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So I'm on ep 4 and I liked everything besides the fact that I've noticed a negative trend among the main characters. Shikimori gets jealous/insecure whenever Izumi was around his male friend who got hit in the face with a soccer ball. Yes, she's pretty, protects her misfortune boyfriend, gorgeous, but she gets insecure/jealous whenever Izumi praises someone else, is amazed by others, thanks others, ect. Because of this I'm going to drop the series.

Yes, Shikimori takes the role of how the male lead usually is, pretty, cool, athletic, sometimes blushes/shy, protects the love interest. None of that was a problem EXCEPT when Shikimori was ... being unesissarily insecure/jealous. I understand that this is a teen school romance drama, but it was so unnecessary to add those negative qualities into Shikimori. Like bruh.

Other points I didn't understand/questioned:

I didn't understand why Izumi mother doesn't look a day over 19 with only a single wrinkle under her eye and no grey hair and skinny. And his father being fat and actually looking his age. It's almost like women are criticized and expected to be perfect and ageless even in their elder years. And if they aren't they are demonized, put down, labeled unattractive, ect. And of course it worse towards marginalized, disabled, and colored folk. Even though no women exist to simply BE attractive to the other sex/person.

Notice how the father simply gets to age and look like a normal 50-60 year old man. Fat, graying and wrinkly. He just gets off the hook just like real men in society. And isn't demonized nor put down for those physical qualities. Men aren't, so women shouldn't be either.

Another thing i noticed and took note in was that when and after Izumi lost his wallet again and coincidencedently met his parents walking back from thier date, Izumi's mother took all the dishes away and washed them, whilst Izumi went to sleep and his dad went to the bathroom. Which is another sexist/weaponized male incompetence thing I noticed. The dad and son should have cleaned up after themselves, it's the bare minimum, the bar is lower than hell and nonexistent.

Now, I'm NOT shaming the real women in our world who get botox, dye their hair, use makeup, workout, get surgeries to fit the european/pedophic/racist/abelistic/fatphobic/colanizing beauty standards. The women doing all of that in order to simply be treated better by the scoundrels in our world, yes, no shame to them, if they see and feel that they should or want do anything they can to live easier, not a grain of shame towards them only love.

I understand anime doesn't have to be realistic, but we seriously shouldn't add insecure, jealous,
possessive characfer traits to our main lead girl, & negative harmful expectations of women to have european/pedophic/racist/abelistic/fatphobic/colanizing beauty standards. And the mom cleaning up after her husband and son when her son and husband should have cleaned up after themselves. Shikimori literally protecting Izumi everywhere was no problem. Shikimori being jealous/insecure when Izumi was simply admiring, thanking, someone. It just rubbed me wrong for a girl who was perfect in every other aspect. She didn't deserve to be written with that horrible negative quality trait of insecurity.

10/10 beautiful art. Story 9/10. Characters personality 5/10. [For Shikimori's sake, she didn't have to be put down like that. I didn't like that Izumi and his father didn't clean up, nor wash up after themselves and instead went to the bathroom or slept which is sexist and weaponized male incompetence. Shikimori being insecure/jealous. For those reasons specifically, I'm dropping this anime, becuase I shall not be settling for this absurdity, especially in anime. ] if it wasn't for those reasons I would have enjoyed the series a bit more, but as you can see from my paragraphs it's not my cup of tea.