why has this anime recieved a low score?

_Ako_ said:
Why?

Because Neko ship sunk. That's why.

tragedydesu said:
People are tired of generic harems
Also they expected a revenge story and not another cliched story about hate turn to love ...

tragedydesu said:

Also they expected a revenge story and not another cliched story about hate turn to love ...

Renaultclio101 said:
Are viewers being biased or thinking this is some sort of shoujo, shonen black butler style.
Can someone please explain why they have rated this show poorly ?

Symphyon said:


I mean in all honesty I like Neko, I won't deny that I do like her... I just don't personally ship her with Masamune. I think the reason why she reminds you of Tachibana is more of the personality trait or a quirk to say the least. Maybe one of the two.

_Ako_ said:
@Renaultclio101 @Symphyon

Why u no ship Neko?

no pantsu > pink pantsu

Anyway, yeah I agree that the ship has been set from the start. But, well Neko just reminds me of Tachibana for some reason so....

I have the feeling that I will ship it from the end... Then the ship sunk... then I said to myself "of course, Tachibana lost".



Lol... I agree to this one. The series was quite chill to watch though. I find myself laughing every time Masamune fails the pick-up lines he said to Aki... xD

Takuan_Soho said:


Because they made the two main characters too likeable and still obviously in love too fast. It took all the drama out of the situation. You can't have a harem when the outcome is clear from episode one, and there was nothing else interesting about to make the journal to the eventual conclusion worthwhile.

"Kagura Wants to be Confessed To" coming up soon is pretty similar, I will be curious to see how that turns out.

Manaban said:
I didn't like it because I wanted a harem and got some dumb narcissistic shit failing to make basic, common sense choices for 99% of the anime :V And it was a guy. It'd be different if it was a cute girl. But it's a guy.

disappointing, they had some gud girls to work with too

Jordzaahh said:
For me it was the final episode that hard dropped my rating, really enjoyed it until that.

DatRandomDude said:
DAAAAMN THAT SCORE DROPPED SO HARD LOL
Looks like i did a good choice dropping it.

AnimoosFromChina said:
it's a generic romance harem that set up this grand plot of getting revenge on aki yet ended with no resolution and spends the last ep with a karaoke party. Neko is basically a marika tachibana clone and the rest of the characters in the show are bland as far as depth is concerned. Masamune was alright as far as harem MC's are concerned but that really isn't saying much.

Also the final arc was just ridiculous to say the least.
Random guy who looks like masamune if he was fat and has masamune as a "nickname" shows zero proof to aki that they in fact were childhood friends and gets her to fall in love with him. If aki just asked him one personal question from her childhood, he's screwed.

The show just ended up being a derailed mess with bland, unoriginal characters.

thebrentinator24 said:

You certainly did do yourself a favor by dropping it, the finale was underwhelming and anticlimactic, and the show overall was lame (but I'm sure you already knew that since, you know...you dropped it lol).

Swagernator said:
Generic Tsundere
Generic Kudere
Generic loli
Generic harem
Retarded MC
MC commanded by everyone

FAT CHICK !!!

OP you cant like this harem bulshit and then go and say Nisekoi is bad lol.

laCloud said:
The ending sucked balls that's why

Also it stopped being a revenge story at what, episode 3-4, so that blew

D_Dog said:
I liked it but my gawd, what a shitty ending.

Renaultclio101 said:
I enjoyed it but can not understand how it was at the top 8s and now it is not even 7.5.

Are viewers being biased or thinking this is some sort of shoujo, shonen black butler style.


Can someone please explain why they have rated this show poorly ?

I feel like viewers are missing something or lack to enjoy a nice decent series

The characters are of so little note and lack even the most basic character development that much of the show’s drama relies on external circumstances to wreck havoc. There’s nothing that makes you root for any of them. You have no investment in any of their actions because you know squat diddly what’s in it for them and how it will change them. Even the eponymous revenge you’ll eventually find hard to care because there’s no sense of stake on how it affects the MC or the female lead, other than well putting the female lead, a right bitch, in her place. That’s it for most of the show’s runtime. You get a glimpse who Aki is so late into the story that it doesn’t even matter anymore because by then you’d like nothing more than to make sweet love to her lovely empty head with the business end of a pike.

Stage 4 Plot-itis is probably the most likable character, to the point where you’re left wondering what’s a girl like her doing in a show like this. She’s also the most pointless one introduced. Yes, even more than obese monkey wrench. The purpose of Stage 4 Plot-itis is that she represents a way out for the MC -this sweet, soft-spoken, pretty girl who’s going out of her way to make her intentions known and all he has to do is give up on his revenge. But the way she was introduced and the cagey defense of the MC about the circumstances of their encounter only adds unnecessary friction and drama. It feels like the author was just throwing obstacles after obstacles to the main pairing and the characters involved are handed the temporary idiot ball to deliberately make the obstacle worse. And if they actually developed Futaba to be Aki’s competition, Stage 4 Plot-itis could be safely written out and the show could proceed with its drama, but this time coming from the characters themselves as their motivations, dreams, hopes, and feelings collide.

siradix said:
It was pretty obvious the revenge plot was going to fail, but it failed really hard. There was no real effort on the MC side to make any of it succeed. Besides that, after the Neko arc, everything was really half-assed and cliched. Then you also have all the supporting cast, who are one dimensional. Any type of fleshing out was quickly abandoned and never brought up again.

