Romantic Killer

Anzu Hoshino needs only three things in her life: video games, chocolate, and her beloved cat. Unlike other high school girls, Anzu has no time for or interest in romance. But as she begins playing a poorly programmed 3D otome game, a bizarre flying wizard named Riri emerges from the screen and calls Anzu "subject one," the first person who will experience a dating game harem storyline in real life.

Despite Anzu's fiery protests, Riri confiscates her favorite things to force her to focus on love. Riri orchestrates a series of unlucky incidents and romantic cliches that lead her to meet Tsukasa Kazuki, one of the most attractive boys in her school. Still enraged, Anzu is adamant about resisting Tsukasa's charm. As all the ridiculous fabricated scenarios help Anzu warm up to Tsukasa's pleasant nature, Riri throws other stereotypical pretty boys her way—and avoiding romance quickly becomes almost impossible.

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Hoshino, Anzu Main

Takahashi, Rie Japanese

Riri Main

Komatsu, Mikako Japanese

Kazuki, Tsukasa Main

Umehara, Yuuichirou Japanese

Hayami, Junta Main

Kajiwara, Gakuto Japanese

Koganei, Hijiri Main

Hanae, Natsuki Japanese

Takamine, Saki Supporting

Iwami, Manaka Japanese

Tsuchiya Supporting

Tsuda, Kenjirou Japanese

Kazuki, Arisa Supporting

Inoue, Marina Japanese

Oda, Makoto Supporting

Shimono, Hiro Japanese

Kishi, Yukana Supporting

Hikasa, Youko Japanese

Hayashi, Tatsurou Producer

Murakami, Maasa Producer

Ichikawa, Kazuya Director

Tanaka, Shiori Episode Director, Storyboard

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May 4, 2025

lvrsr0ck

Recommended

This was such a fun show to watch. The story follows a girl who happily spends her days playing video games, eating chocolate, and hanging out with her cat—until one day, she becomes the subject of a magical game designed to help her find love. The twist? The magic takes away all the things she usually relies on—her games, chocolate, and even her cat.

The setup definitely feels a bit forced (and it really does), but somehow it still works—mostly because the main character is incredibly lovable. I expected her to be written as the typical awkward girl who’s bad with boys, but she’s actually funny, ... strong, and refreshingly honest. She’s not shy or insecure—she’s just never been interested in romance. But with her comforts magically confiscated, she’s forced to interact more with the world around her. And through that, her hidden charm starts to shine.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Mar 24, 2025

Rombonn

Mixed Feelings

Romantic Killer is a show about poking fun at common anime tropes, and is honestly entertaining to watch each attempt at a romance be crushed by the main character. Its an interesting take on the genre and it definitely works in accomplishing what it sets out to do. To avoid spoilers, I wont go into detail but this series genuinely dropped the ball at the very last moment. This moment was a scene that was anime-only (as far as I know) and I seriously cannot figure out why they would do it. This scene alone drops this series from like an 8 to a 5 ... or 6. It doesn't add anything to the plot, develop a character, or anything but solely to undermine what the second half of the show was talking about and to potentially set up another season despite the manga finishing with season 1. They should've just ended the show like they did the manga, and it would've been so much better.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Nov 25, 2023

BadGuyBoog

Not Recommended

This is the difference between satire and parody. After I announced my frustration with the rom com genre where I finally got fed up with its bullshit in Couple of Cuckoos, I saw the synopsis of this show about a girl absolutely refusing to be part of that bullshit. It was a parody of the genre and I was all for it. There were some really funny jokes in this show shitting on the tropes and cliches. Rom coms are almost always driven by coincidence and contrivances and so this show takes it to the max with literal magic manipulating the events to cause, what ... I like to call, “anime moments”. Like when they fall on top of each other, or run into each other in the halls or when (this is my favorite in this anime) the love interests are forced to live in the same house with each other. This show goes so far over the line to make this shit happen that it’s genius. The only reason this show isn’t higher is because I don’t think it went far enough. It was a parody, not a satire like it should’ve been. Like all the love interests are all cliche. That’s of course part of the joke but it doesn’t stop the fact that they’re not enjoyable or interesting characters. If they were mind controlled to be as boring as possible then that’d be a different story but they are all supposedly real people in the show, so to have them just be the stereotypical archetypes in this parody is kind of underwhelming (especially the childhood friend). This show pokes fun at all the tropes but it doesn’t say anything about them or make them better. Konosuba worked as a parody because it not only parodied the isekai genre, but it fixed the flaws of the genre as a whole, which was boring characters and a boring world. In isekai you always have an overly virtuous overpowered protagonist, so Konosuba gave us a weak scumbag instead. When it did have the generic protagonist gag character in Mitsurugi, they pointed out the major flaws within his character and therefore the rest of the isekai protagonists as a whole. It didn’t fall into the tropes but instead subverted them. When it did fall into cliche it built upon them with new depths. That’s what I wanted for this show, but ultimately both with the characters and the plot, it’s as cliche and boring as the shows it makes fun of. Still there were still some top tier jokes. There was one character who was always in the stupid handsome-boy anime pose every time he was on screen and it was just hilarious. The main character Junta is very enjoyable as well and overall it was a funny and enjoyable show.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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