Anime 53632 Yumemiru Danshi Wa Genjitsushugisha Reviews Filter Check 2

Imagine Oregairu with shittier writing and a 10th of the artistic and animation quality. That’s Yumemiru. Whether or not that appeals to you really depends on how much you like the witty/psycho-social analysis style of romcom.

This was truly a difficult one for me to rate because on one hand, I did actually enjoy the show for the most part. It started slow, but picked up after a few episodes and had some genuinely interesting social scenarios in which the MC found himself needing to help other people. But it’s frustrating because it squandered a lot of potential, was poorly paced and focused on some ... characters who ended up not even really mattering in the end.

The show is unapologetically inspired by Oregairu, even the OP is a direct parallel to Oregairu’s OP, literal frame for frame at some points. Wataru does feel like a poor man’s Hachiman and a lot of the archetypes from Oregairu are present in this story. It’s also got the same approach of someone who’s shut himself off from the world gradually opening up and learning about people by helping them with their own problems. Even though I hated Oregairu, I still recognise that it was objectively a very well written story. That same quality isn’t present here. At least, not in the anime.

So, in order to really explain what I mean by some of my criticisms I’ll have to give a very brief summation of the plot. You can read the MAL summary, but I’ll put it in simpler English. Loser essentially begs a girl to go out with him every day for a few months in middle school, gets rejected every time and they eventually settle as friends. They get to high school and he still pursues her but eventually she has a change of heart and starts liking him. Why? Well, your guess is as good as mine after reading that summary and I watched the damn anime. So yea, that’s the type of writing we’re working with here.

It wasn’t all bad though. Surprisingly, the other characters are actually pretty well written. The supporting girls are all better than the main girl, which is typical for me in romance shows, but it’s particularly pronounced in this. Now, I have been told that this isn’t as big a gap in the LN as it is in the anime, but I can only evaluate the show since I haven’t read yet. And in this, I could not for the life of me understand why the MC is into the FMC.

She’s abrasive, rude, self centred and really only shows interest in him when it seems like he stopped liking her. They did try to give us a “boo hoo my life was so sad so that’s why I’m a tsundere asshole” spill with the FMC, but again it just didn’t add up to the type of behaviour that she displays IMO. She just doesn’t get the sort of development she needs to get the audience to care.

Now as I said, the other girls are solid. They range from ok to legit waifu contenders(Shinomiya and Fuuka) I enjoyed seeing the MC help them with various issues they went thru over the course of the show which led to his development as well. That’s actually probably my favourite part of the show. We do see the MC make legitimate strides to better himself and by the end of the show he’s a solid dude. Each problem he solves feels realistic and has a tangible effect on him.

The other main issue I have with the show is the art and animation. The character designs are extremely generic, they’re basically the 2017-2023 anime design starter packs. From what I’ve seen of the LN art they really don’t do these characters any justice. There’s a few moments that are supposed to be somewhat serious that just don’t hit for me because of the lack of expressiveness from the character models. I’m not saying it has to be ufotable, but damn, I should at least be able to sense some sort of emotion coming from the characters.

Despite my criticisms of the series, I did enjoy stretches of it. It starts slow but really picks up once a few side characters are introduced and there’s some really enjoyable moments in this anime. If you can look past the shoddy animation and inconsistent pacing at the start, you’ll find a decent watch with a decently written main character. By the end of the show I was pretty excited for its release on Mondays, so yea, it’s a tricky one. I’d say give it a shot and see how you like it. It has some interesting ideas and I think it has the bones of a decent story.

Yumemiru gets 7 out of 10

First review (6 episodes)
This show is getting a lot of flack for no reason.

Sure it's not the "OreGairu of this season" that I've seen it referred to, but in terms of casual watching rom-coms, it's pretty decent. There's this guy who's madly in love with a girl for all but 5 minutes before deciding it's a terrible idea and basically following his life. The characters are all enjoyable with none being annoying, it goes at a good enough pace, and nothing cringey.

It has a good senpai, good sister, good friends - all of the classic trope characters are there.

It has a similar ... watch vibe to Angel Next Door and other "low-budget, but comfy" shows.

EDIT: 10-episodes in
It goes off on weird tangents, adds unnecessary bloat in the form of characters that arent pivotal to the story and skips over the main focus. All it needed was this thing with Aika, then add some competition from Shinomiya, ditch the bloat. Changed from recommending to mixed feelings.

While the season isn't over, I've seen enough to give a decently reflective review.

