This isn’t a stereotypical romcom

Skizzelle said:
So I’ll go into more detail on why I think this, though this will probably end up being overly long lol.

After I first saw the pv I couldn’t shake a nagging feeling that there is more to this that they aren’t showing. The main initial reason was the running late with toast trope. I’m considering trying to find when the last time this was legitimately used, because it’s been a seriously long time. I mentioned that in the past 5+ years romance anime has overall been a lot different than they had been, like with less anime-specific tropes and fan service, and has been imo more enjoyable for a wider audience, but the toast trope died way before that. It’s really only used now when they want to parody the trope. I can’t emphasize enough how weird it would be for a 2022 anime to use that specific trope in any way other than specifically to make the audience aware of the fact it’s a trope. From that idea then it made me start looking more closely.

I’ve seen various translations of the synopsis since I made my original post and one points out the fact that he’s experiencing stereotypical romance plots the morning that he meets all these girls. The pv and kv don’t give me parody vibes at all, so there has to be a narrative reason for this. Assuming the translation was accurate at least.

So what do we know for sure? We know that he is experiencing overly stereotypical romance beats, something that the show acknowledges, and that this takes place in a slightly futuristic setting. That’s going off of the kv as well as a translation of the pv where they casually mention robots (probably the rabbit on the kv). So if I’m wrong, then this will just be a stereotypical school harem romcom that takes place in a futuristic setting. Why futuristic? Something just to give a bland harem at least some kind of flavor? Maybe. But if there is a big tone shift later in the show then the sci-fi part is already right there. Plus another synopsis translation mentions he starts the day with a strange tv fortune telling him he’ll have these encounters. Definitely could be a set up to a larger plot point.

Also somewhere in the pv translation, might have been the very beginning, it says something like every beginning has an end, and imo vaguely gives off an ominous feeling that didn’t really match what you’d expect from a light hearted romcom. This specifically makes me think even if there’s not a major sci-fi plot twist, there will at least be a major tonal shift. Like either very sad or dark or both.

Also idk if pv’s are often censored, but if the shots in the pv are the same as what we’ll see in the show then it’s actually kind of weird that they don’t show any underwear in this. Like there are a few instances where there’s an upskirt camera angle or the part where the toast girl lands on the guy, those tropes are typically just done for the sake of fan service. So the fact that the fan service tropes happen without the actual fan service is weird. I can’t imagine they would release a show like that, like who would be the target audience then? This is kind of why I think this show isn’t completely targeted towards the same audience that would watch a typical 00’s harem. And I kinda doubt they would censor underwear for the pv but then still keep the erection shot.

Also isn’t it weird that we don’t know what studio is making this? Maybe it’s not, idk how common it is to not know the studio right away. But one thought is what if they’re intentionally hiding the studio for now. I’m not like super knowledgeable on all the different studios, but I could see this being shaft. Let’s say for example this was shaft. If they had announced this and said it’s an original shaft anime, I would imagine there would be a lot more people expecting another madoka-like genre surprise.

I think that’s basically everything for now. I’m very convinced that there will be a major tonal change into becoming something you can take seriously (or at least that will be the studio’s goal). And whatever the plot twist ends up being, it’ll probably be sci-fi and/or psychological. Anything more specific than that are really just complete guesses. Idk I’ve seen a good amount of romance anime and there’s just too many things here that don’t add up to me. Especially the key visual, like that just does not at all match the pv tone. And again, an original anime releasing this year that is basically a 00’s harem sounds pretty close to unbelievable to me.


Couple quick extra guesses: The male friend is described as someone who like knows a lot about what’s going on in the school and stuff. The description is done light heartedly and is the stereotypical male friend, but I think they’ll use that trope and make it so his character like REALLY knows what’s going on. Also I will be shocked if nobody dies.

chamba11 said:
what the hell i will give it a chance just for the heck of it, made a convincing argument.

Lolicon said:
I'll bet my precious username that it is a typical ecchi harem anime. Considering the other two manga the author has worked on are also generic dog water, I'm not holding out that this will be different. And nobody working on the anime gives me the vibes that we're fixing to see a plot twist.

AcceleratorAngel said:
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While having all the antics etc. Like seriously who is this show for, which audience are they trying to catch.

Lolicon said:
I'll bet my precious username that it is a typical ecchi harem anime. Considering the other two manga the author has worked on are also generic dog water, I'm not holding out that this will be different. And nobody working on the anime gives me the vibes that we're fixing to see a plot twist.

EgatammaN said:
Was excited that I finally got to watch a 2000's harem anime style because this was a breathe of fresh air, I even forgot the last anime I watched that looks like this, then I saw this thread...

I was thinking you're just overthinking stuff BUT then I saw the actual cover art, the one with the Tokyo Tower, it does kinda fishy just like what Lycorico and Akiba Maid Sensou did to us. We didn't have any damn clue of what Lycorico and Akiba Maid Sensou are all about during the PV.

But I hope we are wrong, it would be really a dick move if they pulled off some DDLC shit on this one albeit will be interesting, but I just want to watch a show where I can turn off my brain. I don't want any Donnie Darko or Steins Gate shit.