“Yakuza heir Raku must fake romance with rival gang daughter while searching for his childhood love.”
Nisekoi: False Love
ニセコイ
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Synopsis
Yakuza heir Raku must fake romance with rival gang daughter while searching for his childhood love.
Raku Ichijou, a first-year student at Bonyari High School, is the sole heir to an intimidating yakuza family. Ten years ago, Raku made a promise to his childhood friend. Now, all he has to go on is a pendant with a lock, which can only be unlocked with the key which the girl took with her when they parted. Now, years later, Raku has grown into a typical teenager, and all he wants is to remain as uninvolved in his yakuza background as possible while spending his school days alongside his middle school crush Kosaki Onodera. However, when the American Bee Hive Gang invades his family's turf, Raku's idyllic romantic dreams are sent for a toss as he is dragged into a frustrating conflict: Raku is to pretend that he is in a romantic relationship with Chitoge Kirisaki, the beautiful daughter of the Bee Hive's chief, so as to reduce the friction between the two groups. Unfortunately, reality could not be farther from this whopping lie—Raku and Chitoge fall in hate at first sight, as the girl is convinced he is a pathetic pushover, and in Raku's eyes, Chitoge is about as attractive as a savage gorilla. Nisekoi follows the daily antics of this mismatched couple who have been forced to get along for the sake of maintaining the city's peace. With many more girls popping up his life, all involved with Raku's past somehow, his search for the girl who holds his heart and his promise leads him in more unexpected directions than he expects.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 178 sampled reviews
What 178 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 1.81 · split reception
5.2 pts
Recommenders 8.2 · others 3.0
↑ 0.40
Running avg · May 2014 → Apr 2025
- 10 “I know people will dislike me because of my bad anime taste, but Nisekoi is by far the best anime I've watched. It only fell down because of season 2. Nisekoi took itself too seriously, but I...”
- 8 “A bittersweet cluster-f**k that I was gonna rate really low because it made me hate the mangaka. But how many times have you been invested in the characters so much that a fu**ed up story pissed...”
- 8 “First time watching something of a getaway-harem anime, and I'm glad that Nisekoi ended up being that anime for me personally. Enjoyed much of it, manga makes more sense but anime is more "fun",...”
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- Format 20 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 8h 00m all episodes
- Aired Jan 2014 – May 2014 Winter 2014
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-7953 catalog
Produced by
- Aniplex Producer
- Mainichi Broadcasting System Producer
- Shueisha Producer
Licensed by
- Aniplex of America Licensor