Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru

After watching the final episode of Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru. I was kind of confused, I was wondering whether or not Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru would get a second season. When I found out that it didn't, I was kind of disappointed, as at the end of Ep 13 there were still many unsolved plot threads that needed solving. Even early episode plot threads did not get answered in Ep 13, well sort of. Though overall it's not that big of a problem and does not affect the scoring in big ways.

Another Issue I had with the ... main plot was that it lost its original goal. Being anti-love, I was expecting the main male lead to hate love for the majority of the episodes, but I guess my theories were wrong. It just turned into a classic harem story.

Though that's not to say that this anime is bad, I definitely enjoyed it. The art and animation were well done and the sound for the anime was pretty good and on sync with the animation.

Another thing that bothered me were the characters. As listed above I, I felt that some of the characters had lost their main personality trait and became cliche anime characters. This does not say that all characters are bad. I just believed that some of the characters weren't themselves from time to time in the later episode.

To wrap this up, I believe that the overall score for this anime is a 6/10 and it is definitely enjoyable. Even though I would say that this is not for everyone.

This may be a bit early for a review since this is just an ongoing anime but let me relate to you some of my insights upon watching its first episodes.

Reasons why i rate this anime a 7 are the following.

Story: Rating 6. Why 6? Well, the plot of this anime is not that original not to say an abused type of plot where an ordinary kind guy, works hard and therefore starts to build up relationships and in the process gaining harem. He gains his harem by starting a club which is a bit common to high school flicks these days.His harem includes a ... childhood friend, a popular girl with a dilemma and etc.

Art: Rating 9. In my opinion the animation is one of the best this season especially at episode 1 where the guy wore a knight outfit.

Enjoyment: Rating 7. Only seven because there's a point where you'll get bored and will want to skip certain scenes. It is also predictable so you won't be excited upon seeing the next episode.

Sound. Rating 9. Listen to the opening theme and that will explain to you why 9. The BGMs are also quite cool.

So yeah. Overall. It is a 7. I have seen a lot of anime of this type, and they did better than this anime, so maybe that affected my ratings.

So lets begin.

Ore no kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru (or Oreshura for short) is an romance/comedy/harem about a boy named Eita, who is against love or anything to do with romance. But is forced against his own will to be the boyfriend of the prettiest girl in school, Masuzu.

First of all, this anime has a really good art quality and one of the best I've seen. Which adds to the affect of the girls' facial expressions when talking to the main character who 3 of the main 3 girls love.

The story involves with the protagonist Eita whose previous life, Burning Fighter Fighter, is ... written in a book which is at first used to blackmail him into a fake relationship. This creates some weird and wacky comedic scenes when the book is read out loud that add to his character as the anime progresses. Eita's fake girlfriend Masuzu also shuns anything to do with love and only gets Eita to be her boyfriend because of the boys in her school asking her out over and over again.

The love rivals Himeka, Ai and Chiwa all compete to win Eita's heart. Trying to do so with their different personalities and ideas. So this creates a tense atmosphere towards Eita's girlfriend Masuzu.

Overall, this anime provides some fun. Although it might not be for everyone you should at least give it a try.

I feel that I should give my two cents about this anime, as many seem to be massively bashing it.

This show will not break any walls that haven't been already broken. It's a harem rom-com with nothing massively revolutionary about it. HOWEVER, the way in which this show does this genre is probably the best of its kind.

You've probably already read the synopsis about this anime, so I don't need to go into great depths. It follows a guy who rejected all forms of love due to love leading to his parents leaving him, living alone. One day he sits next to the most popular ... girl in the school, who gets asked out nearly every day. One day she approaches him and asks him out. On the way home, she explains that she has the same thoughts about love as him and they become fake partners. However, his childhood friend also has a crush on him, and she tries to cover it by claiming that she just wants to be "popular". So the fake girlfriend sets up a club for women who want to remake themselves and become popular. BUT WAIT, more people become involved in the harem, until it's an awkward 4 way harem, with each member being involved in the club.

I tried to make it as non spoilery as possible, hence the crappy description, however each character involved and not involved in the harem are done extremely well, and you feel like you know exactly why each of them are in love with the main character.

Without giving any spoilers, the last episode is done brilliantly well, with a very bitter-sweet ending.

I'd easily recommend this to someone who likes the genre.

I give Oreshura a 8/10

Oreshura is a unique anime. It's one of those animes where the main protagonist isn't chancing love, but instead trying to fulfill another purpose even though it is an harem.

Story: - 7/10 -
The story follows a highschool boy named Eita, who wants to do something with his life. He wants to be a doctor so he can pay back his aunt who is his current guardian and to help a childhood friend. Everything starts of like a normal slice of life series however, he is one day met by the most beautiful girl in school. Masuzu, who blackmails him by using ... his embarrassing notebook into being his boyfriend so the other boys can stop asking her out.

The story itself isn't so bad and you may think it isn't unique but using blackmail for love is interesting and I like that because it's funny to see how things work out.

Art: - 8/10 -
Of course, the art is amazing. This kind of art is used for anyone who has been down lately and want themselves to cheer up. The artwork that has been done in this anime is a job well done.

Sound: -8/10-
The sound in this anime is good. Depending on the mood of the scenario, each soundtrack hasn't failed to impress. Other sound effects in the background such as crickets or the waves of the ocean also create an immersive effect but it's not consistently heard throughout the show.

