Dakaretai Otoko 1-i ni Odosarete Imasu.

Appalling. Yes, that is the word. This is coming from someone who has read the manga few years earlier, when I was young and my tastes different than right now; I thought the manga was great at the time. Back then I called myself a "fujoshi" so that is why I might have enjoyed it. But now I don't consider myself anything like that. I'm just a lgbt person interested in media that has gay characters. So when I saw that it got an anime adaptation I got curious because: why would this specific yaoi manga get an adaptation?

Yes, why? The story could be ... passable, but the characters are generic and the plot revolves around sex. This anime has no businness getting a 13 episodes adaptation. I think an OVA would have been more appropriate. The pacing is slow, since they're trying not to show the sex scenes, which are literally 90% of the manga. So the anime feels empty, has a weird pacing, some stranges cuts... In brief, it is really awkward to watch. I felt strong second-hand embarassement during the first episode.
How are you going to animate a manga that resolves around sex and just delete all the sex scenes? Something doesn't add up and I'm serious here.

Also, the fact that the plot actually resolves around dubious consent and a rape scene at the begining (like in so many yaoi, unfortunately) just shows that this is just another garbage adaptation of a yaoi manga that for some unknown reason was popular. I mean, I can understand why but I won't dwell on this issue.

Honestly, this is really sad. I wish there were more animes with romances focused on f/f or m/m couples that were not fetishized. But Alas.
If you're looking for quality. I would not recommend. If you enjoy the typical yaoi scenarios and stereotypes well, this is for you. I guess. At least, the animation was decent.

When I first started this show I had no idea I would like it as much as I did. It's nothing new, nothing that sets it apart from other shows like this, but it's really fun and fun to watch. Now before I write anything else firstly one thing I have seen from people who don't like this show are, "Do people think gay relationships are like this?" Firstly no, not everyone does, it's just something to excite the mind.

Story: Pretty fun I would say. You can pretty much guess what gonna happen with each knew trial the main characters face and how it ... plays out but some things did take me by surprise. With that being said I do think it is still interesting and I was really engaged with everything that was going on. Never a dull moment to me. As a heterosexual male I wasn't so into the sex scenes and such but I said no homo before watching it so wasn't that big of a deal.

Art/sound: Actually not that bad. It did have some bad moments but mostly It was fine. As cloverworks did Bunny girl senpai and fairy tail this season I do think this had the better Art and animation out of the 3. The OP and ED are catchy as hell and nice to listen to. The OST isn't something to excite to much but I love the OP and ED.

Characters: The characters are fun. Takato being the level headed cool person he tries to put on but also being very cute and bashful isn't something new but still enjoyable as well as Junta looking innocent and sweet but really being a monster underneath his sweet angel exterior is funny and a lot of the comedy which I loved came from their interactions and mainly Juntas actions.

Overall: Really good show to watch. Enjoyable to watch would re-watch every now and then. Would recommend to watch. 9/10.

Absolutely disgusting. You know an anime is gonna be something when it romanticizes sexual abuse in the first episode. in every accounter, a no is being said. Its horrific, to think people actually like this.

Why is it that rape is bad when its a woman and a man, but not when its a man and a man? shows like this further push the false narrative that gay men and hypersexual abusers. Its amazing to think that this was even able to be a manga, let alone get the budget to be an anime.

... And the worst part is tat the 11 and 12 year "fujoshis" watching this will think rape is okay and normal! Stories like love stage dont help, being so forgiving of its sexual harrasment nature.

I was gonna review this anime ages ago because after a few episodes, I had very strong thoughts of it already. However, I decided complete the whole show before sharing my thoughts so this can be a fair review, so here it goes!

*SPOILERS MAY APPEAR*

STORY (6/10):
I believe that the story was okay. Even though it wasn't anything that hasn't been done before, the way it was told was pretty interesting to an extent. However, I wasn't exactly keen on how the love story between Junta and Takato began, again, it was so damn typical like most yaoi shows. I'm kinda glad when it came to ... the bedroom scene in the first episode, it was toned down because in the manga, Junta just assaults Takato, and then Takato falls in love with him. I'm pretty tired of seeing shit like this. This is kinda how the first few episodes were like but it was toned down and became quite better as the show progressed. The last two episodes were cute and I really enjoyed them. Overall, the story was okay like I said, but because of the first few episodes, I have to give it a 6. From a realistic point, the whole love story wasn't that amazing.