Kissing the girl means nothing when everything reverts back to the way they were before. The MC is as lame as it gets because he clings to the guise that he is only doing this for revenge.

joe_g7 said:
The end could be seen from a mile away and the whole trip to it wasn't even the least entertaining. I only enjoyed the first 3-4 episodes before I started getting annoyed by Masamune. And Masamune IS an idiot, he literally panicked and screamed inside his head every freaking episode, also he fell for the girl he was supposed to take revenge on.

Hachiko75 said:
I don't think it's low. It's still above five....sadly.

AniMeriiFreak said:
Definitely the last episode made me drop the rating.

le_halfhand_easy said:


A good lighthearted rom-com needs good characters you'll root for. The problem is that the shows lacks that. A lot. Forgive me for I'll just be quoting parts of my review on the series.

Symphyon said:

I never actually supported Neko in terms of shippings to be completely honest.

On Topic: Mostly because of the Introduction of the Fakemune. I didn't personally mind it to say the very least but at the same time it did dipped down for me a little.



The second I can also see that (for me the first complained doesn't go for me because well... you know me, I don't mind cliches as long as the execution or how its delivered is enough to make me like it) because Masamune at the end pretty much threw that out of the window... then again in the manga later on from what I was told it makes sense, although some people said it was poorly done.

Renaultclio101 said:



I agree the ending wasn't that great but still likeable anime.

Renaultclio101 said:
Are viewers being biased or thinking this is some sort of shoujo, shonen black butler style.

Renaultclio101 said:
I feel like viewers are missing something or lack to enjoy a nice decent series

Manaban said:
I didn't like it because I wanted a harem and got some dumb narcissistic shit failing to make basic, common sense choices for 99% of the anime :V And it was a guy. It'd be different if it was a cute girl. But it's a guy.

disappointing, they had some gud girls to work with too

siradix said:
It was pretty obvious the revenge plot was going to fail, but it failed really hard. There was no real effort on the MC side to make any of it succeed. Besides that, after the Neko arc, everything was really half-assed and cliched. Then you also have all the supporting cast, who are one dimensional. Any type of fleshing out was quickly abandoned and never brought up again.

Kissing the girl means nothing when everything reverts back to the way they were before. The MC is as lame as it gets because he clings to the guise that he is only doing this for revenge.

Mormegil said:
Because the show never went anywhere.

Deknijff said:
what are you talking about?



I enjoyed the series but I can't lie to myself when it honestly just felt like a average show
better than SNAFU at least I guess

Renaultclio101 said:

At the end of episode 12, I feel like the characters have changed a bit and the revenge will be carried out and the after effects of Masamune. Though I don't hope it drags on just to make one revenge and end the story. I assume the title "revenge" is the main plot so once the revenge is over then the whole story is done

AnjuRatty said:
Because shit started going downhill at halfway point really.
And that ending helped too.

HaXXspetten said:
1. The original premise was completely wasted and it became nothing but a generic harem instead
2. The plot never fucking went anywhere
3. Pretty much all the characters were terrible, especially Aki
4. The only interesting episode of the anime (episode 8) had all its potential amount to absolutely nothing in the remaining episodes
5. The final arc was terrible, Aki's "guardians" were annoying as hell and the whole plot development with Gasou was ridiculously contrived
6. Incredibly unsatisfying open ending with a traditional kiss interruption to leave it off
7. Despite deciding to waste the revenge premise for the sake of making it a romance anime, ultimately there was almost no relationship progression at all in the entire show

le_halfhand_easy said:


Oh my sweet summer child. There will be no revenge. The story set itself up so that the MC will fall for one of the least interesting female leads in rom-com.

Huex3 said:


I don't know your definition of generic but I don't think Masamune-Kun no Revenge is a generic harem. I'm actually doubting that this is even a harem.

At most we have 3 people who likes him: Class rep, Neko and Aki.

Class rep got insta killed so it's just a love triangle with Neko and Aki.

Maid doesn't like him (Don't push it please we all know that she has no feelings for him).

The trap likes Neko.

Sister and Mother certainly doesn't see him as a romance partner.

This is a show that has a "Harem" with only 2 members in it... Compare it to any other harems you know I've never seen a harem with only 2 members in it. Well it is technically a harem because a lot of other nameless mob characters like him I guess.

HaXXspetten said:
That's just a technicality. Yeah sure we can call it a love triangle instead but that doesn't really make it a whole lot better

Renaultclio101 said:
What I meant was the score rating system is pretty much screwed on MAL considering many similar romance anime which falls into this category is rated higher and the expectations of viewers is unique demanding.

Renaultclio101 said:
Snafu and this is both good in their own ways but the main character in SNAFU makes it more enjoyable and the plot. On the other hand, looking at your list, it is filled with the typical newb starter anime pack such as Clannad which is overrated combined with shakugan no shana and zero.