The anime starts strong, with the protagonist chasing his main love interest. After realising how much trouble he gives her. he then learns to take a step back. This allow her breathing room to make new friends, but both of them are still unsatisfied as she's still not aware of her feelings towards our protagonist, and he doesn't allow himself to pursue anything with her.

The season starts to go off into mediocrity after this, with each episode or so introducing a new female character for the main character to befriend and tease ... the viewer about romantic feelings between the two. It doesn't have the guts to go all the way into harem, and instead takes big inspiration from series like Bunny Girl Senpai and Oregairu and tries to bring a human drama element into it. The attempt is very lackluster however as the interactions and the characters themselves are hardly anything to write home about.

The main romance that the series lead with is treated as an afterthought and the show is now a slice of life exploring interactions with random female classmates that aren't cute or interesting enough to keep the viewer's attention.

Slice of life die-hards may enjoy this, but to anyone seeing the first few episodes and description will face buyer's remorse. It's not the show it advertised itself as, and the direction it took was hardly novel, nor well thought out.

After watching the first episode I thought it all sat oddly with me. The conversations and events did not go the way you normally expect them to. It was just kind of weird and off. I was going to chalk it up to bad writing, or inaccurate translation, or poor execution, but thought I should look at the next episode or two and wound up looking at all that have been simulcast on Hidive so far.

What got me thinking to look at it some more was a certain kind of consistency of tone in the personalities and in the things that were being said ... by the characters, that were not "cartoony". I think what we have here is a story that's not giving you all the tropes that you expect of the school life genre comedy, but something more like a real slice-of-lie based dramedy based on someone's life experience--like watching a foreign language movie, not intended for a USA viewer like me.

To defend this position, I'd have to go back and look at everything and dissect all the scenes and analyze the dialogue, and i don't want to do that. I get why this series is being given a lot of negative reviews here. But, I think if you change your frame of reference in how you view this show, you may actually enjoy it more. Pretend you're watching a live action Asian drama instead of a rom-com anime show and it may land better on you.

I'm committed and all in now, so I'll watch it til the end. If it plays out like usual in this genre, you expect the main characters will get together at the end. But to me it's a toss-up given how this has progressed. My prediction is that the MC will truly become a realist, get over his crush, and move on beyond infatuations since he has started to have meaningful platonic relationships with other girls. We'll see.

This had SO much potential, but ended up going into so many tangents that it ultimately became boring. The main character becomes involved (not romantically) with a bunch of different girls, that it's almost like THAT'S the actual plot of the anime - him helping out a bunch of random-ass girls to figure things out, see things from a guy's perspective, and/or self-improve. Meanwhile, the actual story we came here for gets put on a hiatus until the last 2 episodes.

I'll give them props for actually having a SOMEWHAT decent ending, because to be honest, I was half-expecting them to completely screw us out of ... that too, given how things were going. If only they had focused more on the actual relationship between the main character and his love interest, this would have been an amazing story, because the art and characters are all top-notch, especially Ashida. If there was a best wingwoman award for anime, she would definitely take the cake this season.

Anyway, while it's not completely terrible, it's got a bunch of episodes where you end up feeling like nothing actually happened, because the thing we actually came here for only ends up progressing towards the very end of the season. So while I personally wouldn't recommend it, I can't really say this is downright horrible. I do feel like it might be worth a watch if you're bored and have some time to kill. That's literally the only reason how I managed to watch it until the end.

Yelp, one of my most anticipated shows of the season, seemingly spat on with some of the worst animation in the history of forever. Nah, it ain't so dramatic...or is it?

Some say that this is the "OreGairu of the season", but honestly, I beg to differ. That said, novelist Okemaru's Yumemiru Danshi wa Genjitsushugisha a.k.a The Dreaming Boy Is a Realist is a fairly known work to some in the know, and if you get the chance to read the LN, it's a really nice work that may sound like the typical cliche rom-com at first, but I promise you that the story changes little ... by little, that it becomes another thing on its own. But, back to the anime, since this is the crux of where the review lies.

The context of a "realist" kind of rom-com coming from the usual "boy stalks girl" scenario of blind love, and this is happening to the couple who is the talk of the town in Koetsu High: Wataru Sajou and Aika Natsukawa. In fact, Sajo is unequivocally the protagonist of the story, front and center, no matter the circumstances surrounding him: from stalking Natsukawa all the way until some flying soccer ball just narrowly whizzes past Sajou's face, and all of a sudden, like someone who narrowly died and saw Heaven within that flash of a glance, Sajo begins to awaken his senses into another being, and finds that passionately chasing after the girl of his dreams suddenly becomes a useless affair which prompts a drastic departure of his attitude. Naturally, what comes around goes around, and the entire school gets the cliche, though this affects the recepitent more than most, with Natsukawa being conflicted on her feelings of why Sajou didn't have the need to chase after her, which she becomes the chaser to understand his line of feelings from an assumption of hate through distancing.

