Marriagetoxin

First off, ignore all the rant and folly about the deuteragonist's gender identity, and whether this show is based on LGBT representation or the like. This show doesn't focus on any of that. It's simply an incredibly entertaining, action-adventure show, that just so happens to have a femboy as one of the leads. Oh, and the main character's sister is a lesbian...but only shows up in episode 1. If you can't go over that, go in peace. If you can, then welcome to a thrilling ride of nonstop entertainment and action. The characters themselves are extremely entertaining to watch. The main lead's emotional growth is evident through each and every episode, and it helps that he's a badass fighter that can use his brains as well. I feel that in watching this show, you really can't help but want the absolute best for him, because he's such an incredible MC. If you've read the synopsis, just know that he's certainly got options to choose from...and each and every one of those options are also worth rooting for. I won't get into who is best girl or anything like that though, watch it for yourself and decide. Bones. I love you. Seriously. These guys just don't miss when it comes to animation, and this show is absolutely not an exception. If anything, it sets yet another standard (allow me to glaze, MHA is literally my fav anime of all time cuz of this studio). I don't fully know if it's getting another season, but I really hope Shueisha backs this project more, because I'm hoping to see this story animated till the end. All in all, the premise of assasins in anime is not new, but this anime really does break the mold. This anime honestly feels really unique and fresh, and I genuinely hope more people get locked into this series. If you love heartfelt romance mixed with tons of action, this is the anime for you to watch. Trust me.

It has a decent premiere and that's about it. It just falls off with every episode after that until Arashiyama appears but there also it was her hamster and her skills which made it entertaining. The story was average and lackluster even though they had a femboy as a MC for which I was interested to see how they'd revolve the story around but nothing much happened there other than his various outfits which were the only highlight. The fights literally turn a blind eye to powerscaling just like Sakamoto Days did with the tunnel effect with absurd ass pull powers.

Episode one starts of so fast and hard that the rest of the show can't possibly keep up it's pacing and slows down gradually the first couple episodes. While the main character's position in his love life is amply explored and is the backbone of the show, other progressions of his personality are sometimes speedran next to that, occasionally giving a rushed feeling to the show. For instance Gero's "mercenary to hero arc" happens nearly instantly, good guy motivational speeches and everything. I genuinely get a lot of joy out of seeing the time and effort behind Kinosaki's different outfits, she has like two an episode. Idk, makes me want to dress better. Visually, the show has a certain wow factor that I really love, especially the intro and outro are amazing in this aspect. While the action is often top notch and well animated, the combat is by far the weakest part of the whole anime in my opinion. The scaling of power between enemies is impossible to gauge, stripping most fight's of their tension. While they say the poison masters are creative and versatile, we rarely see this in combat. Most fights have a small part of Gero throwing a gas or liquid, but the bulk of it consists of throwing hands, then a powerup, then throwing more hands. Even setting traps or using area of effect abilities on multiple enemies doesn't happen nearly enough. If a hundred people come at you and you choose to inject yourself with extra steroids instead of throwing a cloud of poison gas, you are doing something wrong, and if the grunts don't come equipped with gasmasks, the writing is off. I would be more okay with this if there wasn't as much combat as there is, but unfortunately it's a large part of the show, making those parts feel like lazy shounen. Still decently animated, just not very interesting. It feels like the combat takes place in a vacuum, where the environment nor allies make any difference, while you see they did try incorporate everyone into beating the bad guys, it's badly choreographed at best. I think this show is setting itself up perfectly for a second season with more character depth and family drama, I just hope they're brave enough to do some cool shit with it. All in all, fun concept, a bit too much action figures smashing against each other for my liking, but a promising start to a good series.

