Keikenzumi na Kimi to, Keiken Zero na Ore ga, Otsukiai suru Hanashi.
Duração: 23 min per ep
Gênero: Romance
Estudio: ENGI
Sinopse:
To the shy and reclusive Ryuuto Kashima, associating himself with his popular classmate Runa Shirakawa is nothing but a distant fantasy—or so he thought. After losing a bet with his friends and being coerced into confessing to Runa, Ryuuto's world is flipped upside down: instead of the cruel rejection he was expecting, Runa agrees to go out with him!
But dating Runa proves to be overwhelming for Ryuuto, who requests that their relationship remain a secret known only by their closest friends. His decision, however, leads to a series of mishaps that he fears will doom the relationship. As they work through their misunderstandings, Ryuuto reveals his insecurities stemming from his past experiences, and the two grow closer together.
Just when things are getting back on track, Ryuuto's middle school crush, Maria Kurose, transfers to his class and begins to stir up a fuss. At the same time, terrible rumors about Runa spread around the school, prompting Ryuuto to take desperate measures to protect her.
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ZeroMajor12
When you have accumulated enough experience or watched enough anime, you begin to see a pattern where most season will often have their share of anime so that every part of the demographic is fulfilled. Casuals and action fanatics got their meal with the 2nd course of Jujutsu Kaisen S2, fans of heartfelt drama are present with the all-new Sousou no Frieren and The Apothecary Diaries. And then you have your usual palette of romance, varying in quality though since everyone has their schtick on it. Naturally, there will be various types of anime to provide to any anime fans, even fans of run-of-the-mill romances.By that point, it's obvious that Kimizero is another anime catered towards romance suckers. Without wasting any time, let's jump into it.
First, the production value is nothing short of bland mediocrity at its finest. Who would expect anything good from ENGI after the abomination I had to witness like The Detective is Already Dead? The character models sometimes go off-model, they are mostly still in every shot, and whenever they have to perform movement, it just looks awkward. What would you expect when they adapt another crappy romance light novel? Yup, there's nothing else to comment on other than the word "bad" plastered. Even their main promo picture looks like it was made by an amateur.
When I comment about bad anime, the majority of them would be a lack of character detail or inept storytelling from the author, and this anime is no exception. This anime is filled with tropes that pathetically tried their hand to subvert tropes, only to be for naught. Kashima is a socially awkward otaku who got forced into dating the most fake gyaru ever written. It never tries to develop layers beneath their persona, since the anime is intent on only focusing on the cute romance scenes that don't feel earned whatsoever. The awkward guy in love with an extroverted girl relationship has been tested and succeeded multiple times by different anime like Hyouka or Bokuyaba, but whatever this relationship built up to has been squandered by the mediocrity of the author's capacity to write a compelling romance story. Then you have the most generic friends just to remind you that they have friends, where you're forced to sit through supposed yapping about online creators, trends, or anything just to appeal to the young demographic, but it feels like some old man throwing gestures without understanding the meaning behind it. It just wants to include Gyarus and Otakus for the sake of it.
What's worse about the storytelling is that the premise is not all that bad. Of course, it is generic with the usual relationship, but it had an interesting node with Luna's past suggesting that she was mistreated by her past boyfriends, but never proceeded to expand that hook after Episode 1. It has been used plenty of times before like in other anime, however, it would have made Luna into a more interesting character other than this fake, robotic, and insincere character who just acts nice to everyone she meets. And the anime expects us to believe she's sincere and empathetic to everyone she holds close? It doesn't try to suggest that maybe Luna was a victim of abuse, doesn't try to show that Luna was traumatized by it, or have Luna somewhat push people away from being afraid of being hurt. No, instead you get Luna being too nice that she's willing to let go of people and somehow that's good enough. Then what's the point of the multiple boyfriends then? You could throw away that detail and the anime would work just as fine. With this statement, Luna Shirakawa is the epitome of an AI girlfriend who has no flaws to be explored and made up drama for the sake of its romance.
Luna was such a bad character that even Maria, the supposed love breaker, is more well-written than the main love interest, and that's saying something. Before it decided to make Maria suddenly submissive and willing to let Luna win, she had actual grounded motives and feelings, though it's pretty stupid if it happens in real life, but it's still something that can be understood. A girl trying to get back someone she rejected, only to realize she squandered her chance with a potential boyfriend. Her character is easily the most interesting and holds actual drama behind it. Even the bad boy had more presence than Kashima, who had most of the show's screen time. I get that introverts don't hold a candle against these guys, but when you have the main character and his otaku friends just spouting about streamers and FPS games all the time without any actual meta-reference, it feels like a cheap throwaway just to attract younglings.
I have made my point clear enough. Thank you for reading.
Ionliosite2
There’s almost always one random anime that will get some controversy no matter if for something that is minimal or stupid yet will become the center of criticisms about the show, and in this case the series that got this treatment was KimiZero. For some reason, the main girl made some people go crazy with part of her gimmick, which in this series is that she already had relationships with other boys in the past and even had sex with them. That’s all, and as it was proven in the past by series like HigeHiro where you could complain about basically anything like bad writing,bad animation, badly written characters, etc, but instead people ignore them and whine about a completely unrelated thing, as the main complain there was also that the girl in the cover wasn’t a virgin.
Some people will say that the writing of this series seems like it was made by an incel, and I have to disagree, after all, that kind of people are the most likely to complain that the girl had sex before. In fact, I can’t comprehend how such a simple series like a romcom got so misunderstood, the memo that you get from here is not that having multiple relationships and sex with literally anything is good, no, the series paints this in a negative light and Runa regrets it because it happened due to her bad decisions on how to make a significant relationship. The fact that this simple fact gets over so many people’s heads is surprising to me, as it is something very easy to pick up from so many episodes, the one in the festival in particular is extremely blatant about this. This series at least tries to make sense, as some people will have a sexual life earlier than others, and they might regret it later if it isn’t with someone that matters to them in the first place.