ART (9/10):
I pretty much loved the art, it was great, so no complaints there. In terms of animation, some animation was good and bad, but I didn't really care that much about it.

SOUND (8/10):
I liked the intro and and especially the outro songs, it was lovely. As for the music during episodes, it was good, I didn't mind them at all.

CHARACTER (6/10):
The character's personalities and traits wasn't anything we haven't seen before. Junta (a top) being forceful and manipulative towards Takato (a bottom) who takes it anyway despite saying no and falls in love anyway. Like I said, I'm really tired that sexual assault and manipulative behavior has to be included in a BL story. This anime was made in 2018 (now 2019), surely we can make a good yaoi love story without this, with occasional loving making WITH CONSENT. Even though consent towards Takato was eventually made as the show progressed, my point still stands. As for the other characters, a lot didn't really have a lot of personality or were just there for the sake of it, or appeared out of nowhere, so I didn't really care for most of them. Ayagi did get some attention but he's a creep and basically took advantage of Takato during the first few episodes. UGH

ENJOYMENT (6/10):
It was okay, but I didn't exactly enjoy it as much as I wanted to. The last two episodes were the ones I felt like I could enjoy the most, and there was some nice moments and some funny humor.

OVERALL:
In general, it was okay but it wasn't the best. It could have better if it wasn't so typical and the love story between Takato and Junta was executed better. If you want a more realistic love story, I wouldn't recommend this. To be honest, there's better BL/Yaoi out there than this.

Okay, so I didn't totally hate watching this anime, which is probably why it got a 6 instead of a 4 or 5.

The story isn't all that great. I will say that the overall storyline of overcoming the strangeness of a first love was nice to watch, but other than that, it was kind of a flop. For one, it was way too rushed. I've read the manga as well, and the anime basically just shoves pieces of a handful of chapters together without focusing on any of them. You'll get episodes without a theme or plot points that don't get enough elaboration. The ... technical side of this anime's storytelling was terrible. The actual story, ignoring the near-rape trope, wasn't too bad. Had it been expanded on and given more depth and realism, it could've been a pretty good story.

I did still enjoy it well enough, though. The art, actually, is the element that I would give the highest marks to. The lighting effects especially were very beautiful. A lot of the time, the environments were very bland, but when the anime wanted to nail a luminescent landscape, it did.

The characters were your average, stock characters that you'll see in any yaoi: the one who initiates the romance with way too much force and the one who isn't exactly into it at first. That being said, the characters also weren't awful. The voice acting, while cringy at times, was still very entertaining and funny to listen to. I think the humor that the characters brought to the table hit the mark more often than not.

Overall, the quality of this anime isn't very present, however, it's still a decent anime to watch if you want to watch something cute and funny. Don't come to this anime for a top notch yaoi. Just come for something to zone out with.

Firstly, I want to state here that I'm just a gay man who enjoys romance. I'm not a fudanshi or anything like that, although I'm aware that many BL anime tend to be written by cis women to appeal to fujoshis, who often have fetishes for homoerotic relationships. But that doesn't mean that every BL anime needs to rely on that, living off fanservice and cheap clichés.

This anime is nothing more than that: fanservice and cheap clichés. The animation is decent, and the story is somewhat interesting, but it's filled with fillers, and the plot is constantly interrupted by moments of sexual tension without much ... context, or worse, by scenes designed for you to think, "Look at all these cute guys together, how adorable," even though nothing there really makes much sense...

TL;DR This is one of these anime written for horny fujoshis. Not my thing, though.

2019 UPDATE: im not a fujoshi no more lol.

I'm a normal fujoshi, i like BL with or without a little lewd in it, but this one seems to be just another hardcore fujoshi's BL fantasy,

DAKAICHI follows the story of Saijou Takato and Azumaya Junta two actors who become more of lovers as the story progresses, now, is it good? is it a good BL anime with decent characters and a good story? well...no not really

