• TwilightKiddy@scribe.disroot.org
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    19 hours ago

    Left to right, top to bottom.

    1. Dandadan
    2. Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru
    3. Yamada-kun to Lv999 no Koi wo Suru
    4. Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san
    5. Horimiya
    6. Kowloon Generic Romance
    7. Kimi wa Houkago Insomnia
    8. Kono Kaisha ni Suki na Hito ga Imasu
    9. Fruits Basket

    Fun fact: out of those only 4 and 8 are rom-coms and both are a bit weird.
    4 is an ecchi with characters speaking bad Russian occasionally, if you know the language, it will hurt your ears.
    8 is about an adult couple with a very established relationship that hides it in public. Not exactly how rom-com genre usually works.

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      17 hours ago

      only 4 and 8 are rom-coms

      ???

      I think you’re being far too strict in your application of genre. Like, the name of Dandadan is a romcom reference… And it exists because the author was told to read shoujo romances to work on his character writing. It is literally and deliberately a fusion of shounen action comedy and shoujo romance.

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      15 hours ago

      Alya is good with the fan service but holy shit the actual plot is so boring. The sister carries the show IMO.

      I like Horimiya because the relationship is established early on, so you get to see more dynamics between the characters instead of just watching tsundere over and over again until someone confesses at the end of the season. Polar Opposites does it well too.

      Dandadan is fun even without the romance part.

      I might have to check 6 and 8, those look interesting. High school romcom sometimes get tiring, and adult characters with adult problems would be refreshing for a change.