Sueharu Maru is childhood best friends with one of Hozumino High School's most popular girls, Kuroha Shida. Cute, outgoing, and affectionate, Kuroha is the perfect older sister type. She has boys constantly begging at her feet to be with her. Yet, when she confesses to Sueharu one day, he immediately rejects her; he just can't think of her in that way! Besides, he already has his sights set on his first love—school idol and renowned author Shirokusa Kachi.
Sueharu believes that he has a chance with Kachi after one fateful meeting, but soon, he finds out that Kachi has a boyfriend! With his dreams now shattered, Sueharu agonizes over what could have been. That is, until Kuroha approaches him with a proposal: "let's get revenge."
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rehoshi
A failed attempt at an amazing concept. Initially when looking at the shows I was potentially going to watch this Spring 2021 season, this show’s title caught me by the corner of my eye. ‘Osananajimi ga Zettai ni Makenai Love Comedy’ or otherwise known as, ‘Osakmake: The Romcom Where The Childhood Friend Won’t Lose’. Sounds amusingly interesting, right? I’m sure everyone who has watched a handful amount of harem type shows has felt the pain of the childhood friend getting surprised sucker punched at the end of the series by another heroine. Osamake’s concept was supposed to be different though: “A romcom where the childhood friend won’tlose!”, is what author, Shuichi Nimaru, thought of when creating this genius idea. Or so we thought.
Shortly into the series, we learn that all of the heroines are the main protagonist’s childhood friends. Touché. Touché.
Now with this in mind, the whole concept of a singular childhood friend winning amongst all the other heroines is completely blown out the window. Some would argue that by knowing who the end winner of the series is, it would ultimately be a boring watch. I would argue otherwise. The concept of not knowing who is going to win at the end of the series can be exciting, yes. Cheering on your best girl/guy with other fans of the series can be massively entertaining, yes. The disappointment of that heroine losing or the excitement of seeing them win, is honestly one of the few moments I really appreciate being in this community. But of course, this is only achieved when done correctly.
Here is the problem with many of these harem series: They try to take this approach, but ultimately end up failing by unnecessarily dragging the series out way too long or in some cases not even giving us a winner at the end. By knowing we have an end winner, we as watchers or readers of the series have closure that a heroine will even be chosen at the end. This concept alone would make a series stand out way more from its competitors. But because of this decision, it makes Osamake just another generic romcom thrown down the rabbit hole of many.
What happened to getting revenge? This whole revenge aspect was actually something I found to be a pretty interesting concept when initially reading the synopsis. It would’ve been fun and interesting to see a show revolve around the childhood friend and the main protagonist trying to get revenge on the person who rejected him. And by doing so, the childhood friend and the main protagonist slowly grow closer together. Or so I thought this was going to be the case when reading the synopsis.
The whole ‘revenge’ theme was completely chucked off of the roof as soon as it was introduced. With the recent trend of a lot of new series coming out now, many are starting to overuse this whole ‘revenge’ theme now— most notably, the recent Redo of a Healer. Osamake’s attempt at this shallow theme of revenge was poorly executed and was hardly brushed upon at all. I thought this theme was supposed and going to be built upon more. Heck, even the name of the of the Opening Theme is, “Chance! & Revenge!”. Instead, it was used as a cheap plot device to initially bait the viewer into checking out the series and keep the story going— great.
Speaking of things that the show introduced, but never mentioned or touched on ever again. Osamake consistently did this, including their main selling point of the love revenge plot. At times they would bring in a major focal point as a cliff hanger, but never mention this point again (i.e. the cooking contest between Maria and Shiro). You may argue that, these scenes just may have happened in the sidelines, but if your going to make something a major point in the episode, heck even the entire anime, wouldn't you think they would at least give us 5 seconds at the beginning of the next episode to show us that the scene did happen?
Initially, when looking at the art style and the character designs from the Light Novel, they were actually pretty good in my opinion. On the contrary though, the animation was just really stiff and awkward. A lot of the stills and backgrounds used throughout the 12 episode runtime, was real hard to look at in combination with the very colorful palate used. Many, if not all, of the characters movements throughout the show looked like a PowerPoint presentation, from little things like running towards or grabbing 'x' item, to the dance performances they would give.
I can barely even recall any of the soundtrack used throughout the series, but the Opening Theme, Ending Theme and the insert song used in episode 9 (Paradise SOS) were some pretty catchy songs. I even caught myself re-listening to them a couple times when going out for a morning jog. The voice actors are great, and I'm sure everyone knows and agrees on that at this point. Inori Minase fits perfectly towards Kuro with her gentle and soft spoken voice, yet if needed, can go in the complete opposite direction for a cuter and energetic tone. Ayaneru is known for being able to voice a lot of energetic, soft spoken, cute or cold and sarcastic characters; so Shiro definitely fits her. Ever since Matsuoka Yoshitsugu’s role as Kirito, he has filled a lot of harem protagonist roles. Maru, if not obvious, definitely fits that description. I don’t want to fit every single voice actor, but I think you get the gist at this point.
Our main protagonist is Maru Sueharu. He is very indecisive most of the time, yet very impulsive when it comes to his emotions. He is also a bit perverted, but who would blame him when he has such pretty girls all over him? He is your average harem protagonist, that the average person would find his actions and mannerisms to be pretty annoying.
All of the other characters though are as generic and unlikeable as it can be. Kai Tetsuhiko: The main protagonist’s best friend with a painfully obvious foreshadowed secret. Shirokusa Kachi: typical cold exterior with cute insides type character trope. Kuroha Shida: the wannabe onesan. She doesn't give off that onesan aura at all and in combination with her very aggressive and stubborn personality, she was really hard to listen to at times. Maria Momosaka: The yandere loli, it may surprise you that she was actually one of the better characters too. Rena Asagi: Big boobs #1. Midori Shida: Big boobs #2. Everyone else from this point is barely worth even mentioning and I’m sure you get the gist.
As much as I hate to use the word cringe, I have to admit that most of the dialogue between characters and their actions were indeed, cringe. All of the lines between the characters made it a really hard watch to actually get through the entire show. The dance performances given looked like they were out of a 2000s pop music video, basically all of Maru's actions were the definition of cringe, the commercials they filmed were just plain hard to look at, etc. etc.