But now, is KimiZero a good series? Of course fucking not, as much as I want to side with the fans of this series, that simply isn’t possible for me. At the very least, I think this series is commendable for actually having the main girl who is super popular and beautiful interacting with boys, and having had relationships in the past, because in most romcoms God forbid that the main girl has ever interacted with any boy except the MC. The series obviously suffers from average romcom and light novel writing, nothing actually exciting happens, and when it does, it is written like a Mexican telenovela, like, do people think that the twin sister of a girl faking to be her is not something ridiculous? As it happens, the MC is also bland as hell and the relationship came to be in a completely unnatural way, it happened because Tanjiro asked Runa to become his girlfriend after he lost a bet with his friends and she simply accepts like it was nothing, no one in their sane mind would see this and think it isn’t forced, and even if some moments between Tanjiro and Runa were fine enough, it isn’t enough to see this series and think it was anything meaningful. I can stand the telenovela tier writing because I grew up watching a lot of them, so that’s why most romcoms are not something that bother me at all, and this one is not exception, this series is simply boring most of the time and not much more, it isn’t actively annoying, and it was a good enough joke when a character started talking about something they are very passionate about and the other was completely lost without understanding anything.
Nicole acting like a bitch towards Tanjiro was always something weird, she constantly told him that he shouldn’t do anything bad about Runa, when he looks so inoffensive and his personality is literally “I’m nice”, I can only wonder if she was doing the same for previous Runa boyfriends or if she saw Runa being hurt so many times she started being overprotective coincidentally with him, I want to believe the second one, especially because Runa seems to ignore a lot of her advices, but there’s nothing to tell me that she isn’t like this because the current guy is the protagonist and apparently she must annoy him. There’s also other romantic relationships happening in the background with Tanjiro’s friends and the other gyaru, but they go nowhere and fail miserably at it. And Maria is probably the side character that is most important, her deal is really weird, she is also in love with Tanjiro and he even confessed his love towards her in the past but she rejected him, so why is she seeking for his love now even after she rejected him before? Is it just to have more drama in the show, as it happens she is jealous of Runa, but at the same time wants to be more noticed by her because of their relationship? She acts like a bitch half of the series and then victimizes herself, she clearly has problems in her, and it all revolves around Runa and Tanjiro.
As it stands, KimiZero is basically just a generic romcom with more drama than it should have, but at the same time has a female MC that seems more plausible than other girls from other romcoms, thanks to her not being an untouchably pure virgin. I seriously cannot make an effort to be on either side of the conflict about the series, since I for one think that anyone can have any relationship with anyone they want, so I cannot agree with the haters, but I also disagree with the people saying this is a wholesome show, as nothing about it stands out as actually meaningful or even cute.
Thank you for reading.
Smilomaniac
This is a teenager's romantic show that I think is somewhat useful for boys and young men, but maybe not so much for girls or women. In short you can expect a sugary development, a modicum of drama in the form of misunderstandings, some character development of our couple and enough bitterness to temper the bliss. In conclusion a decent romantic show, mostly generic, low levels of humor and a mediocre production value and performance. The premise is not a new one, nerd boy (Ryuuto) loses a bet and has to ask out the school's most popular girl (Runa - modest gyaru/gal type) and sheaccepts. As the title of the show suggests, she's experienced and he's not.
We've seen this before in 'dress-up darling', 'horimiya', 'my first girlfriend is a gal' and several other shows. The premise of this show is not immediately obvious however and the subplot slowly starts to develop as our couple get along. In true soap opera fashion a girl returns from the past who also happens to be related to Runa.
Supporting cast is decent but nothing special, the show almost only revolves around the main love interests.
Some of the misunderstandings can be a little grating and predictable. Why a 7 (good) instead of a 6 (fine)? Because while a lot of shows milk you for time and just push the conclusion, this one does have a good point to its story and drama and can be more relatable than I think most romance shows, the pair dynamic aside. It's also not littered with fan service and 'kyaaa' peeks, which is a relief.
I've already given you the plot summary and what to expect, so go no further if you don't want to know more.
The rest from here are my thoughts on how the characters and how the story develops.
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The reason I stated that this is useful for boys is that one of the 'mystifying' elements of girls, when you're young, is that they flip-flop emotionally depending on the social expectations they experience and set for themselves and others.
To many Runa is going to be a frustrating character - Despite her investing herself in whomever her boyfriend at the time is, her positive outlook and romantic ideals, she's insecure and very quick to run away from confrontation. Her having had many boyfriends has only given her experiences in a shallow way and when Ryuuto starts mattering to her she gets hurt so much quicker.
Insecurity is by no means exclusive to girls, but it is especially prevalent for them since its common for them to ascribe meaning to social interactions that isn't intended or seen by others (something that can continue well into adulthood), which is why women moreso than men are thought of to be prone to drama.
Please do not take this as a 'literally all' generalization, all people have some measure of insecurity but because girls mature quicker they experience this faster than boys. Also boys tend to be insecure from a lack of achievement from which they primarily derive self worth.
That little tangent aside, the point is that I think the show does a good job of showing you some of the issues you can expect from a school relationship. Not so much repeated impossible timing misunderstandings, but misunderstandings in general and what others might see as an issue even if you don't. And, also to not give up and to figure out what you want and go for it.
I don't think Runa is particularly realistic, but I recognize many facets of her behaviour from past relationships and I think it makes for a decently considered story.
Ryuuto himself is nothing to write home about, he's mostly an everyman who makes a few good observations and starts steering his life in a long term direction which is admirable and a good approach. I think his limitations are what you could expect from an inexperienced boy, so his weaknesses aren't annoying or particularly unrealistic, at least for a somewhat socially awkward nerd.
Cyrose
As an anime fan, I don’t really have a specific genre that I prefer over others. Each genre has its own charms. An anime of the romance genre like "Our Dating Story: The Experienced You and The Inexperienced Me" usually consists of an emotionally driven story focusing on the romantic relationship between two people. The centrepiece of such a work is the process of falling in love and the organic growth in the relationship, which usually resolves into a lovely romantic ending. Our Dating Story is a bit of a departure from the traditions of the genre. The premonitory signs of its arrival are present inother titles from recent times, signs indicating that the Ani-Manga industry is beginning to pick up on emerging patterns in our society. The result is a title that mirrors how our romantic relationships are changing in ways that I do not think is for the better. With this review I will try to explain my thoughts.
The Animation
Let’s address the least negative aspects first by mentioning its animation. Our Dating Story has a typical romance art style where the characters are the main focus the majority of the time. The backgrounds are either not shown or just blurry and not as detailed as the faces of the characters. One good thing is that there wasn’t any fan service that would have made the show even more awkward than already is.
The Story
Our Dating Story has the same setting as in any other typical romance anime, pairing up the most popular girl in school, Runa, with our old boring male MC, Ryuuto. How original. Although actually, it is original to a degree. The character descriptions in the title aren't there for no reason: while the girl, "The Experienced You", is famous for having the experience, the young man, "The Inexperienced Me", is about as popular and experienced as ... well, the inexperienced me. And it's this central premise, being an accurate reflection of societal trends, that gives the anime its spark of originality.
