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Solely based on anime/Current episode - 5 *Will contain spoilers

The anime is going to its past where the MC's in romance animes appear to be helpless and cowardice. This male MC's insistent nature in appeasing his family and friends derive from his emotional void from breaking up with his girlfriend. From his pathetic mien, the selfish actions that he takes affect his environment and extends his falsehood statements to their greatest extent.

Though having his heartbroken, Kinoshita Kazuya oversteps the utilization of his service to mend his sorrows. While he regrets his actions at times, the MC is led by his "hormones" so the apologies that ... he relays becomes dull. Seeing as bad influences surround him, I don't see him coming out and confessing the truth. I'm sure that they'll be together as the series goes on, but their overall relationship doesn't appear meaningful because it's confusing.

Repeatedly, he's set on viewing Ichinose as a service, rather than a human being. As soon as he thinks he has a chance with Nanami, he forgets about her without considering how she feels. Yet he goes and apologizes to her by thinking she's a human girl because of the amount of regret he feels for her. Therefore his constant apologetic remarks to her become irritating. It's difficult to develop sympathy for the male MC because his continuous interchangeable nature juxtaposes his outward appearance.

By far, his decisions solely benefit himself and creates unnecessary trouble for the female MC. If I were to describe his personality, it would be a "simp" as he is continually ogling over Nanami's falsehood personality and body. The multitude of hormones that he exudes for comedic purposes from the females denying him and unforeseen futures becomes stagnant, monotonous, boring. The reason being, the personality that he embodies doesn't match such comedic value as he is constantly depressed and amorous. Instead of being humored by his sexual fantasies and fears, I became convinced that Kinoshita is a hopeless, horny character.

My issue is that his type of character doesn't fit with one of the many types of traditional romance anime where two characters meet, bond over time, and attack their issues together. Problem being, this is Kinoshita's problem and doesn't affect Ichinose at all. She wasn't interested in him, and the issue could have been resolved if he wasn't spinless. While understandable in the beginning, it's becoming evident in the cowardice nature of the male MC throughout the episodes. Regardless of how their relationship will end, their initial meeting is flawed. Also, It's frustrating to witness such pitifulness in the beginning three episodes because the initial episodes give a preview about the anime overall. So far, the side characters pressure the female MC into going out with the male MC. In short, the issue was so minor that their relationship is a joke.

There are some characters related to the male MC, such as Hyoudou (High School DxD), Hiraga(Zero no Tsukaima), Sakurai (Sora no Otoshimono: Project Pink), Michishio (Seto no Hanayome). While I'm not a fan of them, at least they have some redemption and personal growth. I'm not sure what Kinoshita has to offer that would help Ichinose, so I'm not certain how useful Kinoshita will become if Ichinose has an issue.

There is a serious flaw in character development for Ichinose. Instead of having to make independent decisions, she is being influenced by everyone around her. Her development in her feelings for Kinoshita is solely based on Kinoshita's side of people. Therefore, the feelings of the female MC isn't of her own but was influenced by others. Notice how Ichinose became the sole opposer to their relationship. However, her opposition is opposed by nearly everyone in the anime which is clearly toxic.

In my personal take - Ichinose Chizuru is the main focus by depicting the challenges talents from rent-a-girlfriends industry face. While fictional, the relationships and the expectations of the talents represent the real world. They are a service to their clients and are occasionally pressured into performing services outside of their agreed activities. I don't think the anime is focused on the romantic nature of the two, but rather what talents like Ichinose experience daily...at least that's what I would hope. If this were true, I would rate it to like an 8.

Or, Kinoshita realizes the flaws in his character after dating Ichinose and picks himself back up. He starts working hard and got an internship at a business firm. Meanwhile, Ichinose's grandmother died and she got in a huge argument with her parents because they found out what she's been doing for a living.(a bit dramatic, but idk I'm typing this as I'm thinking) After struggling to keep her motivation with school and work, she meets Kinoshita and tells him everything as they go to a cafe. Recognizing the potential of Ichinose, Kinoshita helps Ichinose progress her career and go into modeling. Afterward, they will develop feelings for one another as they have made the journey together and accomplished their goals. This would be like a 7 or an 8 for me.

Straight up, this is the most generic harem anime I've seen so far. The story is bland and they treat the most op character like its nothing. Oh? There's a problem? I'll just use my smartphone...BOOM problem solved. Basically, he's nothing without his smartphone, so there's nothing to his character. The anime just gives him powers and he just uses them without a sweat, so he becomes the most op character in the entire world. He's not being challenged, cause he just gets powers for free.

