When Isaku Senagaki was five years old, the death of her parents left her to be raised by her yakuza boss grandfather, Tasuke. Now preparing to enter high school, Isaku is determined to start fresh with an honest attempt at having a normal high school experience. All she wants is to be able to make friends and find love without being defined by her connection to the yakuza.
But Isaku's dreams are thwarted when her overprotective caretaker, 26-year-old Keiya Utou, takes it upon himself to enroll in Isaku's school by bribing the school administration. While Isaku yearns for a reciprocated love, she is trapped in a one-sided infatuation with Keiya, who only sees her as the boss's granddaughter he helped raise. Her longing for a normal life becomes a constant battle, and breaking free from her heart's grip is far more challenging than it sounds, as Keiya's overprotectiveness and disregard for her boundaries make it almost impossible to move on.
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jesuscristo
This show is quite honestly one of a kind, and I suggest everyone should at least try it. Let's start with the premise: "A girl comes from a yakuza family and falls in love with her guardian." Okay, so there's many ways to make this work. It could be a heavy drama about grooming and a girl who puts end to the abuse, or it could a self-aware satire where the male romantic interest has just the worst traits of a typical Shoujo male, or they could make the guardian have a modicum of decency so that the focus of the story is the coming-of-age aspectof it, you know, the guy rejects her properly and she grows as a person and so and so.
Instead, the story takes the worst direction possile by making it a "standard" romcom about the girl and the guardian falling in love with each other. I can't understate how perfectly awful this is. Every person I have told this to has reacted with either incredulity or some level of disgust. Take, let's say, Spy x Family, Buddy Daddies, or The Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting. Now imagine one of those girls growing up and pursuing a relationship with the adoptive father. That's what happening here. Meanwhile, the original work is being published in a Shoujo magazine -- aimed at teenage girls. On the other hand, the show was wisely chosen to air at 0:30 in the morning, which is at least a deterrent for the youngest watchers.
The writing itself: It is bad. The absolute worst arcs come late into the story, so I won't give too much away. Let's just say some content warnings were missing from the version I watched.
The female main is your run of the mill Shoujo MC whose personality traits are being a bit too sheltered, wanting to be normal in spite of her background, and being in love with someone. The male main is an amalgam of the worst possible aspects of the Shoujo Male. Abusive? Check. Obsessive? Check. Immature? Oh yeah. Being an actual criminal? Well duh. Ah, but maybe he is just a tough guy who doesn't commit an actual represensible crime on screen? Think again. The developments are as dumb as they can possibly be. Starting with the male main trying to pass off as 10 younger than he is while enrolled in the same class as the FMC, as inconspicuous as Mechazawa was in Cromartie High School. There is a plot point that involves underage drinking, which sounds interesting. Problem is, things are solved by the male MC being violent. Womp womp. The opportunities of using Yakuza politics and intrigue are fully wasted. The romance is as toxic (on the guardian's part, at least) as you could imagine. You could pass the plot verbatim as solid parody, but here it is played in full earnestness.
The production quality: Look, Project No.9 is a pretty decent mid-sized studio with distinct visuals. However, this season they decided to put out three full shows at the same time. A Girl and Her Guard Dog was definitely the one they sacrificed whenever they needed time for the other two. There's plain bad art, choppy animation, faulty frames, continuity errors, mismatch with audio, style dissonance within a scene, lazy backgrounds, weirdly paced scenes, recycled animation, extended flashbacks (from previous episodes) and probably more. The direction itself and the pacing of the season as a whole were rather good, if you do care about the story. The voice acting and BGM were of standard quality, some pieces even stand out for being particularly effective.
This is purely speculation, but seeing how the vast majority of the recent works from the studio have a male demo, this was a change of pace that was forced into them, and they didn't spend any extra bit of effort in the show besides what was needed so the episode aired.
The OST: I live for Masayoshi Ooishi and the OP didn't disappoint. The ED is good too. They don't count towards the rating so moving on.
Before going on to the conclusions, I want to say that the ickiness of the plot goes way beyond the age gap. The aspect that makes the story completely reprehensible is that he's her _guardian_. He's been her only family and parental figure since she was six. It's the fact that any romance that could develop between them will be a fundamentally assymetric relationship. This is fetish-tier material.