Character: -8/10-
Characters in this anime were very interesting as they all had their own unique personalities. Masuzu was the serious fake, A-Chan the tsundere love crazy type, Chiwa the annoying one (Literally) and Himeka the weird one. Each one of them have their own backstories on why they're in love with Eita and it's pretty interesting. Each character has a unique voice to reprsent who they are and I guess that really pulled me into the show.

Enjoyment: -9/10-
I thoroughly enjoyed this anime. I really liked how clean and refreshing it was and how It prevented itself from not copying other harems (Although some scenes were cliche). If a season 2 was going to come out, I would definitely watch it. The comedy in this show made me laugh a lot as it captured some really funny moments.

Overall: -8/10-
Overall I give this show a 8/10. I would have maybe gave it a 9 if the show didn't have so many obvious cliches. I wonder if they did 25 episodes instead of 13, it could have been interesting and it would make a much more impact on the viewer.

TL;DR - Watch this anime if you've been down as it will lift your spirits up!
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If you asked me what not to do in a harem anime, I would recommend Oreshura for you. Seriously.

The biggest reason why harem anime has come into existence is probably because of the audience being comprised of people who want to have their dreams of having all the girls in the world chase after them fulfilled. Which is cool and all, cause without them, harem anime won't exist. However, with that dream fulfillment, you have a great compromise in quality.

With Oreshura though, the anime just digs itself deeper. The harem just becomes so unrealistic that it is impossible to see the absurdities this anime ... would go to. I cannot comment on them without going into spoilers. Sorry.

The first thing I hated about the anime was the Jojo references. I didn't know what they were before the anime, and I still don't have any idea of what they are after the anime, but I hated them because of this anime. To cite a point, a girl kisses a guy and then tells him that the kiss was a Jojo's reference. WHATTTTTT?????

The second thing was the so called notebook. The white girl just tries to blackmail the guy with a notebook that he wrote during his chuunibyou years, and keeps reading it aloud in front of everyone while the guy desperately pleads her not to do that. Which is fine, except how come no one in the anime gets the point that the notebook is the guy's notebook in reality? And the white haired girl keeps threatening to blackmail the guy with it for the entire anime, and the guy complies like a dog. How in the hell is that possible?

The last is the complete ass pull at the end of the anime. I won't tell you what it is, but the anime ends in the most ridiculous way possible. Hint: The guy chooses a girl and the rest of the girls still don't break up. No points for guessing who that girl is.

Just don't watch this. Just don't. Cause I can guarantee you, To Love-Ru is better than this one. FAR BETTER.

I was reluctant to watch oreshura because the whole harem rom-com is so commonly done. The first few episodes were interesting, then it got redundant, and then it got better.

Story: 7/10 the plot of the show is pretty obvious: the girlfriend and childhood friend fight over the MC. Then they introduce two characters, one of which thinks they were lovers in a past life and another that was a childhood friend as well. It's your general harem, nothing new. The only difference would be the situation between the MC and his girlfriend. But it was executed rather well, I'll give it that.

Art: 9/10 I ... actually really enjoyed the style of art! It's bubbly and light and really nice and easy to look at.

Sound: 8/10 the op and ed were catchy and one of the few I didn't skip over. Any insert osts matched the mood rather well. I don't really pay much attention to sound though.

Character: 8/10 if the story stuck to the main two rivals and the MC, I would've given a 9.5 for characters. Eita doesn't know how to handle love, he's very honest to himself, he can logically think, etc. I fell in love with him too tbh. Chiwa, the childhood friend, is rather annoying at times. However, she has good reason to be in love with Eita, trust me. But, in my opinion, the saving grace would be the girlfriend, Masuzu. She's a total bitch, I won't deny that. Especially in the first few episodes. But once it starts showing more of how she really feels and her internal struggles, I was able to identify and sympathize with her more, making her the most complex character.

However, I can't ignore the delusional Hime and the tsundere Ai. Ai has to be one of the most annoying characters I've ever come across. Sure, she has her problems too but just no. And Hime who? We're barely told anything about her.

Enjoyment: 7/10 oreshura has laughs and feels, though more laughs. I would check how much time was left in each episode, showing how stretched out it was, but I always watched until the end.

Overall: 8/10 oreshura is great for anyone who likes harem and rom-coms! However, if you're looking for something super deredere, I wouldn't suggest it.

This is a really good harem. It seems to be just like your regular harem but it throws some good twists in there to make it special. But be warned Masuzu Natsukawa really got on my nerves at the start of the show due to her cruel and conniving personality. I almost dropped the show because of how she acts, but l'm glad I didn't. She might be hard to bear at first but she gets better over time so dont worry about it. This show has some really funny parts and the girls are just all adorable. There's all your basic girl types ... so you should have no problem picking a girl. Masuzu is your cold and cool type who has her family and life problems and she hates love. Ai is your hall monitor who is a hardcore tsundere. Chiwa is your loli childhood friend who's the jealous type and she loves meat and kendo. And lastly Himeka is a delusional cute girl who lives life like its some kinda Rpg game. Eita goes great with all of them but I chose Chiwa since Loli childhood friends are the best. Lol. Give this show a try if you like comedies and harems.

Wow. This show is really strange.

First off, this was clearly written for females. If you are not a girl, you probably won't be able to enjoy this show to it's fullest. (Like me.) It seems this show was written for girls like Natsukawa, who like JoJo and can't get a boyfriend. What I'm saying is, this is a show for otaku girls to feel like they have a boyfriend.

