people who like rom-coms shouldnt be disappointed, all the characters are really great, including the side characters and
*DISCLAIMER: NOT AN OPINION ITS A FACT*
GUNDOU MISUZU
imma say this first that this show is a copy of fruits basket, the character misuzu is a total copy of hanajima from fruits basket, the attitude of misuzu, look, hair, the way she talks, shouts hanajima. THEY EVEN COPIED THE CINDERELLA ACT. also both the shows have judo. yes they didnt copy the entire show but most of the show resembles fruits basket, other than that this show aint bad. if you like this show and the character misuzu, try giving fruits basket a watch, really worth a watch. not generic at all, which is hard to find in rom coms.
i didnt really expect much from this anime, but at the end it exceeded my expectations. cause, i was just expecting it to be a plain, generic, romcom anime but it did made a quite a lot of heads watch and admire romcom. mainly because the title of the anime fits the anime really well, because not all anime's title are bold and straightforward. and since the plot is very much alike as fruits basket (which made a lot of heads turn into it) no wonder its really enjoyable and who doesnt like some good romcom?
now, what i like about the anime. COMEDY (8/10)
basically most of the COMEDY scenes, misuzu trying her best to make tomo look like a girl, tomo getting embarrassed and mostly failing everytime while doing so (and not giving up), carol looking out for misuzu when someone isnt and knowing what will make her happy (as if they are dating, but if they were to date id totally ship 100%), carol wanting misuzu to be the cinderella just so that she could take a photo of misuzu in the cinderella dress (which she wouldnt have in a normal occasion), misuzus mom recording her cinderella act to get a payback on her just because she didnt invite her mom to the ceremony, all the girls fighting over tomo just cause how handsome and cool she is when she was acting as the prince or when shes being herself, misuzu and carol wanting to spend time with tomo and getting jealous of how tomo didnt contact either of them (in the last episode) on their winter break for 2 straight weeks when she promised them she would hang out with them, jun being a tree and a lot more of the moments.
now, what i didnt like about the show. ORIGINALITY (3/10) AND ROMANCE (5/10)
what made me give it a 7 out of 10 and not higher, is purely because of few of the things NOT being ORIGINAL and being completely
plagiarized fruits basket. if this show only took the idea of hanajima's character (from fruits basket), then i wouldnt have argued and gave it a straight 8 or 9, but the anime didnt just take the idea of hanajima's character but fully copy hanajima and also copy few of the plots from fruits basket.
and also the ROMANCE of the anime was a bit off for me, it was a one sided love at the first few episodes, later showed that jun started to grow feelings for tomo too and at the very end of the anime jun confessed his love for tomo, its like we didnt get to see much of the romance since they started going out at the last episode of the anime. we just saw tomo trying her best to make jun fall in love with her by making herself girly and jun avoiding that at first cause he doesnt wanna ruin his friendship with tomo and thinking that if they went into a relationship he might lose the old tomo who he admires and always want to have competition with. sure the build up to them going out was alright but we didnt see them do anything once they started finally going out. like we couldve seen how awkward and funny it mightve been for those two to date since they both sort of have the same mentality (mentality of a competitive boy).
there are much more of the things that made me give it a 7 out of 10, but i forgot since i wrote the review few months ago and it got deleted cause previously i wrote "how i liked the anime and the character misuzu only" pfft. so i ended up rewriting most of it from my short memory.
the comedy is the best thing to take in from the show, as a lot of the punchlines were alright as it gave me quite a few laughs. the romance could have been better, either way the comedy and the side characters were enough to allow me to enjoy the show.
this anime is a mixture of cute, clumsy, silly, awkward, and funny
this anime is a really fun watch. if you’re looking for comedy, rom-com, slice of life type stuff, and got not that much time to watch like 2-4 seasons of a show, then you should watch this one. You won’t regret it.
BUT KNOW THIS GUNDOU MISUZU IS THE BESSTTTTTTT