Aishen Qiaokeli-ing...

The drawing itself looks really nice but its no different from any other harem genre out there. It feels like a cheap knock off and the characters voice sounds awkward. The plots pretty bad. I know its harem genre and all but this anime doesn't have any charm to it which leaves you on a cliff hanger making you anxiously wait for the next episode. However, like I said previously the art style is that of a high quality which leaves you a reason to watch it. Overall if you really enjoy harem series with good drawing I'd recommend it to you

*Well turn of your brain,relax and you will enjoy it!Chinese Voice Actors Sucks tho!*
This one will be a small review since there isn't many things to write.
Basically the story is as simple as "1+1=potato". No need to think of anything more.It has plenty of plot holes and unreasonable things, but seriously what did you expect from an Ecchi/Harem + Com/Rom Production??Further more its filled with cliche moments. So i cannot say there is anything new i saw. Maybe 2~3 gags that were original and really well played.
Actually for an ONA show the art is above average and that's something one can find praiseworthy. Also ... what found really interesting is that the cloths are realistically designed. What do i mean? Well the cloths aren't attached to the Characters model and you can see cracks and stuff like that. Considering its nature that a thing one deserve to give Bonus points to the show!!
The sounds are plain i guess. Nothing special worth mentioning or shockingly good. The OP is a voiceless track and i consider that a good idea since each viewer can imagine his own lyrics. Its Catchy, not even bad!
The Characters is unimaginable plain,cute and likable. Tho the author try to add some shocking background in order to add more plot in his work but imo that counts as "Had no other way of making something smart" and in general kinda bad. (not totally bad tho)
One could simply call the romance factor over dramatic, vexing and stupid in general,but then again what did you expect from such a show?
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You will get Laughs and Cringe out of this most of the time. A pretty standard mixture of feelings.This show overuses memes and its unrealistic to the points there is no injuries. It maybe comedy and ridiculous but still when someone is getting beat up, i don't expect him to be scratchless in the next 5 seconds or even the next scene.Its your average comedy, with bullshit ecchi romance but in Chinese and that make it quiet better.This show is quiet fast paced. Meaning that it goes from one shit on the other, skips weeks for its plot advance and in general kinda plain if you exclude again the Chinese Language. Last but not least, IT TRIED TO ADD SOME DRAMA! AND IT WAS DESPICABLY AWEFUL! (yea it shocked me so bad, i don't want to remember it...)

From my point of view, it was as much fun as cringe. That doesn't necessarily qualifies it as bad. It was laughable and likable. Its ecchi not so much and comedy good. The translator played an important role and most likely made that show at least 2 times better with the absurd Lenny faces it added and bad puns!
Around 3 hours relaxing spent and facepalming a lot. Not regret whatsoever!
Reasons to watch it:
-The translator did a wonderful job.
-Having a stupid MC being called a "peasant" actually was REALLY satisfying!
-Eehh... The likable characters+ the Chinese experience.

Ahh, this will be my first review of a chinese animation.

Such a short and quick animation deserves a short and sweet review so i'll try to keep it spoiler free.

Story 5/10
This is to be expected from 15 minute episodes of a Harem. While the overall story is very cliche, it is pretty enjoyable if you don't want anything but just harem enjoyment. It definitely has alot of plot holes that don't get filled and it jumps pretty quickly between each girl, but it does tend to tie things up pretty nicely all things considered.

Art 8/10
I have to say that this is the most noteworthy ... of the series, since i don't get to see this kind of effort put into most Japanese series these days. While it may come off as pretty bland characters, the way they move and act are definitely on chinese standards which makes it stand out amongst all the japanese animes. I really liked it even though it could have been so much more.

Sound 5/10
OP/ED songs are nothing really outstanding. But one thing that is extremely hard to ignore is the Chinese actors. I have watched alot of subbed chinese movies and japanese animes, so it definitely seems out of place mixing them both together. Unfortunately, the voice acting seems to fall short at times and can be bland or out of place.

Character 5/10
Aint much to this at all. Typical cliche harem characters. Though it is nice to see the MC not a full idiot (i use this phrase loosely).

Enjoyment 6/10
I can't really say that this will appeal to alot of people, but its simple and short.

Overall
I always felt like this was a Chinese animation trying a little too hard to be a japanese animation. It was very obvious to see the difference in how cliche situations are handled, but i was let down in hopes that china would have surprised me with something different. I applaud them for their efforts and enjoyed this as a break from alot of other animes i've been watching recently.
Do not have high expectations of this, as i believe this to be just a quick enjoyment. Sometimes the simplest things can be enjoyable

look its a harem but its got some humor and it does make fun of the whole the girls love the boy trope so watch it if you just wanna see a waifu fight trust me there is a character for everyone but lets get into the details the story is a bit bland but a nice spin on how its told the arts quite lovely granted its a recent anime but its nice to see it had some love put into it the characters are okay at best some of the girls are really boring but the one who wanted to have kids sparked ... my interest for standing out amongst the crowd but again there are so many better harems like monster musume , goblin slayer and even highschool dxd atleast that one doesnt solely focus on the love in the harem and more on the surrounding world

Ah, the most famous or infamous of CN harem donghua. This is also one of my favorite manhuas from back in the day. It was adapted, with changes, into donghua. I remember back when it was released. It later became so controversial that it got reported and banned in China, so it is technically illegal to watch, but it certainly won't stop me from doing a full watch now in 2024 and reviewing it.