Watching this as a male, you're going to cringe so hard and hate it at times. There were moments where I had to look away from the screen I was cringing so hard.

This really makes you question ... fetishes in Japan? Do the really make such a big deal out of Childhood Friends? Are girls really this clingy in Japan? How much does a plane ticket cost? Are harems a regular thing?

All said, did I really hate it? No, not really. It's one of those shows which isn't really good but it's also not bad.

Watch, if you want. Just be ready to be in for a something.

This anime is a fair harem-romance anime that does its task well.

Story(8): This anime is not something out of the ordinary; the plot is fairly generic and doesn't blow your mind, but it does what it sets out to do very well.
In its essence its just another romance anime; however, unlike the many other romance animes it doesn't skimp out on any major plot and best of all unlike other romance animes it has an ending with decent closure, in simpler words "things actually happen in this anime", this is why i rated an 8 as compared to all the other generic animes that try ... to do the same thing, this anime doesn't try to skip on any good ending so maybe have a second season.

Art(8):The art is very well done, i haven't noticed any drop in quality, the shading is overall is just nice, but its not spectacular so i think a rating of 8 is the most fair.

Sound(7): The sound is nothing special, soundtrack is very generic, but it does what its supposed to in the series.

Characters(7):The characters are surprisingly pretty unique; however, there's a major flaw i think the creators of this anime made; Akishino, Himeka is essentially a corner cut copy of a character; who doesn't really drive the plot in any way and is just there for no reason dragging the precious time of the series.

Enjoyment(9) : i found this anime very enjoyable, especially due to the fact that the ending provided some closure to it,

Overall(8): Overall i found it a reasonable 1-time-watch anime that has a nice closure to it.

Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru (or Oreshura for short) is a Romantic Comedy Harem. I have actually read some of the manga which was somewhat interesting so go check that out too. I've written a review before which was more of a rant, but this one will be a little more stable.

Story: Read the synopsis. The story itself is original but gives me a somewhat desire to have more. The storyline can actually have the potential to be much much more, but cuts short. At sometimes the emotions in the scenes were pretty powerful which definetly evoked some feelings from me. ... Like I said, with some really good quality it could have lifted off but doesnt.
The comedy, in my opinion, is just horrendous. I never chuckled or even grinned to the supposed comedic scenes because the humor is just so childish and overused. Example: Our female character Masuzu tortures our male character Eita with a diary he has written from his past (unfortunately in the past this poor sap was dillusional with his retarded gimmick burning fighting fighter so he wrote everything in that characters perspective). The amount of times Masuzu reads out his entries is ridiculous and continues to persist throughout the episodes.
The romance is where this show actually shines. We have a fake couple consisting of anti-love activists which only purpose is to drive away annoying confessions (for the girl of course, Eita is just an intelligent nerd). As indicated from the title, a childhood friend is now involved with the love triangle (will later develop into a love pentagon) and the scenario is actually pretty depressing. The osananajimi (meaning childhood friend if you didnt catch on) is now torn apart because the boy she has spent most of her time with is now with another girl. The only problem with this concept is actually....nothing really. The real problem is that the directing is so bland and uninteresting, it seems like the situation is watered down. The extra 2 characters is simply not necessary but that would destroy the purpose of the harem category of the anime. I personally dislike harems because the amount of time to develop each character is way too short and this generally applies to this show also.
This is going to be around 7.5 out of 10

Art: The animations are mediocre so don't expect intense angles/perspectives to excite your eyes. However I will say the character's design is good and the colors are vibrant. The brightness of the hue actually bothers my eyes, not because of the beauty, but because there are simply no deep tones which is not aesthetically pleasing. The character are drawn nicely and the appeal of each individual sticks out well. I would personally grade this department a 7 out of 10. One more thing should be noted. The ED is absolutely gorgeous and the music is fantastic so if anything check that out. This deserves a 7.5 out of ten.

Sound: Okay. No big surprise. The ED, however, has a great song and the emotional scenes are accompanied well with a sweet background music. 7 out of 10

Characters: Contrary to typical shitty harem animes (like Kono Naka), the characters are entertaining. Like i've stressed earlier the character development is lacking. The final member of the harem joins during episode 7 which only leaves 5 episodes left to develop a good background and a progression for the story at the same time. Aside from this issue the personalities are interesting and have much variety. Oreshura has the popular types of tropes: tsunderes and kuuderes with a nice blend of distinctive attributes. The seiyuu's are good, however i must complain that Masuzu is boring to listen too and Chiwa's seiyuu steals the show. I give this a 7 out of 10

Enjoyment: Yea I can say this was pretty enjoyable. The interactions i see and the situations that are created are somewhat fun to watch. I have to say, that this show is not going to make you become enlightened or suddenly jumpstart emotions. You will not be missing much from deciding to ignore this anime, but I would recommend taking a little peek for romance fans. I say this is 7 out of 10 (could have been 8 out of 10 with some tweaks)

Overall: I don't know what to write here. do whatever you want

My friend and I initially watched episode 1 a bit ago and he suggested we drop it. We did but picked it back up recently.

I should have listened to him the first time. Worst harem anime I've seen yet. Though Love Hina is still on the list of anime to watch.

The first childhood friend and the tsundere were the only good girls for the "harem." The MC was decent. Loli was loli. The silver-haired girl was, without question, worst girl I've seen in a while.

If you want a romance with a mean-spirited edge, go watch Masamune-kun's Revenge.

