Golden Time
a.k.a. The Second Coming of Christ on Earth
Genre: romcom
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| Everybody's scared before trying something new and exciting |
Golden Time is a return from last season. Perhaps its most defining feature is that it doesn't take place in high/middle school. It seems like you just can't have a romantic-comedy without setting it in grade school. I mean, I get it. It's a convenient setting. All of the characters are forced to meet in the same place every day. Lots of opportunities to get the main characters together. Golden Time decides to mix things up and have the story set during college. With that minor change, the characters are forced to meet in the same place every day, with lots of opportunities to get the protagonists together. Way to push the envelope, guys!
Laying aside the gripe hammer, Golden Time is still my favourite of the season. Basically, Male Protagonist (they're all basically the same character, regardless of series) has amnesia and has to wrestle with his current self and his forgotten self. In the process, he falls for Kouko, a psychopath. I cannot underplay this enough. The girl is bananas. Nevertheless, her attractive figure and long hair are enough to make Male Protagonist overlook her glaring personality flaws and get together. Then a bunch of stuff happens, and now we're here.
Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren
a.k.a. Ero Eyepatch Anime 2: ElectRikka Boogaloo
Genre: romcom
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| I wish I had the ability to summon porn out of nowhere. Oh, wait, I have a laptop. |
I'm not sure I get this anime. It seems like KyoAni's way of saying, "look at how much money we have!" On the outside, it's your standard high school romcom, but every episode seems to have a very expensive-looking fantasy fight scene. It's silly! The plot is nonexistent. It drips with moé nonsense. Male Protagonist sounds like Lelouch (after writing this, I looked this up and confirmed that they are, in fact, the same voice actor. Please feel free to ignore this gripe. Or this entire post, for that matter).
This series does one thing right. It gives geeks like me something to talk about. Ask a group of us to pick a favourite character and there will be gnashed teeth and rended garments (oh, it's Touka, by the way. For best character). For all of its faults, it is cute and funny and stupid enough to chit-chat about.
Nisekoi
a.k.a. No More Mr. Nisekoi
Genre: romcom
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| This scene makes no sense out of context, but I don't care since the faces are so funny |
I don't know why I even bothered adding the genres for this list. They're all the same. Nisekoi is a romantic-comedy from Shaft. Male Protagonist is forced into a marriage with a beatiful blonde girl to preclude a gang war. Naturally, they don't like each other. Hilarity ensues.
Sakura Trick
a.k.a. That Yuri Anime
Genre: romcom
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Oh my, what kind of picture did you think I'd post? |
So let me get this straight, it's a series about girls making out with each other. I'm pretty sure there are other Internet sites that... oh, it's not meant to be dirty? How does that even work? Oh, they made a slice-of-life series that just happens to feature girls kissing. Aww, look at them. They're adorable!
Sorry, it's impossible to write a fair review because this series gives viewers a sugar imbalance.
Mikakunin de Shinkoukei
a.k.a. The Anime That Will Be Forgotten a Month After It Ends
Genre: romcom
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| I'm not sure what the animators were thinking when they let this frame slip through |