However, the presentation of how this love story plays out sits uneasily with me, and furthermore raises serious questions and concerns about the romance genre in general.
Why has the male role in Anime become so pithless and low on esteem?
Why has the standard of the female role become “highly experienced”, degrading and even shameless?
There is a sense of disrespect in the whole story directed at both sides. As an example of how it disregards and disrespects the male role, let's consider why Ryuuta fell for Runa in the first place. The anime tried to make it look as though it's all natural attraction, but when you dig deeper, you find the real reason he's attracted to her is because she's famous amongst the other guys - he's basically just a fanboy!
In addition, the story propagates the idea that a boring but nice, traditional anime male protagonist would likely choose an experienced, non-traditional girl over an innocent, traditional one. The show does this by presenting a secondary love interest in the form of Runa's sister, Maria. Maria is more in the mould of the traditional anime girl in that she is inexperienced. But the anime made her character manipulative and unlikeable, and I feel like this was done just to make us like Runa more.
Our Dating Story also disrespects the female role. While the boy stays somewhat traditional, the girl on the other hand is so lost that it's actually saddening: she doesn't even understand how relationships function, and the anime treats her like a senseless person, using ignorance as an excuse for negligent behaviour. Runa had slept with a few other guys in the mistaken belief that this is what dating and relationships are all about, and the story glosses over it like it's not a big deal. The main message this sends is that it doesn't matter because Runa doesn't know what she's doing. To be fair, she did make some progress towards the end as she slowly realised her earlier mistakes and came to appreciate how dating and relationships really work. However, this progress wasn't particularly deep.
The final straw for me came when, at one point in the anime, the boy actually said: “I want to be worthy enough to be your boyfriend.” At that point, I closed chrome, turned off my computer and just sat there for long minutes trying to understand when and how did romance anime end up like this. With all due respect, how is this even remotely entertaining or enjoyable? I honestly feel anger that this type of plot elements are allowed to become the norm.
As a sensitive person myself I can easily get depressed by the smallest incidents, gestures and even thoughts, so why would I want this modern generation and everything that is happening in our worn out society to influence the only source of escapism that I have left? I started watching anime because I felt in it a world that was more enjoyable and less stressful than real life. So when an anime brings real events into its premise, it can be demanding and difficult to watch. This anime is just one of myriad attempts within a short period designed to pollute the only refuge from real life left, the anime industry. That said, I am not totally against the dramatization of real life in anime, but at the very least, the drama should be believable and arise from the natural interactions between the characters. In Our Dating Story, the presentation of the drama does not feel genuine: it feels forced into the writing and the settings.
Premise / Influences
Whilst the premise of Our Dating Story can be seen as a factual presentation on how injured the state of our dating scene and relationships are, as the story progresses it also shows the male MC leading the relationship in a more traditional direction. When Ryuuto was offered sex by Runa early on he actually turned it down as he was on a "mission" to show her how a genuine relationship is built. Although this is a worthy end goal in the story, I still can't get behind the representation and normalisation of the current hookup culture found in the plot, because it sets a bad example for our society. Runa from Our Dating Story is just one of many recent characters inspired by this trend, with other examples including Elina (Mushoku Tensei), Ogiwara Saryu (Hige wo Soru), Himeno (Chainsaw Man), etc.
I really believe that women like Makise Kurisu (Steins;Gate), Hyuuga Hinata (Naruto), Yatogami Tooka (Date A Live) are not only great examples of loyal waifus, but their like also exist in real life. Similarly, the likes of Vanitas (Vanitas no Karte), Todoroki Shouto (My Hero Academia), Houtarou Oreki (Hyouka) and Roronoa Zoro (One Piece) are male characters that as a man I feel I can look up to. As their models are exemplary loyal.
It's obnoxious when romance is reduced to sexuality, and when any show containing ecchi elements is becoming so increasingly sex-centred that it's not funny or cute any more. I miss the times when talking, a hug or even just a pat on the had were considered romantic gestures; when we waited not for when or how these characters lay down together, but for merely a kiss to seal a relationship. This show on the hand is completely lacking in this kind of genuine emotional chemistry that I consider enjoyable.
Conclusion
Our Dating Story: The Experienced You and The Inexperienced Me, is the final straw for me thanks to its uncomfortable and distressing plot elements. Although it draws inspiration from reality, to be instructive to the audience it must provide good examples to emulate. Despite some positive progression, in general this anime does quite the opposite. For this reason I cannot recommend it. In fact, I strongly suggest you watch something else, for example these romance anime:
- ReLife
- Darling in The Franxx
- Nisekoi
- Plastic Memories (drama)
- Snow White with the Red Hair
- Date A Live
If you are new to anime, please watch Date A live instead of this destructive act on our ani-manga industry. By instilling these characteristics traits as obligatory, Our Dating Story reinforces the current societal trends, sending us on a downward spiral that will devastate our social lives in the future. I am honestly afraid that plot elements like this will be used more and more often, so I felt I had to express my thoughts and feelings for the sake of the Ani-Manga industry.
I also know that this is just an Anime, but every media can make significant impressions on our lives. Thus I believe you can judge an anime based not only on its animation and characters, but on its core principles and how its premise influences society.
Much appreciation goes to kekekeKaj to his generous contribution on improving my review for submission!
Thank you for reading!
Justykanna
Our Dating Story: The Experienced You and The Inexperienced Me has a very strong story behind it, with it's main flaw being how it both starts and ends. Story & Characters: Our Dating Story: The Experienced You and The Inexperienced Me tells the story of Ryuuto Kashima, an introverted high schooler who once asked Maria Kurose out after finally summing up the courage to tell her that he likes her. This was back in middle school. They eventually got seperated because her dad had different work situations that didn't allow her to stay at the same school. Now, Ryuuto is tricked by hisfriends Yuusuke and Ren to confess to another girl. The pick this time? The ever so popular Runa Shirakawa, known for going on lots of dates and dating... a lot of different dudes. After confessing, they both basically start dating to "try it out". It's a pretty weak premise, and may make you appreciate anime where the lead up to the final episode is where our main duo start to date. Despite all this, the stories about our main characters are actually filled with a decent amount of drama and pull!