If you want a better harem anime, go ... watch In Another World with my Smartphone.

This one had me worried for a while. At first, this seemed like it was going to shape out to be a great and funny anime but it had the potential to go waaay downhill faster that a speeding superman. Luckily, however, it didn't go down that path.

The story revolves around a guy who dislikes everything to do with love who gets trapped into a relationship by a girl with the same mindset. Then, add in a childhood friend, a chuunibyo with delusions of a past lover, and a promise of marriage, and you've got Oreshura. The plot lines were simple but well thought out ... in my opinion.

The art form added soft colours and excellent shading to bring a new 'light' to an anime that I haven't often seen.

The characters were wonderfully thought out with underlying connections to the main character that ran way back. This led to obvious conflict, a lot of silly moments and a minor amount of drama, but not too much of any of these to make it less enjoyable.

All-in-all, it's a great RomCom/Harem. 9/10

"MY TRUE NAME IS BURNING FIGHTING FIGHTER!" Eita Kidou
Wonderful...


Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru or Oreshura for short is a RomCom Harem. Now before all you hating harems people go wild and object that very fact that i said that a RomCom and Harem can be of one genre, i say now, well, go away. I say this because as New anime come out this genre is become so very popular< Campoine, Nisekoi, Haganai, even Clannad at the start was a bit haremy, need i say more?

Alot of by you may ... say this genre is also not where anime quality is that high, as in rated highly, for they are bland. Well i agree to some extend,
HOWEVER karma, i believe that anime quality should not be based on genre, and this anime can fully support me on that one.

Oreshura on that outside is seen as a RomCom Harem with the average cardboard cut outs we see in every anime, But if you were actually not hating you can see that was the point of this anime. Confused ? Lets explore

Story - I did say that this was a anime where we see cardboard cut out at its finest and it was a RomCom Harem, so if your like me and watch lots of these animes because well, why not? there awesome, you can get a idea. A non popular , smart guy meets the most beautiful girl in the school and now she falls in "love" with him. "love" as in a FAKE relationship to ward off pest of men who wants the affection of a beautiful woman, Brilliant twist to spice a for seeming cupboard anime. Do mind i say i love this twist, just because how the story will potray how she gradually falls for the mc as her situation reflects he self being. Girls, they have it so hard, i wish i was wanted

Art - Colourful and bright what more can you ask for? I'm a sucker for bright things colours. Now the animation itself was meh average i guess, but the burning fighting fighter scenes would draw these wierd pictures really help me see how delusion this kid was bad in the day. He was like Christmas in the summer! Over all the art could be bland at times but it did well in other times.

Sound - Now the sound. Alot of the time in my anime i don't really pay attention to music but i do try. This anime's op was not really that great average i guess, i would just skip it. The sound of the anime itself i found well i didnt find it. The bgm would be overplayed by the voices of the characters so i dont have much to say.

Characters - Now the characters, where do i begin. Allow me do this in our terms. We have the wonderful
~ Tsundere 1 Chiwa - Childhood friend with more dere - love with mc
~ Deredere Himeka - Previous life lover?!? guess what also in love mc
~ Tsundere 2 Ai - Childhood friend also with more tsun - in love with mc
~ Kuudere Masuzu - Current "girlfriend" hmmm She Will be i love with mc

Amazing, so many cut outs! Well for all you people who dont know, this anime is to highlight these cut outs and make them there finest cut out there can be. Even though i have seen many traits of these in other animes, this anime just makes it revolutionary. Now i know some fans may feel there the same as any heroine but this just how i see it.

Enjoyment - I really enjoy a variety of RomComs and Harems and this brought a satisfying watch and good anime to my collection. I didnt change any thing on RomComs more like a renew on what a good romcom should be.

Overall - Overall i think that if your like me and you want to enjoy a normal romcom with a twist then i highly recommend you watch this. However if you are bored of the heroine cut outs and want to find something new then this really isn't the anime for you.

~ Neonapplee

(rap review) (there may be spoilers)

alright so this anime
watched it on a rainy day
made laugh, made me play
almost went into the fray
without think whats due today

..... school
hah im such a fool
... it always make me drool
but when this anime comes in my head
its almost like its time for bed
I fall asleep and think of the story
shows almost exciting as blood and glory
this is just such a comedy
when all the characters get tied between a due date
its almost like fate
when the girl falls from the sky
and pretty girls walk on by
with main character as cool as fuck
hes almost cooler than my truck
but sometimes I get stuck
on what makes these choices appear
it makes me shed a tear when I see the choices he has to make
its almost like for heavens sake
just pick the choice that make the pain
less worse than the boring day
but yet you have nothing to say
to the girls around you, who say what a fake
its just another really bad take of another movie make


when people cast you out
and everything just turns foul
and you feel like your lonely in the crowd
but girls who are there to comfort you
to be with you
to stay with you
to share with you
but always look down at you
I know its like nothing you can do but trust me
you can be who you wanna be
you can be what only you can see and pick the choices you wanna meet
so just have fun and take a seat
no matter how hard life will get this curse on you will still continue
until it gets to the point that it will kill you
just figure out what you need to do and choose the girl you wanna choose
love a girl you wanna love
you don't wanna hurt you don't wanna shove
but everythings foggy
but life just keeps up running
so just keep on learning
from mistakes, from the baits
that keep popin up ever since you were normal
but everything just comes natural
its almost as if you were given a role
to take upon a death toll
so take your life and make it spice
if your in trouble just roll the dice
just see if you can make things nice
like the way they were, just pay the price
and just live life.

