Super Official Anime Discussion Thread

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I just finished OreImo, all 25 episodes and the 7 OVAs...that were apparently canon and mandatory to understand what was happening. Nice use of my four-day vacation...*wind blows*

Overall...I liked it a lot. Wasn't perfect by any means, and certain parts felt a bit rushed (Ayase and Saori's arcs in particular), but it had a generally lovable cast of characters that I kept wanting to see more of. Did some things I don't see in harem comedies often, like having the MC actually date someone other than the final girl and actually give the last two love interests a fist fight, and I liked that the MC was more than your typical nice-guy sponge you see in these shows. I liked that the dude actually acted human, like watching porn on his sister's computer, flirting with her friend, and needing others to help him rather than being Mr. Hero for everyone like these stories usually go.

Biggest issue I had was with the ending...which I'm still trying to decide if I like or not. Waifu war aside (I suppose it's hard to segregrate that...probably bothered me less since I liked the main girl), it seemed like the creators went all in on the story they wanted to write...only to get cold feet right at the finish line. I guess the way it was presented made sense...just not really a fan of inserting realistic issues into fantasy stories like this. It doesn't bother me as much as I thought it would (I soft-spoil myself on most finished romance anime I try)...but I still feel it could have been handled better.

Anyhoo...I'm aware of the reputation this anime had, and wanted to decide for myself what to think of it. Was expecting something cute and dumb like Eromanga-sensei...ended up with something that will probably stick with me for a long time.

That's all for now. Probably going to watch Little Witch Academia next now that it's finally on Netflix...though I'm bummed it's only the first cour. Avoiding piracy is hard. Maybe I'll buy an Akko Nendoroid to make myself feel better about it.