Look I wouldn’t necessarily recommend this show to anyone. There are a lot of other copy pasta shows just like this that are done twenty times better. But for anyone who is looking for a trashy harem to indulge themselves in because they have free time, here is the show for you!
Although, Osamake is just your average run-of-the-mill harem/romcom show, with a majorly clickbaity title.
Natsude_tanaka
'What a mess of a show,my word' If i could summaries this show with one sentence, it would be that lets go with the obvious things, Story: when i looked over the anime that will be release this season, i usually picked the one that interest me. by what i mean, is i look over their poster because i like to watch my anime blindly. so the first ep of this show just make me facepalm so hard since it defies logic ( well for me anyway ) how could u reject someone infront of a class and not get embarrassed. the funny thing is kuro stilllikes the dude i mean wth lmao. now, lets go to the actual story that ive gathered from this show. its a abt a boy name sueharu, a child actor that retired from acting due to personal reason, and follows him as he tries to pick which of his 'childhood friend' to be his lover. yup, thats it. there's nothing to the story itself like im so confuse to the point i dont even care when im watching the episodes. The story makes no sense since its literally in their title 'Romcom Where The Childhood Friend Won't Lose' and guess what all the girls are his childhood friends.
Art:
i mean it was okay but i do like the dance tho ( it was a pathetic attempt btw )
Sound:
I dont even remember if they add sounds to their episodes...
Charaters:
my god, the characters are just flat and dont even have a reason to why they liked this dude, i could go on but u get the point...
the only character i liked i guess is tetsuhiko. why i liked him.... no reason really i think his cool. Other than that, theres nothing to talk abt them since i didnt even care abt their existence, how can i liked them when the show just throws us many random characters 'supposedly' to be his childhood friend .
Overall:
Dont watch this anime. i do recommend for ppl that like to experience bad anime hahaha. Bottom line, i hate this anime since the show didnt even know what they want to be.
oh yeah.... what ever happened to their cooking contest? i guess plothole lmao.... what a show
DaxtotheMax
ARE YOU DEBATING ON WATCHING THIS? I think I've gathered a good consensus to try and defend it and I'll list the charges that it's convicted of then state my case. I spoil a few things just to get my point across for evidence but I think seeing it played out will still have the intended effect. CHARGE A: EPISODE 1 - A no brainer. So, I started this and really liked the character designs. I was thinking it was going to go a route where she's been there for him this whole time. Nope. They make it a revenge plot, which is a stupid plot butthat's not where it ends up staying. To make his crush, Kachi, jealous, this girl, Kuro, volunteers to be his revenge girlfriend. Why her? She's genuinely interested. Some people do like this though and were just disappointed that it wasn't a parody.
CHARGE B: EPISODE 3 - This is where everything changes, because at some point, our main man Haru is revealed to be a child actor who had to quit, which seems out of left field. But he plans to "act" out a confession to this crush of his. It wasn't really acting, it was more just dancing and singing but I could complain about that all day. The main point is that this is where the revenge plot ends. He does a twist and decides to confess to Kuro, his revenge girlfriend, instead. Twist to the twist: She says no.
CHARGE C: AFTERMATH - Where do you expect the plot to go, a confession was made already, that's how all romcoms seem to end. Well, it makes both the girl he was originally going to confess to interested AND the revenge girlfriend, Kuro regret telling him no. So, that's an awkward situation but it gets worse. They add more love interests. This, in my opinion, is a stupid decision and is actually where most of the reviews for this stopped (around episode 4), I don't blame them for dropping it, I almost did myself, but I ended up pulling through in the end and I'm glad I did, here's why.
DEFENSE 1: LOVE INTERESTS - There's really only one more. They add more female characters but the only one that's actually a love interest is Momo. It can seem overwhelming at first to see all these new characters suddenly come in, but it was probably a bad play on the anime's part because most of them have their own thing going on and it was just sowing the seeds for a later date, unrelated to the love scene.
DEFENSE 2: RELEVENCE - The title is relevant. But some people won't like the gimmick that all 3 girls are considered "childhood friends", I get that, but I also see that as a clear way to pick favorites and see it through the protagonist's eyes. Do you find yourself critical of the love interests and think they need to have the same amount of quality? I personally see them all getting a fair share of screen time and personal connections. Momo may be lacking in some departments but I think that's intentional, they even point it out. But I think you'll be happy with whichever preference you choose as your OTP, they each have standout moments.
DEFENSE 3: FANSERVICE - I'll meet you in the middle with the fanservice thing because it's a romcom, what do you expect? I feel like you're calling out half of anime by complaining about fanservice. Doesn't make the anime right for using it though.
DEFENSE 4: KURO - Really, you could just use this defense and be done with it. What? You thought the title was a spoiler? No, it's a threat. Most of the girls in this anime have ulterior motives and can get really scummy about their tactics but I feel like after the whole revenge plot thing, Kuro has the moral. For instance, when they propose Haru come back to acting, she's the first to say that she doesn't want to cause him pain for everyone else's gain. She's one of the reasons I stuck with this series, because she made that much of an impression.
DEFENSE 5: THE ENDING - This is based on a manga/light novel that is still currently running (I haven't read it). This wasn't meant to be a one-off anime, it's a first season. So, taking the ending at face value, it'd be a pretty crap ending if it wasn't looking to build on it later. But some people will still complain about it even then. So I'm going to talk about it (with enough missing context that it won't spoil). If someone came to you and offered that, you might think "Am I not worthy of the whole thing?" but under the circumstances, I think it's a pretty smart idea. A trial run to get to embarrassment and awkwardness out of the way and make sure that you like it before you go all in and get hurt. I do really think that people will like a season 2 more but you need to see season 1 in order for that to happen. Do I think it could've been done in one season? Not with the same quality unless it did a 24 episode season because the characters get a fair amount of work put into them.
