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Oh Koikimo...where do I begin?

I actually sat down and watched all 12 weekly episodes of this show, and I just grew to hate it more and more every week. I don't even hate it for the usual reasons people seem to hate it for (the huge 10 year age gap, and the fact it's borderline pedophilia).

Koikimo is about a 27-year old successful, good-looking businessman named Ryo and his romantic pursuits of his younger sister's 17-year-old high school friend whose name is Ichika. On the surface it already raises a red flag with a grown ass man romantically pursuing a high schooler, but it's not ... bad enough for you to just judge without giving it at least a chance. That being said though, it's MUCH worse than that summary.

Simply put Ryo's actions from start to finish were absolutely appalling. Not only did he want to sleep with her almost immediately after their 2nd time meeting, but after she denies his advances, he suddenly falls in love with her and decides he'll instead stalk, harass, send unwanted gifts and make dodgy late night phone calls with her every night? Huh?

You would think his sister, who's supposed to be Ichika's friend would condemn this type of behavior from her brother. But nope. Instead, she ENCOURAGES it, because in her words, "It would be fun to see my brother dating my best friend". Yes great reasoning for enabling and actively helping her brother's creepy behavior. Yes, she not only doesn't condemn his behavior but actively enables it and even helps him by doing things like giving him her address and phone number.

His sister isn't the only one enabling his behavior either. Ichika's mother somehow doesn't find it concering a grown ass man is sending her daughter unwanted gifts constantly and doesn't find his behavior concerning either. In fact, almost every supporting character greenlights this behavior.

There's so much more I could write about what is wrong with this anime, but I think I've said enough to display how dangerous a message it sends.