Ryuuto and his friends game a lot, and have taken a liking to a streamer named KEN. Together, they watch streams and discuss the latest happenings in the gaming world. But, being high school friends, they tease each other in ways that many others might. Including making Ryuuyo somehow confess to one of the most popular girls in his grade AND get her to say yes. Runa comes with her own baggage, in that the whole school somehow how this unfair opinion on her as a girl, and it puts her in a weird position. The rumours? That she dates guys for a short time, sleeps with them, then is single again after a month or two. It's not flattering. That in itself could have built up more drama that it did, but still, it brings up a good point that the quiet and introverted Ryuuto dating a popular and outgoing Runa brings about a solid story. The "nice guy" act? Is Runa looking for what, and what parts of the rumours surrounding her are true? I really liked what they did with her story because they aren't exactly easily answered.
Nikoru is Runa's best friend and one of my favourite archetypes - the friend who always has your back. Not only this, but she backs up those words EASILY. She isn't one to mince words and makes it perfectly clear that she's watching out for Runa, including what nasty rumours float on about her. If I didn't love her enough, she had a few plot points sprinkled around the season, and they do a good job displaying those sides of her. As mentioned previously, Ryuuto's friends Ren and Yuusuke don't really amount to much outside of being included in a few episodes as being "kind of there". They could have added more to their characters with what little we saw, but it never amounted to much. Same goes for Shuugo Sekiya, a friend of Ryuuto's that he goes to cram school with. His view of love is weirdly skewed in a certain direction, and I didn't feel like he added much to the series at all - outside of basically having one job in the series, which I didn't even like. Maria joins the cast and randomly appears in Ryuuto's life for portions of the series. And what does she do? Immediately cause drama. Her character does a really good job at giving this series a bit of a different feel, and her connections to Runa also add another solid layer to a series that keeps adding some stronger plot points. Not everyone will like her because of certain lengths she goes through to see Ryuuto, but she's still a strong add to the series, and she develops quite nicely by the end.
In case it wasn't obvious already, this series basically seeks to ask two questions: How will Ryuuto handle the most popular girl in his grade, especially when he isn't experienced at dating, and how will their very differing personalities clash? These are strong storylines that, when done well, create some fantastic moments in romance anime. And you know what? I think it was handled pretty well. Experience in dating is obviously what the series' title is referring to, and watching the person who is "experienced" in dating going about her life with someone who isn't, was actually quite magical for me. What's she expecting out of person number-x? Her personality is quite bubbly and happy, and it lends itself well to having a partner with literally zero experience in dating. Could she have pushed harder? Yeah, maybe. But seeing someone like Ryuuto try so hard for his partner is always a joy to watch.
The strength of the series lies in the stories told in the middle, as these are the moments when Ryuuto and Runa are trying to sort out what makes them different, and how best the past the time when they have time together. Some of the choices are somewhat predictable, or far too common in anime, but at the very least, they are executed well enough. My personal favourite was a place that they went to with some other classmates because it was both different, and gave us time to see their personalities fleshed out a little more than usual. Outside of our main duo, their many of Ryuuto's classmates don't interact with each other much, so this was a good moment to see that.
As we get to the final episode, we expect a wrap up of sorts, but this series doesn't really do that in a conventional way. Instead, they try and add a lot of ideas into the finale, and they're all really rushed. They're strong, but they needed time to breath a bit more than they did. With that amount of content, you could easily stretch it into two or three episodes and create more great moments between characters, and I wish they did that. (Story: 8/10, Characters: 7/10)
Art: This series probably wasn't very high budget, but the animation does it's job for the most part. There's nothing too offensive in the movement or nicer moments, which is good to see. For a series that sports a character with some questionable backstories like Runa, I was expecting some random fan service shots, but these were basically all kept out, thankfully. (7/10)
Sound: No real complaints about the sound either. Again, it mostly does it's job here. (7/10)
Overall: Our Dating Story: The Experienced You and The Inexperienced Me has some fantastic story moments, even if they could have been given more time to breath a little - specifically with some of our side characters, and the finale. The low-ish production value didn't bother me all that much because getting to know two very different characters with our main duo was the draw of the series. This is a decent school-romance pick up, even if it's not exceptional. (7/10)
Yerimchi
The voice of Ryuuto is a pain to the ears for the full 12 episodes this show has. I can not believe how embarrassed I sometimes felt to even listen to what comes out of Ryuuto's mouth. Ryuuto is literally acting like a cuck non stop. The way he talks makes u want stop watching anime. Imagine having a conversation with someone, and everytime u hear this sound from Ryuuto: ddwaaahhhuu, dwhhaauhh, uughhm, aahhhmm. He makes this sound like 5 times an episode. Why? The classic introvert, the classic getting flustered at his girl, the classic I'm a dumbass. I dont understand why Japanese animeand manga creators keep making these extreme losers in dating series. If you do, atleast develop them so it makes it more fun
Gwynbleidd_Alan
This show actually had potential and I felt intrigued by some of the concepts shown in episode 1, but it ends up introducing drama just for the sake of drama and sadly falls into patterns and predictable plot points which causes all of the potential to turn to nothingness. The characters are very stereotypical (Gyaru and lonely Otaku) and it tries to break free from said stereotypes but ultimately fails to do so. The main character Ryuuto is incredibly bland and basically more or less "forced" to date the Gyaru as the relationship pretty much came to be in a completely unnatural way,after he lost a bet with his friends and he "had to ask her out". Unlike you would expect, she actually ends up accepting like it was nothing, which as mentioned before has the potential to be intriguing since it is a rather strange way to get a relationship started. Another promising aspect is Runa's apparent mistreatment and exploitation in past relationships which could have made for interesting character development. While it sounds nice on paper, it ends up being a lot of potential which is not followed up upon.
They somehow can't talk about their problems like human beings and it introduces plot twist which had me rolling my eyes at best. The aspect about the apparent mistreatment never really gets built up further other than the first episode and so she turns into a robotic stereotypical Gyaru who is nice to everyone. The show tries to focus on the romantic scenes but they tend to be awkward because the main character is, well, awkward and that's about all I can say for his character. He stays quiet when he shouldn't and this leads to problems getting worse and worse cause he can't speak up. It tends to feel like the drama is shoehorned into the story cause they had to make it interesting somehow and include drama because "every romance needs it". There's also the usual "misunderstanding arc" towards the end which is completely unnecessary because it could have been avoided entirely if they actually talked about their feelings.