DEFENSE 6: CONTRAST - I can't say that I've seen an anime like this. It does kind of bug me that it does a complete 180 from those first few episodes and becomes a harem but I feel like the underlying plot has a lot to offer that I've never seen anything cover. I mean, who hurt the writer enough for him to write a story about "first love is poison"? I feel like that's what Sing Yesterday For Me was trying to accomplish but it explored the actual relationship aspect so that the characters could regret it later or instead call it an experience. This one tip-toes cautiously so that Haru (hey, both anime have a character named Haru!) chooses right the first time...or so it's proposing so far. There's even a part where someone tells Haru not to fall for the (bridge or rollercoaster effect) where the heat of the moment can give you feelings that can be mistaken for love.
I waited until I was actually done with the series before I reviewed it, in fact, I wasn't even going to review it until I saw the score on MAL. A 6.09 as of writing this? I looked at the reviews and nearly all of them were preliminary, which I guess that's just MAL for you. And I learned from 'Gamers!' that in order to see a season 2, the stars need to align with the source material and current anime ratings, so I decided to show my support. Don't be turned off by the score, if this anime sounds like 'you' then I'd say go for it, I'm just telling you what to expect.
So, the verdict? You be the judge.
KANLen09
To understand how the anime community got from the awkward HenSuki, then strong OreSuki to the ass-pull OsaMake (this show), here are 2 excerpts of the interview between Joey The Anime Man and novelist Rui Tsukiyo, the author of Redo of Healer: "Let me give you a common scenario: You have a woman crazed with jealousy. She corners the protagonist and forces him to sexually assault her. Doesn't that say that you...that women love r**e? Conversely, the genre women hate the most is the harem love-comedy style (that's) filled with women fawning over the protagonist and softcore fanservice. According to my research, thes shows appeal tovery few women. When heroines fawn over the protagonist, I have a feeling that's a deal breaker for most female viewers. But I only realized this after the fact." This self-research really shows that only males will like this show, and a few females who are OK with the harem rom-com style.
This excerpt however, hits home to why this show sucks BALLS (Rui Tsukiyo was mentioning how he got motivated to write Redo of Healer):
"I deliberately wrote something that I thought would sell well. There is a site called Syosetu where users can upload their writing, and many of the top-ranking submissions of the site were revenge stories. Since they were popular and I like them, I thought I'd write my own. But those stories are very weak, they kept talking about revenge...but after like 2 or 3 chapters, the revenge part is over. And then it just turns into the story of an OP protag with a harem." AND GUESS WHAT, Rui Tsukiyo IS DAMN SPOT ON, as such we're seeing with OsaMake, the scapegoat to a common trend.
And folks, even if you like or dislike Rui Tsukiyo for writing the controversial Redo of Healer, you can't deny that he is a very calculative guy who knows how to buck the trend in a wise manner. And his pointers are especially damning to this seemingly "newbie" author that is Shuichi Nimaru, who did 2 short LNs between 2011 and 2014 before assuming a "long hiatus" before creating OsaMake in 2019, and popular it did get in Japan, scoring 5th in Takarajimasha's Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! (This Light Novel Is Amazing!) list in 2020, and sales of the LN are still soaring in the Top 10 as of the time of this review. Honestly though, this is a surprise given that Japan is lukewarm to the harem rom-com genre's successions of staleness, to which Western anime fans like us have long been complaining that this kind of genre has seen a lot of derivatives and deviations to the point of endless mediocrity. OsaMake though, drives just one point of just bearing the absolute r**e-fest of a cringe show that can be summed up in one word: PATHETIC.
We've been through a hell lot of rom-com stories like these in recent years, heck I'd say that for every legit decent-to-good rom-com show like OreSuki, BokuBen, 5-toubun no Hanayome a.k.a. Quintessential Quintuplets, or even reverse-harem ones like Hamefura a.k.a Otome Game, there are at least a few bad iterations like it, both in anime and source material form. OsaMake truly stands on the opposite spectrum as one of the modern popular works with a shit-load kind of plot that only serves to degrade its overarching story by cramping in as much of the features that even hardcore harem rom-com fans like us DO NOT WANT to see, but yet it did in its shameless subservient form. If this is the standard going forward for new manga or LN harem rom-com series, I'm sorry to say that "new" authors like Shuichi Nimaru have only found a formula to earn them food on their table for a living, while bringing absolutely nothing new nor groundbreaking in the stymied genre that once you saw one, you've seen one many times over.
Prodgies, and very specifcally, revenge. We've seen this kind of plot play so many times over, it doesn't feel like I'm being that type of weeb who likes OP characters, especially "child prodgies" that earn a cult reputation and being chased after fans, only except that in OsaMake's case, they live next to you as a childhood friend! And guess what? As if the lovey-dovey sense of the childhood friend isn't enough, the MC's line of work has also earned him the attention of the girls whom have worked with him since young, that are now trying to take a piece of this weak-ass MC's "virginity". Guys, this male MC called Sueharu Maru, is nothing more than your average generic guy who only has enough "drama" in his life just to be "intertwined in the red thread of fate" of girls that are same age or even younger, to have an admiration for him. To be rejected in love by one of his past female "friends", that is now a prominent figure in the industry, this girl who goes by the name of Shirokusa Kachi, with her lush demeanor and bright presence, she is a "force" to be reckoned with. OK, so what's the solution? Bring in your good ol' childhood frend: Kuroha Shida, to help you out with your so-called revenge, while she still harbours romantic feelings for you since young! Yes, that's right, now you see why this is the rom-com that the childhood friend will not lose! This supposedly love "triangle" (which constantly evolved as the female count goes higher) is in all: one painful experience to watch, let alone experience.
If I have to match the character cast that's similar to a movie, it'd be Snow White and the 7 Dwarves, or in the case of OsaMake: Dumb Black and the 7 Thirsty Sisters. Sueharu's VA Yoshitsugu Matsuoka is a staple in rom-coms, as is Kuroha's VA Inori Minase and Shirokusa's VA Ayane Sakura. With the inclusion of yet another girl in the love "rectangle" mix: VA Saori Oonishi (SaeKano's Eriri Sawamura) voicing Maria Momosaka, no doubt in my mind that the VAs are definitely the best part about this show, and just like every harem rom-com, I can tell that the VAs are definitely having fun while recording their lines for this show. Unsurprisingly, this is about as far as my praise would get, because everything else is tacked-on appalling, and don't even think about trying to defend this dense-less density of a show that's weaker than cooking oil to burn the flames even greater than imagined. I'll admit that if there is one thing that Shuichi Nimaru can get it right, is naming his characters, which are references to characters in Fire Emblem: Sueharu (Marth), Kuroha (Sheeda), Shirokusa (Catria), Tetsuhiko (Cain) and Maria (obviously Maria) respectively. Even Kuroha (black wing), Shirokusa (white dress) and (Maria) Momosaka (pink hill)'s names include colors.
