Name: The way this anime tosses aside usual rom-com tropes and instead creates its own is unique and enjoyable.
Item: Aharen-san wa Hakarenai
Rating: 80
Author: Cramerd

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The way this anime tosses aside usual rom-com tropes and instead creates its own is unique and enjoyable. · Waifora

Aharen-san Wa Hakarenai is the embodiment of rom-com. From the use of character-focused tropes to build comedy to the progression of Raidou and Aharen's relationship, this anime nails everything. When I rate an anime, I take five categories into consideration: sound/music, visuals, characters, story, and ending. The sounds of this anime are good, the visuals are nothing special, but not bad, the opening is really good, and the ending is good as well. There are many characters in the anime so I will do a quick bullet-list of the supporting characters. Ooshiro isn't a dynamic character, but she isn't boring. Esteem-sensei is just that. Futaba has some interesting dynamics with her "relationship," but that's pretty much it. Aharen's siblings aren't very special, but the older one has a bit more complexity than the youngest. Raidou's sibling isn't very interesting, but she has potential. Ishikawa and Satou don't have anything special about them, but they make the anime feel more natural. All of these characters add to the screen time and variety of the trope usage in the anime. I keep mentioning tropes, and they aren't bad things in this anime. I will touch on this more in the story category. Aharen is one of the two main characters in this anime. She has two conflicts during the anime.

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Her first conflict was the feeling that she was being bothersome to Raidou, and the second conflict was the progression of her feelings for Raidou. These conflicts make her an interesting character. Despite being mostly expressionless, the expressions she achieved during the climax of the anime made her even more interesting.

Raidou is even more expressionless than Aharen. He also doesn't have any conflicts over the anime. Despite this, he isn't boring to watch because he's the bridge between every character, and his thoughts and quirks develop into an interesting personality.

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I wished that he had experienced some sort of emotion or expression during the kiss scene instead of remaining expressionless.

The story in this anime is solid. The progression of the romance between Aharen and Raidou doesn't drag along and actually progresses. The other portion of the story is the way this anime uses tropes. This anime creates many tropes.

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Misinterpretation for Raidou, esteem-obsession for Toubaru-sensei, hiding in unusual places for Ooshiro, challenging Aharen for Futaba, and Aharen winning every time in Raidou versus Aharen battles.

None of these tropes are bad. It doesn't let the misinterpretation go out of hand and quickly solves it before it becomes annoying. It also is very creative with the misinterpretations. The creativeness that the anime expresses with the usage of its tropes makes them enjoyable and funny instead of boring.

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The subtle comedy like the growing of plush toys Raidou has also made this anime more enjoyable.

The ending of the anime was nearly perfect.

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The anime tells us what happened during the kiss scene, fixes up Ooshiro's misunderstanding, and solidifies Aharen and Raidou's relationship. The only problem I have might be the way it hides what happened in the kiss scene and waits until a misunderstanding happens with Ooshiro to clear it up, but I didn't mind it too much.

The final thing to discuss is whether or not it needs a season two, and the most trope thing in the hobby of anime is the necessity of good anime like this to have a season two.