The animation is average at best. The supporting characters are also pretty bland and forgettable, other than Maria who probably has the most complex character as basically the "love crasher". Everything is just painfully average, which summarizes the anime quite well. While not completely horrible, is is also not a good romance Anime by any means. It sort of just exists and is okay but there's many, MANY better options to chose from. Not memorable or interesting enough and I honestly do not recommend this one at all
Alematt288
This anime is really really bad... it started kinda good, well we've got the same main character that is a loser so we can relate to and then there's the super popular girl that this main character (Who is a loser, let's all remember that) really likes but of course he doesn't have a single chance to date her because he is in fact a loser, just like you, just like us... BUT WAIT! HE CONFESSES AND THEY ACTUALLY START DATING?!? SHE BRINGS HIM HOME AND SHE WANTS TO HAVE S*X WITH HIM? Now who's the loser here huh? Alright, now let's be serious for amoment, this is not why I'm not reccomending this anime, many other titles have similar stories and characters, for example one that I actually reccomend that also has a gyaru main girl is "Fuufu Ijou, Koibito Miman", that one is pretty fun and has 12 enjoyable episodes, but this one is just stupid.
The main reason I dislike this anime is because of the characters, the main dude is so plain, and the girl is kinda annoying and doesn't even look that good honestly.
The other "important" character is the sister/ex-crush Maria, who could have been an actual interesting character but she's also way too weird and her story starts randomly.
Basically she was the girl the main character confessed to years before, but of course she rejected him because... c'mon you know it, HE IS A LOSER! But then, out of nowhere she is now interested in him, she actually loves him! Whaaat? No way.
The other characters are also bland and annoying, there's not a single interesting one.
I think that the problems started when they introduced Maria, if this anime was actually about a dude who's completely inexperienced when it comes to dating and a girl that already knows lots about dating, it would have been way better in my opinion, but no, let's just introduce this random girl at the start of the series and make the story focused on her.
Honestly some episodes are enjoyable, like the fireworks one, but the more you watch it the less you care about finishing it, you already know what's gonna happen and like I said, besides some cute scenes it's not worth your time.
The animations aren't even that good, it's one of the usual low quality romance anime but this time, the story quality also sucks.
I had to watch the last episodes at x2 speed because I would have probably fell off my chair, so yeah maybe I lost some important story bits but honestly it probably wouldn't be worth it anyway.
owisty
Let me paint a picture for you: Kimi Zero—an anime that whispers of inconsequential teenage romance. 🌸 This delightful series delves into themes of love, social isolation, and family fractures. At first glance, I admit, it seemed a tad unrealistic. I mean, don’t we all secretly hope that if we like someone, they might just like us back? But alas, reality doesn’t always play along—cue the wry laughter! 😄 Now, let’s talk characters. Runa, oh Runa! She’s a gem—far from perfect, mind you. She tiptoes on the tightrope between adulthood and youthful innocence. Her quirks? Endearing. Her cuteness? Off the charts. 🌟 And then there’s Ryuto. Initially, he’sthe shy kid in the corner, blushing at the mere thought of conversation. But hold your horses! By the final stretch, he blossoms into a character with depth and growth. It’s like watching a caterpillar transform into a butterfly—okay, maybe not that poetic, but you get the drift. 🦋
Now, the anime itself mirrors its characters. It evolves, matures, and—dare I say—becomes downright captivating. Episode 11? A crescendo of emotions. You’ll feel it—the raw, unfiltered connection between this couple. It’s like catching fireflies in a jar—a fleeting, magical moment that warms your heart. ✨
So, my friend, Kimi Zero isn’t just an anime; it’s a little vial of happiness. Silly? Perhaps. But it’s a remedy—a dose of peace, joy, and teenage romance. And sometimes, that’s all we need. 🌼🎶
Neurochitin
On the surface, Kimizero appears to just be a self-insert fantasy, where the unpopular guy gets the popular girl without any effort. While that is certainly how it starts off, it ends up telling a surprisingly deep and complex story. I would call Kimizero a celebration of imperfection: people make wrong choices, but that is okay, mistakes are something you can learn from! You can have one idea at one time and a different idea at another time — it's fine to change your mind! Different people have different preferences! Some parts of the show will seem blindingly inconsistent, but that misses the bigger pointthat real life is not consistent, either.
I especially like Kimizero because it dares to show happy people being happy, without those parts being boring. I feel like many other romance anime fail at this element in one way or another. The show does have weird tropey misunderstandings from time to time, but they are usually resolved refreshingly quickly.
To be clear, Kimizero is not a literary masterpiece; some of the storyline choices are definitely questionable. If you're allergic to tropes of any kind in romance anime, and are utterly bored by the thought of a happy couple without underlying drama, Kimizero might not be for you. But if you're on the fence, give it a try, you might be surprised.
Danreis
Here we have an average anime that would normally be seen and forgotten in the sea of Romcoms released every year, but which received a wave of completely unnecessary hate. The premise of the story revolves around Kashima Ryuuto, a totally ordinary boy, who manages to date Shirakawa Runa, the most popular girl in school and who is famous for having had many boyfriends because her relationships apparently don't last very long. For some reason this premise of a female protagonist who is not an untouched virgin was more shocking than other stories from this same season in which we had things like the defense of incestuousrelationships, relationships between adults and teenagers or between a pig and a human.
In fact, without going into spoilers, it surprised me how the story, although it doesn't make a big judgment about Runa's past, makes it clear how she is much more a victim of guys who used her and threw her away, but in the first few episodes it demonstrates the importance of keeping your "first times" to share when you feel ready and with the people you really want.
Now getting into what's really bad about this story, I highlight the subpar animation which, combined with uninspired direction, makes emotional moments not very impactful and makes the comic timing very bad at times.
Although I sympathize with some characters, most of them are empty and don't contribute anything to the story, or when a sub-plot with secondary characters is introduced it is executed in a way that made me wish they hadn't even tried to do something with them.
Honestly, I had fun watching this anime, I liked the premise and the message but I admit that it is an average anime but it received much more attention than it should have and for incredibly silly reasons. If you like romcoms, give this anime a chance and see for yourself how all the controversy surrounding this anime is completely unnecessary.
Rahdwiin
Keikenzumi is an anime that starts with a premise that as a whole is entirely not original, but that has a small spice to it that makes it different than most of the others one could watch of this genre, which is the fact that the main girl is the experienced one and that already had plenty of relationships, while the main boy is the one that never did anything related to romance. Just because of that alone, there will surely be plenty of people that will hate this anime, because they are unable to see a main girl that is not a pure andinnocent angel getting the spotlight, however, the ones considering watching this anime should not bother with that, for this is the literal one single thing that it is able to do properly: the interaction between someone with experience and someone without, and how each of them reacts to one another.