In conclusion, you should watch this show. This is not an ironic review. The show is horrible and you should watch it. Is it entertaining? absolutely. Just mostly not for the right reasons. My own experience of the show wasn't even mostly hate-watching. The most awful plot beats pass by quickly, so there's not much to feel truly angry at. The enjoyment came from being aware that the plot was so ridiculous, and yet the story moved on, undeterred, seemingly unaware of everything it was doing wrong.
I presume that the main demographic of the show is young girls who already read and watch dozens of bad romcoms concurrently, and older girls who _are_ aware of how depraved the premise itself is, of how awful a human being the male romantic interest is, and enjoy every second of it. If you find yourself in one of these two categories, chances are you already watched the show, and perhaps are considering watching it again. Go ahead. No one's judging.
For the rest, take the show as an educational experience, as a presentation of the most sordid aspects of the Shoujo genre. Or perhaps, as an introspective experience: find yourself interested in the story, wanting to know what happens next, all while knowing you are watching one of the biggest train wrecks in recent anime history.
KANLen09
A Girl & Her Guard Dog - a case of deja vu from an author who struggles to stand out amongst many similar contemporaries, such that it forces his/her hand to create a derivative that, ironically, becomes so derided from its small community. And don't get me started on the appalling production values just yet. Meet a mangaka who goes by the pseudonym name Hatsuharu. The context in which the author's works since 2013 have been growing from oneshots to small manga series serving the Shoujo market in the romance genre. But as you know, the romance genre is one of the most popular yet oversaturatedgenres to stand out from, much less the works that only cater to the Shoujo market, which have been far and few in between. And the author, having suffered under a rut of creating short stories, 2016 would be the year that he/she come out with a manga series titled "Mainichi Kiss shite Ii desu ka?" a.k.a "Can I Kiss You Every Day?" That manga exploring childhood friends who force themselves upon one another in a rather pushy relationship would serve as the antithesis to grow into the author's latest manga that has been consistently firing shots of unpleasantry: 2018's Ojou to Banken-kun, which, for better or for worse, is twice the force and quadruple the frustrations, thinking that forced relationships will make for a rather spicy story. If that was the intent of the author, he/she succeeded, but the story itself is quite the dumpster fire of a garbage mess that it is.
Do you remember age-gap relationships, like, say, Summer 2022's Kumichou Musume to Sewagakari a.k.a The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting? That was a show that had a Yakuza family as the setting, between a normal Yakuza right-hand man and the boss's precious child daughter as a means to teach him how to live life the right way (that's not child grooming, by the way). In the context of Ojou no Banken-kun, take that premise and push the age button into high school territory, while incorporating the things that would rile up the Shoujo market: a Yakuza Ikemen with the normal boss's daughter, who just wants to be a typical commoner girl. That's the story of Isaku Senagaki, having been taken care of by her gangster grandfather when her parents died in an accident and, even worse, being shunned by the people around her for being the daughter of a Yakuza boss. Fast forward to high school, and the 15-year-old wants to be free of her Yakuza familial constraints, to live a normal life and bond natural love...except that would have been the case, if not for the Senagakis' young leading subordinate: 26-year-old Keiya Utou, who acts as her overprotective guardian, who sneaks by the way to infiltrate her school to look after her. Talk about forceful melodrama.
Initially, I wanted to cheer on Isaku because she has been pretty shielded for much of her life as the daughter of a Yakuza corporation, barring which her high school life was to be the result of going back to life as per normal, to befriend her classmates, have fun, and find the love of her life outside of the heavy Yazuka doors, even though she doesn't have any friends and is bad at socializing with her serious but shy personality. But Keiya, as the Ikemen guardian, if this kind of Otome Game function (not the Isekai video game kind, but like pure mobage dating games) had existed, say before the turn of the 2020s, it would've garnered the same attention, though not as much of a critical AniManga community like now, especially when the author has developed crude ideas of the relationship, from cheating to pure rape, because Yazuka can do anything within their powers to bend people to their will, women included. Such is the case with Keiya's other Yazuka family rival, Mikio Tanuki, who acts literally like a cunning tanuki a.k.a raccoon, targeting Isaku by playing the bad guy in the rather unkempt relationship between a Yakuza associate and his direct boss's daughter, whom Isaku slowly warms up to but still controls due to Keiya not understanding the fine details of what it means to be in a relationship. It takes two hands to clap, and this is a relationship that will take MORE than two hands to do the same.