Plot Summary: Jiang HaoYi, the most ordinary of ordinary students, is happily living a quiet and ordinary life; that is until the school belle appears in front of him to announce she ... is pregnant with his child!? WHAT!? And then as he is trying to figure out what is going on, girls appear one after another to announce or accuse him of something crazy! What the hell is going on!? Turns out, not long ago, he found a cupid-magic-infused cake and brought it to a clubroom that these girls all consumed. The magic manifested in creating false memories for each girl centered around their insecurities or wishes and involving the MC. Once he is able to resolve this for them, the false memories will disappear. Will HaoYi be able to help each girl and return to his ordinary life?

Plot
A very general overview of the plot is: a classic school setting harem anime; these types of shows were much more popular and prevalent in the 2010s when this story was written and adapted. The plot starts with a crazy event, acting as the hook, and moves on from there as the MC tries to solve the problems presented in the opening. While it can be considered a relatively generic start, it does go into each character presented in the harem and tries to grow each one. However, the progression of the plot can be a bit forced and disjointed. This problem, in my opinion, is an adaptation problem (I will explain more in the adaptation section) as the original manhua did not give this feeling when I read it. Overall though, it was interesting enough, but there are ALOT of cringe "comedic" harem event/encounters (as expected of harem comedy stories).

Characters
At first glance, the characters all seem like the standard characters from any harem show, and for the most part, they are. The MC is a quiet person who avoids conflict, or standing out for that matter despite is personal abilities. Most of the girls have very standout characteristics that fill some harem girl cliché, but they get their development (to some extent) throughout the show. The show does give each girl a backstory with a unique circumstance/struggle and time to develop rather than simply add them to an ever growing collection without reason; the development of each girl's character passable, but there are some problems due to the how the plot can be choppy and feel forced.

Animation
Classic harem anime aesthetic, this is how I would describe how the animation and designs are presented. Since this is a school harem type show, there are the usual: beautiful girls, bouncing "assets", etc that you would expect to see in a harem type show. The animation, even for this first season is surprisingly crisp and fluid though, something I definitely did not expect. If you disregard the overexaggerated harem animation tropes, this is actually animated quite well. The designs for the characters are directly lifted from the manhua, so no complaints there; and the designs of each important character are very unique and hard to confuse with each other. There are also some exaggerated (cringe) comedy animations which could have been done without. The ED shots of each character also look very nice and clean.

Final Thoughts
Surprisingly, I did not enjoy this as much as I thought I would, given its high praise and my enjoyment of the manhua (source). The plot and hook of this donghua was a bit fresh and unique, given they had a reasonable (albeit magical) explanation for the harem circumstance. But the storytelling was a choppy and disjointed. This made the plot feel a bit forced and disconnected. The characters themselves were alright and the animation and character designs are nice. If you enjoy school-setting harem-type stories, this is certainly a recommended watch, but if not, then you should probably skip this.

Score: 6/10

Adaptation Review (contains spoilers):

The first difference is observable difference between the manhua and the donghua adaptation is that age and setting that the story is taking place. In the manhua, the characters are in high school and 15 years of age while in the donghua it is set in college (presumably) and the characters are 19 years of age. While this change isn't that bad, it does create a bit of dissonance for some of the jokes, actions of characters, and some of the dialogue because these were intended for a high school setting. This change probably happened because of some of the topics that the setting touches on. Teen pregnancy, teenage parents, pre-marital relationships, PDA aren't exactly recommended behaviors, especially in China, where this was released and is set.

After that, there are many changes to the plot, mostly for dramatization purposes. This is first seen in how the opening was changed. The chasing, drama, and even the "jumping off the roof to commit suicide" scene was very different from the opening in the manhua. This is the first blatant change, there are many many many more that follow throughout the show. From an adaptation perspective, the core story and each girl's scenario is basically unchanged, but the progression of events is VERY different; the ending/result is the same, however. The donghua changed many of the events/encounters during the scenarios with each girl to make them ridiculously harem-tropey, so much of the encounters now overflow with the classic harem-comedy-cringe-misunderstanding aura. In essence, the manhua was much more realistic and grounded in its approach, making the story and plot much more believable.

The next change I'd like to point out is the oversexualization/suggestiveness of some relationships. Clearly, as a harem story donghua, this kind of portrayal is not unexpected, but they, in my opinion, went way overboard. The MC's relationship with that teacher is the premier example in this donghua (it happened to other girls too, but that was expected). The MC has a very complicated relationship with the teacher he visits late at night (the manhua does explains better, and gives more details later in the story); in the donghua, they really made this scene way too sexualized and suggestive, contrary to the more parent-child relationship the manhua suggested. It was clearly a harem-trope comedy situation and change.

Then, like stated in the general review section, the plot is very jumpy and disjointed. I don't remember the manhua feeling as disjointed as the it does in the donghua. I do believe this is an adaptation problem; part of this likely stems from the fact that some character thoughts are translated/adapted as flashbacks or character dialogue and enhanced by some of the exaggerated visuals/animations, and another part because of how they end episodes to create a cliffhanger instead of single panel teases that we get in the manhua.

The character designs are basically lifted directly from the manhua, there is basically no difference in artstyle between the two, though the designs/art in the donghua are a bit more refined since it is newer (the older chapter art is much more rough).

There is one change that got removed I would like to have seen. This was what I considered the punchline and what hooked me to the manhua in the first place. After solving ZiTong's wish (first, pink-hair girl), HaoYi finds out that the magic gets dispelled but the memories of him helping her remain, the punchline after was: "When the Cupid's Magic is dispelled... is when the TRUE STORY begins". I thought this was a great setup for the story; was disappointed this wasn't in the donghua.

The donghua "adapts" chapters 1-63 of the manhua with quite a few changes to the progression of events (not changes to the core story). After watching this, I still prefer the manhua and would recommend that over this adaptation.

Adaptation score(how faithful to source): 5/10