Believe me, this all sounds convoluted at best, but it's still a rom-com at the heart of it, and one that's filled of a messy drama, coupled with characters that you might want to think twice about from your first impressions about them.

First off, I really like Wataru Sajou's character. Though he throws off the initial impression as someone who's really pushy, dedicated and clings tight to Natsukawa, the "wake up to reality" portion is really a life-changing moment for him, seeing the big picture as opposed to the small, intricate details in life, choosing to be a loner than someone who feels lonely (introverts will get this one). And although Sajo doesn't look like the kind of person who strikes off as being off-putting from the get-go, like OreGairu's 8-man Hikigaya, he demonstrates the traits of social acumen, backed by experience, as he goes around his school and helps the people around him to great lengths. The people place like the Student Council, which his sister Kaede is part of as the vice-president, she is a double-edged sword both in school and at home, acting as an elegant girl in school but the heck-care girl at home where she demands her brother to serve him. But above it all, bear in mind that these skills that he picked up later in his growing school years, also affects the people around him to be better. One such instance his Sajou's part-time work at the lowly used bookstore, where he meets the rather mature but middle-school-aged Yuki Sasaki, as well as his rather quiet of a classmate through Mina Ichinose, which as shy as she is being in the same job as him, Sajo took the initative to teach her customer retail skills, while Sasaki acts the part of the customer to give her some real-life skills to overcome her somewhat quiet aloofness. It's the character aspect which makes Yumemiru Danshi the work that it is, and I'm glad that Wataru's character evolves just like 8-man, but in a calmer and collected manner.

On the other end of the spectrum, you have Aika Natsukawa. She is akin to the school idol: a hardworking girl with great results all across the board, cute, friendly and diligent, who doesn't want to be friends with her? And it's when she was being chased by Wataru, hit with the reality never seen before, becomes the chaser as she tries to understand what it means to love romantically. Several times, she comes off as the natural tsundere (because she is one) due that Wataru is always spoiling her with his affection, and most of the time, she is just like any other typical girl who falls in love and has to understand the nonmenclatures of romantic love. It's a good thing then that she has a very close, best friend in the form of the tomboyish Kei Ashida, which the Bible verse of "Friends come and friends go, but a true friend stick by you like family." directly applies to her as being her best support, though like Wataru, she can get clingy at times. Natsukawa has a youngersister, Airi, whom she dotes on and takes care of a lot at home, and that's the sign of a girl whose family-centric yet enjoy the company of her friends quite a lot.

Although both Wataru and Natsukawa play the main roles that bear similarity to 8-man and Yukino Yukinoshita, other supporting characters come into play that develops the sense of thoughtfulness stemming from Sajou himself. Take the Moral Public & Discipline Committee, headed by its president Rin Shinomiya for example: she is quite the Senpai senior character who is respected by everyone, and is stern on her duties and responsiblity to uphold the image of a reliable and confident Senpai, outside from her rather childish side that only certain people will know of when they get to know her deeply. And it's people like Yuyu Inatomi and Ayano Mita who knows her better than most, especially for the latter since she is a rather close friend of Rin that she loves and dotes on a lot, which is reflected by her rather small and short stature that warrants protection.

The characters are the meat of the source in Yumemiru Danshi, and I really cannot appreciate Okemaru's work enough to see this one aspect of the show that's done decently well, all things considered.

The elephant in the room would have to be the overall production of the anime, which is hideous at best. I have seen so many of Studio Gokumi X AXsiZ shows over the years of anime to tell you that this business relationship has for better or for worse, tampered with ever increasingly low expectations due to the fact that this collaboration produced some ingratingly low-quality shows that it feels standard as the years pass. And Yumemiru Danshi feels exactly just that, with rather drab artwork and piss-poor animation, that it's an ugly sight to look at, aside from feeling awkward, ugh. Sure, director Kazuomi Koga may have spent the better of this season directing the other show that is Temple, but it's just sad from a fan's perspective that the anime is and will continue to be bleak from an adaptation standpoint.