Story:
Saijou Takato won 5 years in a row as the 'Most Huggable Man' or 'The Most Sexiest Man Of The Year' but this time he came in number 2, going ... at number 1 is Azumaya Junta a new actor that came to work with Takato, so at the office Junta is being introduced to everyone and when they finished Junta runs up to Takato to tell him how thrilled he is to be working with him since he started to idolized Takato when they worked on a drama together last year, the whole gang decides to go to the bar as Junta asks Takato for some advice on being an actor then the next scene we see Takato in Junta's Apartment fully nude, we than descover that takato became drunk and Junta carried him here, (he also paied Takato 1,000 yen so he can say he's first name) Junta showed him clips that he record of him being drunk and Takato gets worried that he may use that on him, so Takato asks Junta what he wants and he'll do anything Junta says for him to delete the footage, Junta than sexual assaults Takato, Takato tries to run away, Junta catches him, Takato backs him off, barricades him in the bathroom and sits on the couch with a blanket on him...and thats the first 10 mins of the frist episode, from then every episode goes like this: acting/talking scene -> sexual assault scene -> acting/talking scene -> sexual assault scene -> acting/talking scene -> ending credits, thats mostly how each episode seems to go,

Characters:
Saijou Takato - A veteran actor with 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry, he's basically the shy guy in the anime who kinda wants to have sex but doesn't admit to it becuz its a yaoi there's at least one character like that in each yaoi.
Azumaya Junta - Up and coming actor with 3 years experience in the entertainment industry, so basically he sexually assaults Takato every episode, he started doing this all becuz Takato didn't want the clips Jutan record of him in the bar to go to the public so he said he'll do anything he wants, but i guess aside from that he's a nice guy whos trying his best.
Chihiro Ayagi - Chihiro gets introduced in the beginning of episode 5, from then we see a women named Reiko bring him coffee in bed she's the Venus Inc., Owner, and Chihiro doesn't seem to care much about her, so later in episode 5 Takato gets drunk and knocks out, and Chihiro takes him back to he's place, strips him and gets on top of him annnndddd you know where this is going.

Art:
ngl the art is really nice to look like, the character designs look really nice and the background art is really beautiful, not much i can say here, art is nice moving on.

Sound:
The Opening and Ending songs are catchy, and the voice actors did a good job voicing the characters, the background music is decent and that's all i gotta say about this.

Overall, DAKAICHI is not really a good anime, i mean the title in English is literally "DAKAICHI -I'm being harassed by the sexiest man of the year-" so you already know what you're getting yourself into by watching it,
would i recommend? nah fam, it's pretty shit ngl.

fight me fujoshits.

I'm a person who rarely writes reviews, but seeing how this anime got so many bad reviews, I decided to do my part by leaving a positive one instead. Hopefully whoever reads it may find it useful when deciding whether to watch Dakaretai Otoko 1-i ni Odosarete Imasu. Note that it is totally spoiler free ^^

~STORY~
Firstly, I would like to talk about the story.
Saijou Takato is a well known actor who has held the first place as the most wanted celebrity aka desirable man for five consecutive years. All of this changes when a newly rising actor, Azumaya Junta manages to steal his place. ...

While the plot isn't something out of the ordinary, the way it is executed makes the story interesting. One of the things I enjoyed the most while watching it is that there aren't any major conflicts that drag along for several episodes. Light-hearted, with bits of comical scenes, I would often find myself smiling at the screen.

~ART~
The art is nothing too fancy, still, I think it suits the story and I don't have any important complain about it. If I had to be picky, I would say the way the characters necks were shaded bothered me a bit since you could clearly see the shading lines, but again, seeing past that it's nothing too atrocious. I liked the characters designs overall, specially the feathers/wings detail they added to Junta to emphasize Takato's nickname on him "Perverted Angel"

~SOUND~
I was taken a little aback by the opening, I was expecting a more catchy song, this one didn't stand out for me. I can't say the same about the ending which I found to be way more enjoyable, I specially liked seeing the characters dancing to the song. Although the ost wasn't that memorable as other anime, it fulfilled it's function.

~CHARACTER~
Ahh, were should I start? I already talked about the characters design, so I will focus more on their interactions and psychological aspects. Overall they felt to fit well in the story. Their actions weren't something out of the blue or none sense. I could understand why some acted the way they did, and they all seem to flow with the plot accordingly.

There were some characters which were more memorable than others. For example I found the manager to be very funny, and some of the comments extras made on Junta and Takato relationship were hilarious.

