Mar 11, 2024
Damn. It had potential. I'm really mad about how one can come up with those ideas and characters, without fanservice, just a realistic, natural romance anime, but fumble it. Like fr I think love triangles have been the end of me in these romance animes. I'm done with this. I was all excited and shi when I noticed Komiya started to have feelings for Izumi and the way it started and evolved was just... real. I may be exagerating when I'm saying that Komiya's character was amazing, but she's probably one of the best "just a second girl used to make up a love triangle
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with the mc and his crush so their couple progresses and evolves and this second girl gets rejected even though she had the most authentic feelings". What I mean is that Just because! failed to break the cliché of the love triangle problem and just ended as a basic, average anime. I don't understand when will they finally get it that we've had enough of 3rd characters getting put in the romance just to do drama (even that, it couldn't do it with originality). Both Mio and Komiya are valid options, but I think that Komiya was a better match. Even the goat Haruto said it. I blame the author for ruining this. We could've seen Natsume's character more in depth, as well as Haruto and Morikawa's relationship and... every other character too xd.
There is a big problem with the characters, because it just felt like they were unrelatable in any kind : barely developped, no social interactions between the friend group shown, no flashback or just any information about their personal life besides the fact that they're students with hobbies, etc. Dull asf too especially Eita, who disappointed me because I thought we'd get another type of mc like hachiman, but he was just some cringe sociopath. The dumbest one too.
Also, its pacing was probably the worst part.
I've watched a lot of other 12 episodes animes and some of them made it look like it was whole 3 season show. I didn't feel it while watching Just because!, it was more of useless talk, unnecessary drama. Even if it would've got a 24 episodes season, I think I'd feel the same as now, because the story has been barely fleshed and badly developped in my opinion. Idk if I explained it well, but what I want to mean is that this anime had great potential. I thought I would relate to it, but the developement wasn't it. Still, I enjoyed the good parts of it and even tho it didn't affect me like oregairu, Insomniacs after school, Hyouka, Wotakoi, and a lot more, I found it pretty good overall. I don't go by logical grading just the feeling. +1 just because it had potential so it's a 6.5. Wondering why the rating is so high ? Well it's just because! (sorry)
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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