When I reviewed 3D Kanojo Real Girl and Woatku Love is Hard For A Otaku I mentioned that were two romcom shows that were competing with each other? Well, there was actually three romcom anime that were competing each and that anime is Tada Never Falls in love. Unlike the other two Tada Never Fall in Love is an anime original probably meaning it's not as restrictive as the other two it has to follow the source carefully or else fans of the source material would riot. Also unlike the other two where I watched them weekly, I decided to wait until once it finished airing and I wanted to see people's opinion about it before I even invest my time with this show. While people options on the show were mixed compared to Wotaku I still wanted to give a shot because I wanted to see if the show is actually better than Woatku as well not being worse than 3D Kanojo Real Girl. So after marathoning all 13 episodes of Tada Never Fall in Love all I can say it's pretty solid romcom anime that I liked. Not on the same level as Wotaki but still good enough to be one of the better animes of Spring 18 season.
Story.
The story follows a boy named Tada who doesn't know about any form of love. During a regular day in the cherry blossoms, Tada decides to take pictures there and while he's taking pictures he meets a transfer student from a European country called Larsenburg named Teresa. Upon arriving in Japan she gets's lost from her travel comparison. Like with any typical male lead Tada decides to help her by taking her to her grandfather's coffee shop from there relationships will form and will Tada finally understand the meaning of love.
The story for Tada Never Fall in Love is pretty solid overall. Like with any good romcom anime the story is heavily character driven where it relay on the characters from the interactions to relationships more than the plot itself and surprisingly the show does a good job at being a charted driven story.
One of the main things that I liked about Tada Never falls in love it how it gives the charterers the appropriate screen-time that they need. The main characters will obviously get most screen-time while the side characters get they screen-time that they need without overstaying the welcome or having barely any screen-time at. This alone makes it's main and some of the side characters more memorable. It does a great job as tacking the themes of friendship, love and understanding each other in the more realistic way where every single character shows a different side to love and friendship making they character interactions stand out in the process which speaking off.
Another thing that I liked about Tada Never falls in love is how it was able to avoid most romcom cliches that seen to plague mainly romcom shows such as a generic lead, a tsundere main love interest, long and complected love triangles, harems etc for the most apart least.
It also does a good job as tacking the themes of friendship, love, royalty love and understanding each other in the more realistic way where every single character shows a different side to love and friendship making they character interactions stand out in the process which speaking off. The characters interactions as well the plot twist in this show were well handed as not only the interactions for each character was great but the way the plot twist in the series which I won't spoil.
The best thing about Tada Never falls in love is how slow paced the romance is. Unlike most other romcoms where the romance elements feel underdeveloped thanks to lack of focus on the actual romance Tada and Terca slowly build a relationship with each in a way that is satisfying.
I could go on and on about how good this show is but I think it's talk about the show's flaws.
For starters while I appreciate the slower pacing in the show in favour for better chararter development for the mains I thought at times the first half was too slow for my liking and what I mean by this is certain scenes in the show seen to drag way longer than it should.
Speaking of drag the second issue that I have with this show it was the comedy itself or in this case too much. I know the show eventually fixed this problem in the last couple of episode but my god the comedy in this show to drag on to a point where at times it overtakes the romance elements. Not only that but the comedy itself just become unfunny and at times repetitive.
The final issue that I have with the show is that it's how predictable it became. Now being predictable doesn't equal bad but there were certain character expressions in the second half ultimately predicted the shows ending. I know shows like this are meant to be predictable but I honestly wish they didn't have to make it this very oblivious to the viewer with theses certain character expressions.
Overall despite it having some issues, I thought the story was good and enjoyable.
7.5/10
Characters.
When it comes to the characters to Tada Never Falls in love I thought they were pretty solid for the most part.
Our main protagonist Tada is a pretty solid romcom lead. While he may not be a complex and well written as other romcom leads but he still a very interesting and likeable chararters nonetheless. He's chararter development while more in the predictable side was still fun and enjoyable to watch.
Teresa’s is a pretty good romcom female lead. She is an overall nice person who is kind to every-time but at the same time she is very royalty and does not show any arrogance in terms of expectations where she is the Princess of Larsenburg as well being the heir of Queen's throne.
While she doesn't as developed as much as Tada she's still a nicely developed and fun character that I liked.
While the main characters were great the side characters not so much. Apart from Alec and Kaworu the characters are nothing more than comedic devices than actual characters. It got to a point where if you removed every character from the Photography Club apart from Tada, Teresa, Alce, and Kaworu the story would not change one bit. This alone was the weakest part of Tada Never Fall in Love.
7/10
Visuals.
Compare to the other two this show visually is the best looking of the three.
The art-style of the show was very appealing to look thanks to its soft use of colour palettes for the character designs and the background scenery. The character designs themselves were great and well drawn. Also, the lighting and use of camera shots in this were brilliant and well thought out.
The actual animation while basic still pretty nice for what it was.
7.5/10
Sound.
The soundtrack in Tada Never Falls in Love is honestly for the most part forgettable. Sure there are a couple of tracks that were solid but at a lot of the time they are not that memorable at all
The opening theme Otomodachi Film by Masayoshi Ooishi is a great and catchy opening that fits well with the upbeat tone of the series.
The ending theme Love Song by Manaka Iwami is a cute and adorable ending theme that I really enjoyed.
The voice acting is a bit of a mixed bag overall
While some Seiyuus did a good job others ranged from okay to overdoing they performances where it became quite annoying.
At this time of the review there is no English Dub for this series but hopefully, it will get one sometime in the future.
6/10
Final Thoughts.
So that was Tada Kun Never falls in Love.
A flawed but good romcom series that I enjoyed quite a lot.
The story was solid for the most part, the characters were mostly good the visuals are good. The only negatives things I can say about this show were the mediocre treatment for the side characters, too much comedy and at times slow pacing that seems to drag. Other than this Tada Never Falls in Love is a pretty solid series. While it's not better than Wotaku it's still a hell of a lot better than Takagi san and especially 3D Kanojo Real Girl.
Final Score 7/10