I think Spring 2026 has forced me to come out of my comfort zone more than any other season of anime because 6 years ago, there’s no way I would’ve watched and loved a series with a crossdressing main love interest like this. Not out of homophobia, but just because I didn’t like to watch things I couldn’t personally self insert into or relate with and that was such a small-minded and narrow way of looking at the world. Ive been able to learn so many different sides of myself thanks to anime and marriagetoxin was the latest shock to my system. As they say, sometimes it takes a real man to become best girl and while Kinosaki Mei might be biologically male, he’s my best “girl” of the season for sure. What a fun roller coaster ride this was for 12 weeks. Action packed and featuring a surprisingly well written and substantive cast for a shonen jump series, I’m very impressed and honestly it’s a shame this had to air in such a packed season because it deserved its own time to shine and breathe. That might seem a bit dramatic, but I truly believe shows like Marriagetoxin have forced me to reevaluate my beliefs and push me to grow as a person. Love is love and it doesn’t matter what gender or how that person presents themselves. If they’re right for you, they’re right for you. The best part of Marriagetoxin is unquestionably the relationship between Mei and Gero. It’s the engine that drives the story and serves as the emotional core of the series. Their bond feels natural, heartfelt, and genuinely earned, making every interaction between them a joy to watch. More than anything else, their relationship perfectly embodies the story’s message that love cannot be confined by society’s expectations or labels. Even though they’re both too slow to see it yet, they’re so obviously soul mates and the answer to Gero’s marriage woes has been right in front of him this entire time. What’s so beautiful is how selfless the two of them are. They both prioritize each other’s happiness, to a fault, and could never be as presumptuous to think they’re perfect for each other which means Mei has to find the perfect partner for Gero. It’s just a really fun and wholesome dynamic that I can’t wait to see more of. To his credit, all the people Mei come up with as potential suitors for Gero are amazing and the furthest thing from harem bait characters. They’re all very well written and worthy of being in the running for Gero’s hand in marriage. I was especially impressed by Arashiyama at the end of the season whose design might lead you to think she’s one of them fan service hot characters who just exist for goonbait, but nope, she’s one of the most substantive and badass characters who in the story who refused to be a maiden in distress. Big fan of how women are handled in this story. They’re not just objects for Gero to save and make fall in love with him, even when it’s someone like Shiori who starts off weak, by the end of their arc they’ve become very capable in their own right. It’s rare to see that in a shonen jump series, so credit where it’s due. Bones have a very long and storied history and this is the latest addition to their amazing CV. This show looks amazing and has several really great action sequences. It’s definitely a battle shonen, but there’s a lot more to the story than that so there’s not a ton of big fighting scenes. When they’re needed, they look amazing, though. The voice acting and direction are also really good. They nailed the castings for Mei and Gero. Marriagetoxin is one of my favorite shows from Spring 2026. It’s funny, wholesome and has one of the best written jump casts around. PLUS, femboys are finally back in vogue. It won’t be for everyone, but I absolutely loved and will miss it. Marriagetoxin gets 8 out of 10.

" Legit Queer Bait " Marriagetoxin is a kind of anime whose premise sounds strong and interesting but execution is poor in terms of power dynamics and shifting personality of characters . Imma be honest , in terms of shonen content it's good but in parameter of other genres it's shit and don't forget author doing a queer baiting . The prime thing which I hated is poor power dynamics , author failed to establish a good and genuine power system . The moment mc starts loosing he remembers some nonsense chit chat from past and counters enemies techniques . The forced pacifism is also bad here . The things which I enjoyed are fighting sequences , strong bgm , peak intro outro and world building . Hoping for a improved 2nd season.

This is one of those shows I really wanted to like. It came in with a strong hook- which oddly enough scared away a segment of the western audience but attracted me to it. What transpired thereafter wasn’t a full bait & switch but it sure felt like it. The implications of what was revealed in the first episode subsequently were put aside in favor of a battle shonen style setup that got more annoying as time went on and felt exceedingly juvenile. The only recent anime that comes to mind for comparison would be The Elusive Samurai which was a hyper-violent historical fiction posing as a kid’s show. If you’ve seen that one, try to recall what all the bad guys (enemy samurai) were like in it. Most of them had ridiculous abilities obtained after training with some unusual method or by having an inclination towards bugs etc… that is EXACTLY what Marriagetoxin is like but that includes the main character, Gero. But whereas Elusive Samurai would suddenly turn serious on a dime- this show seems almost never to take itself seriously despite having an adult cast of yakuza- most of them assassins. So there are plenty of things to criticize, but setting that all aside for a moment there are things this anime does well. The visuals look great. It’s decently animated, even though what’s being animated at times is a bunch of seagulls attacking a guy or hamtaro-style hamsters. The opening music is dumb as hell but I loved the closer. It’s in that oddball tropical style like Creepy Nuts did for Call of the Night. Yea if you like their music you’d love this. The main pair are quite likable as characters. The show never stopped being entertaining. But entertaining is a pretty low bar to clear (well it SHOULD be, I’m looking at you again Frieren!) so that's seems like damning it with faint praise. Nonetheless there’s only so many over-the-top shonen tropes I can take, and maybe that’s more a weakness of this viewer than the anime… but its antics were wearing very thin by the 9th episode. When a polar bear appeared, wearing a karate black belt and started busting moves on a beach I had run out of patience. (The bear was actually pretty funny it was everything else in the episode that pushed me over the edge.) I should have dropped it, and only stuck with it to see if the ship I wanted to happen would sail or sink. And if my rating here is any indication well… it sunk. Edit: or did it? We don't know! The ending left hanging because of course it did- would I recommend watching all of this AND the next season? For all those dudes who dropped it on episode 1- I'd say at least give it 3 episodes and if it's for you, you'll know it.