Music-wise, Kaori Ishihara's songs just continue to not do it for me, though I guess that her OP song here does a decent job song-wise. But flip the coin, and I really like Aika's VA's song, which tells the story of the girls in the anime, in spite of the competition where Wataru is secretly winning other girls' heart, aside from Aika herself.

Sure, one could've hoped for a better adaptation for Yumemiru Danshi, and as a hardcore fan of the LN, I knew from a technical standpoint that this would be a drab. But while the production lacked flavour, it's boosted by Okemaru's strong character writing, that I can take the lackluster animation for whatever it is and choose to focus on both the story and characters, which tells a thousand words better than the quality we're given here.

Go for the LN instead, neither the manga version nor the anime will ever come close to what the original source material has going for it.

It reached 4 stars because I found the change in the MC's attitude at the beginning very interesting and peculiar.
An anime with a lot of potential but which unfortunately remains static, unchanged, as if afraid to give a definitive answer to the questions of those who watch it.

The main character had many chances with secondary characters, or so it would seem as the author continues to maintain a fine balance between romantic interest and respect by deceiving with tactical blushes.
The "final" answer amounted to a handshake like contact, dropping the whole thing into behaviors that again can be misunderstood, let's say that the mix between ... a MC that doesn't pick up on cues and only pushes at times when it shouldn't and a tsundere FMC played its role, leaving me with a bitter taste in my mouth of an anime that could have offered so much more but just died at elementary school level romance, so sad.

P.S. PERSONAL OPINION, feel free to watch it if you like the genre or if you got cought by the second episode since for me the first one is the best and last (still watched it).

This anime is a poor man's version of OreGairu, but it started with such a promising premise.

The main character, the eponymous dreaming boy who became a realist, decided to stop simping for a girl so nakedly because it was weirding her out and made him out to be a total creep, so he will just simp from a far. This was a great move from him, because it allows him to interact with more people and develop as a more complete person instead of simping the girl for the entirety of high school.

However, this anime sabotages itself with the generic animation and uninspired ... character design. It makes you wonder how the source material with such uninteresting supporting characters, except for Kei who is best girl in my opinion, and contrived plot elements was greenlighted for an anime adaptation in the first place.

It started off interesting but shot its foot off in the end. The hope of a better twist in the end was what allowed me to stay for the entire 12 episodes run. Sadly, that did not happen.

Simple how to enjoy(?) review:

Yumemiru is clearly inspired from an oregairu. I view this a lighthearted and kinda waterdowned version of it. Hachiman-esque mc and the fmc is a slightly unbearable tsundere. There is also many other girls in this anime.

PLEASE DO NOT WATCH THIS AS A ROMANCE ANIME!!!

If you are thinking about watching this anime and want to enjoy it, try not to look at this as a romance anime. If you come in with expectations of romance you will be greatly disappointed. Yumemiru become much more enjoyable when you think of this as a coming-of-age/mental(?) of the mc. Similar to hachiman, mc goes ... through various social situations and changes a bit each time. The fmc is practically absent and with the amount of other girls in this series and it also fulfils some male fantasy. Definitely do not watch this is if you are expecting any good romance.

This anime adaptation seems to have an anime only ending(afaik) and the events are greatly reorganized compared to the manga adaptation. After catching up on the manga, the fmc in the anime is actually more tolerable lmao. The ending is surprisingly good compared to the rest of the anime. Not sure what happens in the light novel but I would assume both the manga and anime are unfaithful adaptations.

Honestly it is overall a good, meh-ish show you get what I mean ?
Like the mc carried this show on his back LITERALLY. Aside from his damn terrible taste in women he’s a pretty solid guy.

I SERIOUSLY don’t understand why the hell is the female MC even the female MC, like the other side girls are bettter written and wayy more likeable. I don’t think anyone likes the female mc, she isn’t even given much emphasis in a lot of the episodes her only point of being relevant is that the mc likes her FOR NO REASON.

Like some characters are top waifu material ... that sasaki fuuka girl. If only she was the female mc with a little tweaks to the plot and this would’ve been soo much more only reason I gave this show a 7/10 was bcz of the Male mc and his daily troubles which is also how this show can be summarised” the daily random adventures of Sajo Wataru and random inconveniences of the female mc” legit all the other girls are better choices than the female MC.

That’s abt it I really liked the mc and the occasional fuuka drops.

To put it into one sentence, this anime is just a bunch of common anime characters traits (that we've seen everywhere already), interacting with each other in a really nice and comforting kind of way.

