say "might happen" because if I say anything definite, it's kind of a spoiler, even though being a romcom the probable outcome is pretty obvious. Most of the time, in these anime, the outcome in some form isn't in question, but the story is in how they get there. This anime ticks all the boxes for high quality except for one. It's got good art, decent music, an interesting plot, good pacing... everything about it makes for a decent anime. Of course, the parents aren't really anywhere in the picture, but that's to be expected for an anime rom com (I actually hate this about anime, but it is what it is), especially because the plot kind of demands their lack of involvement. No, the one criticism I have about this anime - and it's a honking *huge* one - is that the plot is not only unrealistic, it's pretty darn near impossible. This plot follows a boy and a girl who know nothing about each other. They're put into a "marriage class" in their high school, where they have to live with the other person in a school supplied apartment for months in order to learn how to be a married couple. By doing things that married couples do, they earn points, which appear to be doled out by an AI behind a camera watching them all the time. They lose points by fighting or not acting like a married couple. (doing things that married people do seems to be related to physical intimacy in some form, which is, well.... we'll get into that right now.) In what world would this even be a remote *possibility*? I mean, wow! Can you imagine the liability, the parental outcry (especially in Japan), the potential for *problems* that this would cause? I know that in any anime or fictional work you're supposed to be able to suspend disbelief, and even the most improbably of plots, when done right, can suspend disbelief and allow you to enjoy the story for what it is. This plot wasn't one of them. It was so far out there that multiple times each episode I found myself wondering what that school was smoking. I actually did a google search in the middle of watching this to find out if this was actually a thing in Japan. The consensus was "hell no!". That said, once I got past that and was able to force myself back into seeing the plot for what it is, actively ignoring the whale (not elephant) in the room, I thought it was pretty good, and actually somewhat enjoyed it. In pretty much every way, it earns the rating I gave it, but I really don't know where to fit that massive criticism into the rating, so I think I'll do it by saying "mixed feelings" instead of "recommend". If you're the type of person who just likes a good rom com and doesn't really care whether a plot could actually happen in real life in any meaningful way, you'll enjoy this. If you're more like me and need some element of believability, well, it's a toss up. Maybe you'll like it, maybe you won't, maybe you'll mostly like it but have a hard time keeping in the story.. it could go in any direction. But at least now you know what you'll be up against.