It's always nice to have a harem anime that tries to evolve the formula. Here we have one of the simplest anime in the world, but its formula always works. A harem of girls and fights with good animation. I think there's little more to say about the anime's premise, because it tries to be more fun than serious. We have a simple story where the characters are what stand out. Despite the fantastical premise, the characters feel very human. Starting with Gero Hikaru, who is easily the best husbando of the season. Not only is he sculpted by angels themselves, but he's also a gentleman with the girls. He's a person who, despite working in the underworld, is in touch with his emotions. We can see this from how he decides to assume leadership of his family, only because his sister would be forced to if he continued to refuse the position. With each girl he met, we saw a very sweet and tender version of our protagonist. A person who seeks love and marriage, but that doesn't mean they'll settle for the first girl who says yes. There's a very strong message in the work that stays with you: "First, grow as an individual before trying to love another person." This is where the second element comes in: the girls. This is a harem anime, but it's not the typical kind where the girls fall down, flash their underwear, or the protagonist ends up with his face buried in their breasts. It's a harem where they're given a rather admirable place. They're girls with personalities, not trophy wives. They're people with their own ambitions. Sure, they can develop feelings for the protagonist, but it's not that simple. Nobody's at their best, so before thinking about love, you have to consider everything you have to do. Himekawa, Ureshino, Arashiyama—it doesn't matter who your favorite is, it doesn't sound far-fetched. They're all good; I don't think any is better than the others. Well, Kinosaki, but Kinosaki is in a league of her own. The action, on the other hand, to put it simply, Marriagetoxin is everything Sakamato Days should have been: chaotic and senseless action, where logic is ignored in favor of the frenzy of the moment. It's a world with "experts" who can control everything from poison and weapons to sound and animals. With so much variety, it's difficult for the fights to feel the same. The animation quality is incredibly good. The fights feel fast when they need to be, and the blows feel powerful when they need to be. The best part of the action is that halfway through the season, they decide to embrace the absurdity of the world even further. From the protagonist fighting a baseball player who uses birds as bats, to battling a giant chimera using fossils as weapons and armor. Simply watching each fight is fun because they don't make sense, and they don't need to to be engaging. Marraigetoxin isn't an anime that will leave its mark on the history of the industry, not by a long shot. It's simply an anime that aims to be entertaining, and it succeeds admirably.

The first episode isn't what defines this excellent and unique anime but the latter plot which will stun you and have you glued to this shit. I was like at 80% progress into dropping this But my thousand years of anime watching ultra instinct art told me to give it a chance and just when I passed the 1st barrier then....BOOM..! The genre is correct so do the plot synopsis. Lots of alike anime slops came with same plot shit without any baseline (not talking about sequels) and they keep coming. But even in this loophole, this shit just managed to give us a unique story that defeats other hundred trashes out there. Whether you looking for crazy action fighting, animation and story telling this one will literally deliver that to every single episode, no kidding. The character development is crazy asf..! You won't get disappointed by giving it a try. The producer tried something complete new which is really impressive. I am glad I found this one and finished in just two shifts

7.5/10 Marriagetoxin’s excellent premise struggles to find its footing. It promises a fun, over the top comedy of a budding relationship between an assassin and a marriage swindler yet distracts us with a plethora of subplots that don’t go anywhere. For better or worse the show takes all the positive tropes of an action series and jacks them up to an eleven: crazy fight scenes, elaborate monologues, power ups that defy logic, wacky comedy, cute girls, you name it; it’s there. Despite the abundance of cliches creator Joumyaku still manages to create a fun world with a likeable characters. Hikaru Gero is flawed, adorkable protagonist and his overpowered abilities never feel like they outstay their welcome. Like many other long running series today, however, its pacing suffers with too many characters. The final arc is structured in a way that doesn’t show any promise of reaching its plot goal. Ultimately Marriagetoxin is an enjoyable turn your brain off show. It’s well animated, it’s got great action, and decent characters. For something lighthearted and funny, it doesn’t disappoint. That said, its story is still very shallow and you’ll wonder why you should care. +Over the top premise that makes for fun comedy +Great action and pacing; fun protagonist you’d want to root for -Loaded with annoying genre cliches: crazy power ups, drawn out monologues, and magical rules that defy logic -Unlikeable and generic love interests