Of course, you do not need to tell me the series' Achilles heel, or, should I say, Achilles' HELL. Project No. 9 is a studio that has recently gotten a lot of attention due to its most recent success: this Winter's Otonari no Tenshi-sama a.k.a The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten. But in the process of trying to capitalize on said reputation, the studio has gone and done the near-impossible: produce 3 shows in a season, which is relatively unheard of, the last of which was Liden Films attempting this with Saiyuki Reload: Zeroin, Tribe Nine, and Ryman's Club way back in Winter 2022. Most studios are always limited to a maximum of 2 shows per season, simply due to the fact that production circumstances could break down easily in this day and age, and while I feel that Liden Films is the exception to the rule, Project No. 9 is not the case here. This show, Hikikomari Kyūketsuki no Monmon a.k.a The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess (which is clearly the studio's best effort this season), and Buta no Liver wa Kanetsu Shiro a.k.a Butareba: The Story of a Man Who Turned into a Pig, suffered from production issues. The sum of the worst production values belongs to this show, as you can tell from the facial figures to the animation, which is objectively worse than subpar garbage. It's so unpleasant to watch because it just looks like ass.
Out of all the complaints I have for this show, the music is the only forgivable outlier to this contraption. Honestly, both Masayoshi Ooishi and Isaku's VA Akari Kitou's OP and ED songs are just TOO good for what the show is worth, and I quite like both songs. If only the same could be said about the rest of the anime...
Objectively, this is undoubtedly one of the worst shows this season; you can throw it into a garbage bin and it doesn't even mind it. From appalling production values to a mangaka's persistence who really wants to push the envelope (and I have no reason to criticize him/her since it's their own work), Ojou to Banken-kun is no mere Shoujo Ikemen romance show; it's just a glorified sum of fantastical ideas made into fiction that does not represent the genre for what it is, even if it does go into uncomfortable nether areas that are boldly addressed.
Just watch some other romance show and wash your eyes off this "Killing Me Softly" gangster-buckling roast fest.
Cherry_Banana
Ok so, the big controversy about this anime is the age gap. Everyone is making a big fuss about it, but I won't get into any of that in this review. I am personally ok with such age gaps and rather enjoy them even; if you're not and are absolutely convinced that it is not ok, just skip over this anime. Alright, starting this review, I have been excited about this anime since last year and I couldn't really wait to see it because I felt like ugh, finally a classic, typical, shoujo plot. We've been missing those for a really long while now. After havingfinished this anime, I am gonna say that just for the concept and plot, I would've normally given it a 7/10. Regrettably, the poor execution, direction and animation made me downgrade it to a 5. The animation was barely anything professional.
I am cutting this anime some slack while being hard on it at the same time. That is because we don't normally get anime series with such plots and I would very much like to encourage it. I can also imagine that not a lot of money was put into it, which made the overall quality of the anime just about acceptable. There are some animation mistakes, but I am trying to give them a break because of what I've mentioned above.
The ultimate reason it became a 5, is because it seriously could have been much better, and because it didn't live up to its full potential. That affected the enjoyment part of it a bit. HOWEVER, speaking from a shoujo enjoyer perspective, it hit some really nice marks for it. It won't disappoint in terms of romance events and scenes. If you're craving some physical romance instead of the common innocent love that's usually presented in other anime, I would recommend this anime for you.
tl;dr > romance scenes are nice, but production quality falls short. Nonetheless, still enjoyable.
Marinate1016
Ojou to Banken-Kun is one of the most disappointing anime I’ve seen in a long time. Not because of its “problematic” subject matter, but because of its execution and horrendous production quality. What I initially listed as one of my top 10 most anticipated shows of the season, ended up as one of the worst. What went wrong? I’ll start by saying I have zero issue with the controversial subject matter of this story. I’m able to separate fiction from reality and enjoy stories for why they are, entertainment. In fact, I love a good taboo love story. The issue with Ojou to Banken-Kun isthat it has that forbidden love story, and never really goes full throttle with it. The consequences of the inappropriate relationship between Isaku and Keiya never really get explored. If you have someone that basically helped raise you from the time you were a little kid until high school, and then makes romantic advances on you, you’d expect family, friends, literally anyone in your life that cares about you to try and intervene and drama would ensue. There’s none of that in here, and because Keiya’s whole gimmick is attending school with Isaku pretending to be a high schooler, her friends don’t know about this either.
