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Just finished reading this, so I decided to write a review.

Not going to lie, the story is pretty much cliche. A gloomy otaku falling in love with a hot popular girl. It's like horimiya again but not to that enjoyment level.

Characters are pretty normal, dont' expect any dramatic character development. Art isn't bad but it's not the best I've seen either so it's decent.

TLDR: I enjoyed it and managed to finish it in one night. Honestly the story is more interesting near the end. If you got nothing to read and wanna read a love story, read this. You can finish it quickly and ... it's worth your time. It's a the type of story that makes you feel warm and nice after reading it.

TLDR TLDR: Read it it's ok.

I'm writing this review because I just don't understand the score that this show gets. At the moment it's less than a 6 on MAL.

The author who wrote this is the same as Hitman Reborn and I read the manga for this anime myself so I can say it gets a little better later on.

It's not by any chance a bad anime, I'll put it as average and up at best. We have a typical shounen lead who's shy and useless but gets powerful sooner or later and a tsundere female lead. We get some character development but it's just the starting arc at ... the moment so I'll let it slide.

We have a few characters not introduced yet and the story hasn't progressed that far yet so only time will tell how much the story grow.

TLDR: elDLIVE is not a bad anime so give it a chance. It's not a waste of time like other anime. DO NOT HOWEVER COMPARE this work to Hitman Reborn although they have the same author. By MAL user standards this show would be a 7.3 above I guess

A very good funny story about a guy and his trap friend, would really love to read more but it only has 13 chapters, short but still very enjoyable.

Not much to say since it's just a story about a guy, his trap friend (actually has a valid reason to cross dress) and their school days and friendship.

Only problem I have with it is the length, like I said 13 chapters isn't much and when I finished it was kinda hoping for more.

Maybe recommend Hinamatsuri if you like this, not sure why but I keep thinking about that when reading this

Definitely worth the read.

First of all, I have no idea who may actually read this but I really wanted to get my point across. As someone who read the manga before watching the anime adaptation, there is only one thing to say: READ THE BLOODY MANGA AND IGNORE THIS ADAPTATION.

I'm not going to review the art, character or even the plot since most of the top rated reviews for the show already do that, and yes the premise is somewhat generic but the manga does it quite well to capture your interest.

The show suffers from what I like to call the rosario no vampire effect, which is when ... the studio does not follow the manga at all. Both of the shows ARE FULL OF FILLERS. The only episodes where they actually follow the manga are the first two and the rest aren't even canon. It's not even good filler and I'm pretty sure the whole show will be like this.

The show focuses too much on trying to improve the relationship between the main characters, and turns it into a trashy teenage romcom instead of focusing on the action and shonen parts. The manga doesn't even do this and yet the studio manage to make 10+ episodes of this. I am quite sure that if they did follow the manga then it will be more enjoyable than what you just watched.

TLDR : Watch 2 episodes of the show and if you're somewhat interested then read the manga.