This was an anime which easily could have been an 8/10 and with polish could have been a 9/10 anime, but its blatant flaws pounded my assessment of it down to a 6/10. The parts it executes well are so well executed it hurts, and the parts it messes up scream at you as a result. On the positive side, the comedy, setting, and animation are all top notch...at first. The animation stays pretty roaring throughout the show, and the fight scenes are exceedingly well-done, so if you're the kind of person who can watch an anime on animation quality alone, this could be good for you. The comedy is also pretty constantly good, and keeps catching you off guard all the way to the end, although it does start to wane a bit in the latter half. Finally, the setting is consistently silly and over the top, and in the first half it really established this feeling of "we are absolutely not taking any of this seriously", which I thought was wonderful. It felt like watching absurdist anime and it was so good for about seven episodes. On the other hand, about seven episodes into the show it starts to lose its feel. They started pushing very hard into the action and fighting things, getting deep into the lore of their world. They established a villain that lasted, and for a while there the series lost its levity. It just felt like they were supposed to be filling that serious air with the same kind of comedy they were earlier in the show, but instead we got to understand the inner workings of the Beast Clan. Also, it felt like Mei was kind of relegated to nothing in the second half, which is understandable as it's hard to write someone like that into a substantial role in a combat-focused arc, but which reinforces the point that this comedy anime shouldn't have been focusing so much on serious combat. Also they seem like they're going to be too chicken to make anything happen between Mei and Gero, which is dumb. Finally, the latter half devolves into pretty relentless ero fanservice, with lots of women being pictures in silly angles and positions, and I'm never really a fan of that. I'm cool with Arashiyama wearing her outfit because it's a loud outfit for a loud personality (I dress loud too), but the constant weird camera angles of both her and other women (even oddly Ushio's ushio) really put me off the show at the end. If it didn't have those three glaring flaws, it would probably get an 8/10 from me. But the anime seemed by the end to have kind of abandoned a lot of the feel that had originally hooked me, especially by taking itself too seriously. I would still recommend it to people who like action anime and bright shiny anime, or to people who can stomach harem romances, which I'm not a fan of.

