Review of Kiss Him, Not Me!
This is the only reverse harem show I've seen and most likely will ever see. So because of that fact I can't compare this to others in the genera but regardless, I wish to give my two cents on the show in question. The show "Kiss Him, Not Me" is a reverse harem comedy with a very intriguing gimmick. I trust that before reading this you read the show's synopsis. And so as she becomes ungodly beautiful, she in turn attracts lots of guys (and a girl) and despite being surrounded by all these people who are in love with her beauty, only wants them tobe in love with each other, Hence the title. And so her boylove passions collide with a set a pretty boys attempting to woo her and as such, highjinks insue.
So lets take a paragraph and talk about our fujoshi hero. She is so damb good looking. Somthing about her more appealing to relatable girl audience apperance is really attractive. The lovely purple hair, the earings, the make-up and the outfits are really beautiful. Not only does she look unique but from what I've heard. Her personality is also very different from most reverse harems. From what I've heard most reverse harem protagonist are boring slates to which the veiwer (your generic girl I guess) is to project herself onto. In KHNM our heroin has a waterfall of personality with more to bottle and ship to stores. She has things she likes and enjoys, things she dislikes and people she cares about. Generally we see her show her caring towards the rest of the main cast.The rest of our main cast consists of the four pretty boys and the pretty girl. Because I'm terrible with names I'll be calling each by their archetype. The first one is your strong boy. He's strong and cares much for the main girl. But that's as far as he goes. He looks normal, black short hair and a plain face. Easily the most forgettable. Next is blonde badboy. He's got more going on. He's protective of the one's he cares about. Ignores everyone he doesn't. He has an imouto (little sister) he cares about and does whatever possible to make her happy. And is very straightforward with what he wants. Next is the wimpy yet smart kid. He's well, kinda the wimp character that only wants to be like the strong protective type like the previous two. But in the end is the second most boring character as well as the most annoying character. Next is the weird nice guy that at the start doesn't even want to date the main girl but eventually progresses to like her. He has a longer face and brown hair. He's interesting and fun, is mysterious is some ways and is all round the least shallow and most good natured guy in the cast. And finally, the girl who vies for our protaganist affection as well. She is a rich girl who fills the rolls of a fujoshi friend and a potential love interest to our main girl. She is fun to watch as she gushes about boylove both as an admirer and as someone who creates it through drawing. Personally I think she was best love interest but that's me.These are our characters now what kind of story do they inhabit? Well the story is really a collection of goofy cenarios revolving around our heroin's hobbies such as comiket or traveling to a historic place where an anime took place. Each episode is usually a different situation, with the goal of each love interest scoring points in the form of building affection with the heroin. Some are quite funny while others kinda suck. Without spoilers the anime doesn't give a full resalution to the story. At least not in a satisfying way.
Now as for the music I can't tell you anything. Music probably wasn't that good cuz I can't remember any of it. Meanwhile the op has some funny gags and is very good at showing how good looking the characters are. The ed had a cool slideshow esc thing where the main girl would be in different cute outfits. As the op and ed music. Not memorable.
The animation was your basic on the budget animation. Nothing astounding or unique. The character designs were very much "pretty". Very much exaggerating how beautiful these men and women are. Artyle on the other and was also not very impresive otherwise. But the show is not about the visual spectical. Its about the gags and character interactions.
My closing thoughts are that this show was surprisingly entertaining despite it's genera and my general taste. Meaning that this might be one of if not the best of it's kind. If your into the reverse harem genera than I highly recomend this. Personally : 6/10