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I don't usually write reviews for things I love but this show touched me. It did romance so perfectly that I have to let it out. It has wonderful pacing and shows a realistic and beautiful romance, conflicts and all. For such a silly premise the writers did a wonderful job.

The couple are really fun to root for. I laughed, smiled and cried with the characters. It showed the joy of falling in love, portrayed in such a realistic and beautiful way that I yearned for that experience again myself. I loved how about half of the anime was them being together, very much a ... nice change of pace from most romance animes. Plus, oh my goodness they were able to put sexual intimacy in it in a way that felt like a real extension of love rather than fan service. I feel like that is rare nowadays, despite being so much better in my opinion.

The conflicts aren't upsetting and don't last long, making this show very easy to watch. They don't rely on the miscommunication trope to advance the plot, which is refreshing. Plus, they avoided anything nonconsensual which unfortunately I've found is all too common in wlw and mlm animes. I am pissed off that is not the bare minimum but it's such a relief to see. Also, it isn't queerbaiting. This shit is very much gay and clear about it.

I'd encourage anyone looking for a comfy romance to give this a watch, it's awesome <3

I enjoyed the first season of this anime and was hoping to find more of that fun in this season. I just found it too frustrating though. I found the plot changed direction, the character growth was stunted and the writing of the female characters was bland.

One of the things that drew me to Bakuman in season one was how it avoided the miscommunication trope. Characters sorted through their issues, and if there was it was resolved quickly. This season added in so many immature characters and interactions just to make the plot more drawn out. There was a move from learning about problems ... mangakas face to interpersonal drama. All of the female side characters have a crush on one of the main characters at one point. Takagi treats his girl like shit, which is portrayed as okay when he decides to do one big romantic act for her. :/

The characters aren't well written, they don't seem to have much dimension, especially Takagi. The two guys are both stubborn, which was fine because I liked seeing them pursue their dreams. But it feels like the character growth was nonexistent. The plot relies on outside obstacles to move them forward and they don't change much. It even shows Mashiro becoming seriously ill and the audience is supposed to believe that was still okay if it meant Mashiro was following his dreams. I feel like that's not a good message to send. Like man, it would have been such a good moment if Mashiro and Tagaki researched how to maximise their output while maintaining health, even seeing if being healthier would improve their progress. It would have been so funny to see Tagaki look at statistics and data on that topic. Maybe they could even write a manga with that as a theme! (think dungeon meshi!) Also, I would have preferred to see more of Miho's work towards voice acting to drive the audience's investment in the main romance rather than breaking the promise to work hard and only email. As for Miyoshi, she seemed to only be there for her boobs to be bouncing everywhere. She doesn't have a dream aside from wanting to help out her boyfriend in any way she can. It would have made it so much more interesting to have well-written female characters!! Come on man, it's not that hard. Miyoshi could have made a great HR manager, or someone specialising in resolving conflict. That was one of my favourite things about her. Maybe she could have had an arc about figuring out her talents and using them to help others.

I also found there was a weird number of shots of the female character's feet, mostly wearing stockings as opposed to none of these shots with the men. Just an FYI.

Anyways, I'd say its not worth the second season. Just enjoy how number one ended.

This manga is very lovely and heartwarming, and worth the read if you are looking for a motivational and endearing tale. I do have a couple of issues with it though.

As for what to expect, there is a great story with a main character who will experience a lot of character growth, and it isn't forced or given to him with no work. He pushes himself out of his comfort zone and works for his development. He's a likable character despite his initial flaws. The side characters all have lovely interactions and I felt connected to them. I found this manga incredibly heartwarming and inspiring, ... especially as someone who has struggled with depression and self-isolation in the past.

As for critiques, I found the characters to be a little flat. Some of the side characters weren't very fleshed out. The two girls in the game world only had two personality traits; working hard and fighting over a big brother figure in a weirdly romantic way. I'm not a fan of incest so the romantic innuendos made by the sister and a literal child sister figure were a bit uncomfortable to watch. Plus there is a scene where the main character's sister offers to kiss him and he peeps on her showering. Ick. I liked the other characters but they were all a bit bland.