The way these stereotypical anime characters interact with each other lights up a little fire in my heart. It's nothing complicated or anything, but that simplicity makes this a nice little anime. For me personally, the anime is also somewhat relatable and has some nice moments to it. Talking comedy wise the anime is kind of stupid, but in a kind of funny way.

Sadly, the characters is literally just anime tropes ... put into a character. So a character in this anime has the personality of that anime trope, jammed into the maximum. Sure they're interactions and reactions make for some of it, but the dialogue tends to sometimes feel shallow and just dumb. This anime doesn't have many fan service (and I think it doesn't need it), but when it does it either feels uncomfortable or just totally unnecessary. Also, the story tends to steer farther and farther from its first plot point, which does pay off later on, but while watching it you just forget about it and feels like watching a different anime, which makes the first few episodes feels not needed there.

Bads:
- Characters are just a bunch of niche and stereotypical anime characters
- Uncomfortable and unnecessary fan service
- Steers further and further away from the first main plot

Good:
- Character interactions and reactions (Dialogue is a meh)
- The genuine feeling and cute moments shared through the anime
- Rather stupid, but in a funny way

As someone who’s read the Web novel, manga, and Light Novel for this series, I have to say this is the best adaptation by far. However while I do “enjoy” reading it, this is definitely a story that was suited for the faster pace of an anime, and that’s the main reason why I don’t like the Manga or LN.

In case anyone is wondering, the anime differs greatly from the source material. One such difference is the main event of the last episode should have instead taken place somewhere around episode 6 and occurred very differently in the original story. I think this ... was a good change though cause it added a lot more meaning and worked as a good place to end the anime.

Would I recommend this anime to anyone? Definitely not. It’s fairly lackluster and the only reason I’m giving it a high score is because of the last episode. It’s very much meant for a certain demographic that most people just aren’t a part of. It’s a decent anime, good adaptation, but not for everyone. If you really want to enjoy this series, then yes you should probably watch the anime first before deciding to read the web novel (don’t read the LN it’s trash).

First thing I noticed since the first episode, is that the animation is amateur.
Maybe the animation company is relatively new and makes its first steps into making anime, or the budget wasn't so flexible, so many scenes feel a bit awkward. The music was sometimes too loud or out of place, and the background also poorly decided.
Nevertheless, they did their best in putting up a cute anime together, and I enjoyed how the relationships of the characters developed, even if each scene very expected. You can tell they tried hard.
The scenes at the bookstore had a very nice atmosphere and the introduction of a ... new character was smoothly integrated.
I am very curious about the future works of this animation studio - seeing their development and the different stories they are going to work on is going to be an interesting journey to see.

Short answer. Honestly speaking its not that bad
Long asnwer is.
The ending is exacly what you expect to happen. And honestly the anime made it so HARD to root for the main characters, that i really had a mixed enjoyment i truly hopped for a diffrent ending which made me stick out with it.
Idk disapointing thats all i shall say. I mean if the ending was diffrent i truly would have maybe even given a 6/10 or 7/10
if the building actually mattered and something interesting happend.

Characters Mid Litteral filler
Wolrd building Mid Nothing interesting
Ending Mid Boring and are exacly what you expected
Music Ehh
... Art Ehh
Sound Ehh

Final score: ehh

if you into some anime with romcom school setting and from light novel adaptation, maybe this series its worth to try.

this is long version, caused MAL forced me to write long paragraph.
I agree with mixed feelings and not recomended series after 3 episode, this anime not giving audience a good strong first impression. And if you anti tsundere Female Lead, I suggest you to avoid this series, this FL is typical tsundere type girl to the max. but despite her flaw, i kinda understand why she act like that.

the story its predictable but i kinda enjoyed and its head on nail with my ... expectation when i read the synopsis. you know typycal romcom anime with school setting, in first episode the anime introduces female lead character, and the show going on they introduce more female character, and for male lead character maybe for some audience its like edge lord and cringe, but if you are familiar with anime, manga and light novel romcom school setting, i think you can tolerate the MC.

overall i enjoy this series

I feel this show would be a lot more enjoyable if not for the most hard to understand main girl I have ever seen. Usually my complaints about characters in a romance anime stem from the mc, since they tend to be really annoying when it comes to actually confessing. The mc in this show, however, is actually kind of alright. For once he isn’t in the wrong.

The main girl, Natsukawa, had been persistently followed by our main guy, who would constantly profess his love for her, until one day, after a close encounter with a football, our mc decides that actually it’s lame ... following her around, so he stops. This seems all good for Natsukawa, who starts to make more friends. However, it is clear that she wants him to carry on following her around, despite her verbal dislike for it.

