Romance - Critical Abstraction

Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen

Romantic Warfare

With another Valentine's Day upon us, I wanted to take a critical look into the most popular romantic comedy this season -- that being Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai

Romance

Anime: The World of Fake Romance | The Artifice

Anime: The World of Fake Romance | The Artifice Love is everywhere. Here, there, wherever you're reading this excerpt from, even in the fictional world… right? I stumbled upon this article

Nisekoi

Passion Filled Promise

With the many different tropes that fill the romance comedy genre, there is one in particular that has perplex me to the point of wondering why it tends to show

Koitabi: True Tours Nanto

Koitabi: True Tours Nanto - Final Thoughts

Normally, when it comes to the final thoughts series, I just assume that people reading it have finished the anime I'm discussing and just got all out spoilers. However, with

White Album

Early Bird

With the end of the culture festival -- basically where White Album 2 started its first episode -- upon us, we finally see the romance start to creep in as

Golden Time

Queen Dethroned

The more episodes I watch of Golden Time, the faster it becomes my favorite anime this season. I always find it more impressive if an anime manages to become entertaining

Servant X Service

Labor of Love

!It is often said that it is dangerous to have romantic relations with a coworker, especially within a work environment. Considering there is a possibility of bitterness after a breakup

Lovely★Complex

Simply Complicated

I was going to write about my final thoughts on Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge, but I'm going to push it aside for this case. As of Wednesday, I've been

To Love Ru

Polyamory and Anime

I'm probably not the best person to write about the subject of polyamory, since I've never experienced these kinds of relationships, let alone anything to do with monogamy. However, it is interesting to see how this subject is in regard to anime...

Anime Suggestion Sunday

Anime Suggestion Sunday: Hotarubi no Mori e

There is nothing like summer love, at least that is what Hotarubi no Mori e feels like. The story is focused on Takegawa Hotaru, a girl who get lost in a forest, near her grandfathers house -- who she is visiting during summer.

Anime Suggestion Sunday

Anime Suggestion Sunday: I"S Pure

I"S Pure is a story told by Ichitaka Seto, who is remembering his past with his crush, Yoshizuki Iori. Through the years, Seto has known her, he has been too shy to confess to her and this day, Christmas Eve, is the last chance he has to confess his feeling toward Iori.

Anime Suggestion Sunday

Anime Suggestion Sunday: Video Girl Ai

Video Girl Ai is quite the cheesy short romance, but I don't mean that as an insult. Starting from an unrequited love, Moteuchi Youta rents out a video from a shady looking video rental store.

Boku Wa Tomodachi Ga Sukunai

Hard of Hearing, Soft at Heart

"Huh? What was that?", Hasegawa Kodaka of Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai seems to think this is a cleaver way to avoiding complicated issues between the females in

Anime Suggestion Sunday

Anime Suggestion Sunday: Koi Kaze

Koi Kaze is an anime that take on a taboo romance, but not in a poor manner. The romance is genuine and for a thirteen episode anime, very well paced. Saeki Koshiro is a 27 year old, fairly large man, that lived a pretty mundane life until he met a young girl, Kohinata Nonaka, who is 15.

Tasogare Otome X Amnesia

Stuck in High School

When it comes to many romance anime, they tend to be based in a high school setting. It is quite easy to see why a lot of anime companies produce

Lovely★Complex

Stance on Romance

Valentine's Day is around the corner and with it, comes a lot of romantic themes shooting from all angles. Going off my anime record alone, you would think I was