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| There should have been more episodes like this one, with them actually together instead of all that drama. Loved the humor in this 7/10 |
| Ahh that was a terrific ending! It made up for the drag of the past few episodes. |
| How come it took me so long to start watching this anime?! Really enjoyed the show and now i'm sad I finished it so fast. Post Anime Depression in 3.. 2.. 1.. : ( |
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| Tandem rush for the efforts to college !! Already crystal clear that the fashion industry is her doorsteps of her career ~ . Casts reunion , Graduation and a happy ending for the anime ~ !!! Great episode !! So lovely , so complex . lovely = relationship - complex = Height/Personality . While the animation mostly defined the program being amusing , Plot was plausible . Not because , It is cliched in many ways but the build-ups were really polished which makes it more entertaining . The comedy has a huge part . Certainly, giggles and titters were received . The way on how they comically combine both laugh and affection is so fine and effective that the flaws were not seen . It's really good to watch , It's a one-time contemplation to view a decent and cogent love-story with complexity ~ . |
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| Loved this series. I liked the ending too. It kinda made it seem like although they went through three years of trials and tribulations, they still came out as the inseparable comedy duo. :3 Also, it's gonna be weird going back to shows where they say "baka" lol. Now every time I see "idiot" I'll imagine Risa saying, "aho!!!" |
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| After watch this anime ... my soul get better. I was sad and this anime really make me happy. A lot of fun and love, just what I want. This will be one of my favourites and for sure I will review it! |
| It was good, but seemed abit slow paced near the end. |
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JohnGalt89 said: "I won't be lied to anymore." That was definitely the best line of an enjoyable final episode. My one complaint might be that the pacing for this episode seemed a bit fast; however, that is to be expected since they had to cover Otani taking the exam, the results, the graduation ceremony, etc. Still, this finale did what it needed to do in ending the show on a high note. As for the show overall, this was one of the better romantic comedies that I have seen. The main pair were great (even if I did occasionally want to smack them and have them hurry up and work things out); and the side cast were fun too even if, outside of potentially Nobu-chan, they were not really given a lot to do. This turned out to be an enjoyable, consistently funny watch. (As a side note, it's unfortunate that Otani's seiyuu has not done any more roles beyond this - I thought he did an excellent job here.) Nikoko said: Hah! The whole scene where they were panting after completing their bike ride to the test killed me: Risa: Exactly... 5 minutes before." Otani: "I... I've lost all my memories of my youth." I couldn't stop laughing. I WAS ROLLING WHEN I SAW THAT AS WELL LOL ------ fantastic ending episode. and that's saying a lot since a lot of you out there can understand a terrible final ep. ok, the part when otani was late was SO FREAKING FUNNY LOL and i was a bit disappointed that risa wasn't a model. she certinaly has the looks. just look at her here: but i am glad that she decided to be a stylist since that suits her much better. i was really rooting for risa to find her path since i can relate with her as well. i'm a senior and i have little to no idea what i want to do with myself. i can see homelessness coming closer and closer...-_-' oh and i was cracking UP when this scene came up XD  and the head bump was really cute (including the SFX that went with it).  finally...i did it...it took me nearly 3 months to get through this anime but i've finished it...and now i am a bit sad it's gone lol. it deserves an 8. the characters really pull it along but giving it a 9 or 10 wouldn't be fair. the art was great and the characters are lovely but the animation is just unacceptable for an anime in 2007. it's disgraceful how cheaply this show was done. otherwise for that i really liked the OST and voice actors (especially otani's. i love his voice and the VC's performance). goodbye, love-com! |
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| Best shoujo based Rom/Com I ever seen but I even love more School Rumble even though there is no love progression. Im surprised that Risa can be cute when she make-up huh? Everyone is fooling around with shota boy was even funnier. I liked the cheerful atmosphere graduation instead of gloomy and boring one thanks to Hanshin Kyojin, hehe. This show is something to be remembered. Episode: 4.3/5 Overall: 8/10 |
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| Finally completed after a long time! It was an alright series. I kinda expected more out of it because so many people I knew praised it. It was special, sure. But not exceptionally good. There was too much wishy washy drama. I don't know what this strong was really good at. The art was average, comedy not exceptionally good, romance kinda childish, drama too much, story very dull, side characters dull... yeah. Nothing really stands out. I mean, other than the tall girl x short boy idea. That was kinda unique. The main issue I had with Koizumi and Otani is that they don't feel like a couple. They feel like siblings. I was gonna give this a 7/10 but overall, it doesn't strike a strong impression and wasn't great at all. At least, not worth a 7/10. So 6 it is. Will probably check out manga someday.. |
| Ah that was funny speech I wish my school graduation speech will be like that xD Aww.. It's ended :( Mata naaaa~ |
