Why this romcom anime is so good?

Nehal_kun said:
In my opinion,
The best thing about horimiya is that it doesn't take frickin 3 seasons just for the main couple to confess.
Other romcom animes literally take the whole season and then the main character finally realizes about his true feelings.
In this way, Horimiya was really refreshing and new.
It didn't feel dragged in any way.
Tell me if you guys agree with me.
Even if you don't agree with me, it's fine.

LieInFall said:
Hot take I didn’t like the 2nd half of the show it just got dumb asf besides the last episode.

Dude7Tee said:

yeah I agree, i wouldn't say it was so good though but it was good for a 12 episode show 👌

Chronon said:
There was no unnecessary drama. The story isn't messed up with exaggerated love polygons and simp charecters.

You should try Tonikawa and Wotakoi too. They are as refreshing as this one imo.

Nehal_kun said:
In my opinion,
The best thing about horimiya is that it doesn't take frickin 3 seasons just for the main couple to confess.
Other romcom animes literally take the whole season and then the main character finally realizes about his true feelings.
In this way, Horimiya was really refreshing and new.
It didn't feel dragged in any way.
Tell me if you guys agree with me.
Even if you don't agree with me, it's fine.

Chronon said:
There was no unnecessary drama. The story isn't messed up with exaggerated love polygons and simp charecters.

You should try Tonikawa and Wotakoi too. They are as refreshing as this one imo.

LieInFall said:
Hot take I didn’t like the 2nd half of the show it just got dumb asf besides the last episode.

Mister_WD said:
Might be a hot take but I just did not like this anime at all the fact that the main guy only gets noticed after she thinks he is hot breaks the show for me i also cringe alot at the romance moments the only cool guy in the show was the green hair elder brother.

Swagernator said:

Tonikawa literally has a simp main guy.

SgtBateMan said:
It felt dragged when the side characters were on screen. Ans the series was titled Horimiya.

Mister_WD said:
Might be a hot take but I just did not like this anime at all the fact that the main guy only gets noticed after she thinks he is hot breaks the show for me i also cringe alot at the romance moments the only cool guy in the show was the green hair elder brother.

BugsBuggy said:
Two words brother:Side Characters

wife_owner said:
i see what you mean about the protagonist and love interest taking 1 or 2 seasons to get together. thing is it’s not like that the 20 episodes before they confess is used for the characters getting closer it’s just a bunch of dumb shit thats beside the point. like in the 1st season of a generic romcom the final episode will probably be some festival of sorts where the two main characters are just about showing interest in each other and then nothing happens. most of the episodes before that were probably about the main character’s friend having a crush or some bullshit

Piromysl said:
Anime would be good if it wasn't so damn rushed.
Whole LN in 13 episodes. WTF

Chronon said:

What I said was about Horimiya and the comparison was based on OP's arguments.

Ofcourse he is. But he wasn't always whining and fantasizing like Taiga(Toradora) or Kazuya(Kanokari). And he had comparatively more charecter than Izumi(Shikimori) who seemed to be like a npc and more bearable than Romio(Highschool Juliet). I will say Nasa is just on the edge.

nishant0 said:
idk i dropped it in 3rd episode. I think ReLife has much better characters and romance than this.

Nehal_kun said:
In my opinion,
The best thing about horimiya is that it doesn't take frickin 3 seasons just for the main couple to confess.
Other romcom animes literally take the whole season and then the main character finally realizes about his true feelings.
In this way, Horimiya was really refreshing and new.
It didn't feel dragged in any way.
Tell me if you guys agree with me.
Even if you don't agree with me, it's fine.

bezardo said:

manga was better enjoyed till 6 episodes other than that didn't do any justice rushed as f

instead of spyx i rather prefer one more season of hori

Nehal_kun said:

which anime are you talking about?
genuinely curious

Chronon said:

Tonikaku Kawaii ‎ ‎‎‎ ‎

Nehal_kun said:

It didn't really feel rushed or anything like that to me
maybe because i didn't read the manga.
But as an anime, i like it because it didn't drag things like other romcom animes

toxispice said:

I haven't read the LN and also think it was rushed. Sometimes it felt dragged in the second half. But that might be because it was so rushed that main plots felt like side plots making viewers not care about them.

Edit: I meant it felt not rushed. Don't know how I messed it up so bad.

Megatron009 said:
I didn't dislike this show but it's not the best romance anime for me. And as someone who has watched A LOT of romance animes, it's not the best nor the most realistic. Nana can take most realistic (imo), Fruits Basket, Wotakoi, ReLife, Ao Haru Ride, Orange, are all ones that are so much better. Even if it takes 2+ seasons for the characters to get together, a slow burn can be so good.

toxispice said:
I get your dislike about animes which take very long to cenfess but there are so many awesome animes which take very long to confess that I still like more than Horimiya. Like Hyouka, Clannad, Kaguya-sama, Takagi -san and Oregairu. Horimiya is probably my 6th favourite rom-com after these.

samsince04 said:
I thought it was pretty shit for a romance. Side characters were way more interesting than the main ones. It was rushed asf as well.

Nehal_kun said:

I watched Kaguya sama and takagi san among the ones you mentioned.
As for Kaguya sama, great anime that's for sure.
but i still think it's dragged more than necessary. Even the second season had more than enough development for them to confess. But i guess Kaguya sama is an anime which is supposed to be dragged out.

Then,
Takagi san is.....
Don't hate me for this but...
It's a little bit awful to watch.
I know i am only in s1 right now but still....
Every episode is repeating the same thing 🙄
Not enjoyable enough and the development is non existing right now.
I really don't know why you like this anime?🙄

toxispice said:

Among all of the ones I mentioned Takagi-san is the one which is most argued upon, whether its good or not. The first season was probably the weakest season, and there is real development in season 2 and 3. If you didn't like tge first one at all, maybe don't watch the later ones too, because even though there are more events other than just games in the later seasons, there is a lot of the same stuff as season 1.


Hyouka is also very slow. its main plot isn't really romance or comedy. Its much more a SoL about a club solving small mysteries in a their highschool. its awsome at that aspect but don't expect pretty much any rom-com. It is there but its just a side-plot.


If you like character development, I can't say there's an anime with more character development than Oregairu. And its one of the only animes where it totally makes sense why it took so long for the confession. Really recommend it.


Clannad is just very very good. especially Clannad After story. (after story is the life of the characters after the events of clannad. Its a series where a lot of things happen at a very good pace, and its better than Clannad). Really recommend this one too.

LieInFall said:
Hot take I didn’t like the 2nd half of the show it just got dumb asf besides the last episode.

Nehal_kun said:
In my opinion,
The best thing about horimiya is that it doesn't take frickin 3 seasons just for the main couple to confess.
Other romcom animes literally take the whole season and then the main character finally realizes about his true feelings.
In this way, Horimiya was really refreshing and new.
It didn't feel dragged in any way.
Tell me if you guys agree with me.
Even if you don't agree with me, it's fine.