The appeal of Kawaii dake ja Nai Shikimori-san lies in its role reversal, with the girl now taking on a cooler, dominant role typically seen in male love interests in shoujo anime and the guy now taking a cuter, more submissive role typically seen in its female protagonists. The problem is that it doesn't allow its characters to ever deviate from these roles, thus limiting their ability to grow and develop as characters.
Their dynamic is admittedly rather cute, but it quickly becomes repetitive as the episodes drag on. It also doesn't help that the cuter, more wholesome moments in the anime failed to impact me
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