Junjou Romantica, like most of the other BL's I watch, was picked up literally on a whim. I was bored with the manga I was reading and wanted a break. I have watched Sekaiichi Hatsukoi, which was done by most of the same team as JR so I figured I'd give it a shot.
I found that, unlike most critiques, MINUS the Terrorist plotline, I enjoyed JR a lot more then SH. The plots were slightly more realistic, all the gays didn't find themselves working at the exact same place, overall, more believable.
However, I have a lot of gripes. First, the terrorist plot. I'm sorry but you just can not make a straight male gay like that. And do force him against all of his moral codes is fairly ridiculous. Age is a number in my eyes, but they pushed this one a bit. Second, to much sex. When only two out of twelve episodes do not include sex scenes, theres an issue. Third, I am just not a fan of how fast these characters seem to spew the word love.
But some of the good points were prominent. The egoist plot was one I was pleased with. Considering t showed a real gay relationship more accurately and how it would be broken down through the years. I also appreciated the fact that not every character was...I suppose the word is Tsundere? Unlike in SH where all of them found the need to play hard to get.
The art is fairly average all things considered and the music isn't very notable either.
Overall, this anime was interesting enough, but it wasn't one of my favorites.
