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FishLion



Joined: 24 Jan 2024
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 16, 2025 11:58 am Reply with quote
I am so, so excited for 100kano this season. I loved the first so much and I convinced my boyfriend to watch the new premiere, he liked it so much we did the first season in two watch sessions! His question was also when will we get the boy girlfriend lol

I am glad in general for zany and horny shows like this. I like that it incorporates the topic of sexuality with so much humor that it never feels forced or like it's just eye candy. I also love that Rentaro is so honest to god in love with all of them. It lets there be loving cross-girlfriend competition without feeling nasty and without feeling like one girl is clearly the chosen one whose plot we are following for the duration of the adaptation. It's basically everything I've ever wanted out of an anime romcom, probably the best harem romcom I have ever seen. I hope it stays super popular and we get to 100!
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Konstantin



Joined: 24 Jul 2008
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 16, 2025 1:24 pm Reply with quote
While Wotakoi is the gold standard of office romcom and everyone should watch it, last season's 365 Days To The Wedding was pretty great too.
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InfiniteNothingness



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 16, 2025 3:08 pm Reply with quote
DeRuyter on Queen Bee vs Let Me Be wrote:
Kurokawa is giving me some religiously motivated incel vibes, and that can get tricky fast if the writing isn't on the ball.

I think DeRuyter might be mixng up the doofus' name with the conglomerate, given it's Kuroiwa. Poor guy.

Anyway, I'm not actually getting any incel vibes from the debut or manga, religious or otherwise, in substantial because its leads seem too dumb and the series itself too adherent to the will-they-won't-they routine and assorted standbys to have anything at all to say on the subject. Kawai Mona is too much of a cartoon, an utter caricature of the socialite everybody loves played straight, and if you replace religious dedication with rampant anxiety or some loner energy, he currently feels practically indistinguishable from other dark-haired boys caught in sexual situations and flustered by the lead.
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njprogfan
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 16, 2025 3:08 pm Reply with quote
Konstantin wrote:
While Wotakoi is the gold standard of office romcom and everyone should watch it, last season's 365 Days To The Wedding was pretty great too.

For office romcoms my favorite recent anime was The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague. It was such a sweet and offbeat story with one of my favorite side female co-worker characters (Komori) who happens to be a fox woman and the human male (Saejima) who has a thing for her and her tail. Her rambunctious personality pumps up this cute love story and she steals every scene she's in. The main couple, the cool-as-a-cat Fuyutsuki-san and the snowman Himuro-kun may take their time warming up to each other, but the wait is worth every bit of time. You route for them because they are very fleshed out by the end. Personally, I'd love to see a Komori and Saejima side story! A great little show!
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BaronViolet



Joined: 27 May 2018
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 16, 2025 3:16 pm Reply with quote
Konstantin wrote:
While Wotakoi is the gold standard of office romcom and everyone should watch it, last season's 365 Days To The Wedding was pretty great too.

The manga of 365 is better than the condensed manga. I seriously do not understand why they had to rush the ending instead of adapting the completed manga!? The manga goes deeper into the development of the couple including introducing the mother of the heroine.
Most manga are better than the adaptations and I do not know why people watch what essentially boils down to ads for the source material?
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