I think the author dropped the ball on creating stakes and tension in the story. Instead, you basically have a generic romcom set up where nothing happens for the vast majority of the story. Now, that’s not to say that slice of life romances are bad, but that’s not what I’m in this one for. I wanted something spicy and exciting. Something like Domekano, after the rain, Fruits Basket Prelude, Violet Evergarden etc. A relationship that you wouldn’t support IRL, but in the context of escapist fantasy is fun to consume. I mean the guy’s in the yakuza for crying out loud! So many directions you could take this story in. Sadly, they didn’t.
That’s not the worst part though. While I realised around episode 4-5 that things were kind of mediocre at best in this one, I was able to still enjoy it because it is shoujo, there are cute moments, Isaku is adorable, etc. But there’s a character introduced towards the end of the story that’s involved in a sexual assault, and it’s just completely brushed off. No repercussions or consequences. In fact, the situation is basically made into a joke. In fact, this isn’t the only near SA in the show. There’s one other one that’s also basically turned into a meme, no serious consequences for it. I was extremely shocked to see a Shoujo mangaka and woman depict it this way. These two really were negative marks on the show’s record and it was hard to take anything seriously after that.
Perhaps the most egregious thing though is the production quality of the show. This legitimately gives Gibiate a run for its money as some of the worst animation I’ve ever seen. Project No.9 clearly spread themselves far too thin with shows this season. 3 shows was a bit too much for them and it shows. Many scenes in here look like they were made on clip art by a 15 year old. The art does no justice to the manga’s art, and the character models are so bad that sometimes mouths disappear, characters say things without moving, etc. Oh yea, and we can’t forget those awkward pauses where the camera focuses on a character’s face for like 20 seconds with no purpose. I don’t know who the director was on this one, but it was bad. It would be one thing if the story was subpar and carried by nice art and animation ala Horimiya, but when you have a weak story and awful animation, it makes for a really bad viewing experience in this medium.
So what’re my overall thoughts on Ojou to Banken-Kun? I like the concept of the forbidden love between Keiya and Isaku. Not only is he a Yakuza member, but he’s an older guardian figure to Isaku. It’s taboo and not something I’d root for IRL, but in fiction, I’m cool with it. It’s just a shame the author didn’t do much more with it, at least until the point in the story where the anime ends. The animation is awful, making the story hard to enjoy. There’s not enough consequences for characters’ actions either. That said, I still like the story enough to read the manga and I’ve bought most of them since the show started airing. I think this is one of those stories that will get better past where the anime ended. I definitely see a longer running story with this one and with only 12 episodes, it was always going to struggle. I also think Isaku is absolutely adorable and enjoyed some of her moments with Keiya. But I can’t recommend it simply on the basis of its production being among some of the worst I’ve ever seen. This one of those ones you just read folks. I got it wrong in my top 10 anime of Fall video, sorry folks.
Ojou to Banken-Kun gets a very unfortunate 6 out of 10.
Elkam1kaze
Firstly, -If you have an interest in this kind of anime topic and like this anime after watching it, report yourself to the police immediately. -One of the worst animations I've ever seen in terms of drawing style. There was no worse one. I don't think there will be any worse one after this. -The characters are completely unreal. I mean, you have to get out of your head to think like the characters. -I do not recommend this animation to anyone. It may be the worst animation ever. Everything from the drawing to the subject is very bad. If I tried to make an anime myself at home,it would be much better than this.
DeltaLU666
"Ojou to Banken-kun" is a masterpiece of the romantic genre, captivating viewers from the first episode. The chemistry between the protagonists is palpable, providing moments of genuine tenderness and emotion throughout the series. The development of the relationship between them is carefully constructed, creating an engaging and passionate narrative. The scene with the man in the hoodie on the beach especially stands out, which is a brilliant example of how anime incorporates visual and emotional elements to create memorable moments. The atmosphere created in this scene is touching, conveying both the tranquility of the beach and the intensity of the characters' emotions. Furthermore, the soundtrack perfectly complementsthe romantic scenes, accentuating emotions and providing viewers with a complete experience. Secondary characters also play significant roles, enriching the plot and adding layers to the central love story.