That is not to say though, that there are not plenty of others reasons to not watch this anime, because there surely are. From standard romances, it is probably among the worst ones of all, with not only very bad writing but also very bad investment on the anime, giving it ugly (though not the worst possible) animations, cheap style, lack of any significant music, and an horrible direction that cuts very relevant content from the light novel making some episodes utterly nonsensical. If that investment problem was all, it would not be a big issue, for romance animes tend to be less demanding in terms of animation and investment in general, to begin with, however it is not a case in which the quality of the animation sinks down the quality of the writing, it is a case in which both of these aspects hold hands and sink together to the bottom of the seas.
Every single character is extremely shallow and plain uninteresting, with motives that the ones watching would easily wonder if the author even gave it some thoughts before writing it. From common nonsense of characters falling in love after an exchange of 5 words on the stairs, to the famous group of losers that spend most of their day horny and makes that their entire personality, this anime has most of the standard badly written scenarios, and the development of the plot and its attempts to create dramas doesn not fall behind. Each drama that happens throughout the anime manages to be sillier than the one that happened before, to the point that one could wonder if they are really teenagers, and not middle-school children because of such silly mentality, with characters fighting over the most stupid and irrelevant things, and even risking their relationships over reasons so petty that it feels absurd, the type of thing that could be solved by literally talking for 20 seconds with each other. Perhaps that was an attempt to replicate the silly nature that teenagers of this age tend to possess, but it is made in such an absurd and exaggerated way that instead it feels like the show is about kids of 8 years old fighting between themselves because one took the toy of the other.
For those looking for something that simply has cute interactions, this anime may be something desirable, for it does have a few cute moments, but besides that; the fact that it follows well its premise of experience versus inexperience; and a few good original designs that manage to carry on even to the cheap animation, there is nothing else that this anime offers of valor. Every character besides the two main girls has absolutely zero depth, and while these two—Runa and Maria—does have a little bit more going for them, that does not save them from being badly written as well. Every other character—important characters, a relevant detail—is bad to the point that they do not even make sense, and if not straight from the beginning, they will disappoint and feel extremely childish or stupid at some point.
BabyBallDylan
In the world of anime, we as viewers are shown so many beautiful romance stories. There are so many romances out there that have deeply moved me with their plot and execution, but that's just one of many things Our Dating Story does badly, execution. If I understand correctly, Our Dating Story: The Experienced You and the Inexperienced Me, is a show about characters with such cripplingly low self-esteem all growing up together and trying to overcome that. On top of a story about a group of people who are all the same on the surface but so wildly different on the inside. This is aconcept I can get behind. However, this is a show that feels like nothing goes as the Author intended. Moments that were supposed to be emotional character moments feel unintelligent. Like Ryuto saying "I'm so disgusting for this" because he disagreed with Runa about the color of a flier. Almost all the "drama" in this show could've been avoided with a talk and a little maturity. The characters self-deprecation is hard to watch, it reminds me of my 14-year-old self. I highly doubt that's what the Author intended. To say nothing of Runa's greatly criticized character, the characters in this show top to bottom feel shallow and unintelligent. I don't mean that as in they're idiots or anything, unintelligently written. Although some are idiots too.
In terms of comedy, most of the jokes were just your run of the mill anime gags. I can't say the jokes in this show caused me to laugh much, but for what it's worth, I did laugh a decent amount during this show. Most of it just happened to be at how ridiculous the actual plot was. I kept switching between laughing at it and getting genuinely frustrated. It was hard to pick. In general, the actual comedy was generic.
It all feels somewhat generic. It somehow feels like both a generic romance with no interesting dynamics and a nonsensical melodrama that made you feel like you were missing something from how ridiculous it was. Like the core message behind the show is "Teenagers are fucking stupid". It actually makes "My Stepmoms Daughter is my Ex" look like a well thought out drama. On top of that there're about 0 meaningful twists in this entire story after the first episode. It all goes exactly how you'd expect. I had to force myself through the later episodes.
Personally, never has animation quality been a factor in enjoyment. However, it is worth noting that the animation here is subpar. It's normally not enough to be a bother though, besides in the "Survival Games" episode. That was embarrassing to watch.
To say something positive, I will mention the peppy opening is very good. Maaya Uchida continues to impress.
In conclusion, Media is subjective. Everyone is moved by different things. But to me, "Our Dating Story: The Experienced You and the Inexperienced Me" Is an anime that maybe had a semi-interesting concept, but one that just never got going. Started slow, was nonsensical and frustrating throughout, and had an ending that wasn't "bad", but it didn't make up for having to watch all of this. Perhaps it has to do with my past issues with low self-esteem, but I did not at all like how this was portrayed here. I appreciate the intent, but it just wasn't executed well. 4/10
kuriikata
3/10 If i can describe this anime is The Loser’s Perfect Wet Dream Fantasy, The loser that somehow gets the school’s top huzz?? And his first love is actually his GF twin?😱Alright, tbh this is quite realistic plot to begin with. excluding the FL twin part, that unrealistic AF. I’ll break it down what makes it bad. -Please Watch Other Romance Anime If You’re Clueless About Woman. Don’t Learn From This One- A few anime these past years has done a similar plot and made it out decently. But this isn’t one of them. Initially the first few episode i score this an 5/10 because its stillsomewhat relatable. I swear i’ve been there, done that personally. But, oh no the rate keeps dropping and felt less and less relatable.
Why? because this is simply not realistic, annoying and its starting to get confusing. I didn’t even know how could i not dropped this and watched it till the end. maybe i had a little bit of hope that it would turn out decent. Well, it doesn’t.
Before i get to why i hate this, theres only one dialogue thats good about from this anime. When the FL says shes stressed, feels sorry, regrets and shameful that she isn’t his first time in anything. I’ve handled that talk before, so i can say thats TOTAL RESPECT, It hits well right at home. But other than that? straight garbagé~~
First of all, this anime has too many unnecessary fan service. Is the anime selling point is to show some highschool racks to forget how bad the story is? Nah, this is just oversexualizing the character just for some weirdos to goon hard.
From the start till the end, anything else after the ML finally moved on i don’t found ANY character development AT ALL. The only change is the fat dude become slim. THATS IT.
