Fat sad boy gets mad that girl turns him down so he weight trains for years to become an attractive high school guy only to be faced with the same girl that turned him down all those years ago Wanting to get back at her he vows to get revenge by baiting this girl into falling in love with him then rejecting her the same way she did to him. All manner of wacky anime romantic comedy things occur based on this setup and Ill have to give this one credit for at least trying to have an original setup. The problem is that this plot creates more problems than it solves and the rest of the show just falls directly into the same generic pitfalls that nearly all romcom anime fall into like introducing random additional suitors for no reason incredibly hamfisted melodrama and an eleventh hour additional conflict that just feels out of place. Characters are also wholely generic and I just gave you most of the unique stuff but Ill hit on the rest real quick: typical tsundere heroine silentbutdeadly bad Marika ripoff church girl competitor otokonoko student council president etc... etc... Oh and a 9/12 episode entering direct competitor for our healthnut MC Masamune who uses his portly figure to try to assume Masamunes past identity and steal his girl. This is all standard faire and its honestly what we should expect from the cover art. However whats surprising is that this show is actually one notch above average its genre. Even though the characters are all the same tired archetypes weve seen before the premise is slightly unique enough to keep you at least remotely interested and the sins that the series commits based on this plot I somehow forget everything but remembered LEL ecks dee are honestly no more ridiculous than what youd find in its average and lessthanaverage contemporaries. The main characters internal fight against actually falling for the wouldbe victim of his revenge spoiler alert: he falls for her OH NO I SPOILED IT is pretty funny to watch as is Adagakis attempts to remain the manhating attitude that she is known for. One particular point that always made me laugh was just how little any of the important characters gave a fuck that Masamune had put so much work into himself. Hes almost made fun of for putting so much time into his selfimprovement although he doesnt help his own case since the results of his work just made him a pompous ass. This one might be worth a look if youre starved for romcoms. Aesthetics are completely forgettable but not terrible and in true romcom fashion the story doesnt end. Fair warning: I read ahead and the actual ending of this series is complete shit so if the hinted OVA actually comes to fruition theyd better go for an anime original ending or at least flesh out the original one/make it less retarded. I dont have high hopes for that and its not fair to judge the anime on it anyway but its something I wanted to mention before closing the book on this one.
55 /100
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