The story was good and wrapped up most of the loose ends aside from one. It was a little bit predictable; there was only one thing that surprised me. Most of the time it's just relaxing and doesn't have stakes. However, compared to most isekai that is the norm. They hinted at a second series, but it seems the author currently has no plans to go through with this.

Overall, a good, comfy read that most will enjoy, just keep in mind the incesty stuff is there and it can ruin the positive points of the book for some.

I began this isekai anime with high hopes, and it was enjoyable but didn't execute the premise as well as it could have. Elise is an interesting character and starts making her way into the medical field in the past. It excited me to think of what was to come. However, the medical part of the story isn't well developed, the characters feel a bit bland, and there are no interesting challenges for her.

Elise is instantly good at everything medically, which makes sense, but only to an extent. It would have been more entertaining for Elise to have to adjust to the less modern medical ... field, with things to overcome such as not having modern medical equipment, or proving medical treatments are effective before she goes ahead with them. The medical side of the anime is by far the most interesting, but Elise's lack of growth and apparent "all-knowing medical goddess" -ness makes it feel a bit flat.

As for the being the queen side of things, we start with some interesting political input from the main character, which would be cool to explore further, but instead, there's lots of screen time spent on rather boring scenes like being at a ball. I'd personally much prefer if they were to spend less time on noble life, and if there was focus on her engagement for it to be focused on her political opinions and solutions she would implement in the slums to prevent famine or plagues, and how she would prove this is a good idea.

As far as the romance goes, it kind of feels forced. There isn't much chemistry between the main couple, and I'm sorry to disappoint but nearly every guy falls in love with her. Her brother is overprotective too, in that weird reverse harem way. The characters that like her don't have a personality anyways. It's kind of disappointing to see this premise force so much attempted romance into the plot when thats not really what we're here for. Romance is fine, but maybe try to keep it to one or two characters. Just my opinion, as an avid romance enjoyer, this feels kind of badly done.

But the show is enjoyable. At the very least its more interesting than most reverse harems, or isekais, but it's left me disappointed because it had so much potential and was let down a bit.

I began this anime with high hopes, that a world without rain would have a lot of issues that could create interesting challenges for the MC. But as soon as enter the world, it's established that there are no issues with getting fresh water or anything. The main character is only there for the King's entertainment. Okay, that might not be my favorite writing choice but I don't know where it will lead. Then we meet the king. HE'S 12. SHE IS 17. wtf dude. This is some pedo sh*t. I held onto a hope that maybe they have no romantic interactions until they're both ... adults, or meet again in the future, but no. THEY KISS. He has the body of a ten-year-old boy, and yet they show scenes where he is nude (not fully exposed but still), where he makes sexual jokes, and they try to paint it as normal because he's "mature for his age". The characters often bring up "he's just a kid". I was confused as to why nobody seemed to mention his age in reviews. it would be so easy to just age the FL down or the ML up. It wouldn't affect the characters at all. Not to mention two evil characters try to RAPE a girl, and in the next scene they're helping the mc because beating them up made them "learn their lesson", and they're used as comedic relief. I'm disappointed in this anime, it has a great fantasy concept and spoils it with normalizing pedophilia. Disgusting af. Sorry for anyone looking for a cool fantasy/romance, it's not this one.

I came here for a romance that grew in a place where it wasn't expected. Instead, in the first scene I am met with physical and verbal abuse, the male lead (who I am somehow expected to like) sexually assaulting the female lead. He has no empathy towards her, and only shows her any sort of kindness after she reminds him of someone he once cared for. It's a toxic, abusive relationship, and made me feel sick. How are we accepting writing where it's shown that it's okay to assault someone? How on earth is that romantic?

I wouldn't recommend anyone watch this unless you're interested ... in seeing people suffer. This is likely very triggering, fortunately, it wasn't for me. But I also especially do not recommend anyone under 18 watch this. It is not healthy or romantic. It only gets a point for pretty animation.