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5/10
why??
amblilful20 November 2023
It was certainly a Decision to make the romantic counterpart for a high school girl.......... her adoptive father. Not a spoiler bc they mention it right at the beginning. Like pls. Personally i don't like the age gap either, but that's not even the part that bugs me, i can get over that. It's not like he's 40, he's like 26. Yeah not great but i can deal. But this man is HER FATHER. He raised her since she was a toddler!!! That part really weirds me out. I did power through the episodes that are released (like 6 or 7?) and i do like the animation and the actual pacing of the romance. I just hate that it's her dad. In my case target audience not reached, but perhaps people with an electra complex would enjoy it.
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6/10
sorry! A work that makes you feel like you know everything about what will happen next.
sdjmsfd5 March 2024
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Honestly, the development of this work is too much of a Japanese promise. So we make it very easy to predict future developments. Starting with the setting, in Act 1, the parents get into a car accident. A love comedy between a loyal Yakuza and his daughter...? But there are too many of these and they are all good, but there is no depth to the settings. Just start by going back to the car accident. We don't know if the main character liked or disliked his parents, but suddenly he's a high school student... We don't even know anything about what the main character does on a daily basis or what he likes. If you don't enjoy the first episode, the rest will be boring. A work that is well designed from the start is fun.
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5/10
The age difference in this anime is the main source
Mysterygeneration14 January 2024
Now, the age difference in this anime is the main source of contention. It's causing a lot of controversy, but I won't go into that in this review. Personally, I don't mind these kinds of age differences and I kind of love them; if you can't get over the idea and are positive that this anime is inappropriate, then move on.

Now, to begin this review, let me say that I have been looking forward to this anime since last year and that I was relieved to find that it finally had a traditional, classic shoujo plot. Those have been absent from our lives for a very long time. After watching the entire anime, I'm going to say that, based only on the premise and story, I would have ordinarily given it a 7 out of 10. Unfortunately, I had to give it a 5 because to the subpar direction, execution, and animation. There was hardly any professional animation.

While I am harsh on this anime, I am also giving it some leeway. This is due to the fact that such plots are uncommon for anime series, and I would greatly like to promote them. It's also possible that not much money was spent on it, which would explain why the anime's overall quality was just mediocre. Although there are some animation errors, I'm attempting to be forgiving of them in light of the previously provided information.

It truly might have been lot better and didn't reach its full potential, which is the main reason it was reduced to a 5. That somewhat impacted the enjoyable aspect of it. But from the standpoint of a shoujo fan, it scored some really high points. In terms of romantic moments and happenings, it won't let you down. I would suggest this anime if you're yearning for some physical romance rather than the typical naive love that's depicted in other anime.
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2/10
Not a healthy relationship and triggering situations handled poorly!
amazonfaerie325 January 2024
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I'm such a sucker for the bodyguard trope but as I've gotten older the whole age gap thing has become more uncomfortable for me to watch, especially when the romance is between a man in his mid twenties and a girl in her early teens (the FL is 15 and the ML is 26). The will they or won't they tends to be proceeded by a sexual act that's instigated by the much older ML, leaving the poor FL confused about his feelings when he switches back to "overprotective daddy" mode at the drop of a hat. And as the series goes on, turns into "possessive boyfriend" attitude (which I know is another classic trope and one I admit I was a sucker for when I was a teen, but as a grown woman, I can see how that's a red flag). My breaking point was when a rival is introduced. From day one the rival boy is touching the FL inappropriately, making her visibly and emotionally uncomfortable, but she stays quiet. Then, to "feel alive", the rival boy kidnaps the FL by holding her at knife point, takes her to a warehouse (aided by a gang of goons) and attempts to r*pe her in front of the goons and the ML (who is handcuffed to a pillar). The FL lead manages to kick the Crown Jewels of the rival just as he's ripped her shirt, and this buys the ML enough time to get out of the handcuffs and beat everyone up. The FL and ML then just leave the rival/s*xual assaulter with a slap on the wrist (because the rival is the lead in the school play and heaven forbid they turn the DB over to the police), and the FL acts like everything is just fine. Then the rival continues to hang around and the incident is treated like an prank by the FL rather than the serious crime that it was. I was so disgusted I couldn't watch the rest of the show.
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