To paraphrase Shakespeare: Love and Lies, how do I loathe thee, let me count the ways. This anime is what happens when the unpopular kid from middle school takes a creative writing course and misses the creative part. Despite the beautiful art and soundtrack, this show cannot rescue itself from the unrealistic cringe-fest that it is.
Story: The idea behind the show is an interesting one. A world in which the government finds love for you has great romcom or romdram possibilities, and frankly would be a welcome change to my own life. Seriously dating is hard. For our protagonist, a timid, average across the
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May 7, 2021
Special A came out in 2008 when I was first falling in love with anime, which is why I was rather surprised I had never heard of it before. Having watched it now, I realize that I hadn't missed much.
Story: Calling this a poor knockoff of Kaichou Wa Maid-Sama wouldn't exactly be fair, as this show came out two years prior, but it is difficult not to compare the two. Special A follows the now standard trope of a strong independent woman and her seemingly perfect male rival. While this trope is meant to signal female empowerment, that message falls flat when our female lead's ... 
May 3, 2013
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This was an incredibly touching story that the summary description does not give nearly enough credit to. I tried this after noticing it just finished and thinking the art was kinda cute; it had cute girls so that was justification enough to at least give it a shot. And it was a good choice: the art was cute, not breath taking, but cute, and the story was very funny at first. However, it would be a mistake to think this is all fun and games. This had a Tragedy tag on the website that I read it on, and it deserves to have that tag
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