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alias_sqbrI have gotten SO bad at keeping track of what I've been watching, so this'll do as a start. There's a whole bunch of much older shows mouldering down below this lot, this is just recent additions.
There is literally nothing here I really rec, except in a "if you also enjoy this particular flavour of cheese" way.
365 Days To The Wedding: het fake dating coworkers fluff about two shy nerds who have to pretend to be engaged for Reasons. Nothing very deep but I enjoyed it.
Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings In Russian: Cheesy mutually tsundere male pov haremy highschool romance het. They team up to help her become school council president. I have no excuse, this is exactly what it looks like but idk I liked it shut up.
Senpai is an Otokonoko: highschool romantic drama about an amab character who likes presenting in a feminine way navigating gender and relationships, while in the middle of a love triangle with a male and female friend. I thought the gender aspect of this was pretty well handled, and I liked the characters a lot. The main issue is that they did a really good job of convincing me that (a) the male friend is genuinely in love with the protagonist (b) the protagonist's feelings for him are strong but entirely platonic (c) They're determined to make the friendship work but this situation makes them both sad. And while I wasn't not into the actual romance with the (canonically pan!) female love interest, it wasn't quite as well drawn. So in the end I was left feeling a bit sad and unsatisfied. I still had an overall good time though!
Tadaima Okairi: Omegaverse m/m established relationship fluff. Fine, not very deep.
A Condition Called Love: Shoujo romance I genuinely don't remember but Crunchyroll says I watched all of it. I think it's like... shy girl/subtley yandere popular boy?
I'm Getting Married to a Girl I Hate in My Class: Incredibly silly male POV harem-y het about a teen boy who is forced to marry a tsundere snooty girl in his class to keep his inheritance. I watched a couple of episodes when I was very sleepy and in the mood for EXTREME CHEESE, and it was relatively entertaining and inoffensive for what it is, but I never felt the need to go back to it.
Honey Lemon Soda: Shoujo highschool romance of the "shy girl comes out of her shell with the help of a popular boy" type. I usually like this genre well enough and was having an ok time and then something irritated me so much I stopped. But I don't remember what /o\
OKITSURA: Fell in Love with an Okinawan Girl, but I Just Wish I Know What She's Saying: Good natured male POV het with a love triangle, about a Regular Guy From Tokyo who moves to Okinawa and gets to know the culture with the help of a cute local girl who speaks in the local dialect. A little bland and the love triangle made me feel bad for the pining girl, who is perfectly nice! Feels well intentioned but exotifying, but it's not like I can judge.
The Apothecary Diaries: Lightly romantic female POV character drama and mystery about a grumpy androgynous female herbalist in Imperial China who ends up an indentured servant in the Imperial Palace, using her herbalist skills to solve mysteries and help people. Pretty fun and well made, but I ran out of momentum, and from all accounts the romance is very much of the "hot charming man flirts with irritated woman, she never seems to reciprocate but it's still ~romance" type which I found off-putting since she reads as aroace to me.
Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii: energetically odd character drama/romance about two teen yakuza heirs, I enjoyed the good natured dark humour (be ready for lots of violence!) and drama but ran out of momentum. Another "hot charming man flirts with irritated woman, she never seems to reciprocate but it's still ~romance", but I read her as more into it, in a "tsundere in denial about liking a yandere" way.
Nina the Starry Bride: Fantasy romance about a commoner girl being trained to take the place of a dead princess she ~mysteriously resembles, while navigating court politics and Secrets. Seemed ok but I ran out of steam.
Twilight Out of Focus: m/m romance about boys in a film making club. Had a bit too much contrived drama for my tastes.
Hyouka: Ensemble highschool gen about solving low stakes mysteries. Fine, I just got bored.
I'll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History: Woman gets reincarnated as villainess, I don't remember what irritated me about this just that it annoyed me a lot.
True Beauty: Korean het romcom about a plain girl who learns to be pretty. Not very good.
Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!: Male POV comedy about a boy helping girls who have had their hearts broken. Not terrible but ehh.
The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies: Underwritten shoujo fantasy het.
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There is literally nothing here I really rec, except in a "if you also enjoy this particular flavour of cheese" way.
