Review of Kiss Him, Not Me!

Okay. Listen, you need to know going into this that it's meant to be cliche. Like, the whole point of the anime is to throw every yaoi and reverse harem cliche it can at you. Also, there's a lot of anime innuendos. Like "Grey Butler" and Attack on Titan cosplay. So... just know what you're getting into, okay? Alright, first of all, the art is gorgeous. It's just the type of art style I like. Pretty colors, refined character designs, and good environments. Also, this anime is funny as hell. Especially if you can relate to the type of anime viewer/fan the main character is. Ithink the premise of the series comes across really well; it pulled off what it wanted to.

The characters, as well, were all very fun to watch together. The ensemble as a whole made the anime very entertaining. Like I said, this anime is cliche, though, so the characters are all very textbook. You got your bad boy, your tsundere, your hot jock, your mild-mannered dude, etc. etc.

I do like that the story is sort of taking the piss out of excessively wild fans and a couple anime genres, but... I don't know, I was hoping that, at some point, it was going to turn into a somewhat compelling story. I've seen anime of this type that do actually become something else that can stand on its own, but this one didn't. It just didn't have much substance. I will admit that that's probably because this anime didn't adapt all of the manga, but from what I saw, the story didn't have any depth beyond the base romance plot. There wasn't any character development that let me attach to these characters. They were fun to watch, but I couldn't say, "Ah, so that's who this guy is."

Obviously, I don't think this anime was meant to be all that deep. I think, as I said, it did what it set out to do and that was to create a fun, light romance story. It isn't entertaining to watch, and I got quite a few laughs out of it. If you aren't searching for a super sophisticated romance story like Ao Haru Ride or Ouran HS Host Club, but rather are looking for an easy-to-watch anime, this'll do it for you. I wouldn't come back to it, but... actually, as a game, I'd be down. So, who knows? Maybe it's better than it seems?