(this about what the main character went through or experienced)

thanks for reading

"Someone who could stand being with a liar? I thought that would be obvious; it be her accomplice." -Mana Natsukawa

I'd like to start out by saying that this review is going to be somewhat influenced by my own personal opinion, and I will also try to stray from revealing any spoilers about the plot.

Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru (Whew, I'm going to refer to it as Oreshura) is in some ways (referring to the BEGINNING of Oreshura and the MC only) similar to the newly released Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. The MC differ in a few ways; level ... of intelligence, home and family situation, and knowledge of what is going on around them. While Hikigaya Hachiman is witty and downright negative, Kidou Eita is determined, smart, and kind. The main similarity they share is how they got to where they are. They both were rejected by female peers, they both, through their anti-love attitudes end up forced into clubs and then proceed to be surrounded by women. This is however where the pair of anime begin to split. While Oregairu begins on a path to comedy and character presentation, straying from the romance and harem themes, Oreshura walks the path of a common harem romance anime with some tasteful fan service included.

Characters: While evaluating characters I mainly look at their personality. In Oreshura I managed to find all of the common personalities in standard harem anime, with one exclusion of Masuzu Natsukawa. Regarding Masuzu, at the moment, I can't put a pin on what to tag her as, tsundere,tsun,dere, or downright weird with the personality changes she goes through. But like Masuzu, Eita, Hachiman, Yukino (from Oregairu) are similar in their anti-love antics. Of course in harem anime there is either one of the following personalities which I will represent through similar characters in other harem anime I have watched. There is the Hikigaya Hachiman, there is Ichika Orimura, Rito Yuuki, and Tomoki Sakurai. In Oreshura, the main character, Eita Kidou most likely falls under the character of Ichika Orimura because of their similar personality of kindness to all and downright obliviousness to everything that goes on around them. The other characters including the main character harmonize well and show some character development mainly regarding the romance theme to Eita Kidou that contribute fairly to the plot. I won't say it was amazing, but their conversations between each other during their club meetings and activities made me laugh. Burning Fighting Fighter uses Black Flame! (XD You'll understand after watching). My favorite parts in this anime regarding the characters have to be the delusions each has.

Art and Sound: The opening and ending theme kind of reminded me of the To Love Ru series but I've never had to complain about the OST to an anime series before. The art wasn't sharp and amazing, but smooth and nice that didn't detract from the overall value.

Plot: Well the plot wasn't too bad, I saw much originality in how each harem character was introduced into the main character's life, and the way their daily slice of life episodes went about were slightly different from what I have seen. Although the ending and beginning have to be common, since it IS a harem themed anime, the overall unending of harem themed anime cannot be seen elsewhere. The plot developed quite nicely, regarding the main characters interaction with each of the girls and providing some background information here and there that wasn't needed but when shown,but very appreciated later. At first in an episode I thought they were going to through in some Yaoi (which I just can't tolerate) I was like WOAH... But in both a negative and positive way I was relieved and disappointed. Introducing that minor theme would have been somewhat interesting to the harem anime since I've yet to see it, but as I stated above, I can't tolerate homosexuality. The story wasn't too cliche to the point where I was bored, but nicely presented in a comedic, romantic way.

Enjoyment: I enjoyed this anime for mainly 2 reasons. The comedy it provided in the main characters delusions, and the romance between the main character and his kanojo. (I'm a romance nut). I would recommend this anime to anyone who has seen Oregairu, or into the harem/romance themed anime.

Thanks for reading!
-Nebarto

This is a pretty hard one to write. I don't want to scoff any of the points I've thought about well watching this anime, so I hope I can convey every thought I want here. Firstly, even though there's a lot of them, I want to address the negatives right away this time. This review will be spoiler heavy, so I will cut off here with a short, non-spoiler version to start off. Then separate it from the main, spoiler review with a visible warning from when it starts.

Hmm, explaining the entire context concisely without spoilers. Uh, let's see, the main character loves to study, ... but every girl is instead trying to get on his dick. Despite coming off as nice to each other, all of them are pretty mean to the male lead. The main girl in particular makes his life a living hell. If you watch all of this, I can assure you that you are expecting another mostly generic harem. Bright points are the art style being nice to look at, voice acting being pretty top notch and the soundtrack is quite nice on the ears. All of the tones for the girls, even for Japanese voices, sound fairly distinct from each other.

Upon finishing the whole anime, I believe you could identify every one of them by their voice. This anime won't leave very much to remember and, at least I felt, it has a lot of mental stress the longer you watch it. For those who dislike watching an innocent character get tormented, this anime may not be for you. Nothing too physically brutal, but more verbal. Sometimes, public shaming. I would suggest watching it with a friend to get a better experience with it, since there's a lot to nitpick more than there is to wholesomely enjoy.

(END OF "I want to see this for myself" REVIEW)

So, before we can analyze it, we must explain it. Ore no Kano- Oreshura follows the plot of studyholic Eita as he tries to pursue a difficult career path and insists on studying whenever he can, being the top of his grade. He has a childhood friend who mooches off of him frequently, named Chiwa. Short, petite and cute enough to be perfect eye candy for loli viewers. And will most likely be girl of their choosing as you realize the rest are pretty developed in comparison.