Ready to see who I'll label everyone as such? Here goes:
- Sueharu Maru is the abridged Snow White's Dumb-and-Dumber Black
- Tetsuhiko Kai is the Prince (just because I hate all girls who tries to win Sueharu's heart)
- Kuroha Shida is Grumpy
- Shirokusa Kachi is Bashful
- Maria Momosaka is Happy
- Rena Asagi is Dopey
- Midori Shida is Sneezy
- Aoi Shida is Sleepy
- (Last but not least) Akane Shida is Doc
Maru Sueharu is very apt as I call him Dumb Black because he doesn't know how to read his situations nor give solutions to circumstances. Instead, everything is hell-bent reliant on the best friend chad that is Tetsuhiko Kai, who does the in-between jobs for him like how a personal manager would be accounting to a former child star. It always makes me wonder who's playing the actual MC role here, and at more times than not, Tetsuhiko is like playing the "Prince Charming" or the dwarves' "Doc" role here to literally kiss the MC's butt and suck up to his shortcomings. For the girls, honest-to-God I've tried to have a better comparison for the background girls (especially Kuroha's 4 sisters), but for the 3 central girls Kuroha, Shirokusa and Maria, there's no mistaking their roles for how much screentime they got to eschew the living hell out of this child prodigy that's all talk but no action. This type of harem exists everywhere, but the execution here sucks my balls dry, not hard. One thing's for sure, this is not a Snow White kind of story that is a modernized classic fairy tale in the imitation space.
Doga Kobo's production animation...sure seems wonky for a harem rom-com type of show. It seems to me as if there's a disconnect between the character designs and the visuals, which often come to me as 2 different byproducts that don't seem to mesh well together. Granted, slice-of-life shows is the studio's consistent bread-and-butter (and you can definitely feel a Doga Kobo show that way), but in recent times, going experimental with difference of styles from the magic fantasy that is Maoujou de Oyasumi, to the dark and depressing mystery drama that is Ikebukuro West Gate Park, it seems as though like it's etching its thematics like another studio (Ajia-Do). I'm not saying it's wrong to try out of the comfort zone, but you can definitely feel the difference in production (that's not necessarily a departure).
Even the OST here really is so-so levels of decent. I really admire Riko Azuna's charmly voices when her songs are chosen for either OP or ED, but while OsaMake definitely feels like her normal rhetorical self, I've gotta admit that the peppy OP is kinda boring. Compare that to Spider Isekai and Yagate Kimi ni Naru a.k.a Bloom Into You's OP (which the latter is still by far the best beautiful song she's ever written), and it feels like a step down in quality. Overtime as time passes, character-centric EDs are sounding more mediocre, as much as I can give a thumbs up to the VAs who collaborate together for A+ effort, I can't say as much that it really does get old rather fast and for good reason.
Should I say that I feel disappointed by what OsaMake tries to "be something different"? Apparently not, just find any word that rhymes with the prescriptive words of "bad","cliché", or even "cringe" as hell, and associate it with this bastardized harem rom-com of a show. Mark my words that this excruciating experience of a sleazy showing is absolutely not worth your time, and don't even think of starting this one.
Benavidez
I have NEVER hated an anime as much as I do this one. I dreaded seeing the notification that a new episode was released. I felt obligated to watch this. Silly me for having high hopes. The characters are bland, dumb and overall just generic. I cared so little for all the characters and the piss poor story. I literally couldn't remember what happened minutes after watching this. I like harems: Love Hina, shuffle, Haganai, Oresuki. Heck, I even like trashy harems like Kissxsis and Hensuki. BUT THIS... this was bad. Like REALLY bad. Save yourself the trouble and don't watch this. There's nothing redeeming about this anime.
ren0080
Welcome to the cliche show of the season. Not the worst anime this season, but is certainly the least interesting one. The story is cliche, no point in telling otherwise. But it's really not bad, at least in my opinion. It relies heavily on cliche, you know, the usual "sad" backstory for mc, girls falling for him just because, and the shenanigans throughout the show. It's honestly baffling how much cliche this anime is. Like, the average weeb can basically become a prophet when watching this anime. That's how bad it is. But it's not bad, just a bit cringe at times. The characters are below average. Like,they literally are just a collection of archetypes just for the plot itself to work. Just like I said before, I hate this type of characters the most because they are restricted to the plot, and they don't create the plot themselves. They feel like fictional characters. Like, good cast of characters makes you feel like you want to hang out with them or you can extremely relate to them. They are the ones who need to drag the story, move the plot forward. Or they just need to react in a humanly way when it's the plot that drags them around.
But here, and a lot of cliche bad anime, the characters are made specifically for the plot. Like, if they were basically put into another plot of a different anime, they would just be boring and bland side characters who contributes to nothing.
The animation is surprisingly decent. The dance animation are iffy at times, but it tries to be fluid, which I appreciate.
The music is decent too. I don't particularly mind the ost, as well as the opening and ending. I think they're passable.
Overall, just a bad anime this season. Not the worst, but the least interesting one.
Akira1910
Ayo, this anime has got to be one of the best harem-romance anime I've ever seen but, why is the rating so low? Like, where was the problem? The animation was amazing, the story is just ecstatic, the character development is solid, the way everybody's past has been shown is perfect and the fact that every character(even the side characters) are aware of their feelings, the MC is also not an air-head I mean anyone who would be put in his situation would act the same. All in all, the anime was very relatable which made it a great watch for me. And for thosewho didn't understand the ending, IT WAS THE ENDING OF THE MOVIE "CHILD KING" NOT THE ANIME, I REPEAT THE ENDING WAS NOT OF THE ANIME. So, stop giving negative remarks on this absolute gem. I just hope the misunderstanding about the ending is cleared asap so that this banger receives the rating it deserves and gets adapted for a s2.