I felt like romance anime has been stepped into wrong direction for a while now. Every "romance anime" nowadays are mainly comedy with romance as a side dish. Those that actually counted as romance anime are either have no relationship development at all (known as "romance subtext") or didn't know how to balance romance with other thing (e.g. Horimiya). That's why for the past exactly 100 romance anime that I watched, there's none that actually satisfy me for romance purpose. Until I watch this anime. For the first time, I actually got what I'm looking for. A romance anime that actually a romance while maintaining decent aspect of drama, comedy, fan service. This anime is also one kind of anime that make you want to fall in love. I will called it as "fluffy" anime. An underrated thing inside romance genre that lot of people overlook. Does it work though? Does it make me want to fall in love? Yes, it does. Sort of. Fuufu Ijou's anime is overall okay-ish with a bit of disappointment. I'm not talking about source material, that thing is great. Fuufu Ijou is currently one of the very few manga that I'm still reading, that alone should confirm that I seriously love it in some way. However, the anime adaption didn't do justice to series. The concept of Fuufu Ijou sound stupid (although unique) when you look at the surface. That's the weakest point of this series in the beginning too in my opinion. However, the story of relationship development between Jirou and Akari made up for it. Well, sort of. It's not perfect relationship development by any mean. In fact, I would say it's worse than average. However, the best we got in this "fluffy" genre is Tonikaku Kawaii and that have no relationship development at all in my opinion. So at least, okay-ish relationship is better than no relationship development. However, I believe that the real magic of Fuufu Ijou is it gap moe. Gap moe is what make Fuufu Ijou shine as gyaru of this series is always trying to be "lovey-dovey" with MC. Well, in sort of Tsundere way. Guess what, the concept of Fuufu Ijou is the magic behind this gap moe. Having gyaru that becoming lovey-dovey is of course, a strong gap moe. It gap moe is surprisingly effective and giving itself free pass for a lot of thing that it missed and somewhat making me want to fall in love, the main reason I watch romance in the first place (Seriously, none of romance anime that I watched actually archived this and I watch hundredth. This thing is great for that). Animation is good and studio is pretty faithful with manga for the first seven episode. I must admit it's beyond my expectation as a manga reader. Especially episode 7 which almost everyone will say that it will be peak of Fuufu Ijou's anime adaption, which it did. studio MOTHER deliver it so well. It's honestly mind-blowing because I thought that studio MOTHER will messed that up. After episode 7, we thought that we're safe now from any disaster adaption.... right? Episode 9 is where everything starting to be little bit off. Character in the background isn't moving and animation seem little bit worse but that's not the end of the world. Episode 10 is where it become obvious that studio is probably running out of budget. Every background character aren't moving at all. Not to mention that fanservice seem to be little bit much. It's now clear that we're driving to the worse direction episode by episode starting from Episode 8. Storyline has been cutting out like crazy and animation is clearly worsen episode by episode. This is becoming disaster after what we thought that we're safe from it. It seem like they pour all budget on episode 7 already. Episode 12 is where it starting to do justice more for anime adaption. Despite original ending, it was good original ending and also necessary one. However, I believe this is little bit too late to recover all production issues. Music choice in anime adaption is what I questioning the most. How can you have one of the least likable and most generic opening, both animation and music, while having one of the most banger ending. Again, for both animation and music. It's hard to believe that it's made by same studio for same series. Unbelievable. Especially when considered that opening in the first thing that people gonna see and might be the first thing that people will judge it series. Overall, disaster adaption. It was great until episode 7 but quality has been dropped since then, both animation and directive choice. It went downhill all of sudden. I (and lot of people in community) believe that studio might actually running out of budget after episode 7. Despite disaster adaption for the last 5 episode and one of the worst opening in my opinion, I still enjoy it a lot. Enough to make me immediately finding all limited edition boxset for it manga and empty my wallet for one whole month. However, I believe that studio could have done a lot better job and story could have better than this. I will still recommend this anime to almost everyone, despite the fact that it have major issue. Not because it's great, it's because you might want to continue reading manga.

Have you ever wondered what “Kuzu no Honkai” would be like if it was a happy-go-lucky romantic comedy instead of an agonizing, despair-ridden tale of hopeless, fruitless love? Well, look no further (and suffer no longer): I present to you “More than a Couple, Less than Lovers”! (or “Fuukoi” for short). Here’s a quick checklist of all you will find in this show (no spoilers): - Spineless nerdy bastard protagonist gets thrown in a slightly different excuse for a plot that forces him into a situationship with the hottest gyaru in school? Check. - Spineless nerdy bastard protagonist never has the balls to take the initiative with the girls (except in the first episode because the plot demanded so and because the author needed to hook your horny ass) but still gets all the action because… yes? Check. - Despite main girl being all seductive, sassy and provocative, she’s actually pure and timid? Check. - OSANANAJIMI? Check. - Every other interaction turns sexual for no reason except boobie shots? Check. - 10/10 waifu and gooner material? Check. If you ask me, that’s peak fiction right there. Other than that, “Fuukoi” feels like home if you were into harem shows in the 2000’s. It has everything that made anime in this genre fun in those times, but with a few added twists of its own to make it fresh. And regarding freshness, the art style is the main attraction; it’s bright, colorful and unique. It helps “Fuukoi” distinguish itself from other generic romance anime, even though the show sticks close to all the tropes of olden. It doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but that’s not a bad thing. For being something familiar, it inspires a great deal of nostalgia in veterans like myself. And by letting the characters in the story grow just tid-bit out of their conventional genre stereotypes, it surprisingly shows a lot of heart and charisma that certainly has earned “Fuukoi” its fair share of fans. It’s also funny as heck—especially so with the american dub. And just so we’re clear, after the first episode the plot degrades into: after every sexually tense interaction between Jirou (the main character) and any of main love interests, he goes “oh, she’s treating me well, she must treat everyone like this, no way she likes me! don't you get the wrong idea silly Jirou! haha”. Which continually escalates, until it reaches peak cope just to prevent the story from going forward to a ridiculous degree, basically being “oh, she’s throwing herself naked at me? she must be playing a prank, no way this means she ACTUALLY likes me! don't you get the wrong idea silly Jirou! haha”. Which is… par for the course in shows like this. So, if it makes you frustrated, then what are you doing reading a review for an ecchi show, bro? Go watch avatar or whatever you normies do. P.S.: I know this show doesn’t have the ecchi tag, but come on, we both know what seinen actually stands for.