But the icing of the cake is totally Junta and Takato relationship; and here is what I think makes 'Dakaretai Otoko 1-i ni Odosarete Imasu' different from other yaoi anime. It is common in this genre that rape is used as a plot device to develop a relationship between the main protagonists. In this anime, while their first encounter may have seemed like that, analyzing their previous scenes together, you can clearly see there was some kind of interest in Takato's part, and Junta has always admired and esteemed him grately so he wouldn't do anything to hurt his favorite person in any way. As the episodes progressed, so did their relationship; Takato and Junta moments were so wholesome, I would often find myself smiling at how cute their interactions were.

And let's not forget the steamy scenes, while they were toned down to make the anime more appropriate for airing on tv, I would say there was somehow some kind of erotism in the way they were portrayed. I was quite happy with how they chose to censor it; cutting in the right angles, showing but not showing at al, the result was interesting, thanks god no awkward pink smoke, flashlight or impossible positions just for the sake of it.

~OVERALL~
In conclusion, if you are looking for a light-hearted anime that portrays a fluffy-hot relationship between male characters, that it doesn't feel forced and you can actually see it progress through the episodes, then I think you will grately come to enjoy this anime!

On the other hand, if you came looking for a complicated, drama filled, forced relationship where the uke's feelings aren't taken into consideration at all, then this may not be your cup of coffee.

'Dakaretai Otoko 1-i ni Odosarete Imasu'/'Dakaichi' just isn't working. As an anime, the series isn't very enjoyable because it can't follow the formula of the manga. The manga is almost entirely sex ...each chapter has gratuitous sex scenes that make up the majority of the plot. Takato and Junta aren't particularly compelling characters but when they were boning their brains out in the manga, you didn't care. But in the anime you're like, 'oh...so these guys...exist.'

Fact: turning a yaoi title into a shounen-ai doesn't work and Dakaichi is proof of that. The fact that each episode is so long and follows the narrative of the ... plot without the sex just makes for an awkward and shallow story. I'm not looking for a porno, the manga was enough LOL but there's absolutely no substance to this series. The implied sex/fade to black is strange because the actual sex scenes in the manga take up so much space and so much of the characterization takes place there that the anime counterpart is hollow and at times nonsensical.

There's no room for character development because this plot revolves around sex that actually isn't happening on screen in the anime. Here's the formula: Takato goes to work, Junta behaves strangely, Takato gets insecure about Junta's oddness, Junta reveals he's been holding back and or forces Takato to sleep with him, they sleep together and that's it. If the series actually does follow the manga's actual story, they have a bit to work with but I think it'll still feel out of place.

Each episode is so painfully slow, boring and badly paced...I'll probably keep watching but it's a huge waste of time. Find a better BL series or read the manga. The one thing I'll give 'Dakaichi'' is that it's art style is pretty clean, the shading of their jaws are interesting and the main characters don't have massive hands and exaggerated features. The art was good enough! As a fujoshi that's seen A LOT of the BL titles out there, I don't recommend this one.

i just don't like how it romanticizes being harassed by your s/o
i don't think harassment should be something that is good and sweet.
when takato says no many times and junta proceeds to do it, i just don't think that should be something that is romanticized.

all in all sexual harassment should NOT be something that is aesthetic, or cool, or anything of that sort. The reason i'm bringing this up is because all of the uwu yaoi fangirls think anything is okay as long as it's mlm. Like NO mlm is not something to obsess over, it is very weird and just gross to ... fetishize mlm. This is a perfect example of it, the title is literally "I'm being harassed by the sexiest man of the year"

honestly, if you actually enjoy this please see a therapist, bcs u are probably a yaoi fangirl that fetishizes mlm relationships, so do everyone a favor and see a therapist because no one cares. just get help.

Horrible. Dreadful. A mistake. A waste of animation time.

***May contain minor spoiler about 4th epsiode. Nothing major.

The story follows a Stockholm syndrome esque development between the two main characters.

Characters are bland and unlikable. Takato is our main boy, the number 1 huggable man. His stage personality is sweet and caring but behind the scenes, he’s foul mouthed and incredibly conscious of his position as the best. He’s also a tsundere. Junta, or “Chunta”, nicknamed by Takato, is a fan who admires and loves Takato to the brim. He’s seen by others as an innocent angel but he is forceful and horny in ... front of Takato. His character is clingy, forceful, and annoying. Hate him.