It is realistic that 1st love is full of confusion, and full of fear. But at that point the anime is just go full ignorance. The huzz lets herself be used by random dudes is the main stress point of this anime. I respect the ML a bit because he has some boundaries that he doesn’t want to cross, yet.
I’m dumbfounded by the ML and FL because they’re too dumb to begin with. The ML is a no experience loser that have a chad friend that plays around with too much girl, the FL have a friend that was in relationship with that player and knows the FL is so bad at relationship and still let her get hit by random dudes? And yet both are doing nothing for their friend to solve anything that stressed them out??? Nah dawg, those aren’t what you call friend, those are what you call THE OPPS.
How is she’s still that pure when shes getting hit by randos frequently IN HER OWN HOUSE and she aint a slut? that doesn’t make sense.
I don’t find any appeal for this anime at all.
SLIMESLATTSLATT
Is the story unique? Was it predictable? No, Yes. This is very, very generic. Almost is sad how much prediction you can take. Male mc gets HOT GYATT gf, Another girl likes mc, mc skips out on seggs(lol), fmc has a mean bestie, but she is just kind. So on. Reminds me of "Hajimete no Gal". No ITS THE EXACT SAME PLOT, SCENARIOS, EVERYTHING. Do i think the art style is fitting, (Looks good)? No, really poor. Were at the peak of anime tech, yet somehow horrible chineese anime is still better than this. The gyaru looks like a ho, male mc is aloser playing a famous shootoing game, KEN!, friends blah blah, do i need to say more.
Characters are pretty one sided. Even if something bad happends, its like they do not have personality. Its like youre watching a robot communicate with eachother,
"Make a conversation between 2 gyaru from japan. One of them has a bf, and one is tsunandre. Make up a scenario that tsunadnre is not trusting of bf"
I think others will dislike this, there is very little need to watch this. Or if youre one of those people that HAS to watch all anime that comes each season.
Funny thing, watch "Hajimete no Gal" with a bingo card and compare this to it, and see how much they match
447799
Kimizero is an anime about a popular girl falling in love with a shy nerd. What makes this anime particularly enjoyable is the main character Kashima Ryuuto. Ryuuto is an insecure and shy boy, even being afraid to speak to a girl, being a relatable character. This character is perfect for creating an interesting dynamic with the outgoing and confident girl and the viewer can easily understand Ryuuto's way of thinking. The story shows the possibility of a romance between an extroverted gyaru who has many ex-boyfriends already and an introverted boy who doesn't have any experience, an interesting premise. It is a good reminder tonot judge the girl because she has many exes, since she can change and fall in love later. Also, all her previous relationships were not true love, and now she is experiencing a sincere romance for the first time. Despite being a spineless character, Ryuuto is capable of showing Runa how to experience a true and sweet romance for the first time, which puts him above the guys who only wanted to have fun with her in the past.
After the introduction of a third character, the anime becomes a love triangle that creates most of the drama throughout. The problem of this dynamic is that it doesn't work here. For the triangle to be interesting, it needs a possibility for the boy to be with any of the two girls. If it is known already that one girl will be chosen and the other has no chance, the tension becomes predictable and trifle.
Aside from Ryuuto and Runa, the anime has two good characters: Maria and Nikoru. Maria is Runa's twin sister, who has the opposite personality to Runa. She is the character with the most depth in the anime as she is not as stereotyped as the protagonists. This anime would be better if Maria had more screen time. The other character is Nikoru, Runa's best friend. The reason she is such a good character is the contrast between the angry gyaru persona and the sweet personality deep down, and she is also a better character than Runa.
With so many good qualities, what prevents Kimizero from greatness is the lack of depth in the characters and the low production value. The characters are plain and predictable, which prevents the drama from having a big impact on the viewer; Ryuuto's best friends Nishina and Ijichi are good examples, who are bad even as side characters. As for the production value, that is what you would expect from the average adaptation of a romcom light novel, and it also doesn't help that the studio ENGI is not known for making good animes in the first place; the art is decent, but unimpressive, and it is too weak in some scenes. The opening and ending songs are good, but the soundtrack is forgettable. As for the seiyuus, the one I have to commend for voicing Maria is Koga Aoi, who is already famous for voicing Shinomiya Kaguya. Her excellent job is a big reason why Maria was such an endearing character.
Kimizero delivers an enjoyable and satisfactory romance. However, with such an interesting premise and setting, it feels like the anime didn't reach its potential. With better technical elements and more complex characters, this could be something great.
AeroGunz
“Our Dating Story: The Experienced You and The Inexperienced Me”, nothing like a succinct title, also known as “Kimizero” is what happens when You take the term “I can fix her” and turn it up to 11. The plot of “Our Dating Story” focuses on two brainlets who could avoid 90% of drama if they took 5 seconds to communicate properly. I get it. They are supposed to be teenagers. Teen years are characterised by being an idiot. I get it. Listen. Everyone has the right to be a moron. Both in life and in anime. These two just abuse that privilege. But I’m getting toofar ahead, we’ll get to that point soon enough.
Let’s have a look at the main cast.
Ryuuto Kashima - a 16 year old moron, I mean, highschool student. He has a crush on Runa but is determined to keep it to himself. As this is a shitty highschool romcom You can guess that this plan hits the wall in episode one and dies an agonising death. Why an agonising death You might ask? First of all, good question, I’m glad You’re showing initiative. Secondly… because he’s forced to confess to her by his friends and only because he had better exam scores than them. Yes. It’s that moronic. It’s just a lazy, non organic way to get the main relationship going. As a bonus it shows our MC as a spineless wimp that does what he’s told. Yeah. Totally a character to root for. I’ll give credit where credit is due, he’s a loyal friend that tries to help his friends in their romances (at least one of them… and in just one instance. Ok… so maybe he’s not that helpful but I take what I can get at this point.) and he has his passions. He has zero experience with dating and often acts like a lobotomite when it comes to his girlfriend. The thing I really liked was the fact that the moment he starts geeking out at something he just becomes a fast talking, not exactly registering the surroundings, embodiment of a wikipedia page. I can respect that. Apart from that he’s the kind of character that went all the way in luck during creation. Which is to say, he’s mostly a boring, run of the mill anime MC.