More than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers is the very definition of mid or better said, the hype around it was completely worthless. It honestly made me question whether I should keep watching romance anime or if it would just be another More than a Married Couple experience. (SMALL SPOILERS!!!) The show focuses on a school that has a “marriage practical,” where students need to pretend to date in order to score points. The idea is a bit odd, but every romance story needs some kind of quirk to make it interesting. There we meet our MC and FMC: Jirou and Akari. Jirou is the usual loner boy, while Akari is the popular gyaru girl. Unsurprisingly, they get paired together, and we quickly see that they don’t get along very well. However, there’s a twist, Jirou’s childhood friend, who he has feelings for, is paired with the popular boy that Akari has a crush on. Because of this pairing, Jirou and Akari decide to help each other while still having romance development with the excuse "is for the practical". The fanservice is hella annoying. There was absolutely no need for that much of it. The whole plot already feels odd, but adding the childhood friend trope on top of that made my blood boil. I didn’t think an anime could make me this mad. The romance development was all over the place. They kiss in the first or second episode or somewhere in the early episodes and IT HAD NO IMPACT AT ALL(sorry for caps). On top of that, the ending felt empty and unconvincing. It honestly couldn’t get more infuriating. The characters didn’t help the already struggling plot. They were boring and annoying doing dumb decisions, and the sheer irritation made the entire experience feel underwhelming. As I said before, the cast is pretty bad, but let’s talk a bit about the MC and FMC. Starting with Jirou: he is one of the most boring, shallow, and clueless protagonists I’ve ever seen. There’s not a single remarkable quality about him. His decisions making is terrible, and overall he just feels empty as a character. Akari is a bit better I’d give her a solid 7 if I had to rate her but she was mostly used for fanservice and random romance scenes, and we’re supposed to consider her the FMC. What a joke. At least she had some development, which is more than I can say for Jirou. To conclude, if I had to describe this anime in one word, it would be annoying, since that’s how I felt most of the time while watching it. I could’ve covered more points, but I didn’t want to spoil too much, and honestly I didn’t have the desire to go deeper into it. Nonetheless, it was a truly wasted experience. Ratings Plot/story-5 Characters-4 at best Romance-6 Anger-10 Final rating-5 Note: This is solely my opinion. If you disagree, you’re free to express your own opinion in a polite manner. CYA.

Absolute disappointment of a show. Let's just get straight into it Art Yes colors are pretty, which is the only good thing shout the show. I mean if you take the average romcom and invert the color of it you'll get the same result. Music It's like sleeping without a pillow, terrible Storyline Consists of a sex-encouraging school system who rewards students points when they bend each other down. Something I find crazy is that there is a door for each person which is only accessible when they have their fingerprint in for "sex-preventing" when the school bums damn know that they can just let each other in. So we have this guy Jirou or whatever likes this girl Shiori, a nice childhood friend but got shipped with a girl Akira ( who is a total ass-head who hates on random people and people still likes here ). And the storyline is that Jirou over here has fanservices and fanservices with Akira. Did I mention fanservices? Enjoyment The show has enough bland tropes in every single romcom which makes the show terrible, like come on, Childhood friend, Fanservices, Firework Eps, Fanservices, Fanservics, and finally Fanservices. ( Did I mention Fanservices? ) Character -Jirou is your average romcom character with absolutely nothing special to him. Like absolutely nothing, except blue hair I guess -Akira is the biggest dick-head you've ever seen with the most forced "character development" ever. Like halfway in they realize that main girl over here has to be a nice person so they just slap another personality in her, also fanservices -Shiori is your average romcom childhood friend, yea that's it Overall Mid with color filter on

