Kawaii dake ja Nai Shikimori-san

Yuu Izumi leads a high school life filled with one mishap after another. No matter how improbable the situation, unfortunate events strike him at every turn. In possession of such terrible luck, Izumi enters his second year with a single wish in mind—to spend more time with his affectionate girlfriend, Micchon Shikimori.

Cute, athletic, and caring, Shikimori is immensely popular at their school. But since they began dating a year ago, Izumi has witnessed a surprising side to his otherwise adorable girlfriend: when the need arises, she turns incredibly cool! His misfortunes are easily avoided when she is there to protect him with an awe-inspiring look on her face. Charming in every way, she never ceases to make his heart skip a beat. Unfortunate as he may be, Izumi is sure to see his days of bad luck end thanks to the cute yet cool Shikimori.

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Shikimori, Miyako Main

Oonishi, Saori Japanese

Izumi, Yuuki Main

Umeda, Shuuichirou Japanese

Kamiya, Ai Supporting

Fukuhara, Ayaka Japanese

Hachimitsu, Yui Supporting

Hidaka, Rina Japanese

Izumi, Motoko Supporting

Shinohara, Emi Japanese

Inuzuka, Shuu Supporting

Okamoto, Nobuhiko Japanese

Shikimori, Fuji Supporting

Shimono, Hiro Japanese

Nekozaki, Kyou Supporting

Matsuoka, Misato Japanese

Shikimori, Miyabi Supporting

Park, Romi Japanese

Izumi, Akisada Supporting

Kusumi, Naomi Japanese

Motonaga, Satoshi Producer

Furukawa, Shin Producer

Kobayashi, Ryou Producer

Kamata, Hajime Producer

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May 26, 2024

charlopoop

Recommended

i never review but the other reviews made me soo mad😭😭😭😭

This anime is supposed to be silly and cute and entertaining AND IT IS!!! Its not groundbreaking or anything but I think its pretty unique to have an anime focusing on after two characters get together. Its not really fair to get upset that its not in the normal format where they crush on each other for 12 episodes then confess at the end?? like its not trying to be that??

And the art and animation are beautiful!! the side characters are simple but they all feel like actual friends instead of characters that show up ... to interact with the mcs sometimes.

And the last thing,,,, this anime really doesnt seem like it was written to appeal directly to men.... Theres not really any fanservice, the male mc is honestly kind of pathetic and not masculine at all (i say this affectionately) and all the female characters act ...normal. pretty sure this even passes the bechdel test? well anyway not saying men cant watch it and like it just that all the gals might appreciate that more. especially if youre expecting it to be another my dress up darling youll be disappointed

But if youre looking for something simple and pretty, no major drama, where you can watch the mcs be in love or 12 episodes,,,,, this is it!!! It takes this idea and does it really well which is why some other reviews made me mad. Just cause you dont like the idea doesnt mean the idea was executed bad, just means you should watch something else? Cant get mad at it for not being what you want when it wasnt trying to be what you want.... just felt unfair to compare it like that

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Jun 2, 2024

FatoTouchGrass

Mixed Feelings

Look, I ain’t got no problems with strong women in romance anime and shit, in fact I believe that we should have more of that, but this straight up feels like some propaganda material serving the feminist agenda or something. Like, the power dynamics are hella off, even nasuo, the artist for the OP, addressed this by saying 「なんか僕よりも彼氏みたい」which roughly translates to “you look more like the boyfriend than me”. You get what I’m saying now?

The story goes like this, Izumi Yuuki, who’s been under an umbrella while God was making luck rain from the sky, pulls Miyako Shikimori, the baddest girl one can ask ... for. Yet both of them have some screws loose for real. Miyako be trying to be more feminine, as if her looks ain’t enough for that. My friend Ediz (a.k.a BRUHLAS) actually had some shit to say about this. “Bro I’d get it if her hair was short, but which tomboy has long ass hair like this?” And I agree with him, because that bomboclaat hair of hers is longer than then Hindu goddesses, like what the hell? Izumi’s case is already obvious, so I ain’t saying shit about that.

The only thing that was nice about this bomboclaat anime is the “gang”, i.e. Inuzuka and the others. They were legit entertaining and that’s one of the reasons why I wanna give some extra points, the other being the fact that Miyako has pink hair. Since we don’t really have room for development as the ship has already sailed, the only thing that gets the story going is Izumi’s god damned luck and Miyako just trying to deal with all that shit.

Speaking of Miyako trying to deal with all that shit, let’s talk about the realism of this whole saga. I’m telling you, if a couple had Miyako and Izumi’s dynamic and the situation, then the girl would most likely dump the boy, I’m not saying she’d break up or shit, she’d fucking DUMP him. But hey, the author be simping for some V-Tuber ass that is virtual, as the name implies, so no wonder why he can’t write something realistic.

We can actually see Izumi try to grow some balls, yet his attempts fail miserably by his bad luck. Take Izumi trying to carry Miyako on his back during the fireworks festival episode. I vaguely remember it as I watched this shit way back in December 2022, but my boy straight up got VIOLATED by that bad luck over them stairs.

Although I ain’t gonna lie, Izumi’s mom be bad as fuck, yet again, his dad wouldn’t normally be able to pull someone like her, if he wasn’t actually hot back in his youth which we have no bomboclaat idea about. It’d be nice to see Motoko and, what was Izumi’s dad’s name again? Whatever, it’d be nice to see an arc that covers how their parents met, like in Horimiya. Although, I must say, I think this ability to pull bitches despite having the worst bomboclaat luck is genetic in Izumi’s fam right there. After all, the author gotta live his pipe dream somehow, right? Lastly, like ravend, a Turkish rapper, said, “may all them chicks burn, fuck the firefighter who gives them water” if all them chicks gonna be like Miyako is.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Nov 25, 2023

BadGuyBoog

Not Recommended

Funny

They took the whole ‘not much happens, feel good’ thing way too far. Now some of my favorite shows and movies are things where not much happens. My Neighbor Totoro, K-On!, Horimiya, Tsukigakirei; all of these have nothing going for it plot-wise but are some of my all time favorites. But this show had me straight snoozing. I thought I would like it because the premise said that the main characters were already a couple, which is not something you see much. I loved that aspect in Horimiya and Tsukigakirei so I thought a show where you just see a couples life could be wholesome ... and comforting. But this is way too unrealistically perfect. There is no conflict, no drama. They are always doing happy stuff and saying romantic things for no reason. Both the characters and the plot are straight up Boring. I remember she was really athletic and he had bad luck but that was all there was to it. I honestly forgot there were other characters when I started writing this. All this show had to offer was feel good vibes but even those seemed artificial and fake. This was not a relationship, this did not show any love. It was a vain fantasy world where everyone is happy and innocent all the time. For some reason I feel like the person who wrote and directed this show has never been in an actual relationship before. Or got out of a bad one and is making it out of spite. And the other people working on it just kind of want the paycheck. It’s bland, the nonstop smiles kind of piss me off and my dude couldn’t even kiss the girl at the end. They’ve dated for 6 months I think and in the final super ‘romantic’ moment, my guy had to go for the cheek. Fucking loser. Still better than Rent-A-Girlfriend though. Also it’s hilarious that the title is grammatically incorrect. It’s supposed to be “Shikimori isn’t just a cutie”. Fucking dumbass.

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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