Flyingsparks1130
Okayyyyyy…. Another Rom-Com. Great…. (this summer is gonna be packed full of them yay…) Okay, time to regress in my speech to give you a very very very easy to read summary of Osamake. Ex-child kid star Sueharu meets a girl in high school named Shiro. He Falls in love with that popular girl (turns out to be a famous writer). Turns out that girl has a boyfriend. *Protagonist heart shattered* Goes and teams up with his childhood friend named Kuroha to get revenge on said girl that broke his heart. Turns out that girl was a superfan back in his time as a child TV star.She fell in love with said boy. Meets him back in high school but sees him with his childhood friend. *Girl’s heartbroken* Said girl gets a fake boyfriend to get revenge on said boy.
Nani! Yeah, the misunderstandings in this anime sum up this anime. It goes from this type of rom-com to more of a harem rom-com. As a result, you guessed it. The overall plot is a bit bland and somewhat confusing to follow at first. The show kind of gives me some similarities from other average-of-the-mill romantic comedies.
Take for example Masamune Kun No Revenge (Masamune-Kun's Revenge). Osamake follows this idea as well. The anime has its funny moments, but based on all the aspects it turns out to be nothing special. Just like any other average rom-com out there. The protagonist, who is usually a guy, has 3 types of girls after him. The childhood friend, the child who turns out to be a girl instead of a guy, and that little sister influence. Ah, you got yourself a rom-com. Haha… if only real life was that easy haha…. Also, the protagonist has a weird (sexual) obsession with his best friend’s sister and goes so far as to let that sexual attraction be well known in front of the 3 girls fighting over him. I am going to quote him just to let you know how stupid this sounds.
Protagonist - “If I made that much, I could ask Rena to do pervy stuff and she wouldn’t blab, right?!”
Bruh there's a thing called a filter, the horny dude should buy one lol. I get its comedy, but honestly, it doesn’t do much for the plot and the anime in my opinion. Just makes the protagonist an idiotic pervert just like most of your average male rom-com protagonists. Ahh just gotta be like the others. That’s what Osamake is all about.
Anyways, this show isn’t all that special. It has its funny moments and the characters have great design and voice acting. So based on rom-com standards it's fairly average. From an anime standpoint not so much. I would be surprised if this returns with a second season. In the meantime, I’ll be reading the manga and the light novels to get a better impression while we wait for another season.
The anime itself it's just… okay…. But, it is watchable if rom-coms are your fetish. The only word you need to know about the show is that it is average. Meh…. not a show that an anime watcher NEEDS to watch. I even fell asleep during one of the episodes lol. It's just not that great. Not terrible either.
“Sueharu-oniichan!!!” Gosh dang, it's stuck in my head. Be prepared to hear that in your sleep if you’re going to pick up this show.
Overall: 4/10
Edenharley
OsaMake is a show that I uhhhhhh didn't enjoy. The "plot" was so nonsensical I actually laughed out loud at certain moments because it was just so dumb, calling this show full of tropes is an understatement, I've seen people say this is a "parody" of the genre but they do it terribly if it is, look at OreSuki for a good example. The art was nothing remarkable, the soundtrack wasn't in the slightest bit memorable, the characters aside from the main girls were incredibly bland and some of them unlikable. The main reason I even paid any attention to this show after the firstlike 2 episodes was because of the main girls Shiro and Maria (and Kuro after she got more tolerable). They absolutely carried this show and were really the only think I liked about it, they had some really cute moments and overall I liked their characters. Really I don't have a lot to say this show was kind of garbage, would have been a 3 or 4/10 if not for the main girls, I don't recommend this to anyone :(
SordidCaper
Before I get into how much and why I hate this series, I'll say the things I like about it. It has a pretty good op and ed. Now, onto why I despise this awful anime. I have two main problems, the story, and the characters. First off, the story, each part of the story is a mess of drama where the problems are only barely solved because of the ineptitude of the characters trying to solve them. Its story runs like a bad satirical romcom that doesn't realize that its satire. The only funny parts of this show are seeing the failures of its writing teameither at actually writing a functional story or writing funny jokes. I wouldn't be surprised if the writers were arriving at work under the influence of alcohol and/or several heavy substances. Any plot point is as if someone sniffed a sharpie for an hour in the bathroom and then wrote everything they saw on the walls of the bathroom that was on the other side of the building they were working in. Yes, I realize this review isn't structured in any way and consists of me hurling insults at the writers for no reason. But this is because it's the best way for me to get across my opinion on this series and how it made me feel. The only reason I even watched through it was for the pleasure of seeing it end. Anyways now onto the characters.
The characters all have the personality of a piece of cardboard with a face drawn on it along with the same amount of ability to function as my pc. The protagonist is an self insert for viewers that is so dense and stupid that viewers wouldn't want to self insert as him. Then the girls, there's 3 and none of them are good. I won't point out which ones but one is blatantly manipulative, the other doesn't have a personality, and the last one is honestly just kinda creepy. The side characters exist and apart from Shion Ooragi and Asagi Rena are all further detriments to the quality of this garbage. Starting with the Kuro's sisters I won't go on a long rant about them because that would be more work than the creator did in actually making these characters relevant, they mostly just exist in parts of the story and are some of the most forgettable characters in the show. Mitsuru seems like a villain in the first act but then after he's become irrelevant the story keeps him around as if the people viewing actually care that he exists. Finally is the protagonists friend Tetsuhiko who the characters oddly seem to hate the most when he's the only one that actually has a functioning brain. While still infuriating he at least tries to sabotage the other characters for his own fun which is something I can support.
TL;DR show bad and I hate Kuro
PyraXadon
You know what? I am satisfied. Not because this show is good or anything profound like that, but because I’ve actually enjoyed myself after having had a pretty large dry spell between the last trashy harem I liked to this trashy harem I like. And my god, you just had to get both Matsuoka Yoshitsugu and Shimazaki Nobunaga in this thing too now didn’t you? Story: After having had his first love taken from him by Kachi Shirokusa, an acclaimed author that seemed to have been interested in him at the time, former child star Maru Suehara vows to take revenge on the girl by coming upwith an elaborate scheme of pretending to get together with his childhood friend as a way to get back at Shirokusa, before promptly confessing to and dumping her at the school’s confession festival when that rolls around. Because schools have public confession events now, I guess.
