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Shinya MatsuiMuziek:
Hiroaki TsutsumiActeurs:
Yurie Kozakai, Toshiyuki Toyonaga, Jun'ya Enoki, Ryōhei Kimura, Kana Hanazawa, 長谷川玲奈, Fumiko Orikasa, Mariko Honda, Jōji Nakata, Ryôko Maekawa (meer)Streaming (1)
Afleveringen(12)
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Warui hito de wa (E01)
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Kósui no nioi (E02)
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Karakatterun dža (E03)
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Seinaru joru ni (E04)
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Seiči džunrei (E05)
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Kataomoitte (E06)
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Oši e no ai (E07)
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Suki na hito wa... (E08)
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Džibun no kotae (E09)
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Kizucuku kakugo (E10)
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Kókósei (E11)
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Kimoči warui (E12)
Samenvattingen(1)
One rainy day, salaryman Amakusa Ryo is saved by a high school girl he doesn't know at the station. He later finds out that the girl is Arima Ichika. Ryo is somewhat of a womanizer and to repay her for saving him, he suggests giving her a kiss or going out on a date with her, in which Ichika tells him he's creepy. This, however, opens a new door for Ryo and he falls madly in love with her. Ever since then, Ryo tries to overly express his feelings to Ichika. Ichika just keeps insulting him and says he's being creepy, but he just seems to take it as her way of showing affection towards him... (Crunchyroll)
(meer)Recensie (3)
The first two or three episodes were great, fun, it went by nicely. But then it slipped into the old classic and it wasn't as interesting to me. Suddenly it lost the specialness for me that drew me to this anime. Sure enough, it was still an enjoyable show, innocent and gripping. And yet the animation was really terrible; I didn't like the character designs and the way they tried to move the scene around at all costs, the backgrounds to make it like NPCs from Vice City were walking around... I think it was unnecessary and spoiled the impression. Static backgrounds are fine in Shōjo stuff, at least they don't steal the spotlight from the drama happening to the characters. In terms of the characters, they were fine, not everyone was original, but they worked together pretty well, their chemistry was ok and no one was over the top. But because I expected and wanted more comedy from this... Just a three, not a touch more.
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Koikimo, short for Koi to Yobu ni wa Kimochi Warui, which means "It's Disgusting to Call This Love", is quite deliberately skating on thin ice: it is about a romance between a twenty-seven year old man and a seventeen-year-old student. The subject matter is an interesting one, although it will not be to everyone’s taste, and it makes sense that some will have adverse feelings. The movie deals with a large age gap between a legally adult mature man and a minor, an immature girl and this is a tricky thing to tackle. The anime series shows it is fully aware of this in certain parts and works with the issues involved in quite a believable way, at least when it comes to “sense and sensitivity”. However, I would say that if the premise bothers you, there's no point in watching Koikimo because it is unlikely to change your opinion of such relationships, and it is more likely to come across as another variation on the trite "love knows no barriers" theme, which you probably do not really want to accept in this particular case. It is basically nothing more than a pretty ordinary and passable romantic anime series, of which the aforementioned controversial topic is the only thing that makes it stand out, and if I took that away, fifty percent of the content would be lost, and I would be left with just a completely boring romantic comedy. I had no intention of getting into it at first, because I was considering whether this was a topic I wanted to address somehow, especially since Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway is coming out at the same time. In addition, after the first few episodes, I got the impression that the main male protagonist was too demanding and stubborn, which I (as well as the main female protagonist) did not really like. However, over time it became clear that the screenwriters knew this too, and deliberately wrote it that way - it works itself out, and even the main male protagonist becomes self-aware. It seems the authors came up with some controversial issues and then tried to work out a way to make them more palatable. Well, okay, but is that okay with such themes? Would it not be preferable if the show tried to teach me that when someone is a pain in the ass, I should tell them to go fuck themselves, rather than taking them into my heart? On the other hand, then, it turns out that the main male protagonist has undeniably good qualities, and if you keep watching, after some time you might find him likable. Most importantly, at the very end, it all functions well, and the characters behave relatively/quite appropriately and logically. Eventually, I let go of my reservations although that certain unease with the main subject matter and its controversy still stuck with me. So, is it disgusting to call this love? Probably not. Besides, I know at least one hopeless romantic who is ready to express his love in many stranger ways than is shown here, so I guess it is just me being narrow-minded again. After all, I still somehow cannot come to terms with the idea that I should support such unequal relationships, but just like the law, I can probably tolerate them under certain circumstances. I mean, put aside the controversy and we have a decent romantic story and fairly likable characters that develop. The animation and soundtrack are average, and so I am actually talking about a show that is pretty good. If I take my embarrassment and some disagreement with the subject matter and deduct one point for it, because they are not such a dramatic issue for me (nothing untoward happened after all), then I can probably award this anime series 6/10 with ease.
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Can persistent romantic conquest in X number of ways bear the desired fruit (except pineapples on pizza) and love? Koikimo will try to show and prove that it's not impossible, even if the age difference between the actors pushes the boundaries of social acceptance. Our cup is overflowing with the age-gap theme and I'm not against it in any way, it just needs caution, as clumsy handling would result in the worst possible audience reception. If there's anything Koikimo fails at that in my eyes that really bothers me, it's the repulsive character of the all-powerful Jesus-kuns and the boundless stalking. The two come together in the main character of the mildly narcissistic Ryo, who the freaking series unabashedly criticizes in a rather cheap and mechanical way from the very beginning. He reminded me of a similarly uncomfortable Takumi Usui from Maid Sama!, but unlike that yucky slimeball, Ryo was pleasantly aware, socially sophisticated, and sycophancy was non-existent in his vocabulary, so despite his insufferable intrusiveness, I was able to turn a blind eye to him. The disproportionate reaction to his behavior was saved by his coveted teenage Ichika, who overcomes him with a healthy dose of flamboyant innocence and stubbornness, leaving the pieces in constant civilized check. Koikimo is, after all, incredibly consistent, with all the pros and cons that entails. From the first minutes, the dice are rolled, the playing field is firmly set, and the anime never, ever tries to screw the viewer over. On the flip side, from the opposite angle, the plot never encounters even a single bump in the road, the characters don't engage in any deviousness, and so after the first episode, the bookies couldn't even calculate the odds on how it all turns out because it's so unhappily obvious. I can't even say I laughed uproariously, but a couple of cute gags satisfied me, and every now and then I found myself longingly lifting my tonsils or, conversely, stroking a more sentimental heart. Ultimately, the biggest plus of the whole piece is that I never felt insulted or demeaned as a viewer and I found the script surprisingly intelligent and charming (though the ending classically began to have hints of minor nonsensical decisions). The characters and their relationships don't overdo it and play 100% fair; did I really not find even a single more awkward moment? Wow! I have minor admiration for the mediocre character design and deteriorating animation around episode 10, but you couldn't expect any miracles from the smaller studio Nomad. Koikimo is far from brilliant and it hardly discovers America; a more thematically conservative audience might well take offense at it, but I never found myself in the drop waters and I’m walking away moderately satisfied. A very close and highly subjective 4 stars, because it's not disgusting to call this a decent anime.
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