Our story starts here, then. Eita wants to study a lot, goes on about how love is worthless and is, more or less, content with being single for the rest of his life due to certain family circumstances that made him grow to hate the very idea of it. Then out of nowhere, a new transfer student- this isn't the part you care to read about, you know how this goes. She naturally becomes the main girl for the rest of the anime upon her introduction, but not in the ways you'd expect.

Enter Masuzu, a literally self-proclaimed bitch whose whole goal is to make the viewer hate her, but despite this, she still ranks pretty high on this site. That's because your hatred toward Masuzu is actually justified for the story they're telling to make sense. Her character is very hateable, so much so that even the other girls dislike her a lot. I have more to say on her, but we will get to that later.

The only other significant male character is Kaoru, who is pretty dormant for a good chunk of the anime and initially serves as Eita's lunch buddy at best, offering mild dialogue and opinions toward Eita's strenuous situations. He comes off as a bit of a trap, but is still pretty boyish in design. I imagine a good handful of viewers were fooled, however.

The story unfolds a bit more, now with all these characters set to be the only ones you see for a little while. Masuzu actually has a blackmail plot set in motion for Eita, starting by trying to get him slightly closer to her. Then, upon walking home from school together, she reveals that she has acquired his personal journal, which contains stories of his chuuni-driven youth. From here, she threatens to expose all of his embarrassing thoughts to the world, but will hold onto them safely as long as he pretends to be her fake boyfriend. Masuzu meets Chiwa shortly after and the three eventually end up in an unofficial school club about, you guessed it, love. And from here, the anime continues to fold with these characters and their antics, primarily involving Masuzu setting up bizarre schemes for the sake of having fun watching other suffer, as well as she herself occasionally reading off of Eita's journal to Chiwa, describing them as wise words of her first love. Eita, always, sits through these and suffers.

Himeka, uh, I really can't describe this one for very long, even knowing I am now allowed to delve into the plot more. There is a comical, then brutal, fight scene that breaks out fairly early on in the anime and Himeka is one of the bystanders during this. Through witnessing this, she immediately falls in love with Eita. Himeka serves as the most absurd of the girls due to her abrupt introduction and similarly being a chuuni, same as Eita, albeit she still embraces it. She has cute characteristics, but is also busty and has a relaxed voice on top of this. For the more unique fetishists out there, Himeka may have something for you.

Then, the same events continue, now with Himeka present in the club as well. The most notable moments that Himeka commits to are when she first meets Eita, as she was very quick to embrace him, much to the annoyance of the other girls. She is the only girl in the anime besides Masuzu who blatantly lies to everyone, calling Eita her "ex-boyfriend" to explain why she is so affectionate around him. And, occasionally, she tries to embrace him whenever she can, as well as making him feel sexually frustrated due to her innocent personality, attractive body and similar chuuni ideas.

Lastly, we are introduced to the most flamboyant girl of the four, Ai. You think you've seen it all, but you have never seen a tsundere like Ai before. Initially starting off with the trait more generically, she blossoms into one of the most unique girls in the entire cast. Frequently being manipulated and teased, Ai is meant to make the viewer laugh and nothing more almost all of the time. Indeed, her greatest trait is that she is a tsundere character that also serves as comical relief. Perhaps, the first I've seen in an anime and most likely why she ranks above Masuzu.

Now that all of the girls are into play, the anime begins to develop them as it continues. As you would expect, Masuzu gains the most development, but quantity isn't necessarily quality, even in the anime world where most are cursed to have only twelve episodes. Yes, even a character that doesn't have very many scenes can outshine one that has a multitude, but we will get on that later. The anime's dynamic remains, mostly, unchanged.

The most notable change to happen to the default flow is that Kaoru, previously only a lunch buddy of Eita's for quite a number of episodes, is now a significant character due to the fact he knows Ai very well and, unlike any other character in the anime, is able to control her very well, isn't afraid to be blunt with her and actually manages to swing in another dynamic that isn't the usual antics of Masuzu or her club. Eita, Kaoru and Ai actually have quite the handful of scenes together, which is a nice change of pace from the normal flow you grew used to, as Eita is not tormented and their conversations feel more natural.

I really don't believe I am scoffing anything, despite how airheaded my statements sound. If you watch the anime yourself, you will grow to see that it really does unfold pretty similarly. But, now that I have a lot of context out of the way, it's time to delve into the negatives.

Every girl in the anime actually has their own personal moment with Eita at one point, something I actually did appreciate...at first. It came off as healthy exposition, was a good way to get to know them and it made it seem like there would be more unique developments. Despite this, however, the girls still generally treat Eita the same as they did when they first met him, much to my annoyance. This annoys me in a lot of anime, however. There are scenes where the female seems like they are respecting the male more, but then they still go back to the same dynamic, as though they are acquaintances again. As such, Oreshura is not breaking any new ground with this, but it's certainly still annoying nonetheless. And for an anime that actually does a fairly good job at tying the girls' backstories together, it's shameful they don't feel that important when their bonds don't feel like they've strengthened with Eita, yet seem that way with one another.

As I said before, Masuzu has frequent scenes where she reads off Eita's journal in front of Chiwa, but that further expands to all the other girls. I find it extremely annoying since you have to sit through her shamelessly reading his personal sentiments in front of others, sometimes in scenarios where there's abuse humor from them slapped onto Masuzu's reading. Most notably, one instance where Chiwa wanted to hear something from it one time, due to the way Masuzu phrased it, and both her and Himeka held down Eita, forcing him to endure it and being whacked whenever he tried to stop it. These scenes, I believe, served no purpose at all in the anime other than to be funny to those who love this stuff. As I have said, more times than I can count by this point, a lot of people love abuse humor. More power to you for being able to laugh a lot at it, but even trying, I can not see why it is funny to see Eita suffer, especially due to how nice his character is.

