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My review scores are honestly pretty arbitrary, but I try, especially since I'm unused to a 100 point scale. Still, I do admit 65% of me loves the ridiculousness and hilarity of most (harem-)romance manga/anime with saturated tropes, with the mere remaining 35% actually caring about the coherence of the story and romance.

Also looking forward to the day I finally have the time to reread Nisekoi and Gotoubun no Hanayome so I can unbiasedly make a review on them: the former for solidifying my interest for the harem-romance genre in 2014 and the latter for reinvigorating my interest in the harem-romance genre in 2018.

I found myself immediately glad at the ending of Nisekoi in 2016, but upon later thinking, I also thought the journey to that conclusion might have been too long that it's Nisekoi's most glaring flaw. On the other hand, I could only feel "meh" at the ending of 5-toubun in 2020, and now I keep debating if the story as a whole was actually coherent.

Until then, I feel like Nettaigyo wa Yuki ni Kogareru is the best romance manga I have ever had the pleasure to read—I'd go so far as to say it is a masterpiece. I have also recently decided for myself to make a distinction between a regular romance and a harem romance as genres, hence why I'd say Ichigo 100% would be my best harem-romance manga.

And, while I've yet to read the manga, Love Lab as a standalone anime is an absolute favorite in terms of (kinda romance-)comedy alone. Lastly, while I have also yet to read the manga, nothing can top how much Sket Dance, even as a standalone anime, meant and continues to mean to me. (Will have to rewatch these to make proper reviews, though!)

D-Frag! as a standalone anime is such a funny anime too, and even Kaguya-sama: Love is War is a recently dear romcom anime to me.

For slightly less serious reviews on non-animated movies, find me on Letterboxd. My anime/manga lists and reviews are cross-posted on MAL.