I have watched this anime on 24-25 March 2025. It's a rom-com slice-of-life (seinen) with elements of drama. But bro, realistic? Bilkul nahi! No way.😭 The love and romance triangle in this anime left me with mixed emotions—sometimes confusion, sometimes frustration, and sometimes it just left me questioning everything. The main characters are Akari, Jiro, Shiori, and a couple more. There are also some gutsy scenes that contribute to the intensity. The characters' past lives are not explored much, but their current relationships are complex. There are also some emotional scenes that may even make you think of a breakup. At the end of Season 1, we still have no idea who the main character will end up with, so I really do believe that Season 2 is on its way. And yeah, I am waiting for it because I do want to see where these characters go. Rating the story by itself, I would give it 7-8 out of 10, but because I loved it personally, I'm giving it 10/10!

Mediocre at best, infuriatingly awful at worst. This show combines the worst romance harem tropes and throws them all together into a fuckfest of stupidity. Dense stupid MC that doesn’t have a spine? Check. Excessive fan service that doesn’t add shit to the story or characters? Check. Perfect childhood friend who obviously is going to lose? Check. I can go on but I don’t want to. Only thing I can say is that it’s easy trash to watch while you’re eating or need to something to binge. Don’t expect any actual good plot or dialogue, just boobs, misunderstandings galore, and butts.

Preface/Intro: ---- Ok, so here I was on Christmas day looking for some new Anime. Then, oh shit, hey That's a fucking hot bae. ****IF YOU DO NOT READ ANYTHING ELSE, READ THE QUOTES I HAVE LISTED HERE**** (read the other shit category for more info) "my poor virgin synapses" "girls don't piss" "'bazoonga floss" " hey why are you undulating? no undulating" "*groan* booty" "chesticles" "Monogamy?, his betrothed?" "your knee is poking me jiro can you move it? that's not my knee" Art/Animation: ---- God damn these girls are attractive. Good art is what I can say, nothing to write home about the animation, but the actual waifus are *mwah* perfect (also apparently the plural of waifu is waifu according to grammarly but that sounds weird as fuck). 8/10 Story/Plot: ---- I didn't pay attention enough to get why, but pretty much we got a girl and a guy living together for a 'marriage' that is endorsed by the school and is mean to help with life experience???? I don't really care about the why though, what I do know is that watching the MC and best girl (Akira, of course) (pink-haired one) interact was like chicken noodle soup for my fucking soul but with a bit of spice if you know what I mean. 7/10 Characters: ---- All of them are highly fuckable and highly waifuable (I don't care if that's not a word). The innocent one is innocent. The guy is a main character of a love triangle anime. The best girl (Akira, of course, part 2) (pink-haired one part 2) had me catching some massive feelings. Like I was literally thinking, "GOD DAMN THAT GIRL IS HAWT!" Also the way they interacted felt natural(whatever that means). 7/10 Other Shit Category that I can't think of a name for, fuck you don't judge me: ---- The dub made this anime for me, I did not watch many of the episodes in sub, but from what I can tell the quotes listed above are dub exclusive, so I HIGHLY recommend that shit. ALSO, there is many times when the voice actors just go full HH (not hunter x hunter) when they talk. Like these guys will be having a normal exchange and it sounds like it was audio grabbed from yellow youtube. Muy bueno 8/10 Personal Enjoyment: ---- Bro you got a fine shawty rizzing up a guy through ways that DO NOT seem pg-13 despite it's rating. It's pretty fucking awesome. 8/10 Overall: ---- Fuck me man, this show is BARELY pg-13 (close to R not PG) and the one with pink hair should be my wife. 7.6 / 10

