Aharen-san wa Hakarenai

Beginning his first year of high school, all Matsuboshi Raidou wants is to make friends—starting with the cute, tiny, and soft-spoken Reina Aharen, who sits right next to him in class. Unbeknownst to Raidou, Reina shares the same sentiment, but she has a problem. Awkward and timid, Reina is incapable of determining how chummy she has to be when approaching a person.

Due to Reina's complete inability to gauge personal space, the two struggle to spark their unlikely friendship, as even the simplest tasks like talking seem impossible for them. But despite the countless yet pointless challenges that hinder the pair, the overly imaginative Raidou will do whatever it takes to befriend the indecipherable Reina.

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Aharen, Reina Main

Minase, Inori Japanese

Raidou, Matsuboshi Main

Terashima, Takuma Japanese

Toubaru-sensei Supporting

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Aharen, Ren Supporting

Kuno, Misaki Japanese

Aharen, Eru Supporting

Hidaka, Rina Japanese

Ooshiro, Mitsuki Supporting

Ichimichi, Mao Japanese

Raidou, Younger Sister Supporting

Nagae, Rika Japanese

Satou, Hanako Supporting

Kusunoki, Tomori Japanese

Ishikawa Supporting

Kakihara, Tetsuya Japanese

Miyahira-sensei Supporting

Kozakai, Yurie Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Kamei, Hiroshi Producer

Hayashi, Tatsurou Producer

Aizawa, Ryou Producer

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Mar 13, 2025

MozartDaniel

Recommended

If you want to get out of the usual romcom tropes for a bit, you'll want to give Aharen-san a watch. Keep in mind though, romance takes a while to make an appearance, so this may be better classified as... a friendcom?

Aharen-san is a very sweet character, at first we're led to believe she's similar to Komi-san, but that's a stretch. Aharen-san CAN communicate, but her voice is usually so low she can't be heard by other people. Honestly, that's endearing and if you think that's way too specific, it's an issue that's way more common in real life for many girls than what you ... may think.

Raido, our chad for this romance story, does not have much of a personality and we're not shown much of his backstory. We come to know him strictly through his interactions with other people. I liked him but his recurring joke of overthinking the situation, though extremely relatable for me, can get a bit tiring because it always has the same conclusion. Beyond that, we barely see him struggle as a person, so I think he's overdue some development.

Our cast of side characters are mostly there to move our characters around, so I can't say I loved them, and some suffer from the same issue of having a recurring joke that's run to the ground. Yet it's not really ever that bad, just a matter of setting the right expectations.

The closest comparison I can make is to Pseudo Harem, as both are mostly shows with some gags here and there, situational episodes with not much going on as far an overarching story goes, though both have unlimited wholesome moments, and are very light-hearted and free of drama. Both can be repetitive at times, but Aharen-san gets the short end of that stick, mostly because the gags don't evolve much.

This comparison does not apply much to the romance, though, because it really takes a while to get going. I mean, you kind of always know how they feel for each other because of what's expected from the genre, but the realization of love for our characters comes out of nowhere, for me at least. Anyways there are more than enough doki-doki moments all over the anime, so don't worry too much.

OPENING: The song is nice, but just like the animation featured here, is not that memorable, though it does have some moments that will live rent free in my mind. I quite like how they incorporated whispers to it, very good!
ENDING: Daijobu, daijobu! The Daijobu song is lovely, and features some more whispers to it. I was wondering just how would they incorporate the elements featured in the ending throughout the season, so it's weird to look back on it lol. I think I like the opening a bit more.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Dec 11, 2024

BALVEY

Mixed Feelings

NO SPOILERS DUHHH:

It's a god anime, I do recommend it, it works really well. But that is only for good 4 episodes as after those 4 episodes I found the rest sort of Meh. At the start i find it quite interesting and funny of how things are playing up.

Character development is not too bad, they work really well but I wish there was more to it then just this as it did feel like a copy and paste in certain seasons.

This is why I picked mixed as this is a nice anime that i would recommend for start but the further you go ... with it is not that funny anymore as it was and it doesn't follows up with that much joy the further you go and the energy is just disappearing.

I don't think there is more I can say if you are like me and can't wait for season 2 and into this anime i recommend those anime for you to kill that time:

- Assasination Classroom
- Toradora (the ending is different to Manga which I hate)
- Bakemono no Ko
- Boku dake ga Inai Machi
- RElife
- Chuunibyou demo koi ga shitai
- Durarara
- K-On!

That is all
Bye bye

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jul 2, 2024

CBMiura

Not Recommended

Aharen-san wa Hakarenai it's a decent anime.

The animation it's good, the characters are developed through the show. But for me, the anime fall into the sameness.

It's the same pattern, it's like a copy and paste with a little development of the characters.

I found it enjoyable, but it was very hard to keep the same energy through the entire anime.

So in my opinion, the anime start strong and from that, went down little by little.

If you just want to laugh a little maybe Aharen-san wa Hakarenai it's good for you. But if you want a comedy anime that keep improving while developíng it's ... story and characters, then, I woudn't recommend this for you.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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