Honestly, Marriagetoxin had all the makings of not being made for me. A shounen battle anime combined with what you could only describe as a harem main protagonist? I really didn't think the show could work for me. But despite that, it was probably my biggest surprise of the Spring season, because it took these elements and made them work in a way that I wouldn't have expected. Especially in the most important aspect for a show about dating which are the characters. 1. Story and main formula But from the beginning. Marriagetoxin is a story about Hikaru Gero, a "master of poison" who was trained to be one of the nearly perfect assassins with superpowers that exist in the world. However, when his grandmother plans the future of their clan, she decides, since Gero isn't seemingly interested in getting a wife, that his sister should grant her with an heir. With the only problem that his sister is a lesbian and already has a girlfriend that she would have to break up with. Because Gero doesn't want his sister to suffer a fate where she has to abandon the love of her life, he decides that he will make sure that there is an heir, but with one condition: he is allowed to decide who he is going to marry. So he takes the help of the marriage swindler Mei Kinosaki to find potential love interests and get them interested in him as well. And I think, this is the first good change to the usual harem formula. While all of the love interests do fall for Gero in one way or another, because despite his job, he is ultimately still a nice guy at heart, this does not happen without any of his input. These girls don't meet Gero through a convoluted coincidence (or just being at the same school as him), but Gero is the one seeking them out in order to find the love of his life. Granted he does so under the guise of doing jobs for them (either being a bodyguard or helping them in other ways), but he is obviously also trying to build a relation to them while doing so. And while this doesn't sound like a big change, this already makes Gero and these relationships so much more interesting, because developing these feelings isn't just happening out of nowhere, because he actively tries to create them. For himself, but also the girls he meets. 2. Characters Which already brings us to the most important aspect of a romance show: the characters. And on the surface, this again looks like your typical setup. You have the more shy main character who has problems just talking to girls and girls from different flavors: there is your tomboy with a heart of gold, a shy introverted girl, the extroverted one and even a Tsundere. And I guess technically, there is even Mei Kinosaki who cross dresses as a girl for his job as a marriage swindler. But the strength comes again from how the show works with these character archetypes. Again, despite Gero being introverted and having problems talking to girls or just being shy around the prospect asking them for a date, he is actively working on this flaw of his so that he is able to find a person he can share his life with. This obviously doesn't get fixed immediately and not even in the first season, but you can see small steps into the right direction over time. And the same can be said for the girls. Just as an example, at the end, it's the shy girl that asks for Gero's number with a confidence that you wouldn't have expected from her. And this doesn't come from nowhere either, because every arc is also an arc for the girls themselves. Because while they are all different, their stories all share a common theme which they have to work through: family. The main theme of the show. One girl didn't have parents and was adopted, but not because the person wanted a daughter, but because he needed an heir, so she wasn't loved either way. Another girl was burdened by the expectations of her dying father who wanted her to take over the company when she herself didn't think she was capable of doing so. And even Gero obviously works in that theme, because the whole story is about how his grandmother is more interested in the continuation of their bloodline instead of seeing her grandchildren become happy. And these stories are what gives the characters the depth needed in an otherwise rather simple setting. Sure, it is not super deep yet, I will agree on that. This can still be build upon, but it makes that you feel connected to every character, because struggling with family in one sense or another is a strong emotional core without the show trying to force you to feel emotions towards their backstories either. On this point, I also want to mention that the other side characters which are not direct love interests are done really well despite them not even having a lot of screen time. This mainly includes Gero's friend, the bug master and later the assassin hunter. There isn't really much to say about them, because obviously the show's focus is on Gero and his love interests, but especially the bug master was a really good surprise. We get to see his wedding and despite it being a bit weird (all bug themed), it was a really wholesome moment, not just for him and his bride, but also for Gero's character as a whole. And sometimes, all it needs are these really wholesome moments. I also want to quickly mention Mei Kinosaki here again, because I think his interactions with Gero are always really funny and you can feel a strong friendship growing between the two (or maybe even more in the future). 3. Negatives Now, all that sounds really good. But I do want to mention that I still have two gripes with the show which is what holds it back currently from being really strong. The first one is the fact that we do not get a sense of where the show wants to go beyond the initial meetup with every one of the love interests. At least in this first season. The story is structured in a way that Gero takes a job to meet a new lover interest, we get to know the love interest, see them build a relation towards Gero and then them exchanging phone numbers. And while this is satisfying in a way, I would have really like to at least get a hint of what is planned beyond that. How is the show going to expand on these stories in the future and how will these characters "reintroduced" later on. For now, it sadly feels like we are still in the "collecting" phase where we have to introduce every character and considering that we got only 5 (which includes Mei and the water master in that count who are technically a bit different from the other 3) in 13 episodes, the development can feel a bit slow in that direction. And the reason for that is the second problem and these are the fights. Because remember, this is still a battle shounen show. And don't get me wrong, I don't necessarily dislike the fights in principle. I found them enjoyable during the Himekawa arc and during the Shiori arc, the fight was also heavily connected to her development, so it wasn't that much of an issue. But especially with Arashiyama, the fight started to drag a bit towards the end. I get that this was due to the opponent being the strongest and we even got a typical shounen moment where Gero increases his "power level" to beat him. But I had just wished that there was a slightly better balance between fights and romance, because the scale started to be weighed towards the fights in the end, which I personally didn't enjoy as much. 4. Fights Therefore, I say this here again, if you expect this show to be mostly about romance, be informed that a large portion of it is also shounen battle. And just to be fair to the show, the fights are not bad. While I was surprised by how over the top they got (like we literally got different families with superpowers) they are all well animated and directed and while the show only really has one memorable track during these fights, this one is so good that it always got me excited. You still have to expect a lot of Shounen typical moments during these figh…