The anime itself isn't as bad as people say it is. Don't get me wrong, it's bad, but It's ... not really bad....it's just bland as hell. I'd say if you like cheezy op heroes that get the girls, then watch it. The fight scenes are a joke, but hey! He gets the girls in the end!

SOME SPOILERS ARE MENTIONED

If you love gory scenes, an annoying female character, and a crap version of the DEATH NOTE, then this anime would be a suggestion. Characters react how other people would, but more dramatic. A guy is frustrated that no one believes him and desperately tries to save them. Of course, there are people who are in denial and tries to brush him off as crazy. Then all hell goes down; gory scenes, screaming, crying. So the first FEW episodes were fine in my opinion.

My only complaint is the character Natsuko Honda. The anime has a main villain - The King's Game, ... but the anime adds on another villain Natsuko, which is completely unnecessary. Her personality in the beginning was bright, and naturally, she should have been scared. But then she becomes one of the main villains, which is one of the reasons why this anime has problems. For a 12 episode anime, the story should be simple, one villain - The King's Game and one protagonist - Nnobuaki kanazawa - where the protagonist is focused on defeating one villain.

Rather than wanting her to die out of justice, I want her removed from the anime. I wouldn't mind another villain if he/she died when she should have. But the anime for some reason keeps her alive cause of some discovery, which makes it to be the cause of the Game and it doesn't make sense. Although there are some problems with the anime, the main problem with the anime is keeping that girl.

Also, in my opinion, this anime focuses too much on trying to create emotion between some of the characters. This anime should focus on gore and violence if it wants to make it a horror anime, but it adds in some sympathetic scenes which disrupts the whole feel of the anime. Instead of shifting the moods, the anime should have just went along with its gory rampage while giving more scenes where the main character actually tried to find a way to defeat the King's Game. I'm confused what this anime wants its viewers to view the anime as - is it a combination of horror and triller, or is it a mixture of romance, thriller, horror, psychological, supernatural? There are shifts in focus and I personally believe that it would be a better anime if it focused on the horror aspect or have it as it is and extend the episodes to give some background scenes to actually put some feel into the deaths of the characters.

Honestly the only character I enjoyed was Iwamura Rie cause she stayed cool and didn't wimp out and actually tried beat the King's Game through her skill. I enjoy characters that aren't wusses and do something cool. Sadly, her potential was replaced by this guy that keeps crying and crying. Now, there's nothing wrong with that, but the scenes are a bit redundant. Because I don't really like having an emotional character in a horror anime, I'd rather just look at the anime from the viewpoint of the Iwamura Rie.

This anime is basically a comedy, reverse harem anime. The sad thing is that there is no major romance between the characters....which defeats the whole purpose of a harem anime.

If you think that a harem should be where there is a major romance between the characters then I DO NOT RECOMMEND. Unlike Special A, the end is very very disappointing. There is absolutely no major romantic moments in the anime because it's just guys flirting with girls.

However, as a comedy anime, this would be a good anime. I dont knw why this anime has a high rating for harem because it obviously lacks ... the whole concept of harem (lack of romance between the characters) but if you like comedy with some romance, homosexual moments, lots of scenes where guys flirts with girls, minor romance, then I WOULD RECOMMEND this anime!

Im just hating the romance and harem part, but the anime itself IS ENTERTAINING! So if you want to watch something out of boredom, this anime would be great!

If you are a type that likes to watch romance, then I do not recommend you to not watch this anime just yet.

I consider romance anime romantic if they are focused on romance. However this anime has the exact story set up as Maoyuu Maou Yuusha.

Don't get me wrong, the story is good....its just that it's really boring an lengthy. I have watched the complete series twice, so I say that I have a pretty good knowledge about the anime as a whole.

As seen, the anime is NOT focused on romance, if you have a liking towards marketing, then this is a ... perfect anime for you! But the anime is mainly focused on the "marketing" with very few romantic moments. I would consider this anime as adventure, because they travel to a lot of places to trade.

This anime is so frustrating because it holds so much potential, because the story is good. If the creators added more romantic moments, then I would consider this as a romance anime. However...the anime is really boring, it's literally trade, marketing, gets in trouble, trade, some romance, trade, trade,trade, trade,trade, trade.....etc. The worst thing is that the trade usually has an insane amount of dialogue so there are literally 4 episodes in a row where it's just talking......But hey don't let me stop you! This anime has a high score so it must be entertaining to watch for most people!