I actually gave this a 6 at the start but bumped it up to a 7 because of the final episode. If you don't watch this anime to it's entirety you'll miss the part where justice is served. This is actually my second attempt at watching this Anime, it was recommended to me a while back and I couldn't get into it the first time as it started off slow. But now I watched the entire thing in 2 days.
Don't let the intro fool you with it's happy-go-lucky music and all three characters, laughing and smiling in the intro with beautifully lit backgrounds. This anime is the complete opposite, it's dark and demented.
Right off the bat the creators of the show set it up for you to dislike the main character. They want you to absolutely hate this guy and it worked (for me at least). If you don't hate him in the first couple of episodes you will about half-way in. The reason they frame it this way is because they want the viewers to receive the full effect of the outcome, that this scumbag without reasonable doubt absolutely deserved what he had coming to him.
For those who think that, "he's just some lucky pimp, so what's the big deal", that's not the case, you're only seeing the main character at face value. People don't hate him mainly because he sleeps around with all these women (though that is one of the reasons), he does it so causally without a care and seemingly with no regrets or regards to the people he hurts around him and discards everyone like trash there afterward. Makoto thinks he could just fuck around with all the girls he wants without any severe consequences. He shows a bit of guilt maybe once but that's about it. As one user mentioned I'm also convinced that the Makoto is a sociopath and sex fiend.
Other reason to build up a case to hate the main character:
- At the start they will frame him as some clueless idiot loser who doesn't even know the first thing about women but he somehow gets a harem of girls to swoon over him.
- There's also the parts where he tries to run away from responsibility, and direct confrontation; he can't even break up with the first girl he was with and beats around the bush for so long with these girls feelings. And after supposedly getting one of the girls pregnant I remember Makoto quoting, "Why did she have to get pregnant!" like it was somehow only the girls fault.
- He's also the main cause as to why all the females personalities, who started off with strong character traits, are broken near the end.
In his defense though, the first girl he cheats on with, it was the fault of him and the other party. Sekai used "practice partner" as a front to get close to him, what did she think was going to happen, of course feelings would ultimately develop. But the partners Makoto has sex with thereafter is solely because he couldn't say "no" and let his animalistic urges take control. They sped up the character development to get as much of the "Drama" going on in 12 episodes, so sometimes logic is thrown out the window for the sake of plot advancement (and building a hate case towards Makoto). But he's still not the victim here, he doesn't show any emotional damage compared to the female characters and carries on casually getting more of what he wants (sex).
They set you up for the ending in many episodes beforehand as well, like keeping the shot and frame focused on "a specific kitchen utensil", thus foreshadowing what the conclusion is going to be like. This is why other reviewers "saw what was coming" or it became "predictable" for others. The final episode everyone got what was coming to them and got what they deserved.
The ending is pretty messed up and creepy and might even psychologically damage you if you're use to "happy endings" types of stories, for those who can't really handle it, I suggest skipping this one (You might watch it out of curiosity now that I said that LOL.)
I've never watched a yandere anime before, not sure if this would be considered yandere but it fits close to the bill.
