What makes this show better than other romance anime?

CornpopMcGoo said:
I’d say it’s because the romance is the least interesting part of the show. It’s compelling for sure, but I care way more about Rintaro opening up to and trusting his friends, his mom finally getting to see her kind-hearted kid be accepted for who he is after struggling for so long, Subaru moving past her own demons…the whole cast just has me rooting for them, yknow? The romance is the catalyst of the show, but it’s not what made me a fan.

Tbone_Swag said:
No miss understanding bs

Phantom_Void737 said:
Small but great cast of characters, no senseless drama, no fanservice (in the anime idk about manga)

MayunK_7 said:

yup, no fan service in manga either

yuhamk said:


Imagine writing miss understanding instead of misunderstanding.

Impressive grammar.

kleb90 said:
@shash_sama18

How curious, to be honest with you, this is the most boring and forced romance anime I’ve ever read/watched. Allow me to use some of your points to argue my own opinion about it.

- The protagonist constantly plays the victim; in reality, he is pathetic, weak, and trapped in the past. He has amazing parents who care about him, a group of friends who never stop prioritizing him and telling him how “great” and nice he is, yet he still clings to his low self-esteem just to catch the viewer’s attention and play the damsel in distress. He’s an ungrateful character who doesn’t appreciate what he has. Instead of portraying him with realism and cruelty, and developing him from that point, the series prefers to treat him as a victim. Since he cannot understand himself, others must understand him, because someone like that supposedly deserves to be saved due to his mediocrity—a classic fantasy idea where, if you can’t or don’t want to do anything, others will do it for you.

- The art style doesn’t come close to the manga. While the manga portrays expressiveness and the impact of words, the anime tried to sell you a “perfect” girl as a marketing strategy through detailed and well-lit shots, sidelining the other characters of the work. I don’t even like the manga or its characters, but it’s easy to notice as a reader that the adaptation was terrible. However, if colorful frames are enough for you, then fine.

- Giving it a 10 simply because there was no fan service is silly and childish. There are works that actually use fan service to develop their characters, because—oh surprise—teenagers are in their sexual awakening stage and deserve to be portrayed as such. The only work that has managed to do this without taboos or filters is Dangers in My Heart, which depicts adolescence and sexuality in a raw and realistic way: uncomfortable, embarrassing, but realistic.

- Nonexistent chemistry, therefore forced. If both characters have the same personality without at least sharing some differences, it just doesn’t work. Kindness is an interesting point, but that’s all. Neither of them shows other facets that make them worthy of the “true love” the story wants to convey. While everyone experiences love differently, true love is where you accept your partner with all their flaws. And speaking of conveying, this work feels the need to spell out absolutely everything: every thought, every action. Doing this only generates dumb, meaningless drama, like most of the show. There are no little details, no subtle interactions like in real life. It reduces something as important as the heroine’s love for the protagonist to something as pathetic as a Disney-style flashback.

- If the process isn’t shown in a consistent line, it’s simply not believable. You can’t justify the lack of writing and coherence with pointless flashbacks—especially in a work that is supposed to portray everyday life and love. Flashbacks only work in fictional series and with an apparent reason, like in Attack on Titan. In a romance, they only create meaningless drama, and unfortunately that’s exactly what happens in this series.

I don’t want to drag this on too much, but I find it disrespectful that this thing is considered “on the same level” as works truly worthy of the romance genre—stories that do justice to romance and show a slow, natural, and believable progression, because love and relationships arise over time. Maybe we have different points of view about what we consider realistic, but I don’t seek emotional complexity or cheap drama. I seek real events, facts—of course, in the romantic context. Because even if we all live love differently, it arises in the same way for everyone.

kleb90 said:
@shash_sama18

How curious, to be honest with you, this is the most boring and forced romance anime I’ve ever read/watched. Allow me to use some of your points to argue my own opinion about it.

- The protagonist constantly plays the victim; in reality, he is pathetic, weak, and trapped in the past. He has amazing parents who care about him, a group of friends who never stop prioritizing him and telling him how “great” and nice he is, yet he still clings to his low self-esteem just to catch the viewer’s attention and play the damsel in distress. He’s an ungrateful character who doesn’t appreciate what he has. Instead of portraying him with realism and cruelty, and developing him from that point, the series prefers to treat him as a victim. Since he cannot understand himself, others must understand him, because someone like that supposedly deserves to be saved due to his mediocrity—a classic fantasy idea where, if you can’t or don’t want to do anything, others will do it for you.

- The art style doesn’t come close to the manga. While the manga portrays expressiveness and the impact of words, the anime tried to sell you a “perfect” girl as a marketing strategy through detailed and well-lit shots, sidelining the other characters of the work. I don’t even like the manga or its characters, but it’s easy to notice as a reader that the adaptation was terrible. However, if colorful frames are enough for you, then fine.

- Giving it a 10 simply because there was no fan service is silly and childish. There are works that actually use fan service to develop their characters, because—oh surprise—teenagers are in their sexual awakening stage and deserve to be portrayed as such. The only work that has managed to do this without taboos or filters is Dangers in My Heart, which depicts adolescence and sexuality in a raw and realistic way: uncomfortable, embarrassing, but realistic.

- Nonexistent chemistry, therefore forced. If both characters have the same personality without at least sharing some differences, it just doesn’t work. Kindness is an interesting point, but that’s all. Neither of them shows other facets that make them worthy of the “true love” the story wants to convey. While everyone experiences love differently, true love is where you accept your partner with all their flaws. And speaking of conveying, this work feels the need to spell out absolutely everything: every thought, every action. Doing this only generates dumb, meaningless drama, like most of the show. There are no little details, no subtle interactions like in real life. It reduces something as important as the heroine’s love for the protagonist to something as pathetic as a Disney-style flashback.

- If the process isn’t shown in a consistent line, it’s simply not believable. You can’t justify the lack of writing and coherence with pointless flashbacks—especially in a work that is supposed to portray everyday life and love. Flashbacks only work in fictional series and with an apparent reason, like in Attack on Titan. In a romance, they only create meaningless drama, and unfortunately that’s exactly what happens in this series.

I don’t want to drag this on too much, but I find it disrespectful that this thing is considered “on the same level” as works truly worthy of the romance genre—stories that do justice to romance and show a slow, natural, and believable progression, because love and relationships arise over time. Maybe we have different points of view about what we consider realistic, but I don’t seek emotional complexity or cheap drama. I seek real events, facts—of course, in the romantic context. Because even if we all live love differently, it arises in the same way for everyone.