The reason why I call this Stockholm syndrome esque is because Junta basically pressures/blackmails Takato to give his body. Tell me exactly what sort of healthy happy relationship start physically and with blackmail to boot? Can you call it mutual love when one person is clearly out of the power balance?

This anime overall is the trope of all yaoi, a sub genre of BL. Basically it’s “gets forced, falls in love”. From my observation as a BL fan, most yaoi fans gobble up this sort of trope without question because they don’t know what a good story is. As long as it’s “gay”, amirite?

Anyways, it seems the 3rd episode is the end of the intro arc, the 4th episode continues with a new arc with them busy with their own schedules, and although we get to see their different lives, it's the same repetitive tsundere Takato annd clingy desperate Junta. The bland annoying characters and a boring plot introduction is enough for me to dip this without looking back.

Okay, first of all even tho i love both yaoi and shounen ai since i read the manga my expectations of this anime were low but holy hell this was even worse than i expected.

Why?

Well to start from the beginning its basically rape but oh well its 'anime culture' so they romantized that and the story is full of holes.
Animations got worse and worse every episode and tbh only thing i like abut this whole anime is Takato and his cute ass manager.

Big respect to the voice actors tho it was probably the best part of the whole anime i love Yuuki and Hiroki ... 's works. Its sad that their work was wasted in this anime.

If you are looking for an interesting study, beatiful art, love story for our cute gays, this is not it. Highly disappointed.

I'd like to say that this isn't a terrible show. At its core, it is terribly generic yes, but not terrible. So why the 2? Because it heavily romanticizes r*pe and sexual assault. Even if this anime was top tier(which it was not), that isn't something I can overlook.

Story: Each episode within the series has a pattern. Some sort of drama -> sex -> missing each other/being horny -> more drama -> resolution/sex. The plot mostly revolves around their relationship and them going at each other like rabbits. The rest of it largely feels like an afterthought.

Art, Sound, etc: I don't really have anything negative ... to say about the art or sound. Both were adequate and I didn't notice any major flaws if they were present.

Characters: I know this is shounen ai and one should not expect depth from characters within the genre. However, I will still note it. The characters are very one dimensional. Takato is the perpetually angry tsundere who has approximately three states of being: angry/irritated(primary), sad(rarely) and defiant yet simultaneously submissive. Junta is worse. His two primary characteristics are that he is handsome and very horny. Oh, and he's a good actor who does not seem to give a flying flip about consent. His only functions within the plot are to be Takato's love interest and pseudo-rival. The rest of the ensemble gets little screen time and aren't anything to write home about.

TLDR: It's a generic romance anime about two rivals with a large helping of non-consensual adult activities on the side. If you're just here for the physical aspect, you'll be satisfied. For everyone else... just skip it if you don't want to make yourself feel uncomfortable watching an unhealthy relationship dynamic play out in front of you.

Honestly when I first started watching this anime I don't know what I expected really, but this wasn't it...

This anime is disgusting, the normalization of harassment and rape is just terrifying and I'm sure every normal person would agree with me. But it's a yaoi anime so of course it will be weird. I wish people stopped fetishizing these types of things but it may just be me? I'm not really into these things..

The characters are straight up annoying.. Of course the bottom is a whiny boy and the top a strong one. It's just very stereotypical and dumb in my opinion.

Everything is a ... 1/10 for me, I don't recommend it if you're a normal person.

The art is decent. It's not terribly unique, but definitely above average.

The characters are generally cute in design and there are some occasionally comedic moments.

However, a huge portion of this anime's scenes are just an epic romanticization of rape culture.

Azumaya is constantly forcing himself on Takato, who just "gives in" because he's "in love" with Azumaya. Fun.

Communicating during sex is difficult, and it can, of course, be difficult to depict consent sexily... but damn. This anime veers in the exact opposite direction by normalizing and sexualizing Azumaya's "lack of self-control" as a rationalization for performing sexual acts at Takato while he's constantly saying no.

hope ... someone enjoys this SJW rant.

Another reviewer said that they omitted the rape scenes from the anime, that was in the manga, however, there are still SA undertones and a general lack of consent and boundaries between the two leads. If they could remove the rape, they could've taken this out as well.
Had to drop it at the very first episode near the end of it because it was simply unbearable, the blond lead is intolerable. And the black-haired lead is easily manhandled and manipulated.

