Why is this anime getting a lot of flack

@MK17_2 in today's world, everyone is groomed, especially women.

it's kind of amazing when you think about it.

The only why I don't like the show is because it's just kinda boring with no tension other than whiny people saying "he's her caretaker"

@2LongDidntReview You watched one fucking episode, but you somehow want tension immediately? Sounds like nonsense to me.

@LostSpectre any reason I should be watching this instead of any other hundreds of romance anime?

We don't really get an aim from either the girl or the guy. The girl wants him to love her, but literally has no plan of action.

We're literally just sitting here hoping something interesting happens.

@2LongDidntReview I just think it's hilarious how much you're expecting from a single fucking episode. Yes, you're watching the show and waiting to see how the premise is going to develop, the idea that you need the girl to have some detailed plan of action like she's fucking Light Yagami, or serious tension/stakes, in the first damn episode, is completely wild to me. Go ahead and watch any other romance anime, but you're going to be sorely disappointed if you think that's actually what you're going to find. I really don't care if you dislike the premise altogether, but your criticisms just seem baffling to me.

@LostSpectre

Ore no monogatari: The male lead and female lead establishes connection (exchanging numbers), but male lead is obtuse to her obvious feelings (for good reasons), so now we are invested in seeing what happens.

Kaichou Wa Maid Sama: Male lead discovers female lead's secret, now how will the dynamic play out between the strict president and guy who's holding her secret?

Kimi ni Todoke: Episode 1 establishes some kind of connection (though not confession yet) between the two leads, and there are hints that they are progressing.



Meanwhile in Banken, the episode ends in the same state that it began. Male lead still treats female lead as her parent. Female lead still only secretly loves him.

@2LongDidntReview Are you fucking with me? None of that has anything to do with a "plan of action" nor does it set up any real tension to speak of. You can easily write the same sort of thing for this show, the fact he's now enrolled as a HS student means there's a huge potential for development here that didn't previously exist, did you forget that she wanted to go to HS further away and find an ordinary sort of love, because she knows that her feelings are hopelessly one sided? The idea that it ends in the same way it begins is just objectively false, and in none of the examples is there any real development, just the potential for it, which also exists here. Genuinely, I really don't know what the fuck you're on about.

@LostSpectre "she went to a HS further away because she wants to find ordinary love"

Which we know isn't going to happen. In fact, if there was a potential love triangle, that would have been a development.

Yes, the male lead being in the school has potential, but it literally shows none of it. He behaves pretty much the same as he does outside of the school, save for the acting for other students.

"The idea that it ends in the same way it begins is just objectively false"
Care to tell me how their relationship has changed/advanced? Because you won't be able to.

Genuinely, you need every little detail spelled out for you. You're the reason why coffee cups need a "warning hot content" label.

@2LongDidntReview The person too fucking dense to understand how the ML going to school with the FL is a pretty big development thinks I need every detail spelled out for me? What the actual fuck are you going on about? I'm losing braincells trying to converse with someone that's completely deranged. None of your examples are presenting a markedly different scenario, none of those relationships have developed significantly in a single god damn episode, period. You're the one who needs every fucking detail spelled out if you can't read between the lines and see the potential for development here. You might as well be speaking a different language, because nothing you've said up until now has made any fucking sense whatsoever.

You've got to be fucking with me, there's no other explanation, you gave Kimi ni Todoke a 10 despite how notoriously slow it is. LMAO

Also, I've seen more romance anime shows than you've seen fucking anime in general, quit talking out of your ass.

@2LongDidntReview Keep running your mouth, nothing but hot air is coming out. You don't even have a clue what your point is anymore, you started off talking about there not being tension in the first fucking episode of a romance series, then you changed that to something idiotic about the FL not having a "plan of action" and now you want measurable relationship progress in the first episode? There's no "mini-cliffhanger" in those examples that have any relevant amount of relationship development in one god damn episode, this is just a fantasy you conjured up in your head in order to try and discredit this show. Yet, here you want a fucking meaningful relationship status change in a single episode, which is absurd, it's almost as if you have little to no experience in the genre whatsoever. Oh, that's right, you fucking don't!

