*Japanese accent* BOKU WA TOMODACHI GA SUKUNAI!!!! GOD DAMN THIS SHOW HAS A LONG TITLE. This show also goes by haganai and has the english title "I don't have many friends". Okay I'm sorry but TITLES ARE SUPPOSE TO BE CATCHY!!! I don't get why animes have such a fetish FOR TITLES LONGER THAN MY COLLEGE ADMISSION ESSAY! watashi ga motenai no wa dou kangaetemo omaera ga waruiFUCK IT I DON'T SPEAK WEEABOO! SO recently I learned why light novels have long ass titles. It's is because PEOPLE BE TOO DAMN LAZY TO READ THE BACK OF THE BOOK FOR THE SUMMARY! To counter that, authors make the title the synopsis. CLEVER MARKETING STRATEGY!!! So what exactly does the title "I don't have many friends" even mean?
Basically, this show follows around some dopey blonde "delinquet" kid. Who goes to this club called the neihbors club. A club for people with no friends.... FINALLY A CLUB MEANT FOR M- ANYWAYS. Thing is, this premise REALLY BOTHERS ME. YOU CONSTANTLY SEE THE MAIN CHARACTERS IN THE CLUB HANG OUT AND BOND OVER HENTAI GAMES AND SHIT! Listen, you KNOW you're friends with someone if you play porn games together! But in all seriousness, these guys CONSTANTLY hang out with each other. Even on the WEEKENDS! But ALL of them talk about how they don't have any friends. Uh WHAT!? ALSO, Remember this is a harem show. So, they are more than just friends, if you get what I'm laying down. cuz' ya know, all the girls want to hop on this deadheads dick! *horse noises* These characters get pretty close with K-pop wannabe but NOPE. He apparently has no friends.
This anime doesn't seem to be that well revived as it's not even ranked in the top 1000s. So do I like it? YES, ACTUALLY! Despite all the complaints I have for this show, I would say that I not only like it BUT LOVE IT! This show made it on my top 25 favorite anime! Take school rumble a fairly well revived romcom that fans of the genre tend to love. I legitimately love that show DESPITE THE DICK TEASING (nisekoi, I'm also looking at you!) However with this show. It honestly seems more like a guilty pleasure. Honestly this show was so fucking dumb and retarded at times it was laughable! From the excessive loli fanservice.To the ironically funny main characer whos so generic it's laughable. To the weird and somewhat unlikable girls in a freaking harem. And the LAUGHABLY terrible romance. This anime is so stupid it's fucking genius! And the weird thing is, At first I almost thought this anime's stupidity was intentional. Because the show was so obviously terrible that it was hilarious. However PROTOTWISTU!!!! The show tried to pass off itself as being fucking retarded. But it turns out it's actually a deconstruction anime! The show HIDES the fact that it's a deconstruction show. You see the deconstruction element of this anime foreshadowed from the very beginning. I was naive to call this show a guilty pleasure. Because the deconstruction elements TOTALLY SLIPPED PAST ME! The first 22 episodes of this anime play out like a shitty romcom but foreshadow the deconstruction elementsBUT BAM the last 3 episodes where genius! FACKIN' GENIUS! The last 3 episodes is when this show becomes a deconstruction anime! The show pretty much points out it's own stupid flaws and breaks down why the show itself is stupid.
To give you the most primary example of this anime being a deconstruction.Take the main character, kotoka. This guy's defining personality trait is his lack of one! I'm not joking this guy is FUCKING BLAND BORING AND STOIC! He just has the typical cliche "Oblivious nice guy that likes helping people". AND YOU SEE THIS TYPE OF CHARACTER IN EVERY ROMCOM ANIME! *crying voice* Why can't all romcom characters be as cool as harima! He sees yozora be a sadistic bitch, he sees see rika be a HUGE creepy perv, and he sees loli's get freaking naked. And this guy NEVER HAS A REACTION! He's so apathetic I find it almost amusing, kind of similar to how yu narukami from persona 4 the animation is. However. PROTOTWITERU the main character actually does have a personality! You see this with the last three episodes as you learn he just PRETENDS to be a generic main character. It's all just an act! *gilgamesh* faker. But really the reason he acts so apathetic is because he's SELF AWARE that he's in a harem. He doesn't want to show favoritism towards one girl because he doesn't want to hurt any of there feelings. YEA HOLY FLIPPIN' PIZZAS! That's pretty interesting! So this guy just PRETENDS to be your generic romcom character when deep down, he actually does have a personality! Inside that lifeless shell of a generic main character THERE IS A PERSONALITY!!!! If that's not deconstruction slapping you across the face with a wet noodle I don't know what is.
This isn't the only character that would be considered a "deconstruction character". So you think of a harem anime. You expect two things. NUMBER 1 CHICKS WITH HUGE TITIES and also chicks with cute and likable personalities. In contrast yozora, the main girl of this show is FLAT A BOARD! Also she's a fucking sadistic cunt and I can't see how anyone could call this BITCH a waifu! However that's the point. I mean the cast consists of a the most loyal chick ever, two girls with a big brother fetish, a girl who wants to ride your dick, and MEAT! *Insert mooing sound* Honestly even IF yozora was a half decent person she couldn't even compare to these other chicks. And that's what makes it so interesting! The main girl was childhood friends with the main charachter and CREATED the neighbors club just as an excuse to spend time with him. But as more chicks came into the club, ALL MORE APPEALING THAN HER really makes yozora not even a competitor for "best girl". Due to her sadism and pessimistic nature she is in almost every way "the worst girl". In most shows having the "worst girl" be the MAIN GIRL would suck massive giraffe dick *wisper* and we all know giraffe have big dicks...actually only I know that.ANYWAYS. as interesting as yozouras dilemma is, do I like it. eh!? I mean it's interesting and unique but the problem is. The writers did such a good job at making yozora dislikable THAT I FUCKING HATE HER! She's a bitch, she's a cunt, she's a bully, she's literally cancer embodied as an anime girl! Thing is, she's so dislikable that I can't even sympathize with her.