Marriagetoxin is a competent, yet surprisingly forgettable action series. It has all the bones and structure and interesting power sets needed to craft a solid shounen battle anime, but it never quite musters up any moments of engaging characterization or intriguing plot movements to really up its game past being a passable action plot. Perhaps part of this is a blisteringly fast pace of adaptation so as to give the season a strong concluding point to end on, but it often feels like we’re just moving from one plot event or mandatory back story to the next in rapid succession without giving those moments enough space to breathe and really let the audience soak them in. The few bits of uniqueness it does have also start feeling superfluous as the story continues forward, with Kinosaki’s cross-dressing gimmick being one of two defining qualities the character has but rarely getting used with any creativity or thematic depth. All that said, as an action series, it is still a Studio Bones work at the end of the day, and boy this is some flashy and hard-hitting action. Even amongst the sea of modern competitors, there’s still nothing that can quite emulate the feel of Bones doing battle shounen and the immense hype and coolness that comes with that. It’s also an amazingly consistent production considering just how much action there is, with only the vague stank of CG animals in the second half marring an otherwise strong showing. For all the work put into its high-octane fight scenes, however, it still falls fairly short in what that action is in service of. There’s really not that much “bad” or even boring about it, save for perhaps a fairly weak lineup of villains, but I guess I’ll see how long the second season can keep me on board before I get too bored to continue.

Everything is great in this anime except for one thing : its predictability in its storyline. The animation is good, art design is great, OP and ED are fire, MC is powerful, but not an absolute beast (although I wish he was maybe a bit stronger), the characters are great and well-written. This anime has a lot of good, but since the first episode we all know where this is going and we all know how this will end. For the record, I did not read the manga and I know nothing of it so these the following is just my theory based on other anime’s of watched and how Marriage Toxin presents itself in a whole. This is a romance anime where our MC tries to find a girl to marry to continue his bloodline (because grandma says so). First problem: in this show we meet 3 or 4 different girls and never or barely see them again, so don’t get attached to any one of them, because he goes on so many dates with so many different girls just to end up adding them as “friends”. I had my girl I wanted to see with him through the end, but if you watch the anime, you know they won’t end up together and not because they don’t seem to like each other. To find these girls, he uses Kinosaki, a marriage advisor whom he asks to marry at first, but turns out she’s a guy, so no can do! We have to continue the bloodline, so let’s find you a wife! We all know what this means: he’ll go against his grandma and will go out with Kinosaki at the end, or he’ll end up alone or something. Maybe I’m entirely wrong, but this first season was basically just him saving girls whom we actually get attached to, partly because they’re well-written, only to never see them again. I must say the action scenes are nice, but I do believe it’s a little too much compared to the “romance” aspect. Although well-animated, the villains are not particularly memorable and we’re not her for action, we’re here for some love. The best episodes were when we had a real development with one of the girls and some action to complement everything, not the opposite. It was still good, but I can’t get past the fact that Kinosaki is obviously endgame. I’ll try to look past that because the manga is not even finished so we never know, but this explains my current rating of 6/10.

Marriagetoxin follows the adventures of Hikaru Gero, a modern hitman and the heir to the clan of Poison Masters. He and his sister are the only members of their generation, but the bloodline must continue; Gero is anxious and terrible with people, but his sister is gay, so he resolves to find a wife and get married so that she can stay with her girlfriend. He soon meets Kinosaki, a marriage swindler who ends up becoming his marriage counselor. Under her tutelage, he begins taking on underworld jobs in order to meet potential marriage candidates and build his confidence. The show's basic premise is incredibly unique and charming, and the first episode does a great job of establishing the world and endearing you to the characters. Gero and Kinosaki have great chemistry, and I appreciate both how the latter serves as interesting genderfluid representation and how her identity is never questioned after the initial reveal that she's "actually male". The rest of the cast are also likeable enough, and the show does a very god job at building up the potential love interests and giving them genuine reason to be interested in Gero. His budding relationships with each of them feel very earned and realistic. While the romance acts as the linchpin of the premise and takes up the bulk of the downtime, Marriagetoxin is an action series at its core. Most of the fights are pretty dang good, though I found the last one to be a bit less enjoyable and a little contrived. My one complaint regarding the action is that Gero doesn't often make the most of his toolkit. You'd expect he'd pull off a bunch of interesting things with his poisons, but most of the time he just buffs his physical abilities and punches people really good. Overall, I had a good time with this series, and I'm looking forward to its second season. I think it peaks with the second main arc of the season, but the whole thing was a good watch.