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| I really love this series, but i can't help but think that the story would have ended up exactly the same way even if Risa didn't tell Otani that she liked him and silently waited :) But still it's amazing, funny and cute, one of my favourites. I really enjoyed listening to Kansai-ben and that's great how this anime played with stereotypes about Kansai! |
| Amazing series :D This show made me feel good about myself. Size don't matter :p 9/10 |
| What a nice ending and what a wonderful show! It made me laugh, cry and spend a lot of great time watching it ^^ |
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| Well I'm glad Risa finally found something she wanted to do. Man that was a good anime. Very heartwarming |
| Nice ending :) Didn't like the last couple episodes but the ending was really good. Great anime overall,funny with unique characters. Overall 8/10 |
| Great. I will miss this anime. |
| I really loved this episode. That ending scene tho |
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| If it wasn't for the lull toward the middle, this would've been so great. Such a great soundtrack and execution of it in scenes, too Very character driven though, so probably a disaster for anyone who didn't love them. |
| I watched this series 10 years ago when I was still a student and I've just watched the whole series again as an adult. It's really funny how 10 years can change one's perspective so much. 2007: I used to support Risa and felt that Otani was just being mean by not responding to her feelings. 2017: I feel that everyone is kind of being quite unfair to Otani, making him seem as if he is the villain who refuses to accept Risa's feelings when he was actually being mature enough not to yield to peer pressure and thoughtlessly accept her feelings without seriously putting in time to consider his real feelings for her. 2007: I used to dislike Maity as I thought he was just being selfishly egoistic and trying to break the two up. 2017: I now understand that he was really caring for them from the start, helping Otani see how important Risa had become to him. 2007: It's a nice romance comedy. Where's season two? 2017: It's a nice journey of observing how two teenagers grow in wisdom year after year. Risa started off as one focused mostly on her own feelings and not so much on Otani (e.g. She didn't know his birthday, or that he became captain of the basketball team). But later on, she was able to be content and to let go instead of being possessive and bitter. Otani started off as someone who wanted a girlfriend that could fit his ideals (i.e. cute, short, demure, won't make him look weird when kissing) but later on, he realised that all those considerations were not important and it's best to be with a best friend that he is comfortable with and cares for him enough to push him forward to overcome his personal obstacles in life. |
| Despite the aged animation and artwork I very much enjoyed this series. After seeing episode 18 I hesitated for the longest time, doubting I would want to see the rest of it. I did though. Glad to see they didn't turn back on the definitive outcome for Otani and Risa and they still ended it with them being together... On the final 6 eps.... It may seem redundant, unnecessary, but following their first real big problems while in a true relationship was interesting nonetheless. Many first loves might have ended at the assumed "cheating" and I feared as much, but the series showing you cán overcome something like that did eventually add something to the whole of it. Loved it. |
| Damn, now I want to fall in love with someone too xD |
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| I was actually pleasantly surprised at this show. Disregarding Ouran as its first 19 episodes were parodying the genre (and it went downhill when it started playing the cliches straight), the other shoujo high school romance series I've seen were all pretty boring and uninspired (Hiyokoi, Kimi ni Todoke, especially Maid-sama). This one was far more entertaining than the usual. For one thing, I enjoyed the relationship between Risa and Otani. Contrary to several other commenters, I actually liked Otani's reluctance to date Risa as it was a change from the norm in these kinds of shows. There were also some genuinely funny moments. This is the first time as well that I grew to like both lead characters, as opposed to only liking one of them or neither of them. Of course, there were a fair amount of moments that I rolled my eyes at, such as when they kept introducing new rivals, but those only lasted for an episode or two. I liked a few other shoujo romance series like Snow White with the Red Hair and Nana, but out of the non-parody ones, this is the first high school one that I can actually say was above-average. |
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| this was a GREAT episode. it took me a lot of time to finish this series but it truly was a wonderful series. too bad that stuff with this emotional quality doesnt get made anymore :(. 9/10, would watch again :) |
| Wow, this was so extremely enjoyable and super cute. Such a fantastic main character, as well as charming side characters. Such a nice representation of a transgender person too, her feelings and how the others treat her. If only this anime was made up of only its first and last episodes. It's those awful episodes in the middle with poor Risa suffering emotional damage through 10 episodes without progress, because of Ootani having the emotional maturity and communicative capacities of a 5 year old. But then the god send Maity comes along, with psychological acuity giving Ootani the little push needed. Thank you, Maity ^^ And then the rest of the show is so super cute and amazing again. Like when Risa and Ootani are in the arcade hall and you can see how well they resonate with each other and why they actually fit together! With shows like these love seems such an amazing thing. I wish there were more shows like this :) |