If I had to put it simply, Osamake is a series of thinly veiled catfights between three girls that all try to get with the same guy that they each proclaim as being their first love. Each arc/set of episodes is effectively a new situation where Suehara interacts with the show business world in some capacity only to have the three girls stumble their way into the plot somehow and attempt to earn brownie points with Suehara via Death Note mental mind games in order to become the winner in the end. All ending in a little interaction with the token best friend character and another dude that loses his role entirely after the first arc where they talk about who ‘won’ in the arc and where the standings of the three girls lie. More often than not, I find that the plot doesn’t actually matter all that much because a majority of the show is centered around the constant infighting or attempted shots at romance where the girls find new (and sometimes stupid) ways of getting Suehara to look their way. And I love it.
More often than not I found myself amused by how consistent the show attempts to make itself seem smart given the constant scheming and uncharacteristic shots or closeups of the girls falling into their own imagination or perception of what’s either going to come their way, or what the ultimate outcome will be. In a way, it feels like an ‘edgy romance’ where sometimes, any actual attraction to the trophy we call a protagonist is forgone in favor of more sparks between the girls where one flaunts their current position over the others, or ‘fatal’ mistakes cause one to fall behind in one aspect, but they’re good in a different aspect so it’s not hopeless just yet. Now does this make the show good? Absolutely not. Because of its arc-based story structure and general plot set up, Osamake tends to fall back on a lot of romcom stereotypes, and there’s hardly anything here that you won’t find anywhere else. Credit where credit is due though, I will say that the show manages to keep a pretty consistent thread of showbiz and related topics on the subject of showbiz throughout its runtime, so if anything, the show has that going for it as a bit of intrigue since not everything is just your bog standard high school romance series. Now do they show all of what’s happening with the showbiz stuff before cutting to the ending current standings talk? No, but I guess that would’ve required more runtime that the show didn’t have.
In the end however, there’s not too much else I can really say about the show without piecing it apart into stereotype after stereotype. You got some perverted moments, the beach episode, some unnecessary scenes where mob characters are annoyingly jealous of the MC, and a large amount of bait and switch moments where the main character and one of the girls seems to get closer but ultimately goes nowhere because yay harem series. All wrapped up in a more emotional final arc as a way to give the series a proper climax that ends up just kind of ending in an unsatisfactory fashion cause no much actually happens to drive the plot forward in a meaningful fashion. Which is a shame, but I’m used to stories like this not having resolutions.
Characters:
Now, would calling Maru Suehara a ‘generic harem protagonist’ be that far from the truth? No. But, I think that kind of generalizes his character more than it should. For one thing, Suehara practically is the series. Each arc for the most part centers around Suehara’s relationship with the show business world, so much so that every bit of the show thereafter the reveal is basically an extension of his character growth from his early retirement to what he wants to do with it now. It’s kind of rare to find a harem series that devotes this much time to building up its main character, and it’s nice to see a harem protagonist for once taking the spotlight in the show with a fairly in-depth backstory instead of the girls. That being said, stripping that away from him, and he’s kind of…ordinary. Like there’s not much else about him aside from that, and a lot of his reactions and interactions with the trio of girls chasing after him are akin to a lot of tried and true stereotypes that feel unfortunately familiar to other things I’ve seen before.
As for the girls, well…honestly, Momo, Shiro, and Kuro all kind of the same character with different layers of paint over them. All three of them have some kind of childhood connection to Suehara, so much so that it effectively encapsulates their character in a way that strips them of any individuality, and all of them fight each other for control/better standing in the battle of romance for their first love. The only real different one could say they have would be the different niches they fill, that being the ‘little sister’, ‘next door neighbor’, and ‘cool beauty’ tropes respectively with various sliders of the archetypes moved around in order to make them a little more unique to what they ordinarily would be. Putting them all together though does make for some interesting catfights, and the relationships they each have with one another as rivals is definitely the bread and butter with the series in terms of what kind of potential enjoyment one could get out of this show.
And finally we get to the tertiary cast which includes the supporting elements of the show like Tetsuhiko, the best friend character who schemes and works for his own benefit more so than the benefit of others, varying family members of the main trio of girls, and Rena, who just kind of exists as a supporting member who draws in some of the protagonist’s attention away from the other girls because it was imperative that she had a bust somewhat disproportionate to her less than average height. Nonetheless, I kind of like the supporting cast this time, at least those in the immediate party with the protagonists, cause it helps give that slight tinge of additional edginess and power dynamics given all of the scheming and otherwise selfish nature of these other characters.
Aesthetics:
Given what else Doga Kobo has done in the past, I’m not really all that impressed by what Osamake got in terms of artstyle treatment. The whole show screams ‘standard fare’, with parts of the early few episodes looking surprisingly lower quality than what we got in some later scenes. Not that much of a big deal, but overall from the colors to the design of the characters, there really isn’t much that I can say really wows me. This point becomes especially more prominent given how lifeless both the characters’ eyes and hair shimmers look. They’re drawn weirdly flat with much of the shine in them being flat colors with very little depth to them. It definitely stands out by making the show look less budget than it probably is, which is a weird conundrum that I haven’t really seen as a problem elsewhere.
To drive that point even further, animation isn’t exactly something the show has too much of, but weirdly enough the show does have a select few stylish scenes that do work in the show’s favor. At least in terms of being unique. But those are really rare instances that I wouldn’t particularly count towards anything.
“Chance! & Revenge!” by Riko Azuna is an OP I didn’t find myself really attached to, but has some merit for it if only because it has some generally unfamiliar beats in J-pop anime music and stands out for that reason and that reason alone. I wouldn’t put it under the memorable folder, but it’s definitely not a bad song by any means.
As for its ED sister, “Senrykuteki de Yosoku Funou na Love Comedy no Ending Kyoku” (god that’s a mouthful) by the VAs for Kuro and Shiro is one of those Seiyuu songs that I’m not really fond of. It’s got an interesting beat to it and again stands out as a J-pop song, but it feels both weirdly in-place and out of place. It hones onto that ‘edgy romance’ angle that I talked about before, but on the flipside, it falls onto some pretty generic sounding beats and hooks that cause it to also not stick out all that much. All around a really mixed bag of songs that I’m not too fond of.
