Reviews

I feel like if I was twelve or thirteen I would have loved this series. It has a few...sus themes, but generally follows the puppy love of a yakuza granddaughter. Alone, I feel like the story has some development, and the characters are... reasonably interesting. But compared to the manga, a lot of the "smooth" dokidoki lines come across unnatural and overall just do not do the manga version justice; I genuinely don't think this is a series that translates well to anime form---especially in Western culture. As you may have heard the grooming vibes and creep vibes are a bit strong; I can ignore it because it's fiction--- and sometimes youth hormones will do weird things, but it definitely takes thick skin to not cringe. In every possible way, all categories of art/seiyuus/direction is simply fine. I watched it because I read the source material, but I wouldn't necessarily recommend it unless you're openminded going in. The closest comparison and recommendation I can compare it too is Vampire Knight. I think when I first made a MAL account I rated it a 10. Very recognizable art style, color palette, and progression of events. Good? Well... it's an anime that will make you feel something I guess. The downfall for Ojou to Banken-kun is Kaname and Zero had beautiful character design -- for Keiya? He was better left black and white. But would I absolutely avoid either series? No. But I'm not left with a I can fix him! energy most shoujos/romances offer. This series, I'd argue is not at all representative of the shoujo audience. I'll finish it though


And super random, but the wavy eyeballs piss me off, although it's pure art style.