Loving Yamada at LV999 is a show that can best be described by the word bland. 1220https://blog.draggle.org/wpcontent/uploads/2023/06/yamadakun999review3.jpg It follows a college girl by the name of Akane freshly dumped and in search of a way to make her ex feel jealous. This plot of hers fails spectacularly but coincidentally she meets a pro gamer that just so happens to be attending the same gaming convention by the name of Yamada. She ends up telling him her woes and somehow by getting drunk she ends up in his bed. However he never intended to do anything with her. Hes just a good guy whos decided to take care of a stranger in need. Thats pretty much the summary of the first episode a solid opening full of potential. Unfortunately the characters emotions are never fully explored and we get stuck with a bland story. For a show thats supposed to be a romantic comedy it doesnt have many funny moments. In fact it doesnt even have many romantic moments. So... what is it? Well Id describe it as a slice of life in which Akane decides to pursue a guy who showed her kindness and her path to getting the courage to come to terms with her insecurities and confess.... wait actually no thats not what happened here. Now Ill be entering SPOILER territory because It would be difficult to explain whats wrong with this show otherwise. Instead of Akane confessing her feelings to him he confesses first while shes drunk. Okay so maybe the point was Yamada getting past his complete awkwardness and developing feelings for a woman for the first time in his life? The way Im describing this sounds cute and very mature actually. Two people get past their insecurities and break into the unknown so that they could be together. But it just feels... weak. The show is paced very poorly and many of its episodes are wasted on characters that make no difference in the end and are not interesting in the slightest looking at you Runa and Kamota. It would be interesting if that time was spent more on Yamadas relationship with the classmate that also likes him but she was introduced very late and because of that Yamadas rejection failed to trigger any emotional response from me. In fact nothing triggered any emotional response from me here. 1220https://staticc.sportskeeda.com/editor/2023/06/5dbfe168768955477561920.jpg They didnt bond by doing much together the game they were supposed to play together... well they never actually play it together. Its mostly just Akane playing it with the rest of their little game guild. And their relationship develops mostly by Akane bothering Yamada every now and then and Yamada taking care of her when shes in a bit. The last episode flops so badly theres no kiss theres no romantic tension theres no charming funny moments. They get together just ... like that. And that might in fact be pretty realistic but it doesnt make for a entertaining watch. This is a show with bland characters and a very unimaginative basic story with no real heart put into it. At the end of the day it is pretty harmless and inoffensive its biggest fault being that its simply boring. Im unwilling to give it a lower score just because if you watch many episodes in a vacuum theyre not bad. But how its all connected didnt reveal what the point of me watching this show was. I didnt have fun I havent felt emotion and I didnt laugh. I just... consumed a very average show with little meaning. 1220https://media.tenor.com/jUtneD8ilkAAAAC/yamadakuntolv999nokoiwosurumylovestorywithyamadakunatlv999.gif