Mar 21, 2023
Where to start with this, I don't really get the hate behind Domestic na Kanojo. Sure - the premise and plot was pretty weird, but what else did you expect from a show with this title?
The plot was pretty interesting, it's not something I'd really seen before and there were a LOT of grey areas that I wasn't sure on how I felt about.
The animation definitely had some room for improvement, but it was still really good.
Again, with the sound design, I've seen many people saying it's really quite bad, but compared to other anime's I've seen, it was actually one of the
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better ones. I enjoyed the music too, and it seemed to fit the narrative - with some very minor exceptions in one episode.
The characters:
I think that each main character deserves a talking point, and there are some personal opinions and pretty major spoilers ahead.
Natsuo should have broken it off with Rui as soon as he and Hina were official, and I think it was pretty selfish of him not to. I think his character was supposed to be written as the "I don't want to hurt her" type of guy, but it came off more as a "I'd rather fuck with both of them." which makes zero sense, considering his overwhelming love for Hina.
Hina's goodbye was pretty sad, although it was definitely going to be found out eventually, but I do think the way it happened was complete BS, it would have been far more realistic for them to be caught on CCTV, but there would have been no sex scene I guess - so the writers decided that was more important - again, I call bullshit.
Natsuo or Hina weren't exactly bad people, they were just dealing with a really difficult situation and certainly one I'd never want to find myself in.
Rui was conflicted and seemed to act more on her own interests, which made me super uncomfortable, but she's really inexperienced and pretty immature, I just think it was kind of creepy how she was written to be very forceful and jealous. I did think she deserved better than what she got , but that ending was really fucked up and completely wiped all of that out of my mind.
End of the day, this has got to be one of my best watches so far, just because of the drama - characters and writing. The animation was pretty good too, and that OP? Fucking hell it's god tier.
Overall, would I recommend this anime? Yes. It's got some really good story, with a main character who - although being dumb as a rock - is actually pretty well written. The side characters are interesting and funny, and the entire premise of the show is something I haven't seen before.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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