Final Thoughts:
In a way, I feel like getting Matsuoka Yoshitsugu, Shimazaki Nobunaga, Inori Minase, and Ayane Sakura was practically the only way this show could’ve drummed up any attention because my god, what an all-star fucking cast you got to voice in a sub-par romcom anime that takes itself probably too seriously than it really should.
Aside from the showbiz angle (and potentially the amount of scheming the girls do), there’s not that much about Osamake that I would say makes it stand out. The show effectively plays a bingo card from a roulette of harem tropes that it uses in order to create most of the smaller moments in its plot, effectively drowning out the more interesting aspects of the show with reused tropes that a majority of the anime community already knows about. And you know what? That’s ok.
Truthfully, the most fun I had with Osamake was just seeing how subpar and often times edgy/trashy it was. The show is exceedingly selfish, with most of its main cast being schemers or narcissists with clear goals that amounted to only benefiting them in the long run. Sure the main protagonist was just a trophy at the end of the day (a trophy with emotional baggage and a surprisingly substantial backstory), but the real fun was watching the three girls try to reverse uno card each other in stupid and childish ways wither with public displays of affection or discussions that sounded more like business compromises or wartime tactics. I cannot stress how serious this show takes itself sometimes, and I genuinely got a kick out of seeing the kind of bullshit everyone ended up trying to do because they were all trying to one up each other.
Yes, this show is really not that amazing and you could stand to find other, better shows that’ll probably be more worth your time, but the fun, dumb “all according to plan” romp that these characters bring is the kind of stuff you can’t really find in the otherwise ‘good’ shows that people seem to try and find these days. Far from a masterpiece for sure, but a high recommendation for dumb, enjoyable romance fun if you’re looking for a stupid harem without a completely but still somewhat worthless protagonist.
neatchee
Really disappointed with how this show went. As others have said, started with a great premise and solid first few episodes. Even the early twist was good IMO, because it set up an interesting dynamic where there wasn't a question of who liked who from the viewer perspective, but rather an issue of everyone overcoming the awkwardness of teenage emotions and mistakes. Things went SERIOUSLY downhill after that though. Only one love interest was a truly genuine, kind person who tried to support Haru, while the other two were constantly being manipulative and self-serving. It devolved into a repetitive my-turn-your-turn that was unsatisfying, and the sub-plot didvery little to advance the main plot; it wasn't necessary, everything that happened could have been done without it. It was a distraction.
The finale was pretty awful too. It effectively invalidates everything that happened and resets all the relationships to pretty near where they'd been to start with, except the least deserving character got a free pass on their BS.
The most fun I had watching this show was basically asking myself "what psychopathic bullshit is Kuro going to do this week?"
I held out hope until the very end that they would do something original, or at minimum really dig into what makes each love interest better or worse. But nope. Only the MC has any substantive character development, and it's not enough to be fulfilling.
Kazuma_-
Character design, art was really great, but this anime just couldn't express the story in such a way that the viewer feel attached to it somehow. The Idea was interesting at first and we all wanted to know which girl will win in the end but the way they conveyed the story just ruined everything. This is one of those anime that I had to finish because i started it, I lost interest in midway of the story but still kept at it to see if something good come out but ....., Characters were really good and had there own story line and everything not likesome anime out there which shows the side character with blank faces. Every character which came on screen had something to do with the story but the story just beat it around the bush and ruined the whole anime. I mean half way through I couldn't even tell that where is the anime focusing and in which direction they want to take the story. And that's how we got a half assed ending. lots and lots of unfinished storylines and A trash rom com.
kids11111009
This would be an anime that would score a borderline at 3 and lower than 5. Its pretty subpar. Having meh characters, and flawed storyline. That’s all I gotta say. Its not the worse in the world however, because there are some good gems into it like the comedy which is there and some pretty decent music which makes up for the issues I have explained earlier. If this has a second season, I would probably give this a similar score if it remains the same, but if they happened to improve on the episodes for the second season, then I would give this higher thaneven a 5. I feel like this anime needs a season 2 and the reason this should really NEED a second season is that the ending just feels incomplete and It’s really misunderstood to the fact it has zero logic and zero common sense into it. Yes, I know people would say this doesn’t deserve a second season, but give it a chance like how Date a live improved with it’s 4th season, when s1 - s3 doesn’t make the cut.
I wanna also add up that if you want to watch an anime having the same voice actors feat. Ayane, Inori and Matsuoka, then try out Quintessential Quintuplets. They have the complete comedy, storyline, and character development into it. Or if you want a romcom anime that has comedy and complete storyline into it, then there are other animes out there that has decent romcom. Yea, you might tell me, what are the anime romcoms recommended to watch? Well, I can’t tell because there are a LOT i have seen in the past and in the current day, so might as well get into it.
Its based on personal opinions and if you agree or disagree, let me know by commenting on my account related to this anime.
Now, I will leave my warning to this anime because this is something that they should learn from their mistakes. Not only this comment they should see, but also the other reviews I have read about this anime, which I really agree or disagree. Note that I’m not copying their reviews. I just see what anime are they trying to show me and then give my thoughts into it.
Again, pls don’t get offended because again its based on personal opinions.
Now I’m gonna continue my journey to the next anime to watch and review. I will give hope to this by redeeming themselves.
But if they don’t then I really see nothing. NOTHING! But just the same loop.
vesheljinn
"Damn it! My IQ is melting away..." - Maru Sueharu... ...and every person who finished this anime. Before I begin, let me answer the obvious. Does this show need another bad review? No, of course not. Especially when I'm a few weeks late to the party cause I was on holiday and otherwise too busy with better shows. That being said, I'm gonna write one anyway because my other options include starting work on my dissertation and data wrangling. The choice is obvious. OVERALL 3/10 Osamake had a promising concept and start, but fell short on everything I was hoping it would deliver. If you have 6 hoursyou would like to spend and then forget about them in a month, I highly recommend this show. If, on the other hand, you want a novel take on the love comedy formula, look elsewhere.
Spoilers ahead (probably).