The romance between Keiya and Isaku in "Ojou to Banken-kun" is truly inspiring and touching. Despite the significant age difference, their love transcends barriers and demonstrates the strength of genuine feelings.
The way Keiya and Isaku support each other, breaking through each other's despair, is a powerful testament to the depth of their emotional bond. Their interactions are full of emotion and empathy, showing that true love knows no external limits, but rather the deep connection between two people.
It is admirable to see how the anime approaches this relationship in a sensitive and realistic way, exploring the challenges and joys that arise from a love that defies social conventions. Keiya and Isaku are portrayed as well-rounded individuals, each contributing to the other's emotional well-being in meaningful ways.
This approach to the romance between Keiya and Isaku further enriches the narrative of "Ojou to Banken-kun", making it not only a love story, but also a reflection on the importance of mutual support and overcoming adversity together.
In short, "Ojou to Banken-kun" is an anime that not only celebrates romance in an exceptional way, but also delivers impactful and unforgettable moments, such as the scene with the man in a sweatshirt on the beach, which will remain in viewers' memories for a long time. .
Astrazouz
The plot might be interesting, but the age gap is weird, overall this anime is a bit boring and not very exciting. All the misunderstanding between two characters is a common thing in each anime on the theme of romance, but here it is poorly executed and boring. Honestly, if you want to watch a little anime with a few episodes, maybe go watch something else. This is clearly forgettable and a waste of time. At least the art style is kinda cute and the guy is quite handsome but that's it. I'm kinda tired of naive anime girls in shoujo genre. And the guy looksso apathetic it's irritating, it just seems like he is very possessive but that's it. Seriously don't waste your time with this.
empathicweeb
Honestly, if you like romance and yakuza, and you are not too hung up on the art/animation style then you will probably like this anime. If you've read Yakuza Lover or Yakuzas fiance then you'll like this. The animation was weird most of the times, the facial expressions were very little expressive, especially the eyes... They were lifeless. The reactions were weird and the timing was even weirder. BUT overall, I enjoyed the story. I was so immersed in their romance and I'm a big sucker for handsome overprotective kinda toxic Yakuza men. Yes, I am aware of their age gap. But this is anime.A "fantazy" of some sorts. I remember being 16 and have huge crushes on older men.
missnobodycares
the art style is pretty. but that's it, nothing special about this anime. the animation is so bad, sometimes the mouths of the characters are not moving while they talk. also the guy is a big red flag, p*do and groomer. very disgusting of him to lay an eye on someone he raised as "his child". also there is a scene where he is touching her very inappropriately when she was a child. But if we completely ignore this age gap, the anime is still very lame. Flashbacks that we already saw are repeated so much is worse than in Naruto! I did not enjoythe anime.
CherryKate
Never write reviews but couldn’t not for this one. I could have loved this anime, the characters are likeable, I didn’t hate the artwork like some people did, the storyline of the main characters romance is good (other than the following) But I couldn't get over not just the age gap but what was essentially grooming. Her main parental figure, which is made such a point of, turned to lovers? He’s raised her from 6 years old and now wants to sleep with her at 16? Absolutely not. If you like incest then this is the one for you. Gave me the ick.
TheBlazingBlade
This anime had some cute moments but the graphics are horrible. I don't normally mind them, but it was worse than 90's anime. I don't know if this was a smaller project or what but the expressions weren't there and the proportions were odd. I was so distracted by the art I ignored the story. The story was okay until the age gap. It's very odd and leaves mixed feelings. Since her raised her it feels more like grooming than romance. It leaves an icky feeling. Had they grown up together with the grandpa raising her it would have been fine. The age gap wouldbe odd since he is trying to be "in high school" but it would have just been funny. I don't recommend this anime. If you want a romance between a girl and a childhood friend with some action I really like Hanasakeru Seishounen. An anime with romance and a weird bodyguard, Full Metal panic!