Runa Shirakawa - A cheerful gyaru that is admired, or rather lusted after, by a lot of boys in her school. It is said that she had a lot of boyfriends and that her relationships never lasted more than 3 months. There even is a rumour going around her school that she just uses boys as her personal sex toys. She wanted to fall in love and marry her first love just like it happened with her parents. Strangely enough she doesn’t change that plan even after her parents divorced. I guess adaptation is a foreign concept to her. That said, she does evolve during the show. She changes her outlook on relationships and even admits that this one could be considered the first serious one… and in the next episode she plays a martyr and wants to destroy it because she’s afraid.
There are 5 other recurring characters but to be fair, apart from one, they are not important to the overarching plot so I’m not gonna waste Your time with them.
Let’s talk a bit about Shirakawa and how she’s written. When we meet her she’s kind of a sex toy. Yes I know, a bit blunt, but let me elaborate. One of the first things she does when she accepts Kashima’s confession is to take him home and offer sex. Just like that. The show even portrays that she sees it as her duty and not something she really wants. To be honest it’s an interesting starting point. It doesn’t exactly show her in the best light but that's intentional. Thanks to that Kashima can reject the offer (even if his inner voice shows us that he really wants to have sex with her) and solidify his position as a good person who’s interested in more than just Shirakawa’s body. Heavy handed? Yes. A bit idiotic? Most certainly. Does it work? I guess, kind of? It is a bit strange. A girl starts to undress and all he does is panic and over analyse this situation and later regrets that. You could pass it as him being a teenager and lacking experience but it still doesn’t make that scene have more sense.
Kashima isn’t in a better position in the writing department. Most of the time he just reacts to what happens. Even when he’s proactive it only happens as a reaction to something. He proactively made a solid plan for a birthday date but he only did that because someone told him about his girlfriend's birthday coming up. He didn’t even organically found out what she likes, again, it was told to him. Instead of giving us a scene where he witnesses her reactions to different stimuli and gets to know her preferences he is given an answer on a silver platter. Why? The most idiotic thing is that the moments when he is proactive by his own free will, are the moments that lead to misunderstandings. WHY? Let him be proactive with a positive consequence. As it stands the only one who is proactive with a goal of positively impacting the relationship is Shirakawa.
I will give credit where credit is due. The evolution of both friend groups becoming friends isn’t a bad one. It gives rise to some new drama and even shows one of the characters as a hypocrite. She’s a teenager so it fits. The bad news is that the side plots are often more interesting than the main one. I know, I know a common situation for anime in the last, at least, 15 years.
Now for the worst part in my opinion.
Good 90% of drama between Kashima and Shirakawa could be avoided if at least one of them didn’t have communication skills of an amoeba. Seriously. They don't communicate when it matters. They are fine with meaningless small talk and chit chat but when a situation arises that requires a good old fashion talk-no-jutsu they turn into mutes. Yes, the show sometimes gives them an excuse for it like with the summer arc, but it’s still moronic. There are more than one way to get in contact with someone. Especially when You know You left things unresolved. I seriously hope no one will think that the way they act is proper.
As a consequence most of the times they talk is because the situation festered inside them for long enough to make them do/say something stupid. Like Shirakawa wanting to break up because she witnessed Kashima getting a confession from her sister and thinking he would be happier with her. That was, I think, the most idiotic, brain dead decision anyone could make in this situation. There are multiple options in such a situation. Like… oh, I don't know… telling him, she overheard that and that it makes her feel threatened so they could have a heart to heart about it and their relationship in general? Just a quick idea here.
Most of the show feels not like a love story but like Shirakawa’s story of maturing and letting go of her past beliefs about relationships. That’s why I called it a “I can fix her” dialled up to 11. Kashima also grows but compared to Shirakawa his growth is statistically insignificant. He learns not to panic and even puts his studies high on the list.
I don’t really recommend this show. The writing is lazy, the sub plots are more interesting than the main one and the main duo is pretty boring.
Chanoyu
This show is one of the most overrated shows in recent times but as I saw, many people are picking different reasoning for it than me... First, I don't care about that "good quality stuff" cringe, which is still cringe but you can feel like teen girl watching her favorite duo doing weird things. It's something you usually expect in romcoms. But there are different reasons, why this anime is bad (and I am basically giving it points just for the animation and some idea at the start of the story). First reason - character development. There are pieces, that don't have character development or have smallone. It's often boring, because you are watching multiple episodes/seasons of characters behaving literally the same way, not learning from their mistakes and just doing stupid things. But here is something I would call a reversed character development. Multiple characters not only that they don't learn from their mistakes but even creating more stupid scenarios based on their behavior. And it's not "annoying" in that positive way but rather in negative one.
Second reason - toxic and abusive relationships. Sorry, it's romcom, you usally expect something sweet or something interesting or something what you can learn from. What is this story about once more, please? About abusive relationships? That's right! There are multiple characters either having romantic or friendly toxic relationship between each other. And not only it's annoying, it gives you a thought "Does creator really think this is alright?", because most of the anime it looks like it's something that creator wants to defend for any cost. To me, it really isn't alright to show multiple psychically abusive relationships, with many red flags and something you should avoid IRL. Where is exactly fun in that?
Third reason - unrealistic as much as it can be. Again, I know it's a romcom, some of them are really far from something realistic, some of them have actually pretty realistic story, feelings, etc... But this is as far from reality as possible. Doesn't matter whether you pick a sister of one of the main characters or their friends or base of their relationship - everything is unbelieveable. During entire anime you have even some random encounters with other characters or random events which basically don't make sense at all, because they don't fit into the story and not even characters seem conflicted about them. They disappear and all characters are like "oh, nothing happened, i don't remember last X hours".
So, in my conclusion. You have some romcom based on toxic and psychically abusive relationships, story is basically non-existent, character development is rather reversed if something and final episodes aren't even worth finishing the anime. As nice as it was in like first 1-2 episodes, it went straight to the hell with everything. Music is average at best and I can really give points just for the animation and some starting idea. Because the rest of the anime definitely can't be enjoyed by person who likes either romcoms, romantic topic in general, at least basic story or some logical chain of events with satisfying ending. And since the first episodes are something totally different from the rest of it, I wouldn't hold back to call this a trap anime.
torqueofalltime
This anime is great mostly due to the fact that it goes about a different way of developing the main characters relationship and that is why I love it so much. I don't get why people hate on Runa's character- that's the whole point of her development and also the revelation of several parts of her background. Nonetheless though, I still love this anime. I will admit, the episodes closer to the end get a bit slower and I am not the biggest fan of them but it does a good job of wrapping up in the end. Love it, would recommend.
