The one charcter I always found a bit questionable in this series was Nanami Aoyama: the classmate. Why would the creators want to bother adding a harem element with this series when the relationship between Shiina and Sorata already is interesting enough? With this episode she took an interesting new twist.
So it was obvious that she would move in at some point. I did not expect her to actually take over Shiina duty for at least a while though. It’s a nice touch to finally have a normal girl in Sakurasou to balance out the aliens that are Shiina and Misaki, and the creators make great use of it. This episode was actually quite hilarious whenever Shiina started trolling the couple of Nanami and Sorata.
Also, this episode was about deadlines: everyone in Sakurasou is pretty much incredibly busy with their work, and this episode was full of all-nighters. It’s actually quite inspiring to see everyone work so hard at what they want to do, while also balancing out the chaos that happens in Sakurasou.
Rating: 5/8 (Great)
Surprised you like this so much, its riddled with harem cliches that make me cringe
Only reason I still watch it is that Im curious where its headed (probably nowhere, I doubt there will ever be a serious romance here)
Both Kaibutsu and Sukinayo are way better than this though
It’s not even a harem.
Imo, Sakurasou> Kaibutsu
and I read both series(manga and novel respectively).
I’m a girl who reads shoujo manga.
Unless the series jump to the latest volume, there won’t be any proper character development done for 1 of the important characters.
I can never get into this series because the author obviously leave character development for 1 of the main characters explained only at the back because she obviously cannot think of a good reason originally.Ok, she explained, but it’s not unclear.
Like why is Haru avoiding his brother?
The author introduce this conflict in the end of 2nd volume but it’s only settled into the 10th volume.
Not using spoilers because it’s not a spoiler since the anime will do it differently if they actually use their brain.
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I still like it though. There are cliches everywhere in this show, but for some reason it doesn’t bother me that much. It has some kind of… charm.
I’m sure a lot of people say that about shows like K-On.
the best part of this episode was when the girls underwear just falls into the MCs hands and everyones shirts decide to be wet just like in every other fanservice romcom.
also the use of yelling for joke impact and mindless recycling of jokes continues to be as hilarious as always.
I think that despite the cliches, they’re managing to build the characters as individuals. It’s weird to hear myself say it, but I feel the same way about the characters here as I do about Edward Elric in the early FMAs – both annoying, but also more like people than anime characters.
That’s maybe because they react to stress like anime characters, but they go about their daily lives a bit more like regular people might. I’m not sure, though. This isn’t something I’ve ever really thought about for too long. Either way, while I cringed for most of the setup of the episode, once “normal” girl moved in, I actually enjoyed the rest of the episode.
No one seems to have just said it bluntly yet so I’ll just say it. This show has managed to transcend it’s cliches. The characters just feel real and believable. Everything feels fresh and new and there is something inconceivably different about it. It just doesn’t feel flat. As for cringing, the only thing that annoyed me in this episode was Nanami being so serious and uptight. But the annoyance dissipated quickly. Now I’m just interested in where the story plans to go with all of this. And Shiina really made me laugh in this episode. Especially with that “We must cut her up” line.
I think I have to agree with although ‘normal’ girl was particularly annoying this episode. The more I think about it the more I realise that she is annoying simply because she is under a lot of stress. I guess this arc will be about getting her to be able to rely on others.
I know I’ve said this before but I can’t help but compare this show to Toradora! (which I’m currently re-watching with my daughter). That too was full of clichés but somehow managed to seem real. In particular the school festival arc of Toradora! just worked. I really do hope that this show manages to do the same.
Ah. Toradora! is one of my old favorites. I can’t feel them to be much similar, but in terms of their own uniqueness I’d have to agree. At this point I just hope this story moves along, and progresses well. Nothing I hate more than an anti climax or cut off.
I haven’t liked this too much aside from some parts of the third episode (which apparently had the script attributed to the original LN author?), but I think it’s doing fine mostly, deserves a second cour I guess. Some of the setups are…uh…I guess, yeah, but there is some content too.
Kirit–wait I mean Sorata’s–voice acting bugs me at times too.
As for clichés, sometimes real life is just obvious. Throw some high school kids together, and drama ensues. Especially if they live together. Especially if they’re art students. (For the record, I’m claiming full use of the stereotype here because I’ve lived it myself.) I wonder if some of the parts and sideplots in the series are vaguely autobiographical? That said, I don’t particularly encourage realism in general. Sometimes fiction feels more real than real life, and that’s not by doing things the obvious way.
I don’t know anything about the source material here, but I get the feeling like Nanami’s in for some disappointment. Sorata too, probably.