Which brings me to my most notable point, the suffering. Unlike other abuse humor cases I've witnessed in anime before, Eita's pain seems really dark by comparison. The worst of it actually begins around the arc where they go to the beach, to determine who is the one for Eita. As a bonus, of course, these episodes tailor toward the viewer seeing every girl in their bathing suit, a classic anime trope. However, one of the running gags really did not sit well with me. They managed to break new ground in one area, I suppose.

Okay, so you have the standard "melon breaking" game taking place. Guess who is the one- Eita. They blindfold him, but don't give him a stick to hit the melon with. Pretty interesting, so this grabbed my attention to see how it would go. They said to use his head to hit the melon and all of the girls are giving him directions as to where the melon is, with some of the lines actually being pretty funny. Masuzu is the last one to give him a direction, completely different from where everyone else was guiding him. Oh, but I left out some context. Eita and Masuzu are being suspected of being a fake couple by this point, so Eita intentionally chose to follow Masuzu's word over the others, despite how obvious it was that she was in a completely different direction. He finds some "melons" alright and this scene was almost pretty comical, as I was wondering why he had to use his head to hit it over a stick in the first place. He falls onto Masuzu and begins inadvertently groping her, following the other classic trope of "why is this so soft" and my expectations were that this scene would end, maybe, with Masuzu trying to comically push him off and say he is "too daring" or something.

Much to my surprise, however, all of the other girls, knowing he is blindfolded, scolded him for being a pervert and, not joking, duct tapped the word "LEWD" (in Japanese) onto his back, so that once he ripped it off, it would leave the mark. Now, this may not seem as dark as I made it out to be, but what really sets me off about it is that he has already had a bonding moment with each of the girls by this point, on top of all of them knowing how Masuzu is. Eita was blindfolded, yes he did go out of his own way to listen to Masuzu himself, but he definitely did not intentionally aim to grab her chest. The "squeeze" thing is just a trope that they do cause they're confused as to what they're touching, so that doesn't really count as an intentionally perverted action. It just hit a lot of wrong notes for me, due the exposition I was given before, and I feel the punishment he received was very harsh.

The same thing happens one more time, this time with one word for each arm, when he is trying to encourage Himeka to go up onstage for a certain scene. Basically, Himeka gets one more deep moment with Eita, she does the usual embrace, but this time, Eita embraces her back, saying something very nice to her (watching the whole scene, with the atmosphere and all, helps more than me explaining it in its entirety) and it's pretty meaningful. But, after this, the duct tape punishment happens again and, well, I thought it was a bizarre thing to do to him.

There's a lot more I could go on about, but then it might sound more like a rant and less like a review, so I wanted to keep it as short as I could. It's fairly obvious by now, but abuse humor never sits well with me since it's usually executed in very poor ways. I'm not blindly hating on the whole anime over it, but rather how it uses it. And it happens a bit more in the series beyond the beach arc. It's just hard because his character remains so nice and he receives little to no reward for this kindness.

Oh, but I suppose I did say I would mention the positives at the end this time. One thing Masuzu said really hit me pretty hard. "No matter how well I pretend to be your girlfriend, I can't do anything about time." I have witnessed certain relationships that "blossomed" way too early and the one thing Oreshura made clear was that Chiwa has the deepest bond with Eita out of the other girls. Indeed, you need time to have such a bond with someone. And as manipulative as she was, I appreciated that quote a lot.

And, well I surprisingly did not bring it up once earlier, Eita actually has random phases where goes into what I'd like to call "Chuuni Mode" as his eyes go absurd and he transforms back into his wild, youthful self, complete with the imaginary backstories he made up and moves. The first time this happened was rather hilarious, but he actually does this during that "fight" I mentioned earlier. It starts off with him being in that mode, which is why Himeka fell in love with him in the first place. He does it only a few more times throughout the anime, but it was honestly such a nice deviation of character that I am upset it did not happen more. Or rather, I am upset he has had a lot of stressful situations with the girls and did not think to channel this source. It may have been out of character for him to rely on it through such means, but it this "form" of his was honestly so entertaining that I am sad it is spread so much throughout the anime. It would have been a hilarious running gag if it happened at least once in every other episode, if not every episode.

Oh, and a more minor one, but I actually appreciated a lot of the action that this harem has. I don't mean fighting anymore, but sexual. Eita gets hugged quite a bit in the anime, his fake girlfriend kisses him a few times (he even does it once to her) and, overall, it helped certain scenes shine more. In a lot of anime, where romance is the target, I do not see enough action. Maybe I suppose it's because I understand Japan is far more serious about stuff like this, with hugs and kisses conveying far more serious connections, but that's perhaps why they felt so special this time around. Masuzu obvious has the most action since she is pretending to date him, but Chiwa hugs him a good amount of times and even kisses him once, so look forward to that if you came down here with the intention of reading spoilers beforehand. I can assure you it's quite adorable once you get to it, but it's the last scene in the anime, so you will have to wait a while. It expresses the most clearly that she wants out of the Friend Zone. As I said before, Himeka does hug him a lot, but her youthful spirit could play a role into that as well, as I believe she does not fully understand how love works and believes you can be that affectionate all of the time, even when you're not really dating. Only about three of the girls really gave him anything more than a hug.