For the love of god, I shouldn't have to explain to you why him enrolling as a student, and being able to relate with her as a peer in that environment, has the potential to be a significant change of pace to their current dynamic. I don't know anymore if you're denying that there's any potential here for development, which should be clear as fucking day that there is, or if you're legitimately expecting a real development to their romantic relationship, in a single fucking episode, while none of the shows you've mentioned actually have that. If you didn't have Kimi ni Todoke in your list, and rated it a 10, I might be able to wrap my head around your misguided viewpoint, but when that's one of the most notoriously slow romances, your viewpoint here just feels comically ridiculous.

Start over and clearly outline what the fuck it is you've been trying to say, because no one here actually knows what that is besides you.

@LostSpectre like I said in the beginning, no tension, no pull as to what I should look forward to the next episode, which isn't exclusive to romance genre. Her not having a plan of action was just an example. You got autism so that you take everything literally?

A potential love interest for either the ML or FL could have been introduced, is another example.

Now if that's not clear enough for you. Then maybe you should continue this in a word document because you're literally arguing with yourself. A dog would be a better conversationalist than you.

"it's almost as if you have little to no experience in the genre whatsoever"
Then the genre is shit. The isekai genre has every other story about an overpowered guy running around doing everything with ease, that doesn't mean that those stories aren't crap, just because they're the norm.

"him enrolling as a student, and being able to relate with her as a peer in that environment, has the potential to be a significant change of pace to their current dynamic"
Which has literally no bearing on a romantic relationship. Do you think that colleagues fall in love because they're peers? Or maybe because... the situation makes them spend time with one another? If you started taking Japanese lessons with your mother you think you're going to start falling in love with her? You are so socially isolated and touch starved you don't even know basic human relationships

Normies who can’t adjust to anime culture are pretending to be upset. That’s all. I say just ignore it and wait to judge for yourself. So far I liked the first episode. It was funny, charming, and gave me the premise to look forward to.

@CTMB_Emotionless Nope, this one is just bad. Again, Koi wa Amaagari no You ni by Wit Studio is rated pretty high and generally liked, even having a wider age gap. The guy is over 40 y.o. there. Why? Because it's a good show from episode 1.

Considering most people here haven’t read the manga, they have no room to call it bad yet. Overall though, I think it’s just alright. To call it bad is a stretch imo. Also seeing how the vast majority are only complaining about the age gap… yeah it is just that normies can’t hang with the age gap.

@bassyey What does this have to do with all the virtue signaling and bitching? Nothing.

Animation is wack that I will agree, Male MC I found funny though. Then again I like dad characters who are overprotective trope, that shit just makes me laugh. Calling normies what they are isn’t coping homie.

Also also I didn’t say anything about them not being able to judge based off the first episode. What I said was that what majority are complaining about in this thread in particular is just the age gap. That’s just the facts my guy.

@LostSpectre I said nothing about virtue-signaling. You might want to read the thread you're replying to.

Can we seriously stop with these stupid "controversy" threads about this damn show? It's annoying af, if you don't like the show don't frickin watch it jfc

Agree 100%. I'm tired of plp complaining ALL the time. And I bet that some users rate anime/manga without even watching just bc they THINK they won't like it or bc it's BL or shoujo.

Because this kind of anime almost always cater to pedophile men. Whats there to debate about.

I also agree with you
I've saw many age gap anime's like koikimo but this is different.
Like bro seriously The guy is like a father to her but they are just creeping with romance i can't take this
still different people have different tastes so yeah:))

@solrules What are you talking about? Its literally an adaptation of a shoujo manga, its directed towards young teenage girls and its also written-drawn by a woman. So no, it wasnt made to cater to pedophile men, completely the opposite, its for women to fantasize about an older badboy guy.

@Chocovainilla hate to break it to you but 99% of animanga is targeted towards sexually depraved/insecure/pedo men and their fantasies they want to engage in real life. These stupid genres don't mean shit. No "teenage girls" like to dream about getting in bed with their parent..women can also write despicable stuff to appease their main demographic. It's nothing surprising in misogynist societies like Japan.