This show was initially really enjoyable but now that it’s almost halfway through, I’m not too sure.

So far: 6/10

This is a show for the romance anime lovers, but not for many beyond that. There is definitely an oppertunity for viewers to relate to the characters if they have ever felt like a burden towards someone they loved or cared about. The sections of this review are written in order of their significance to the overall viewing experience.

Characters: This anime focuses on its main duo (Natsukawa and Sajo), and most other characters appear to be used for gags or minor plot points. Despite this, there is potential for some characters to be expanded upon if given more screen time in future. The main duo ... strike a good balance between show & tell, as Sajo gets a lot of his thoughts across through dialogue, whilst Natsukawa's thoughts and feelings are largely conveyed through her expressions and actions. Overall character interactions are not realistic, although some aspects of how the characters are portrayed makes for an interesting fictional representation of how people may feel internally in certain scenarios. Natsukawa in particular stands out for many of the right reasons that you would expect from the main girl in a romcom: She is cute and genrally has likable personality traits.

Storytelling: To begin with this anime can feel a bit jumbled up and the order of scenes does not flow particularly well, however as the story comes together, this problem becomes less apparent. Whilst most of the concepts and themes are simple, the pacing and scene transition choices make this anime hard to follow whilst turning your brain off completely. With that being said, 'The Dreaming Boy is a Realist' is also not a highly intellectual show. Some scenes present good ideas in relation to the themes, but are not as dramatic or emotional as they could be due to a lack of build up and suspense. Whilst this anime is listed as a comedy as well as a romance, comedy is a very minor aspect of the show.

Audio/Visual Experience: The character design is mixed overall, and some lazy choices are made at times. Despite this, Natsukawa's character design is good and her cute appearance generally stands out above the other female characters. The music and voice acting are both average. The animation is basic, although not offputting.

Final Remarks: The core elements of a romance anime appear to be covered reasonably well, although this show is not the peak of the genre. It is therefore only recommended for those who particularly enjoy highschool romcom anime. For people in that category, it is worth watching. For others, whilst it is not a bad show, 'The Dreaming Boy is a Realist' should be a lower priority anime on their plan to watch list.

OP is a straight up Oreigaru copy. Also this anime was definitely influenced by Oreigaru and maybe Seishun Buta Yarou. Maybe the LN wasn't, from what I gathered, but the directors were.

Since I read the manga first, though there aren't many chapters available, I had high expectations to this series. But this is a joke.
If you think the idea is interesting, read the manga. It's 100x better. I haven't read the LN, so I can't comment on that. But every monologue that makes the character dynamics interesting has been removed. And even worse, the pacing is atrocious, what is even going on here? How many ... LN volumes are they trying to stuff into 12 eps? Animation is horrendous and the direction feels uninspired. Homeboy literally dyes his hair and guess what? It's still the same color!

I gave this a 5 since I think the original story is interesting enough, though if you'd rate the anime per se, it doesn't deserve this score.

As a reader of the light novel I was a little excited about this, I even liked the first chapter, but everything else was even more boring than the light novel and that's saying a lot.

The plot was very slow, the only good chapters were that Mina was the main center because of the rest Aika being the heroine was very stressful.

The designs were pretty cute for my taste, but the OP and ED were fucking bad and unfunny.

Mina, Sasaki-san and Wataru were my favorite characters, the rest were pure garbage, especially Aika.

I wouldn't recommend the series even to a hater.

The anime presents a classic romantic comedy plot with a twist, focusing on unrequited love and a protagonist who is refreshingly aware of his feelings. Initially, it promises a deep phycological exploration of relationships, akin to shows like "Oregairu". However, the execution falls short, with storyline becoming convoluted and the character development becoming inconsistent.

While the production quality is average, not detracting from the viewing experience, the animation is subpar. The sound design, particularly the use of music, is out of place and sometime jarring.

The direction and screenplay could have been more polished. The dialogue often feels forced, and the narrative suffers from pacing issues ... and a lack of coherent storytelling.

Despite its potential and some enjoyable moments, the anime seems to struggle with its identity, trying to be more than what it is and losing some of its audience early on. It is a series that might appeal to those looking for a psychological rom-com with a different take, but it may disappoint viewers expecting a more refined and consistent narrative.

In summary, while the anime has its moments and could have been a hidden gem, it ultimately doesn't quite live up to the expectations by its intriguing premise.