I gave this anime pretty harsh scores, but I'm content with them. I do believe the story suffered due to the characterizations being out of whack at times, certain abuse humor really killing the more "serious" impact those "bonding" moments could have had and, well, a lot more things. Look forward to every scene with Eita entering Chuuni Mode, every deviation that strays away from the harem formula and tuck yourself in because it is a rough ride. Oh yeah, I forgot, Masuzu has a sister. Her relevance and substance to the plot is so standard that I actually advise you watch it yourself instead of hearing it from me. I'm sure some of you, reading this after watching, thought I forgot about her. But no, she just wasn't that significant. Oh, but wait, I did say "three of the girls" earlier. Yeah, she actually does kiss him once and is the only one who wanted to make out with him in the anime too, as her character is genuinely perverted and almost worse than Masuzu.

But yeah, this one was a mouthful, but I wanted to make sure I conveyed every thought I had about Oreshura. You don't have to avoid it, because I think the unique experience is still worth it due to the fact it could vary from person to person, some might even love how it unfolds. I have at least one favorite scene from it (EP12, 4:02-4:30) that managed to make me laugh the most out of any other instance in the anime. I'm sure you will enjoy it too.

Oh, so you read all the way to the bottom, huh. Just a note of warning, I figured I'd spoil who he actually ends up with down here, since I partially cared enough to reveal it, should the viewer have any hope he ends up with one of the normal girls.

Sadly, it's the obvious one. He stays with Masuzu. I wanted Ai to end up with him.

I was very reluctant to watch this anime the first time i saw it on hulu. I thought to myself "That looks like it'll be really crappy and really boring." I love harems so you could say that my opinion on this anime is biased, but to each his own!

Story 8/10
The reason i give it a 8 is because i feel like one of the main girls was totally not necessary in the anime. She was actually annoying, in my opinion, and she almost had no point in being in the anime. There was also a couple parts in the story that were like ... every other romance/harem story's.

Art and sound 9/10
I cant really complain about the animation and sound quality to much because i really liked it! It was different from other animes i watched, but it was a good different. The reason it isn't a full ten is because it wasn't the best id ever seen and heard.

Character 9/10
I absolutely loved the main chick in this anime. NOT THE BEST FRIEND. The guy was very amusing in my opinion and i found all the characters entertaining at one point or another. I feel as if we didn't get very much background on all the girls though so that's why i give it a 9.

For anyone looking for a laugh and a harem then i highly suggest this anime!

First of all, this is NOT a typical harem. It's actually a story about unreasonably popular, emotionally detached girl blackmailing emotionally detached, typical "can do everything and is nice to boot" MC into being her boyfriend so that she doesn't have to deal with people confessing to her (if this sounds stupid to you... well, the rest of the story is on a similiar level). Girls that make the "harem" are actually there only to push the plot forward, to add drama to the faking of the relationship between the two main characters.
Story is piss-weak, there is absolutely no character development, at-fucking-all, and it tries ... to force-feed you the OTP, with the worst possible girl of course, so that it can be called "original".
Art and sound are very good, so it's possible to sit through the show without passing out from being fed too much shit story development.
Characters are likeable, but what's done with them... well... All in all, I didn't really enjoy this show. The forced storyline and implausible choices made by characters make it apparent that studio aimed this show at the people that just go with the flow, having fun watching anime no matter what idiocy is happening on-screen.
I'd like to make the point that I give this series a 4 mainly for the good Art and Sound, as the story was... well, you know already.
*grumbling* wasting my time watching this shit anime... *ptfu*

It's your typical harem with high school students.. Basically all it is! Even though I enjoyed it and would recommend it to anyone.. It's got the typical standard thing for any type of harem type anime.. Childhood friend? Rich girl? Strange and Quiet girl? Overly in love girl? All done and dusted! ALSO this is one of the most important things.. The main male lead is not a pussy and when he let's say kisses someone? He doesn't freak out like a little bitch and sky rockets himself into the sky like all the other anime series.. :D

Story 8/10: Really enjoyed that they went through ... the entire series with the fake girlfriend thing and it ended the way it ended.. (even though chiwa shouldn't of kissed him.. ffs chiwa!!) I felt like it was a nice refreshing way to look a harem and see it develop into a nice new story I haven't seen yet. The story is typical and is still a nice watch if you're looking for a uptight bitchy girl who is trying to show her emotions and isn't doing such a good job at it as well..

Art 8/10: These types of anime are my favorite and I basically only watch these types so..

Sound 8/10: Don't really care.. As long as it sounds good..

Character 9/10: Really enjoyed the two main leads and how the went by the story line and didn't drop the boyfriend girlfriend act half way through or after one episode.. Really glad they made it this way around where the guy didn't get noticed and the girl noticed him and it was really refreshing to see these two characters develop their emotions like this instead of them being left out all the time. I'm also glad to see how each character really affected each others life and it came out for the best in the end.

Enjoyment 9/10: I really enjoyed how they made the two characters come together and how it ended up with everyone, apart from the kiss at the end Chiwa! Chiwa ya lil bitch... You had your chance and you wasted 9 years on it! ffs! I would highly recommend this to people if you're looking for a good harem type series where it will end in him choosing a girl... (I personally love these types of harems..)

Overall 9/10: As said I really enjoyed it and would highly recommend this series to others.