STORY 3/10
Thinking about my first impressions of this anime, I was actually kind of looking forward to watching this season's trashy love comedy offering. It had everything I could ask for - the reserved raven haired beauty, the busty childhood friend from next door, and the ever-annoying loli. But as I started watching it, I could not help but feel... nothing. Not disappointed, just a big fat blank. This might be worse, as it didn't really evoke a strong reaction from me. I don't hate this show, nor do I like it. In my view, this is the worst possible outcome for a mediocre show, as it makes it forgettable. A show you hate with a passion you may never watch again, but you remember the worst parts and happily chat shit about them to your pals.
The above paragraph makes me sad, since the one interesting twist of the show was ruined by the execution of the rest, i.e. revealing all the members of the harem to be the protagonist's childhood friends. Wasted potential, man, it hits hard...
ART 7/10
I'm not an expert on animation/art and anyone who can draw better than me is already doing well in my eyes, so I wasn't offended by the art for the most part. Though that scene where Sueharu dances at the school festival was skip-worthy.
SOUND 8/10
The mixing was fine, the voice acting above average, and the music generically delightful. Good job, I guess.
CHARACTERS 3/10
Ohhhh boy, here we go...
Sueharu has exactly half a dimension more than your typical harem MC, with the death of his mother and a brightly ascending career crashing down on his head before he even had the chance to grow pubes. Of course, this takes up a minor part of his screen time, the majority being left to cringey one-liners in response to a slightly lewd remark.
Kuro is the first childhood friend introduced, and is probably the strongest character on the show. However, one relationship that's slightly more complex than "let me cook for you and wash your feet uwu" is not enough to dig the anime out of the hole it burries itself into when it introduces...
Shiro. Jesus Christ do I not care about this girl. Initially there was some mystery with the whole "award winning writer" thing where the parallels I started drawing to Saekano seemed obvious, but nah, why bother ever exploring that part of her character when you can just mention it once every two episodes with her writing a script for a YouTube video.
Momo is a loli.
The others were bad even as bench warmers, let alone the roleplayers they were supposed to be. So many loose ends left to tie even after all 12 episodes, indicating the studio's/producers' hopes for a 2nd season but as of now I doubt it will (and hope it won't) happen.
ENJOYMENT 5/10
While I didn't sing the anime's praises, it had moments early on where I was genuinely enjoying the time I was wasting. But yeah, as time went on, the enjoyment dropped exponentially. It's gonna be a meh from me, dawg.
Takadashi
overall score: -high five- (5.8) The characters that this show have is really enjoyable in my opinion. each individual think inside there own world which really shines there own personality individually and there way of solving things. Shiro barely have anything going on for her chara development and personality but i guess sticking with her old self works best for her. Kuro at the other hand prob got the most screen time and had more conflicted thoughts and problems that really build her mindset and way of thinking. if i have to pick a favorite girl it's pretty obvious the winner is ofcourse rena and thecommunity can back me up on this fact. She might be the most plain and balance character in this whole anime but that balancedness and charming character design with just a few screen time is what end up capturing most of the viewers attention. Plus probably the only thing that ease the cringy plot and scenario this show have is the characters. i'll say the comedy is a mediocre, it can be pretty funny but sometimes the jokes can really fall flat.
Fusk049
A Historia começa até bem gostei da dinâmica ali entre o Sueharu e as irmãs coloridas, e seu relacionamento com a Kuroha é muito legal, mas logo muda pra uma coisa nada a ver de passado com televisão e a paixão dele pela Shiro( que original kuro x shiro). Logo após acontecem situações ridículas, o amigo do Sueharu que do nada vira um produtor foda, as brigas que em qualquer harem tem. A Maria é um personagem ridiculo, O desenvolvimento deixa muito a desejar O final com a Kuro falando que vai ser Namorada de infancia do Sueharu é uma afronta a nossa inteligencia. Pontos fracos; - Personagensdescartáveis, estereotipados.
- Historia sem nexo algum
- Namorada de infância(vontade de vomitar)
Pontos fortes
- AS irmãs coloridas
IgnatiusTheFirst
Probably contain spoiler, i warm you my friend I make it short and quick since this is old anime, almost a year old so i use old review template, its pros and cons Based on my experience back in 2021 (because i didnt use MAL yet, so i didnt write review that day) Pros : Loveable character, they have solid lineup, Kachi is basically the most mature woman in this anime, Kuroha is also solid childhood friend who didnt cringe as much as other character in other anime, Maria is basically yea cringe little sister (i didnt call her as heroine, i prefer her become little sister more thanlover)
Everyone have pretty good relationship, like kachi like haru when first meet him during haru first visit to her mansion, kuroha basically like big sister who always there for haru, and maria is just like adorable little sister who always cling you
Good ED and OP
VAs is pretty competent at them job
Cons :
Cringe dance scene, if you read this, i totally recommended u to skip dance scene except the ads scene, the dance good there but not haru dance one, its cringe
Story kinda wack, there is 1 plot who potential hook me, and its revenge of Kachi, but middle of the show, they decide to drop it, i mean what happened to revenge thing? i mean i expect she going to shoot down haru or like it but hey she just melt suddenly when hear mc story
Kuroha story part, yea kuroha middle the show have amnesia after kuroha reject haru, u hear it right, reject haru, wtf man, how do you get amnesia because reject someone? u can just accept it bruh, i cant even explain why? i rewatch it, i cant bear how cringe the plot when it come amnesia issue, i also skip it
Overall i give 8 out 10, because this is my first experience after rewatch 3 times, i cant bear cringe anymore, just notice how awful story
Thats should all Adios!
Jean77
This is one of my major deceptions of my life. What a wasted potencial in a very good and interesnting plot when we watch the story of one of the best planned love triangles among the girl which the protagonist liked and the other one who rejected the man. We had a lot of clearly skipped gaps in the worst way, and well, since the EP3 it's more like a comercial to buy the novel than a serie. This is not a actually review, I've just finished the last episode and I wanted to left my thoughts of the moment here. The serie is enjoyable,but I don't recomment it because we probably won't watch a sequel -if I am honest is a good drama- unless you can read japanese of course, there are many parts obviated and questions without answer.