More than a married couple, but not lovers, is a show about the most unethical decision I've ever seen a school do, which puts two students in an apartment together so that they can get better at marriage. Now while I do understand how dumb this sound, its execution is actually pretty entertaining. The romance in the anime is genuinely interesting and enjoyable to watch and makes you really think about what way the protagonist will shift towards. Art: 9 I have to say that for a romance the animation is pretty good, obviously, you shouldn’t expect any super high production, but it definitely is good enough to support the amazing art design this anime brings. I love how the characters look, plus the colors really pop out at you. My only drawback is that the music for the most part is okay, but I will say the ending song is a bop. Characters: 7 Alright… while I love Watanabe, and I am satisfied with Jirou as an MC, it is fair to say that some of their decisions don’t make the most sense, but because they go through some pretty decent development, and the writing is solid, they both end up becoming pretty great characters. The rest of the cast is also good, and while I dont personally like Shiori, there is nothing really wrong with her writing, and honestly, she does a solid job moving the plot forward. Story: 8 While I do think the initial premise is a little dumb, the anime does a great job of keeping you entertained and interested in where all these characters will end up, or shall I say who they will end up with. I surprisingly would recommend this to those that enjoy romance animes, and overall, I’m going to give this a total of 8 points out of 10.

more than a married couple but not lovers has to be the worst and most overrated romance anime of all time. The plot is astromically horibble, the mc's have very little and childish like development, shiori has to be the worst anime character of all time, shes pointless, useless, causes so many problems, she dose nothing to the plot. watanabe is in love with tenjin, who is indulging in a forbidden love with a married women, and watanbe cant decide if she should date tenjin or jiro. jiro has got to be the most immature and usless romance mc ever, makes little to no progress on his relationship with watanabe, their relationship is soley physical, watanabe is emotionally stupid and plays romance games like they are 5 year olds, and in the end, no one gets with anyone, they just run up a hill, are you serious. the only notable thing about the show is that their is decent fan services, the stellar animation, and how ridicuosly funny and gross the ice cream scene was. One of a few anime that im embarresed to say I watched.

What started out as a promising story with good animation turned out to be the biggest waste of 12 episodes ever Story: The story starts out with your classic introvert MC who gets paired up with the popular gyaru in a school assignment for a "pretend marriage." Classic trope, nothing wrong there. The problem was it felt like there was little to no development throughout the whole season. After the last episode it felt like nothing had happened so far. There were moments where characters felt like they were going one way, only to backtrack the next episode. Every episode felt like the 3 main characters were trying to understand their feelings for each other and then making no progress from it. Now I don't mind slow-burn romance stories at all. I think they are good, if well put together. This just felt sluggish and unpolished. Characters: The characters were pretty average, nothing really jumped out at me. The MC is just a clone of the generic aloof anime introvert. Akari was probably the best overall for this season. The thing that bugged me about the characters is they all felt very emotionally unintelligent. It got really annoying when the characters would start to feel something for another, only to just pull those emotions back and extend other emotions towards another character. It felt like a lot of back and forth with nothing for the viewers to gain. The childhood friend character Shiori just felt like another copy paste from another anime which didn't bring much to the story. She actually really irked me in this particular story Overall a 5/10 for nothing special

80/100 Cliffhanger endings are always a bit shit, eh? But I guess, in this case, it works if they’re planning a second season. I really like the animation style and how Jiro and Akari’s relationship grows. The whole idea of a school making boys and girls pair up and live like a married couple sounds kind of ridiculous, but it actually works really well. It creates a lot of awkward and funny moments that keep things interesting. It’s funny, but like, the drama can be a bit excessive at times. Still, it’s part of what makes the show so funny, the over the top situations and reactions are very good. Akari going from not really liking Jiro to suddenly being all over him happens way too fast, and some of the characters could’ve used more backstory to make their actions feel more believable. Even with that, I still think it’s a solid rom-com. The relationships feel natural most of the time, and the mix of humor and drama hits the right balance. Really hope Jiro ends up with Akari. Anyways, I’m excited for season 2. This is easily one of my most anticipated season 2s, right up there with Bunny Girl Senpai. Oh yeah, and this anime could do with a bit less fan service. It's cool, but the show really shines when it digs into the deeper stuff, especially the moments when Jiro and Akari have those serious conversations. Their relationship development during those talks is what makes this show stand out.