| The series was really entertaining, I like that it was quite fast paced and easy to binge. I honestly think it ages well despite it being such an old anime. The middle was a bit slow but the last 6 or so episodes were very good. Now just need to read the manga chapters that were not animated.. |
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| Over-dramatic until the end but well, guess it can't be helped since it's the last episode and graduation moments in anime tend to be particularly moving. Kinda decent final episode overall. The first half with Ootani staying at Risa's house was nice and all but in my opinion, it was the only good part since the second half with Risa miraculously finding her profession in life (stylist? since when?) felt forced as hell. Not to mention that seeing drama device #1, Mimi again wasn't really pleasant. As a whole, this was a terrible series featuring a pretty terrible romance. The first few episodes were promising to some extent since Ootani and Risa's chemistry was atypical yet charming for a shoujo anime but it all went downhill the moment Risa confessed her feelings. From there on, the story progression started going in circles with Risa being absurdly insecure/whiny and Ootani being portrayed as an absolute idiot just for the sake of stretching the "he doesn't look me that way" melodrama. Also, I gotta say that the romance between them didn't felt truly genuine in my eyes. I mean, seeing everyone forcing Ootani to return Risa's feelings and depicting him as the bad guy for not doing it was so notorious I'm not really sure if he kissed her because he meant it or because he ended up breaking under pressure. He never got a proper retrospection episode after all. And when they finally got together in episode 18, it looked like the director/studio didn't know how to deliver those last 6 episodes so he/they decided to filled those slots with even more lame melodrama by throwing new characters whose only use was to get in the way and disappear once they were no longer needed. They also decided to give some focus to the other two couples but it looked completely out of place considering that we were already on the final stretch of the series. Probably the worst moment of the anime now that I think of it. As for other aspects, OST was decent but production values as a whole were mostly mediocre, comedy was average and the cast, aside from the main duo and maybe Nobu, was totally bland and particularly infuriating for moments. Characters such as Haruka, Mimi and Kohori were a true pain to watch in that regard. 2/10 - Considering how uninspiring most of the story here was, I think this anime would have worked better as a 13 episodes-long adaptation. The romance and drama would have felt less contrived and frustrating this way, at least. |
SouthRzVaJul 1, 2020 8:56 PM
| Well that was a LOT of fun. Some disappointing animation lapses, but they nailed the comedy and Otani and Risa's chemistry was off the charts. Nobu-chan best wingman (wingwoman?) ever. And although the last 6 episodes did feel a little bit superfluous after the emotional high of ep. 18, I'm glad we got to see Risa and Otani really work out and solidify their relationship. Enjoyed it loads. A lot of really sweet moments. 9/10. |
| Away from the things of man, my love, away from the things of man. |
| nda crazy how much they packed into this and other episodes, kinda unusual for Toei xD It was a great final episode, tho. Very uplifting and cheerful. It's still always a bit sad to finish a series that has grown so much on me. The dynamic between Koizumi and Otani, the comedy moments with the stupid facial expressions, the sidecast, even the facepalm inducing drama. Gonna miss all of it :/ 8/10 |
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| thats a loooong road for the two of them and their friends but iam happy they can be toghether maybe in my real life can't be that beautiful but thanks to this series I can get new knowledge about life and a little hope for the future, really like this anime and why did I not see this in high school even though someone had suggested it to me If you really love someone then fight for it, may not be easy but it's better to fight than sorry for never trying that's all from me my friends, see ya |
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| Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!! I can’t believe it’s over ╥﹏╥ But that was a good finale episode 8/10 |
| Can't believe it took me 15 years to find this show! Risa and Ootani are my ideal relationship ;__; They have so much fun together and enjoy each other so much. I'm so jealous. While I thought Risa cried too much too easily, and the few episodes after they get together resemble your traditional old school shoujo where annoying rivals keep appearing to attempt to tear the main pair apart, it was still very enjoyable and funny and I'm sad it's over. I like relationships where traditional roles are reversed so I enjoyed the tall girl short boy dynamic. I wish they had shown some kind of epilogue though. If someone is reading this, please recommend a similar anime! |
| I’m gonna cry I enjoyed this anime so much and laughed a lot I’m gonna miss them so much :’( A very great way to end the anime I usually feel weird watching last episodes but I didn’t.. everything felt natural and I appreciate that scene in her workplace it was wholesome and funny, everyone was there. And the graduation speech made me cry ahhhh definitely a great watch I’m glad I decided to finally watch it : ) Also I love how risa easily cries and doesn’t care.. I gotta learn this from her!! Risa is my idol i love her and her personality is amazing, and their relationship is perfect they’re suited for each other. And their love for umibozu XD AHOU!!!!!! 10/10 |
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