So, Kodomo No Jikan is a show that contains fan-service of little children (8 years old).
I was disgusted by that but the people that recommended me this said that if I can look past the disgusting fan service that the plot is pretty good... which is true for the most part.
Some episodes had terrible plot and some were good with the most prominent example being Episode 5.
It detailed Reiji's sad past and was well written. So well that it actually surprised me it was in this show.
He was such a good character. Unfortunately he is ruined by the author's fetish for pedophilia.
He turns him into someone who goes after his own 8 year old step-child simply cause she looks like his deceased wife. That's forced melodrama 101 right there.
The protagonist is a teacher and is 23 years old when the series begin and Rin is 7. At the end of the series she is 16 so that makes him 32... okay... Reiji's case even if it's still wrong is more acceptable than this.
As a teacher and an intelligent adult he must realize what it means for a 32 years old man to be with a 16 years old. That's another one of the things that put me off.
The bothersome part is that the sexualized parts are not when she is 16... it's when she is 7.
This ruined the whole thing for me as I genuinely enjoyed some of the character's stories and struggles.
Also, the main female lead (Rin) is extremely annoying.
It's a show with enough potential but does everything wrong.
