Before I start this review: This is my first one so beware. That said lets get right into it: Nozo x Kimi is mainly an ecchi somewhat romantic comedy with a strong emphasize on the ecchi part. For the inclined viewer of this 3part OVA it means a ton of panty shots groping a few nipples and other nice visuals to behold with all the fun little accidents and intentional PLOT accompanying it. As the source material is the manga written and illustrated by Wakou Honna the story is based on a similar premise: Its about two individuals revealing each other to themselves by peeping or at least ones reaction to it which is not unlike her other creation Nozoki Ana. Yet Nozo x Kimi is overall way more harmless and less dark in the OVA as it focuses more on the interpersonal relationship between the mcs Suga and Komine who interact with people they are more or less interested in. The story mainly lives off the interaction of Kimio and their growing relationship and some running gags about how much one is a perv and the other a literal closet perv good hearted boy . The three OVAepisodes are visually nice regarding coloring and style although it cannot quite convey the facial emotions on which the manga heavily relies due to the shift to an easier to animate style. The animation is not bad imho and the voice acting is quite enjoyble while the music is at best unnoticable in fact dont bother with the ED at all the song is funny trash and the visuals are only recaps. Storywise the first two OVAs were pretty much the same as in the manga apart from it choronological order and left me overall very satisfied with the adaption. Still if it werent for episode 3 that seemed to miss the tone of the source material by overexerting some character traits like making a certain character unnecessary meaner or another way more stupid or completely missinterpreting motivations while at least clogging up the plotholes by implementing some context scenes out of order or simply inventing newones which led to said changes in characterization and tone accordingly . Episode 3 is pretty much why this OVA fails to deliver the good points of this manga which leaves it as a whole only little bit better than a mediocre product that entertains but doesnt really entices one into reading the manga. Like already said above the story lives off the two main characters whereas Komine is a rather wellfleshed out character I really enjoyed watching by reminding me a little of a nicer version of Senjogahara. While Kimio is at least from time to time disregard most of EP3 hes misrepresented a good fit and not a complete loser. TLDR: Fun ecchi shots KOMINE nice visuals KOMINE bad music good VA KOMINE good production values a decent adaption which fails to advertise for the manga.
64 /100
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