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Ok. I'm going to have some spoilers in the bottom. You've been warned.

I usually don't watch ANY pre-00's anime. I hate old art. Don't ask me why, since I'm a 80's baby.

I had started this anime a few months ago, didn't make it past the first episode, so I put it on my drop list. I feel kind of bad about that. I saw it as a suggestion from another anime, Ayashi no Ceres. So I decided to give it another go after seeing the review about "restoring faith in the romance genre." as Ceres kind ... of made me want to punch something. Moving on.

The characters seem pretty one dementional when you first watch it. This is one of those anime's that you go back to the first episode after you finish the last, just to see the huge difference between the characters. So obviously, the character progression is pretty dang good. The H made me want to punch him in the face for the longest time. Then the Hh made me want to punch HER for the longest time. In the spoilers section I'll explain why.

The romance in this series was kind of.. meh.. at first. I wound up thinking to myself. "not this again..." Then things change.

Keep in mind, this is an anime that passed by the manga, so the ending in the anime isn't the same as the manga. There's a different story line between to the two. (Think of Fullmetal Alchemist) I actually found the anime ending to be much more palatable than the manga, if that makes some sense. However, the manga's story overall is much better. I recommend reading it. There's a lot left out of the anime, even going back to episode one.


SPOILERS:

I was disappointed with the idea of Tsukushi getting with Tsukasa. I knew that's what was coming just from reading the reviews here, and seeing who the Hh spent the most time with. At first. After Tsukasa confesses to her (which that's one hell of a ride, I must say), Tsukushi annoyed the hell out of me. The typical twist of having her first crush, Rui, return after his failed affair with whatsherface made me headdesk. I mean, it LITERALLY came directly after his confession. I get that there has to be some drama and confusion, but why not let H and Hh's relationship develop in some way before he came back? The island arc was painful to watch. This is where my desire to punch HER comes from. She acted like an asshat. I guess that's what makes this anime so good. :D

Ok, so I binged watched Boys Over Flowers (anime), binged the Manga, as well. So, I decided I had to suffer through this.

It's so bad. They used the name of Boys Over Flowers to tell a completely different story, in a different setting. "Alternate timeline" crap always annoys me. The only thing that this "movie" shares with the manga/anime is the name and characters. That's it. Just a way to make money and milk a little more out of the cow.

The storyline was bad, and as I mentioned, the characters only LOOK like those from Boys Over ... Flowers, other than that, no real resemblance. The used the same opening theme. It's like someone saw the anime opening and decided to write a bad fanfic based on it. On an opening animation!

Highly disappointed.

Welp. I made it through to the end of Episode 1, and most of 2.

Technically not incest, but it was weird. There was no real development, and it was... weird. It just made no sense. All these dudes suddenly show up, and then her stepbrother or whatever he is goes nuts and tries to rape her in her room. The end. The other guys have no real involvement with her, other than just... random commentary.

Longer review for weirdness. HOW MUCH LONGER DOES IT NEED TO BE? Longer. Much longer. Oh my gosh, really. There's nothing else to say ... about this.

So, I usually don't read manga. Ever. I prefer anime. I looked on one of those "top romance" lists and found the anime. At first the squick factor was huge for me with this one. All the blurbs refer to him as a child, and Nike as an adult.

I've been reading the scanlations. I skipped over the chapters the anime covered, and continued on. In the translation, it says on his birthday that he was turning 12 or 13. Squick went up. The idea of a 17 year old girl getting sexually attracted to a 12 ... year old prepubescent boy, just. I can't even. It ruined the story for me. I don't like shota or lolicon.

REST EASY FELLOW SQUICKERS! It turns out that at the beginning of the series, he is 15. I just hope the mangaka lets him grow some more physically. He still looks 12 in the manga. So don't let the "child" idea ruin it for you.