Woke slop. Do not watch if you hate having woke values shoved down your throat. Propaganda attempting to normalize men pretending to be women, a woman voice actress, and female characteristics with all the assets but telling you it's a man. The only point of writing this into the plot is to normalize this for children. And then pushing the notion of dating a whole bunch of women at once. This entire show's sole purpose is to be a vehicle for pushing woke values; just like 95% of Hollywood shows, it has no plot to speak of. Do not watch if you do not like woke political priorities being force-fed to you, but if you're one of the wokies, I'm sure you will love it.

Marriage Toxin Marriage Toxin was a pretty fun watch. You can definitely tell BONES is behind it because the animation and art style have that familiar polish. The fights are great, the powers are surprisingly diverse, and the chemistry between Gero, the Poison Master, and Kinosaki, the marriage swindler, carries a lot of the show. The voice acting is also really solid. As for the music, I actually enjoyed the ending a lot more than the opening, which I found pretty forgettable. My biggest issue is the story. The whole “finding a bride” premise feels less like a complete story and more like the beginning of one. By the time I finished it, I was left thinking, “That’s it?” I know season 2 has already been announced, which is great, but because of that I’d almost recommend waiting until it’s out before jumping in. It’s a good anime with a lot of potential, but right now it feels like it stops just as things are getting started.

This show turned out to be sillier than I expected but it works out well. A total badass as the future head of his family that probably has some form of autism and can't really talk to girls is trying to get married to keep his sister away from being forced to be the head of the family and throw away her relationship in the process. This show kind of has it all. Comedy, action, harem, yelling out the name of special moves, and a never-ending cast of "branch family help". What more could you ask for? lol. They go through a few big fights and garner the attention of a few girls as a potential partner but you don't really hear much about them after that other than the fact that they are potential suitors. I expect we can see some more interactions with some of them in the next season while (probably) adding new faces to the list. I would also be curious to see what more could be done around using poison and sneaky tactics in the future. They did a good job showcasing the fact that the MC isn't someone who likes to go head to head if he can avoid it. Although, with the ultimate move he got, it will be interesting how they manage to add more things like that into his abilities.

Firstly, this isn't *exactly* a masterpiece of an anime. But, it's a rather enjoyable and unique theme for a romance anime; it's a mix of a romcom and action genre featuring various unique powers and fighting styles between masters. With every character having their own lovable and funny quirks or character traits. It's like how we used to watch Dragon Ball for the action and seeing Goku get stronger. Meanwhile, here we watch our main character, Hikaru Gero learn how to be a better person for himself by learning through helping people all around in his journey to find the partner of his dreams. Story- simple to follow but with something to always look forward to. Pacing is just right, not too fast or too slow as it always introduces new characters and their techniques along with a different focused plot to enjoy for every few episodes. Animation- pretty fluid but nothing TOO eye catching like demon slayer. In return though, the quality is focused on the fighting choreography and creativity shines through the character designs and their unique character's techniques. Music/Music animation- I really enjoyed the music; both the intro and the outro's music and animation were really catchy and creative. It made me stay and actually enjoy the anime more; the short recap for every ep's contents playing in the outro was also a great touch. TL;DR A cute and short feel good romcom action anime to watch, accompanied by good animation, music, and creative plot n character designs.

Marriagetoxin is an underrated gem that absolutely deserves more attention. The premise alone is enough to grab you, but it also delivers strong action and a charming romance set in the fascinating world of assassination families. Everything moves at a great pace, and the production quality never drops off. Gero is a fantastic protagonist, constantly switching between a fearsome, almost unstoppable force and a socially anxious mess, making his growth both funny and genuinely heartfelt. His chemistry with Kinosaki is equally compelling, built on strong mutual support that is a pleasure to watch develop. Season two cannot come soon enough!

Depressed workaholic MC determined to let his bloodline die with him meets cute femboy. Decides to continue the bloodline. Pretty fun watch overall. The visuals are pretty, the openings a bop, the characters are likeable. Nothing mind-blowing but if you found the premise interesting you'll probably enjoy it. There is a pretty forced attempt to add an easily marketable mascot character, but it doesn't really take away much from the show in terms of enjoyment. The MC does stick himself with needles a bunch, so if you're uncomfortable with needles maybe this ain't it chief. They don't go into too much detail about the MC's sister or her girlfriend, and honestly I'm not complaining. I'm glad they didn't try to reinforce the MC actions by constantly bombarding us with random snippets of a happy couple doing couple things because neither of them are particularly relevant to the plot. MC's just a dude who wants his sister to be happy and if that means he needs to get his stuff together and stop being maidenless then he'll do that. Kinda wish it was a yaoi tho.