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Sep 20, 9:05 AM
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Seriously, though, I was very confused. If I had known, I would've checked it out way sooner.
Sep 20, 9:25 AM
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Right? Meeting to marriage in 12 episodes, lots of fun flirting. Of course it’s romantic subtext 🙄
Sep 20, 9:42 AM
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yeah i have no idea what that tag actually means
you could argue some shows like Kaguya-sama or Nagatoro have a bigger focus on comedy but in the end theyre still romances idk why you should separate the two genres
Pseudo Harem is as straightforward as a romance can get
Sep 20, 9:54 AM
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I think the first part is “romantic subtext” the second part is a “romance” so it should have both.
Note: I don’t lazily watch 3-5 episodes, biasedly compare to other anime, or unfairly judge by surface level similarities. With every anime I start, I watch the entire series, both Japanese Sub & English Dub, then judge each anime based on what they present, to give an honest and fair rating.

Sep 20, 10:35 AM
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That's a good question. If they were supposed to show they were in love without being obvious about it. They kinda failed at it. Clearly, it's a romance.
Sep 20, 10:42 AM
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Romantic subtext should just be merged with romance, having them separated is pointless to begin with.
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Sep 20, 11:39 AM
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Till 8 or 9 ep i forgot it was romantic teasing more like comedy duo
Sep 20, 2:49 PM
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MAL genre tags are pretty funky. You can submit a request to change it, but it might be a while before the mods get to it.
Sep 20, 8:35 PM
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ejleon said:
I think the first part is “romantic subtext” the second part is a “romance” so it should have both.

but then using this logic every romance anime could be romantic subtext too, since all of them would count as romantic subtext until a confession scene...

if we go by the mal definition of romantic subtext then an anime can't be both romance and romantic subtext, giji harem just has wrong tags
Sep 20, 11:08 PM

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griddyweeb said:
ejleon said:
I think the first part is “romantic subtext” the second part is a “romance” so it should have both.

but then using this logic every romance anime could be romantic subtext too, since all of them would count as romantic subtext until a confession scene...

if we go by the mal definition of romantic subtext then an anime can't be both romance and romantic subtext, giji harem just has wrong tags

Interesting … then I don’t get why it has “subtext” and not “romance”.
Note: I don’t lazily watch 3-5 episodes, biasedly compare to other anime, or unfairly judge by surface level similarities. With every anime I start, I watch the entire series, both Japanese Sub & English Dub, then judge each anime based on what they present, to give an honest and fair rating.

Sep 22, 12:34 PM
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Romantic subtext should just be merged with romance, having them separated is pointless to begin with.
@Zarutaku I think I see romantic subtext as a part of some anime—for example, Hyouka. However, this one was not it lol
Sep 22, 1:45 PM

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I'm gonna be that guy......

This is the best explanation I found-

"Romantic just depends on the person and what they define as romantic. What does subtext mean? Text is the words and gestures that we see in the script or hear on screen. Subtext is the thoughts and feelings both known and unknown, hidden by behavior, underneath the words and actions."
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