Review of My Love Story!!

Are you sick and tired of clichés and harem shows? Do you want a romance that is actually good, not the repetitive romcom that goes absolutely nowhere and sacrifices everything for the jokes? Then Ore Monogatari is for you. This anime is not perfect, but it's far better than the bulk of cheap romcoms. The comedy is surprisingly good, giving a ton of good laughs without pulling the classic black comedy that has to make characters suffer or be humiliated in some way. There is no clichéd bromatic foil that retarded and has to take the fall just to prove how normal the main character is.And there is no harem. Harem is a plague that has infected anime for a long time, and any show that manages to keep it at bay deserves respect. There are beta couples, which is fresh air in the genre that has gotten so stale with main characters that have horribly unattractive personalities but somehow are supreme chick magnets to the point where nobody else seems to be in a relationship because they've monopolized every girl yet still won't act on it. Another reviewer called it "Nisekoi without the harem" as if it were a bad thing. I'd say removing the harem is an improvement to most if not all anime.

As for progression, it might not have the timeline of Code Geass, but saying there is no progression is just false. Compared to the classic romcoms that have tainted anime for such a long time, with 20+ episodes of nothing but unresolved sexual tension, I consider a show where somebody gets hitched by the end a major achievement. To a show where they not only hitch the characters before the end, but actually continue with the story, I give my applause. Too many shows refuse to hitch their characters as if afraid the fans would be pissed and try to burn the studio down.

Overall, Ore Monogatari is definitely part of the 8-9 score category on MAL, not a masterpiece, but definitely something far above average and recommendable to most people. The mix of comedy in romance is far better done that most other romcoms and despite its various flaws it deserves a solid 9, or if you're really critical, at least an 8, but anything less is not doing it justice.