Make Heroine ga Oosugiru!

Despite not understanding much about fleeting teen romance, first-year high school student Kazuhiko Nukumizu still wonders how he would react if his life were to be turned into a love story. Regardless, as a self-proclaimed "background character," Nukumizu is satisfied continuing his life as an introvert with a negligible social life. However, he suddenly finds himself too close to the spotlight when he witnesses his popular classmate Anna Yanami be rejected by her childhood friend in the middle of a family restaurant.

While Nukumizu wishes he could just forget what he saw and move on, Anna ends up forcefully confiding herself in Nukumizu, lamenting her status as a childhood friend fated to have her beloved stolen. As he becomes dragged into Anna's situation, Nukumizu soon gets caught up in the relationship drama of two more girls: Lemon Yakishio, an outgoing member of the track and field club; and Chika Komari, a shy member of the literature club. Now thrust out of his comfort zone, Nukumizu finds himself a major character in the lives of too many losing heroines.

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Yanami, Anna Main

Tono, Hikaru Japanese

Yakishio, Lemon Main

Wakayama, Shion Japanese

Komari, Chika Main

Terasawa, Momoka Japanese

Nukumizu, Kazuhiko Main

Umeda, Shuuichirou Japanese

Shikiya, Yumeko Supporting

Anzai, Chika Japanese

Nukumizu, Kaju Supporting

Tanaka, Minami Japanese

Basori, Tiara Supporting

Morohoshi, Sumire Japanese

Konuki, Sayo Supporting

Saitou, Chiwa Japanese

Amanatsu, Konami Supporting

Uesaka, Sumire Japanese

Tsukinoki, Koto Supporting

Tanezaki, Atsumi Japanese

Oowada, Tomoyuki Producer

Jinguuji, Manabu Producer

Nagamine, Rieko Producer

Kikuchi, Yuuichirou Producer

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Oct 24, 2024

__Crow__

Recommended

Yep, I can confirm that there's definitely Too Many Losing Heroines! 😜

What sets Makeine apart from all the other shows in its genre is its natural approach to romance and an actual sense of realism in its characters and writing itself.

• The dynamic between Anna and Nukumizu just oozes with chemistry and in my opinion is next to none when it comes to how well these two play into each other's roles, it's seriously just fun watching these two interact with one another because of how goofy ahh their interactions usually turn out to be. 📑
↓ → A very similar thing can be said about ... the rest of the cast... The sheer variety of personalities you encounter throughout the show that're just as well "grounded in reality" as Anna and Nukumizu makes for a sincerely memorable experience, it's simply just very enjoyable to watch all these characters go about their daily life; from dealing with the most mundane of tasks to facing head-on against their hardships... From a normal point of view, all these interactions might just seem as only a small unimportant things but in truth, they add up over time and make for a great character development and also give the viewer more insight into the characters themselves. 📂

• From start to finish Makeine's production value is nothing short of stunning; boasting exceptionally fluid animation, lively and vibrant colours and sort of an old-school character design that just pops. The VA's also did an absolutely outstanding work with my favorite VA being Tono Hikaru (Anna's voice) which is also one of my personal favorite VA's! Honestly, I'm over the moon she got this role because I love her voice and I think the breath she gave to Anna's character is absolutely unmatched... 📈 📈 📈
• As a last thing I also wanna briefly mention the Op/Ed's; I mean the Opening is great, it's vibrant and just plain fun, but when it comes to the Endings those are the work of love and passion... in some, they literally had to improvise with new camera angles for unique semi-realistic shots in other, with a completely new art style. All that hard work for something that most people skip anyway... 📷 🎨

All in all, Makeine's a breath of fresh air amongst its genre which knows how to sincerely voice the complexities of human interactions and romance in a clear and genuine down-to-earth way and i seriously cannot recommend it enough! 💘

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Nov 16, 2024

Marjar

Mixed Feelings

Starts off with an interesting premise, but ultimately doesn't really go anywhere with it. In fact, a large chunk of the show has nothing to do with any real romance at all, which is bizarre for something labelled as a romcom. Also bizarre that this is labeled a romcom when the majority of it is more of a drama. Not just drama, but kind of annoying melodrama in fact.

The best thing I can say about this show is that it looks nice and has good music. Unfortunately aesthetics and production values can only take you so far. After the halfway point, I was already ... pretty much done with it. It's a character driven show with relatively weak characters and not particularly interesting dialog. I guess some of the stuff with Komari was mildly relatable? Whenever I watch an anime that has an arc focused on club activities, I really have to wonder if Japanese students really care this much about this crap. Do they really take club activities this seriously to warrant so much drama?

I don't get it. This is another one of those shows that makes me wonder if I'm getting too old for anime. Am I wrong? Are the zoomers praising this wrong? Am I annoyed that this turned out to be a completely different type of show than I expected? Am I being stupid for trying to wrap my head around some seasonal slop that just happens to have good animation? Who knows. All I know is that my eyes started to glaze over watching the last episode of this and I probably should have dropped this around episode 7.

It's not bad, just mediocre.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Oct 31, 2024

Aethyriel

Not Recommended

What starts out as a fresh comedy show sadly and quickly breaks down into a melodramatic teenage romance mess with neither depth nor comedy nor anything worthwhile really. The first ~ 4 episodes sort of really hook you in, especially with how funny some scenes are, but the story then never goes anywhere, opens up a ton of side plots that aren't interesting and basically carbon copies of each other.

While initially the characters promise some depth or at least variety and possibility for growth, none of that is ever realized, probably because too many characters are given screen time with nonsensical melodramatic conflicts that ... are resolved in the same half-assed way every time. Ultimately, I was really let down by this and I think most viewers who are looking for comedy romance with a twist will be disappointed as well. The show hits a wall early and then just scrambles around in mediocre lukewarm trope puddles until it has the decency to just end.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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