nullings
This anime is an ephebophile grooming nightmare. If you're into that kind of thing: This anime is for you! If you aren't, but you're morbidly curious enough to watch it anyway, here's what you can enjoy about it: 1.) Umehara, Yuuichirou's voice (i.e. Keiya's VA). That's admittedly a very subjective reason, but as a huge Umehara fan, this is what mainly drove me to keep watching until the end. 2.) Isaku's friends and the hostess. Those three female side characters were surprisingly likeable! Because of Keiya and Isaku's huge lack of communication skills, the happy ending (provided you see it as such, considering the controversial nature of the relationship)literally couldn't have come to pass without those three! It was only through their support that Keiya and Isaku could sort out their feelings and solve their issues. Other shows might have made the hostess a love rival to Isaku, but this anime utilised her much better, namely as an older, more experienced source of advice.
3.) Animation/continuity/editing fails.
There are numerous of those, and whenever they show up, you can be sure to laugh your ass off. They range from characters moving awkwardly/unnaturally, over characters talking when their mouths aren't moving and vice versa, to characters changing positions or even clothes (!) in between shots. There are also a couple of still shots during which dialogue is played, which first makes you think your screen has frozen. It's absolutely hilarious!
4.) OP+ ED song.
Musical tastes vary, but chances are you'll find the OP song very catchy and the ED visually pleasing (the song is also quite nice, but less so than the OP imo).
To round off this review, I'd like to mention the two things that would have fixed this anime, the only two things that would need to be different for this to be a decent romance anime (at least in my humble opinion):
Make Keiya 18, and let him have a character arc.
Or make him 17, if you wanna go for a fully non-controversial anime, but that's all. That's all that would need to be changed, and you'd have an anime with basically the same outline, but without all the controversial stuff. If you're interested, please let me elaborate:
5-year-old Isaku moves to her grandfather's place after her parents died. To keep her company, her grandfather organises her a friend, Keiya (here he'd be some yakuza's relative, not a yakuza himself). Isaku and Keiya spend all their time together, even go to the same elementary and middle school. They are each other's only friend, which makes them highly emotionally dependent on each other. Keiya is extremely possessive and protective of Isaku, while Isaku is extremely reliant on him. When Isaku turns 15, she decides not to go to the same high school as Keiya because she wants to get over what she thinks is an unrequited love for him. With the help of Isaku's grandpa and some bribery, Keiya gets into the same class as Isaku and things pan out as in the original anime (also the fight scenes because this young Keiya took combat training to be able to protect Isaku whom he is so protective over). Unlike the original version, however, Keiya actually takes Isaku's protest against his behaviour to heart, sees the error of his ways, and develops into proper boyfriend material by the end.
And that's it. Not a perfect or revolutionary story, but decently enjoyable, at least imo. Thanks if you have read this far.
sweet_unf_th
Why and why is what I thought most of the time while watching this anime. First, I read some of the manga and I realised how much the art style saved the anime. I expected so much more than what we received. The poor way of drawing some of the scenes just made it look so unprofessional and made it feel like the show was just a joke. Another thing is what most of the people think - age gaps like that shouldn’t be romanticised, seeing a parental figure as a love interest isn’t cute. There were also so many funny pauses for no reason at all. Mostly whatthrew me off is the overall art style and the weird rl between a high schooler and a 30 year old man ( who might be even older but I don’t remember ).
vanelya10
Talking only about the anime (not including the manga cuz i havent read it), it was a s**t show. I hurt my eyes! The animation was so terrible on some episodes that I was setting my eyes on fire. The plot predictable and the story was so much lacking. I missed a good shojo anime that could give a litlle "Sukkite II na yo" vibe back. But this was terible. I am a fan of age gap cuz i cant stand the all the same age and vibe of all anime characters and their innocent high school day lifes interaction. But this one was just an excuse toadd an old age character to a high school life just to ruin him.
I dont know what i was expecting to see at least in the final episodes but was soooo predictable that it was a wash way.
Cheltome
The spectrum of anime inevitably has some problems presented with age gaps which create a wide variety of portrayals of romance from what can be a healthy relationship to downright disgusting, A Girl and Her Guard Dog represents the single worst romance portrayal on that spectrum I've ever seen. It's impossible to review this anime without pointing just how uncomfortable the clear difference in the two main character's lives is brought up throughout multiple points in the show. Moments ranging from talking about her growing into her body or posing nude for a 6 year old seem insane when the author could have very easily createdthe same story with two characters around the same age.
