Continuing...
Look dear reader, there are stories that can have issues for the sole fact that it goes against some morals and the unwritten rules of society. And it can end up being a risk to the studio or the company that produces it, or morals of society. Now, those same rules are pushed to the limit because anything goes in love, and more so in the entertainment biz. Koikimo is shocking for the same reason, because the story can uppercut fist your internal moral kidney right from the start. It tells the story of the relationship's progress between a salaried adult and a young high school student. (I already said my opinion on how shocking this is in the paragraph above). Regarding the execution of this anime, apart from the story being a whole new perspective, the characters are perfectly structured with the due maturity and the psychological complexity according to the ages presented, adulthood and youth. Superb characterization of the very first rule they have to follow, telling apart the age difference. Now, if you ask my personal opinion, it is enough for me to see the effort they gave to tell a scandalous story but that they came to take into account all the key points within the context. As we already know, according to the relationship between these two characters, an adult and a young student, one can imagine that there will be resistance, reluctant reactions, social criticism, criticism within each personal circle, and the handling of all this issues while keeping the relationship with the utmost discretion. And if we assume that the relationship is going well, other obstacles may appear materializing in internal doubts that can diminish love due to the difference in ages, other love interests, and above all, the reaction of the relatives themselves. The truth is, the story covers that completeness in the context and is perfect, something that is rare and I praise their execution (even the VAs, they did an amazing job). Many times I find the authors, especially in rom-com, having difficulties to create a perfect balance between the positive and negative elements inside the drama of the story in question without leaving gaps or plot holes. This anime should be the clear example of achieving that perfect balance, making not only the story scandalous, but also accurate and perfectly scandalous.
For everything else, the art and music is exceptional, performing well and remaining consistent with the mood of the scene. I must highlight this personal thought, it was hard for me to skip the openings and endings because they were a banger.
The comedy from my personal perspective does not achieve the diversity that I expected. Sometimes it feels repetitive. I feel like they had to be a bit more creative to make it diversified and let it breathe within the episodes. For that simple reason I do not give it a 10.
As I said before, I had the opportunity to witness the progress of a relationship like this one pretty close. You may think that it will affect my objective opinion, but no. It just improves my opinion about this anime that is actually accurate and remarkable, (regardless of its scandalous implications because that's subjective to the viewers). That's why so many people are not objectively qualifying this anime. So much outrage is undervaluing the quality of this anime. But, makes sense since that is what a morally questionable story will do and I can not do anything about it. I can only say that reality does not care about your morals or your views. Stories can be really surprising, and this kind of stories happen in real life more often than you may know. What you may call a moral issue, is someone romance. What you may call disgusting, is someone else purpose and goal in life. Situations are relative to the people. Is a mistake to judge without knowing the contents. That being said, please watch with discretion, enjoy, analyze and make your own conclusions.
Overall score: 9/10