I watched all of it
365 Days To The Wedding: het fake dating coworkers fluff about two shy nerds who have to pretend to be engaged for Reasons. Nothing very deep but I enjoyed it.
Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings In Russian: Cheesy mutually tsundere male pov haremy highschool romance het. They team up to help her become school council president. I have no excuse, this is exactly what it looks like but idk I liked it shut up.
Senpai is an Otokonoko: highschool romantic drama about an amab character who likes presenting in a feminine way navigating gender and relationships, while in the middle of a love triangle with a male and female friend. I thought the gender aspect of this was pretty well handled, and I liked the characters a lot. The main issue is that they did a really good job of convincing me that (a) the male friend is genuinely in love with the protagonist (b) the protagonist's feelings for him are strong but entirely platonic (c) They're determined to make the friendship work but this situation makes them both sad. And while I wasn't not into the actual romance with the (canonically pan!) female love interest, it wasn't quite as well drawn. So in the end I was left feeling a bit sad and unsatisfied. I still had an overall good time though!
Tadaima Okairi: Omegaverse m/m established relationship fluff. Fine, not very deep.
A Condition Called Love: Shoujo romance I genuinely don't remember but Crunchyroll says I watched all of it. I think it's like... shy girl/subtley yandere popular boy?
Not terrible but I ran out of steam
I'm Getting Married to a Girl I Hate in My Class: Incredibly silly male POV harem-y het about a teen boy who is forced to marry a tsundere snooty girl in his class to keep his inheritance. I watched a couple of episodes when I was very sleepy and in the mood for EXTREME CHEESE, and it was relatively entertaining and inoffensive for what it is, but I never felt the need to go back to it.
Honey Lemon Soda: Shoujo highschool romance of the "shy girl comes out of her shell with the help of a popular boy" type. I usually like this genre well enough and was having an ok time and then something irritated me so much I stopped. But I don't remember what /o\
OKITSURA: Fell in Love with an Okinawan Girl, but I Just Wish I Know What She's Saying: Good natured male POV het with a love triangle, about a Regular Guy From Tokyo who moves to Okinawa and gets to know the culture with the help of a cute local girl who speaks in the local dialect. A little bland and the love triangle made me feel bad for the pining girl, who is perfectly nice! Feels well intentioned but exotifying, but it's not like I can judge.
The Apothecary Diaries: Lightly romantic female POV character drama and mystery about a grumpy androgynous female herbalist in Imperial China who ends up an indentured servant in the Imperial Palace, using her herbalist skills to solve mysteries and help people. Pretty fun and well made, but I ran out of momentum, and from all accounts the romance is very much of the "hot charming man flirts with irritated woman, she never seems to reciprocate but it's still ~romance" type which I found off-putting since she reads as aroace to me.
Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii: energetically odd character drama/romance about two teen yakuza heirs, I enjoyed the good natured dark humour (be ready for lots of violence!) and drama but ran out of momentum. Another "hot charming man flirts with irritated woman, she never seems to reciprocate but it's still ~romance", but I read her as more into it, in a "tsundere in denial about liking a yandere" way.
Nina the Starry Bride: Fantasy romance about a commoner girl being trained to take the place of a dead princess she ~mysteriously resembles, while navigating court politics and Secrets. Seemed ok but I ran out of steam.
Twilight Out of Focus: m/m romance about boys in a film making club. Had a bit too much contrived drama for my tastes.
Hyouka: Ensemble highschool gen about solving low stakes mysteries. Fine, I just got bored.
Ehh
I'll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History: Woman gets reincarnated as villainess, I don't remember what irritated me about this just that it annoyed me a lot.
True Beauty: Korean het romcom about a plain girl who learns to be pretty. Not very good.
Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!: Male POV comedy about a boy helping girls who have had their hearts broken. Not terrible but ehh.
The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies: Underwritten shoujo fantasy het.
Haven't tried yet, feel free to try to encourage/dissuade me
Zenshu
Anyway, I'm Falling in Love with You.
Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms
Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective
DAN DA DAN
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-
MAYONAKA PUNCH
Brave Bang Bravern!
