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Mar 3, 2024
Preliminary (8/12 eps)
Yikes. I haven't seen a good romance in so long and the reviews here deceived me. I gave it a try, and I thought it had a good premise. Sort of. A girl who is deaf and the popular nice guy. OK, same cliche as the shy x popular but with a nice bonus of the girl being deaf. I say "nice" because that's exactly how her disability is treated. It's portrayed as adding on to her cuteness, and I will admit, a big reason for me sticking with this anime past the first few episodes was her - she's stinking adorable. And this is fine, but what isn't is her relationship with the male interest. He treats her like a child, at one point straight up covers her eyes so she can't see him talking to her friend like a parent might do with a child. Gross.
When he introduces her to his friend, they talk over her like she's not there even though she's the topic of conversation. Again, like she's a child. It would be one thing if she acknowledged this as one of the downsides of her disability and felt some frustration because of it. But no, she even feels the need to look away to not read their lips. Ugh. This anime really banks on her being so "pure" that not a single negative thought goes through her head. For the love of god, give her some agency, a bit of growth.

4/10 only because it has good points outside of plot.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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