In the 25 episodes we've watched we've never seen her show any likable or sympathetic traits. Her character concept is great but the execution was done poorly! At least give her a sympathizing backstory or give her, you know, CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT! She's a bitch from episode 1 to episode 25 and isn't willing to change. Like maybe if we saw her have the willingness to change and TRY to be nice I'd be like, OH, I feel bad and want to route for you to be a better person. So maybe we could see her work her way up to being the "best girl"BUT NO, SHE'S A MEENIE WEENIE THE ENTIRE SHOW.
Honestly, these aren't the only two characters in this anime that are interesting and unique. You got Senna who basically is what created the "kamidere" architype. Senna, is in my opinion the best girl, as you see she's happy go lucky, pretty chill, like's hentai games and also TITIES!!! She also has a whole god complex as in, she's arrogant as fuck. But to be honest, when you're about as perfect in every way as she is her arrogance might be justified. I mean, Being rich, being the top in her classes, being overly attractive and on top of all that having a likable personality, everything about this girl, screams "best girl". And what makes me hate yozora even more is because you constantly see her bully senna throughout the show. All due to her being a jealous ass bitch. And this is the BIGGEST reason as to why I FUCKING HATE yozora! While some of the yozora bulling senna moments where funny. ALL OF THEM MADE ME WANT TO KILL YOZORA! How can I sympathize with someone as cruel as her. I might sympathize with flowey before I sympathize with yozora!
Next off, you got rika, not much to say other than SHE REALLY LIKES SEX. I'm not joking this is the whole joke her character is based off of...AND IT'S HILARIOUS. Unfortunately she looks kinda creepy but when she takes off those glasses DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYMMMN GURL! Honestly, this show despite being a romcom doesn't have good romance. Because I don't care for the main character so I don't care for his romance. HOWEVER, in the last 3 episodes, Rika was the one that pointed out the fact that kotoka is a faker. Rika has the desire to learn who kotoka REALLY is deep down. Her relationship and romance is by far more interesting than the main two girls. As she really brings out the best in our boring main guy. I easily ship these two. Unfortunate that she's not one of the two main girls of this show. So I highly doubt we'll see these two end up together.
Next off. You got two loli's. One of them is the main characters little sister. Ok first off, the legal age in japan is 13 and she's 11 SO EVEN BY JAPANS STANDARDS THIS IS CREEPY! Not to mention the whole incest thing. Yea I don't need to get into that. Next off you got the nun girl. Take index from a certain magical index and imagine her being a 10 year old and KABAM. you get what is THE WORST GIRL. I might have said yozora was the worst girl, but I'm not including loli's into the mix. Because, I kinda don't want to picture kotoka as a incestuous pedofile. Nun girl is an obnoxious spoiled little brat! It's creepy to think that this KID is a part of the harem. What's even more creeps is that there is FANSERVICE OF THESE CHARACTERS! WHY! THEY AREN'T EVEN IN HIGHSCHOOL YET! AND ONE OF THEM ISN'T EVEN IN MIDDLE SCHOOL!!!
Then you got some trans guy. He's biologically a female but in spite of that want's to be a SUPER MANLY MAN! The whole trans thing is played off for laughs and created alot of amzing cringe humor. We don't even learn he has a fucking VAGINA till season 2!When the main character found out he biologically wasn't a dude. I died of laughter man. Also, does anyone else think he looks alot like mikoto misaka?
Honestly, overall I would say that the BIGGEST strength of this show is it's character interactions. All the characters have a unique personality. Seeing these characters interact with one another was hilarous. I found alot of yozora's sadism to be funny. (but also painful to watch at times), Then you got all the weird trans jokes that came with the dude who looks like misaka, and with rika you got a bunch of weird gundam sex innuendos. The comedy in this show due to the amazing chemistry the cast has is great as all of them play off each other very well.
A Lot of people say that this show needs a season 3. AND I AGREE. The last 3 episodes where SO interesting as we learned that this show was secretly a deconstruction anime! The show forshaddows the fact that it's a deconstruction really well. But now we finally get to see the show's deconstruction in FULL FORCE.So yea everyone should contact AIC BUILD STUDIO TO MAKE A SEASON 3! Also, what is it with animes never getting a season 3. You got a certain magical index, Baka and test, school rumble, a certain scientific railgun, HARUHI! Seriously, WHY CAN'T WE GET SEASON 3'S!!!
Overall despite this anime being both REALLY FUCKING STUPID and oddly intellectual at the end. I give this show a 7/10. To anyone who is a fan of the romcom genre I would HIGHLY recommend this show as it might be a different watch. As it deconstructs popular trends in the very cliched romantic comedy genre. This has been your host mightypie, Subscribe for more SEXY reviews. And as always, good night good bye and big balls.
