Review of Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms

Like it´s name "Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My charms" and with the main character named Mona Kawai, one can easily expect a very much pastel-natured rom-com; easy on the eyes, no chest hurting drama and aimed to make you feel good. The premise is pretty funny as the female lead is a very cute, kind and heavily narcissist female holding everybody around her delicate fingers and she is trying to charm a plain looking man aiming to become a maidenless monk. And boy if the Queen Bee ain´t having it with a thirteen in a dozen lad buzzing in his own rhythm. Mona is on thesurface just perfect in every single way from her looks to smarts and being the most loved person ever just by existing. Yet deep down she is not sweet like honey, more like bittersweet chocolate for she NEEDS everybody to love her. I´ts like that´s how she gets her energy to live. A bit of a cold shoulder is more than enough to break her mentality and nearly bring out her true face, the one she wants to keep locked away like Pandora´s box. She is quite funny when holding back her real thoughts against people getting on her nerve.

Then we have Medaka Kuroiwa, who´s name said fast sounds almost like "mediocre". Lookswise he would never stand out in a group of hundred men, his numbers are pretty average, coming from the sticks to big city makes him nervous and thus very unsocial. There is absolutely nothing that would you consider him being a leading male in a romantic manga - I´m looking at all you pretty boys since forever- yet despite all THAT... the number one girl can´t stop thinking about him.

Opposites attract, anyone?

As said before, this is pastel-like rom-com anime with good vibes turned on. The situations these two end up are amusing and watching their little game of "what-on-earth-is-he/she-thinking" is holding pretty well.

Ah, to be young and confused.

Ps. I recommend the manga for comparison. Ran Kuze sensei´s work has some very good looking shadow effects.