Another basic rom-com with all its ups and downs. If you've seen one, you've seen most of them. Nevertheless, fans of this kind of shows are gonna like it.
Story development gets almost nowhere. The show follows a simple formula:
'small conflict arises, small conflict resolves, intensive scene with only expendable development, repeat'
And nothing else. Each episode does have its highlight moment, but what about the rest? It's plain.
We get no idea where this 'marriage experiment' originated or why it is practiced. I even thought multiple times that I must have missed the reasoning, but I also do believe that it never had an explanation whatsoever. I consider it a major plot hole and just a convenient tool to artificially develop romance between the main couple. Very poor premise.
Only the half of the main couple is developed – the female half. Main hero, Jirou, is plain, shows very little as a character and is mostly passive. On the contrary, the main girl, Akari, gets room for development. We get to know her, she shows a lot of affection and experiences character growth (and she also likes to show 'a lot of skin'). But other characters, like her main rival, Shiori, gets comparatively less room for development, meaning inconsistent rivalry. Jirou’s best friend, who appears here and there, is an example of unnecessary character.
Visually, it’s very bright and colorful, but without much detail; not great, not terrible.
From the rom-com perspective, it checks all required standards, but none to be considered overall good or exceptional show.
Pros:
+ each episode has some major scene of interest
Cons:
- nothing much happens most of the time; very low plot progress
- poor premise – the marriage program seems irrational and unexplained
Double-edged:
+/- Akari gets decent development, other characters don't
+/- very basic rom-com; only for enthusiasts of this genre
5/10 (AVERAGE)