If you are strictly "anime only" enjoyer, you will be disappointed, because this ends with a massive cliffhanger. No idea why most of the reviews don't mention this, could have saved me time. I really enjoyed the first 10 episodes, but the last 2 flush it down the drain. I'm continuing with manga now but as for the anime, the last 2 episodes left a bad taste in my mouth since I expected a cute 1 on 1 romcom. Such a beautiful buildup, just to get ruined in the end. Obviously, I can't predict the future events since I haven't caught up with the manga, but it's got nice rating, so I'm gonna start reading it. As for the animations, music, and fan service, those are 10/10. EDIT: Caught up with the manga, it's a clean 9/10, love it!

Review: More than a married couple, but not lovers Story: 5/10 This isn't much of a romantic comedy—it lacks humor. The main character’s attempts at humor with his loud behavior fell flat, and there's too much forced fan service. However, the plot has some unique twists. Art: 8/10 The artwork stands out, especially compared to newer anime. It’s visually appealing and adds depth. Characters: 4/10 The characters, especially Jirou, were disappointing. His loud and awkward personality didn’t click. They lacked depth and development. Overall: 5/10 More than a married couple, but not lovers has strengths in art and unique plot elements. However, it lacks humor, relies too much on fan service, and characters needed more depth.

This is one of the few shows where I like the Anime more than the source manga and the adaptation actually blew all my expectations out of the park and then some. The manga has some pacing issues and some minor plot-holes etc, and the anime adds a lot of original scenes to provide additional context, improve world-building and modify some dialogues to better suit the situation. Studio Mother has done fantastic job with the animation, color palette and absolutely gorgeous backgrounds. The voice acting (JP) is also on point especially from VA of Jirou and Akari. Overall a great adaptation of a solid manga that deserves a second season ASAP.

If you look at the title "More than a married couple, but not lovers", you may think that this is a very light rom-com. You would be completely wrong. I was extremely surprised with how they portrayed real life emotions through this work and would highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys the rom-com (and almost) Ecchi types of anime. The premise of a "marriage practical" is petty unique from what I have seen. You can easily see through the course of the anime that the characters develop in quite a few ways. I really enjoyed this concept and I fully understand that some people will view it as weird or unrealistic but that's to be expected in anime from time to time. There are a lot of lewd scenes while also having a mix of incredibly romantic ones. Some of the character interactions seem a bit forced at times. The romance between the main characters also flows in a weird way throughout some parts but overall, it works really well. The colors the choose for the anime are perfect. It completely works with the theme that they are trying to portray. Overall, I enjoyed this show a lot more than I thought I would. I was looking for something to watch and stumbled across this thinking it would be a nice time killer and here I am, a day later, wishing for a second season. It was a very enjoyable and funny watch and now I'm going to read the manga for it. If you want to watch a decent rom-com with quite a bit of lewd moments, a lot of laughter, and a lot of emotion, then look no further as you've found it. Also, as regards to the characters, Akari blows Shiori out of the water when comparing the two. Always have to say who the best girl is. Guess you'll have to watch it for yourself to see if you agree or not with that take.

