Midara na Ao-chan wa Benkyou ga Dekinai

"Show them your A-O face!" As an innocent child, Ao Horie would unhesitantly proclaim the origins of her name. Now that she is in high school, she is determined to study hard in order to one day escape the influence of her lascivious father, a famous erotic author. However, when the amiable Takumi Kijima confesses to Horie, her mind runs wild with scandalous thoughts.

Moans eager to escape, legs crossing, and a warmth spreading through her body, Horie cannot help but misconstrue Kijima's rather pure motivations. To make things worse, no matter how hard she tries to ward off Kijima, his advances do not stop. Now, if only she could just study!

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Horie, Ao Main

Waki, Azumi Japanese

Kijima, Takumi Main

Terashima, Junta Japanese

Horie, Hanasaki Supporting

Tsuda, Kenjirou Japanese

Skinhead-senpai Supporting

Kasama, Jun Japanese

Takaoka, Miyabi Supporting

Kimura, Juri Japanese

Yabe, Souichirou Supporting

Kondo, Takashi Japanese

Yonezuka, Shuuhei Supporting

Fukamachi, Toshinari Japanese

Uehara, Masaki Supporting

Shirai, Yuusuke Japanese

Suzuki, Hiroko Supporting

Sasamoto, Natsue Japanese

Hasebe, Jun Supporting

Matsumoto, Sara Japanese

Aoi, Hiroyuki Producer

Furukawa, Shin Producer

Kaneko, Hayato Producer

Shimizu, Yuuto Producer

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Sep 30, 2025

spicarie

Recommended

Alright, I have to get this off my chest. I just finished binge-watching "Midara na Ao-chan wa Benkyou ga Dekinai" and I'm honestly shocked that more people aren't obsessed with this. I saw the score on here and was a little hesitant, but I'm SO glad I gave it a shot because it's an absolute riot from start to finish.

The story itself is just perfect for a comedy. You have Ao-chan, who is desperately trying to focus on her studies to get into a good university, but her brain has been completely warped by her erotica-novelist dad. When she develops a crush on the most ... wholesome guy ever, Kijima, her mind goes into overdrive, turning every single normal interaction into something totally scandalous. It's so funny and just gets more hilarious as she digs herself into deeper and deeper holes of misunderstanding.

What really makes this anime shine, though, is the production. The animation is super bright and expressive, which is exactly what a show like this needs. The visual gags and, most importantly, Ao-chan's PEAK facial expressions are brought to life perfectly. You can literally feel her soul leaving her body in every scene. And the voice acting? The VAs were amazing! Ao-chan's voice actress absolutely nailed the panicked internal monologues and sudden outbursts. You could hear the sheer desperation in her voice, and it made everything ten times funnier.

If you've read the manga, you'll be happy to know that the anime is a really great adaptation. It follows the source material really well, so you get to see all your favorite chaotic moments fully animated and voiced, which is awesome. The show also wraps up with a great ending that feels super rewarding and sweet after all the craziness. It doesn’t just end abruptly; it gives you a really nice sense of closure.

Honestly, this show does not deserve the low rating it has at all. It's a hilarious, well-made, and surprisingly wholesome rom-com. If you're looking for something that's easy to watch (the episodes are short!) and will genuinely make you laugh out loud, please give this a try. Don't let the score fool you! It's an easy 9/10 from me. It's a total hidden gem.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Jan 16, 2025

darth_kaiser_x

Mixed Feelings

The anime is fun to watch, it has outrageous situations and that typical character who tries to be good but we all know that she is not a saint at all, she has more attitude than the popular guy who turns out to be a complete idiot with no experience whatsoever who lives off of appearances, in short the protagonist is a naughty girl who pretends to be a saint and has a past of bullying because of her father, the story revolves almost entirely around the protagonists and with small appearances from her father, the assistant and a friend but apart from that there ... is no development of other characters, the anime gives a certain expectation but in the end it does not deliver everything and the little that it does deliver the story drags on to deliver what makes it at a certain point a bit tiring to watch but it guarantees itself in comedy, if you have some free time or are looking for something quick to watch this anime is a good option

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jun 22, 2021

AnimeGherkin

Not Recommended

Alright the only reason I'm going to extend the review of these horrid thing considered an anime is the fact that MyAnimeList won't let me do a short review so let's break down, shall we.

story was outright trash man, I bet you 100% dragon ball Z has a better plot and most of us weebs by now, know that dragon ball Z is more fighting than story. The art was okay, more colourful in terms of its pallete. Music was eh, not the best but hey I didn't mind the opening. Characters were just, well I honestly don't know, all throughout this so called ... anime, I couldn't less about any of the characters. Enjoyment, didn't exist whilst watching.

Overall, look do your thing, watch it, get it over and done with.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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