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Honda-san is an adorable, simple, and heartwarming anime short series that is an absolute joy to sit through without taking up much of your day. The short-and-sweet beauty of the show makes it an easy watch that holds your attention, since it doesn't even really need that much of your attention to begin with. As somebody who has trouble with staying interested in a show, Honda-san's mini plots really helped me breeze by without losing the want to keep watching.

The characters, especially Honda, are so beyond lovable and all play their own little role to keep the silly, colorful nature the show strives for and ... does so well. Not to mention the art style, which tends to stay on the more basic side with a SPLENDID color scheme.

Honda-san is great for binge watching, watching in between other shows, or just when you have a spare 15 minutes, and I would recommend for those who enjoy silly slice of life.

Also, guaranteed will make you wish you worked at a Japanese book store.

While the anime came out a few years back, I have only gotten around to watching Assassination Classroom recently. I felt EXTREMELY compelled to write a review on the show after deciding to drop it.

I find that a way to describe Assassination Classroom (at least, in a way I believe to be accurate), it to imagine a piece of paper that has "GOOD CONCEPT" written on it in black marker. Then, imagine handing that piece of paper to a toddler with a box of sharpies and telling them to go hog wild. Eventually, you cant even read the original phrase because it is just covered ... in nonsense.

GENERAL OPINION:
I was drawn to Assassination Classroom for its concept. The idea of a classroom of kids trying to kill their (somehow charming) alien teacher before he destroys the planet is exciting, and dare I say, unique! The design seemed okay, the characters seemed okay- nothing appeared like it was below average quality. My opinion at the start of the show followed this belief too.

But eventually, the scribbled-on-paper mess appeared before me. Assassination Classroom has one HELL of a plot going on... so why does almost 1/4th of the episodes not even develop it? This season is FULL of filler episodes, none really adding any progress to the students goal of killing their teacher OR even adding to character development. To me, it felt as though I had been watching for an hour when only 1 episode had gone by. Everything was so agonizingly slow (both slow to develop and slow to even unfold the events in each episode).

I would like to mention that I do not mind shows that are slow and take time to unfold, such as Steins;Gate. BUT, unlike most shows that use this strategy, Assassination Classroom fails to even try and keep the viewer anticipating what will happen at the end of the buildup. It is honestly wasted episode time that could be spent in so many better ways.

OPENING:
Not to be /that/ guy, but the first OP is one of the worst ones I have ever heard. The lyrics are quite cute, since they have all to do with the actual theme of the show, but but but the music itself just... does not flow right. It does not "hype me up" or get me into the "mood" for the show. Unless the point of it was to make me get to the show faster by skipping it, the OP could have easily been anything else and would have been better.

SIDENOTE:
While this is not a legit critique of the show, it completely bothered me how happy the students were 99% of the time during the show. It seemed like every time they failed to kill their teacher, and were therefore one day closer to LITERALLY DYING, they all would just laugh the event off and pull a "teehee haha sensei youre just too good! Back to math time!". WHY are none of the actual students bothered in the slightest by this! WHY is everybody just so calm about their impending doom! okay thats all

RATING:
I decided to give this show a 5 because I will recognize the fact that this show has been admired highly by most people, so there must be some appeal to it that only I am not catching onto. It was not the worst anime I have seen, but it has so far been the only anime I have decided was so bad I had to drop.

Thanks for reading :)

When I first went into this show, I went in fully expecting the most stereotypical of romance anime series filled with endlessly repeated character troupes and jokes constantly told. But hey, everybody is wrong sometimes!

I was extremely pleasantly surprised by the pacing and humor of Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii. A tale about two people entering adulthood while embracing their embarrassing, childhood interests, while ALSO falling in love, brought forth a completely heart warming feeling. The romance skips the unnecessary fan service and keeps the relationships growth slow and steady, showing both the better and worse moments of it. This makes for one of the ... most realistic romance anime I have personally seen so far, and is a large reason for why I enjoyed watching.

The humor largely incorporates references to other anime or video games, which is super fitting for a show following two otakus, and in my opinion is very charming. I often found myself having to control the volume of my laughter when I was watching this at ungodly hours (no regrets though).

I would most definitely recommend Wotaku ni Koi was Muzukashii to anybody who enjoys a quirky, colorful, and overall fun show, and is tired of seeing the main couple fall in love within the first 10 minutes of the show (as I am).

Plus, the "falls in love with childhood friend later in life" story line is something I will never get tired of.