Not worth your time, it's your average rape/SA-filled yaoi.
If you want to know how the rest of the show goes, read the other reviews, I suppose.

This is unexpectedly quite a nice light-hearted series focusing on actors with some amazing animation and music.

The theme of this series in that it deals with loss of status and feeling replaced. Very apt resonating themes for people who are no longer getting a million likes on their social media, or are no longer the best thing in a highly critical, media glare always on you, high pressure areas like being an actor in the public eye like in this case.

A great strength of the series is realistic bodies for people. There’s no balloon cleavage for ladies, no eight pact hench, frankly absurdly unrealistic ... looks. Without sounding rude, it’s fantastic that the two leads have bodies the way they do but they’re still both considered very attractive, voted most huggable, and have remarkable acting careers based on their looks. They’re people, it’s who they are and that’s what they look like, it’s a great message that they can look like themselves and can be loved for that, exactly the way it should be.

The series fully embraces the dive straight into it scenes. Context counts for a lot here, in Looney Toons or Tom and Jerry, yes technically it is awful when something like an anvil falls on a character, but it’s over the top to the point of being ridiculous: Looney Toons extreme violence = funny. Same lens applies here, supposedly the rough nature = fine to some people, some series are watched with this in mind expecting this fantasy type thing (key word fantasy). No it is definitely not right when acts are forced in the manga, but neither is it right to fire a giant rocket at a cartoon animal. In both scenarios there are different rules and these extreme acts are brushed off like nothing. They don’t roll with the punches, the punches don’t affect them at all, their constitutions are made of different qualities.
If people are put off by the forceful nature of some incidents between the two guys here in this series, then they might find themselves disliking Looney Toons for ‘condoning’ extreme animal violence, in which case the point has clearly been missed. The lens looked through, what the purpose is here, and how they react to it is the focus.
Bear in mind this could be a deconstruction of parts of the genre, the forced attempts, and people in the anime saying “oh look how close they are, isn’t it cute”, it isn’t in that sense. This series systematically embraces it but also offers a reflection of this fantasy aspect that is quite clever really.
On one hand mature scenes should have been shown, other series explore human acts, though here the focus can be on other areas so people can see and enjoy everything that the anime is delivering.

In any case, love that we get to get to see what makes both guys special, what their thoughts are and how they regard things, and that they know what they want and how to get it. Overall, they are good for one another in terms of emotion, that is what also should be focused on. They’re comfortable around one each other, they have dinner together, Junta waits for Takoto to memorize his acting lines. That they support one another and let them be themselves is what counts. The whole rough physical acts is just rough = ‘hot’, same as explosion on the Looney Toons character = ‘funny’. Most importantly, both guys are in control in that they’re not subdued by one another, each are and remain bosses in their overall conduct. They are not robbed of any power, indeed they help each other to greater heights such as in their interview cases, and those are just a few of the strengths of this relationship.

Aside from the theme and people, the other best aspects are the music and animation especially. Considering the background, for some reason there was a preconception that this anime wouldn’t receive a heavy budget so was actually pleasantly surprised to see the stunning animation. The music as well, both are used very effectively for the comical moments in particular, these scenes are a very welcome foundation, the comedy perspective is better to have in response to losing prestige, which can initiate sheer dread for some people. Dakaichi offers that ultimately a perceived loss is no a big deal at all, just because someone’s better doesn’t stop you being great, being near the top is just as good. Of course with their relationship, some things matter more than others plain and simple. Sure the pinnacle and being at your zenith is nice and all, but who cares if it fades, so long as you have love it’s all good, eh.

Honestly was thinking it’s excellent that this is being adapted, but was caught off guard by how spectacular it is which was rather lovely. In terms of animation, music and people, have to love that one of the best anime of the Fall 2018 season is this gem of a series, how brilliant is that?

Finally, now that I've seen enough of the anime I think this is a pretty good show. If you don't like BL or smut, don't bother with this anime as it's not for everyone.

Story - 8
So far the story focuses on these two actors in love with each other, at first it was pretty unrealistic but as you get further into the story they face real-life problems. And by real-life ones, I mean problems that idols will usually face in modern day Japan if they are involved in scandals. I find it interesting to see how it deals with certain situations, it seemed cliche ... as heck at first but now I think I know why this got adapted. Anyway most BL doesn't focus on the reality, it's almost always fantasy and there's no consequences. I have to admit it was cringey at first and then I got used to the story.

