Nisekoi

Raku Ichijou, a first-year student at Bonyari High School, is the sole heir to an intimidating yakuza family. Ten years ago, Raku made a promise to his childhood friend. Now, all he has to go on is a pendant with a lock, which can only be unlocked with the key which the girl took with her when they parted.

Now, years later, Raku has grown into a typical teenager, and all he wants is to remain as uninvolved in his yakuza background as possible while spending his school days alongside his middle school crush Kosaki Onodera. However, when the American Bee Hive Gang invades his family's turf, Raku's idyllic romantic dreams are sent for a toss as he is dragged into a frustrating conflict: Raku is to pretend that he is in a romantic relationship with Chitoge Kirisaki, the beautiful daughter of the Bee Hive's chief, so as to reduce the friction between the two groups. Unfortunately, reality could not be farther from this whopping lie—Raku and Chitoge fall in hate at first sight, as the girl is convinced he is a pathetic pushover, and in Raku's eyes, Chitoge is about as attractive as a savage gorilla.

Nisekoi follows the daily antics of this mismatched couple who have been forced to get along for the sake of maintaining the city's peace. With many more girls popping up his life, all involved with Raku's past somehow, his search for the girl who holds his heart and his promise leads him in more unexpected directions than he expects.

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Kirisaki, Chitoge Main

Touyama, Nao Japanese

Onodera, Kosaki Main

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Ichijou, Raku Main

Uchiyama, Kouki Japanese

Tsugumi, Seishirou Supporting

Komatsu, Mikako Japanese

Tachibana, Marika Supporting

Asumi, Kana Japanese

Maiko, Shuu Supporting

Kaji, Yuuki Japanese

Miyamoto, Ruri Supporting

Uchiyama, Yumi Japanese

Sasaki, Ryuunosuke Supporting

Hiyama, Nobuyuki Japanese

Onodera, Nanako Supporting

Ohara, Sayaka Japanese

Ringheart, Claude Supporting

Koyasu, Takehito Japanese

Iwakami, Atsuhiro Producer

Kubota, Mitsutoshi Producer

Maruyama, Hiroo Producer

Kananiwa, Kozue Assistant Producer

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Nov 22, 2024

Mentita

Recommended

Ok, here is the thing.

You have an harem with:
-Donkan male lead, magime, straightforward.

Waifus:
-Kitoge, lead waifu, violent cute tsundere.
-Kosaki, wafu Bijin hasukashi.
-Tsugumi, an unrealistic mary sue.
-Marika, a schemy yandere that shows later on.
... -Maiko, Shuu, techincally a sidekick really, special mention because this one managed to be entertaining at times.

Nothing strange here.The premise is kind of creative thou, family circumstances forces the two leads into a fake relationship, this gives the show it's name. it's really a flavor kind of thing and the series evolves as expected.

So why to see this stuff in 2024 then? well it's because the Shaft magic tricks. Shaft here performs for what probably will be remember. Long history short, this series is about classic Shaft stuff.

You should try this just to see if Shaft manages charm you in any way. Else drop it.
The source material is a real mess, and it's not worth for your time.
Cheers!

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Nov 4, 2024

darkghosts

Mixed Feelings

Well if your here your probably looking for a harem or romantic anime with some sort of interesting twist.
I'll get straight to the point with this one, the anime is interesting, there are some cool aspects about the storyline, but really
they went a little light on the "harem" and "romance" qualities. It does get better later in the season but if your just looking for something focused on those aspects I don't think this one is for you. BUT if your just looking for something with a dash of harem/romance then this is overall a solid anime with an interesting story and solid animation ... Imo. The plot is decent though pretty generic, character development is there though nothing special - it was an entertaining anime altogether.


Though let me warn you: the ending isn't animated. You will have to read the manga or just search up how the story ends after watching both seasons. That fact alone made me subtract a point.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Nov 25, 2023

BadGuyBoog

Not Recommended

I feel like I’ve seen this show before. Not like deja vu but more like everything is the exact same to every other rom com on this list. Every character I've seen before. Every plot point I've seen before. They just changed the packaging. That’s how I feel about most of these shows. Why is the mystery element ‘which one of these girls was my childhood friend?’ and why is this a common plotline? Who cares? That was when you were a child, even if it turns out to be a completely different girl it doesn’t fucking change your current feelings so I don’t know ... why they make such a big deal out of it. Also do you have fucking amnesia, how is your memory that fucking bad and specific to know you had a best friend who was important to you, but not who that was. At least with Quintessential Quintuplets it made sense. I guess if I had to point out a couple stand outs, I like the assassin girl but I wish she got to do more assassin stuff. The best friend just sort of messing with everyone made him my favorite character. I like how the tsundere just accepted her feelings. And yup that’s it. That’s all that’s different. If you’ve seen one of these shit shows you’ve basically seen them all. But hey, they’re strangely addicting and makes my monkey brain entertained for a few hours. The show is incomplete and I doubt they’ll ever complete it but I honestly could care less. For some reason the shots of the main character in the kitchen were fucking God Teir. Like they put way too much effort in those pointless scenes animation-wise. (That hot spring episode was fucking bullshit though)

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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