If you want some laughs, I got you brotha. To start off, including the “marriage practical” into the school system definitely catches your attention at first and makes you want to watch more to see how it turns out. As the story goes on, it gets pretty interesting but also very frustrating. To be fair, almost all romance gives you that sort of mixed feelings. The two main on-screen characters are a polar-opposite duo just like, Bisque no Doll, for example. I’d say that the anime is very close to Hajimete No Gal. Both animes have some sudden romance spark between polar-opposites consisting of Gyaru girls and (if you eat chips at home with your overweight arse, this is definitely why you watch anime) Ecchi. I’d say that this anime slightly focuses more on the romance besides the bodies of the female characters. Although Ecchi is embedded, this anime is pretty standard but with more mature characters. Typical story line about two love birds that are still finding out what the feeling of “love” is. The MC is good compared to other anime’s MCS besides the frustrating fact that he’s stuck on some girl from middle school. Like really bro, let it go bro that sh*t was from 5 years ago man. The MFC is bad af but it’s annoying how she’s stuck on some dude that just has dyed hair man. Take the boy Jiro to the barber & give him a half-zip vest & Akari would def take mans over some Minami dude. I honestly like the anime because it’s wholesome & catered towards more mature audiences that can understand things a bit better. The only thing I would uniquely despite is how the boy Jiro is sharing fluids between Akari (who I would take any day) & some child-hood crush :|. Like bro, not only is Akari bad, but she hasn’t done anything with another dude??? If she was some irl & told me to get on my knees to bark, I’d do it over some boring wholesome girl that would politely ask me to put the dishes away after we eat… Anyways, it’s obvious that it’d be frustrating at first but I believe that once Jiro figures himself out, we’ll get that Bisque No Doll typa wholesome vibe. I would bring in the short-haired girl, but her liking to Shiori is completely irrelevant & doesn’t interfere with anything in hindsight. I love the whole personality Akari has going on, being that she’s a bit mean but wholesome & acts like she’s got the experience when it’s just to shadow the fact that she doesn’t. For now, the author is just setting up the typical “what is love” definition but after this is over, I truly have hopes in what’s to come next. Lastly, this anime has a different art style & the hue is refreshing honestly. I hope that this anime gets up to ONLY a third season just to see how things play out & it’s hard to find anime that doesn’t annoy you TOO much. I hope Shiori quits using the “let me practice kissing” rizz & realizes how cringe it is that she stops talking to Jiro. She’s definitely a homewrecker but it’s just like every rom anime so it’s expected. Thank you for reading the review if you got this far & I’d love to connect with people on this website because most of my friends don’t watch anime! If you’re looking for anime to watch after this, I’d recommend basically all the rom-coms because there’s basically not much out there compared to other genres LOL

Wow thought this was an incredible show and so gutted that there isn’t a season 2 - one of the rare shows that has a love triangle where I actually like both of the people involved but that always comes with the pain of knowing one will have to be rejected which in this case will sting like a bitch😭 - cannot wait to see how it all plays out by continuing the manga - overall a very entertaining romance and the charachters are very charismatic - absolutely love akari and imo my favourite character in the series - tbh idk how this anime is so divisive as I personally enjoyed it more than a lot of romances

the story was decent but HOLY F the fanservice was so distracting and shit for the enjoyment of the show. Its like shots that had no business being as raunchy as they were, or raunchy shots that had no business existing in the first place were just shoved into whatever gap they just so happened to fit in. Genunely horrendous. If you have some semblance of ethics, wear an eyepatch so you only see half of the bad stuff. worth the eye gouging fanservice for the plot tho. 7/10. I think the art was decent. there are some places in which it massively went down the seven deadly frames route. The OP song isnt particularly enjoyable, but holy shmoly the ED is such a jam. I love the artstyle they used for the end credits. Its the same feeling of watching an ass show purely for the OP, and you sit through the whole thing anyways. For a romance, its pretty decent. I think the progression of Whatsherface and Whatshischops from not really vibing to getting along is smooth and doesnt feel like a tectonic shift, which is appreciated, and is something that a lot of authors / producers can't seem to nail. There are a lot of shows that I go back to read the manga, but I dont think this is one of them. TL;DR if you dont mind the most God awful fanservice the world has ever seen, then by all means. If you (or your gf) has some reservations, maybe give it a miss, or get glasses that black out when they detect chesticles.

I'm a big sucker for great development, I think most people are, and this show really does a phenomenal job. Their relationship really blooms, and the show doesn't take its time to show it. You will fall in love with the characters immediately as although they may seem like your typical gyaru falls for nerd duo, the way they go about it pulls on your heart and has you wanting to cheer them on. There's so much more to the show than what it may seem at surface value, and for whatever reason this has become my very favorite rom-com. I really, really recommend this one as it is one of those that will leave you thinking about life for at least a day.