Art - 7
The animation is actually decent for this anime, but sometimes the proportions of the characters bother me a bit and I feel that they could choose more unique character designs. I know they might have chosen this look because they wanted it to look like normal actors in Japan maybe. Either way it's still pretty good and I don't think it really impacted my enjoyment of the anime, and they did really well to express the mood of the story.

Sound - 7
The music is pretty good, I like the ED. Not a big fan of the OP but I think the music pretty much fits in with the story, just not that memorable for me. I actually kinda skipped the OP every time because I couldn't get past it without cringing, sorry to the fans of the OP...

Character - 8
I like both of the main characters. At first I didn't though because they seemed kinda shallow, but then as they got through more episodes I felt like Saijo actually had some more depth in his character.

Enjoyment/Overall - 8
Kinda combined this section since my overall would be based off enjoyment as well. I liked this series and it had more smut than most BL but I think that not everyone is fine with that, and that's ok. It really is aimed toward a specific audience so if you like BL then maybe you would like this, and I believe this anime is pretty consensual though I have heard the opposite about the manga.

I have never finished any yaoi anime before because once things started getting rapey, I would immediately drop it. Dakaretai Otoko 1-i ni Odosarete Imasu, therefore, is the first yaoi anime that passed my preliminary evaluations.

STORY:
The first episode has that typically rapey vibe in yaoi, but thankfully, the anime didn't make it as explicit as in the source manga, which I checked out after finishing the series. In fact, for a yaoi anime, it doesn't focus on the sex that much. There's a lot of implied sex for sure, but the fact that it's only implied and not fully animated gives more emphasis to ... the beautiful romance story underneath, which I really appreciate. Yaoi tend to have shallow plots, rushed storylines, and paper-thin characters, but not this one.

Although Dakaretai Otoko 1-i ni Odosarete Imasu has a rather problematic fujoshi bait for the first episode, the rest of the story is really nice. So if you can get past episode 1, you definitely won't regret it. It's also really hilarious! Seeing Saijou put up with the insufferable Azumaya had me laughing a lot.

Furthermore, there's care in how the two main characters are fleshed out. I especially like learning about Azumaya's backstory and the reason behind his attachment to Saijou.

MUSIC: Definitely an A+++ on the background music.

VOICE ACTING: Takato's voice actor is really good. How he could easily switch from Takato's cool and calm side to his cute and shy side made me wonder if he was one famous mainstream seiyuu.

ANIMATION: If you plan to watch this for only the sex, then you'll be disappointed because the sex is never animated. There are, however, plenty of erotic kisses and foreplay. If you want to see the characters fuck, then go read the manga afterwards.

I even don't know why this anime has so many awfull reviews. I believe that this anime doesn't deserve to be call "garbage" or an "stereotype" I don't know what kind of anime of yaoi genre the people who writed the reviews saw, but I am certanly sure that this anime it's not that bad.
Firts, this is not the typical story of every yaoi OVA where you can see just sex scenes without a real love story or romance, I think that dispite the fact that in the manga there is a lot of sex scenes the producers made a really good job ... to present a different, enjoyable and for moments a funny boys love history.
Second, the characters fits a lot with the personality of a real person and the storyline is not like the usual yaoi animes without counting the fact that it shows you yhe real feelings of the two and from my side I could feel their true feelings trascending the screen, I could feel the love between this different persons (in a lot of senses) and thats its too much for a " real fujoshi".
Third, the yaoi genre its coming out at the world of the Japan animation since a few years ago, so its very important if we want more animes like this or even better support this kind of storys with the sex scenes censured even if we don't like to do it, due to if you enjoy the BL storys and you want it more in the future you have to be thankful to the fact that they produced it and they took the hard chance. Because of if all the fujoshis admit it: these is not the most rentable genre to produce.
Finally, the story mantein you atrapp and there are enjoyable the pieces of comedy including the cute scenes, you can see a lot of kisses and for me it was enough even if they cut the sex scenes you can figure it out, we are not kids. The opening song at the begining doesn't liked me at all, but for the four episode I found myself singing it and the same with the ending song I was following the dance of the characters with an a smile on my face.
If you like the cute storys BL and you look this anime with a good predisposition you are gonna love it, just give it the chance! The animation its not perfect, but its fair. Just take a look!
Regards.