SMGJohn said:It can be said without a doubt that the creator of Shuffle! Either just loves pissing off people or has some seriously twisted view of women.
Kaede who worked herself to brink of madness for this useless twat Rin which is one of the worst main character designs I have seen so far in anime and I seen a lot of useless MC's but this guy takes the cake.
Beginning of Shuffle! is actually good but once it starts the second part of the series it really goes down hill, why? Because it appears to me that the creator did not really know what to do, problem with harem shows is that they always has this really poorly made women characters but in Shuffle! They actually have some depth to them.
After rewatching Shuffle! my opinion still hold the same even after a decade, that Kaede is best girl but she deserves a real man, a man with some beard on his face, testosterone, skin of iron and heart of butter.
Rin is such a trash character that honestly he fits very well with a trash character like Asa who makes herself be a victim so many times, is violent for no apparent reason other than that she likes Rin.
Disregards everyone else feelings, pursues her own agenda all the time, basically she is a super narcissist.
I do not think I ever seen a proper Harem anime where the MC is actually a decent hard boiled man, just a proper man who does not go skirt hunting every opportunity he gets, I mean seriously if a naked woman hugs you in bed and has the looks of Kaede, yes I think any real man would come to conclusion that when a nice woman like Kaede who dedicates herself to you, yes I think you might just found your soulmate.
Its not that Sia and Nerine are bad either, they are nice people to be honest sure they have some split personality for a second LOL but at least they are better than Asa.
But my main problem remains with Shuffle! in the end of the day like with majority of Harem anime, the MC guy is always trash, poorly written, has no backbone, is a closet pervert and a dumb one at that too, has no redeeming qualities at all, basically braindead at this point, why people keep writing these dumb ass characters is beyond me but I suppose its actually an opportunity to write something better, something different for once.