Besides that main glaring flaw there are also problems with bad animation, characters that are annoying, and an attempted rape that gets written off for seemingly no reason?
I could not recommend an anime to NOT watch more than this mess. Avoid at all costs.
Final Ranking : Maroon
Cheltome’s Ranking Tier System:
Gold (Legendary- 10 Stars) - Reserved only for the most incredible animes of all time. Animes that reach this rank expand the boundaries of their genre and are a must-watch.
Purple (Great- 8-9 Stars) – Great anime did everything it needed to.
Blue (Good- 6-7 Stars) – Enjoyable anime but had some minor issues worth noting.
Green (Mixed Review-4-5 Stars) – This Anime had some positives, but also a lot of negatives.
Red (Bad-2-3 Stars) – Anime was plain/bad/unenjoyable.
Maroon (Terrible-1 Star) – Not only was this Anime bad, but it managed to move its genre backwards in some way.
Sijna
I want to warn everyone just about the animation mistakes which just made me sad... like - Dialogue that is finished but in the animation he still yapping - Very horribly drawing hands/arms while they are the main focus of the scene - Photo snapping sound while it looks like your episode just froze but they just didnt draw that part - Laughing hostess girl like she was being electrocuted - Ya main boy in the beginning but the giant in the class room but calling another mid size tall boi the basketball player 'cause he so tall'... - Asking her to put sunglasses on while she already had it onin the shot and then one second later changing to the same shot?...
- Main boy tryna kiss other class rep but get caught, but boy almost tried to kiss her again def animation mistake I hope XD
- Main girl looking at crotch of second male lead or she just for real blind/cross-eyed
- Main girls clothing where she suddenly has a potato figure (if so great but it just changed for once scene..)
- Them talking about the ice cream that is a heart form which it was not...?
and these are just from the top of my head I know for sure I missing a lot. So if that aint bothering you beside the age gap, ya good to go but.... it kinda pulled me out of it... Eventhough I do like the original art style it felt with the episode it getting worse and made with less budget..
dorotthyy
Out of all the anime that came out nearly the same time as Ojou to Banken-kun held the most high expectations and in the end, most of us fell hard... The overall topic of the anime was good, not as informative as in the manga, with cute scenes, and inner monologes. However, I have one question about the graphics... Whyy??? There are older animes, animes from the 20th century with more expressions, emotions and movements... We are in the 21st century with all the possibilities, and all the sources needed to deliver the full experience to the viewer and here we are.. Even if the plot, the idea, theflow of the episodes or the voices were to be brilliant when you visualise it this way, the anime and everything goes down with it...
boyotaku12345
The MOST POINTLESS STORY of the shoujo/age-gap love/romance genre i have seen in some time not gonna lie! the plot can be over in just first 20 minutes of the first episode! that's how baseless the theme of the plot is ! the animation also just gets bad ! the ed song is lot better than the whole show's animation ! that just proves how bad it is! some scenes are just lazy in terms of animation! they feel like motion pictures ! like just a slideshow of pictures! the plot gets so bad at some times like literally irritable! so the only reason iwatched it till the end because i like female lead, not for her personality as it is one of the worst one out there! but for her character design such as her hair and her cute cat lips! also there are very less moments but the chemistry between male lead and female lead is such a delight to watch! i think this plot had so much potential but they just instead focused on something baseless ! not sure why ! anyways not recommended for one time watch too! but if and if only nothing better to do or just want to do something out of ordinary and curious then hop on or else forget this lol as i am doing it ~ !
Moonlight-123
This anime was a fever dream. It’s full of red flags and honestly not even I know why I kept watching. Like every romantic interaction between the leads made me extremely uncomfortable. It would have been cute if he was like 18 or something but the age gap of 10 years plus him being her parental figure just makes me gag. Honestly even if the has 18 his actions would still be weird. Don’t waste your time on this not just the story is trash but also the animation was low budget. Sometimes they don’t open their mouths to speak or don’t close them after.Everything look like it was made with 60 frames per second. If they even move
