Review of Nisekoi: False Love
As the plot suggests, you cannot get a more typical beginning to a RomCom anime. The sweetheart become sweetheart's' soon and the anime takes a stroll in the harem lane. The disappointment about this anime is how suddenly the genre changes perspectives among the viewers. It started as a normal romance-comedy combo but sooner or later girls galore and the main character finds himself enclosed in a dreamy harem. The story is majorly unrealistic and the plot is one of the poorest that you will come across. Totally dingus-ish first episode only leads to mayhem for the next the next few episodes where the male MCand the 'supposedly' female MC are forced to make a contract for three years to be each others' companion due to their families being on deep waters. The predictability percentage of the story skyrockets as the episodes pass by. The stunning predictable nature of the plot has many weak links for this anime. The traditional scenes viz., summer festivals, cultural festivals, x-mas, school trips and many more that you see in a normal romance manga came into existence in this anime too but with a severe repetitive rate when taking the manga of it into consideration too. Overall, a letdown when it comes to story-telling.
The characters were well endowed and the characterization was proficient. As is the case in some romance manga, the male MC Raku Ichijo seems to be a student who is studious and good-natured guy while the 'supposedly' female MC, Kirisaki Chitoge is a blonde but smart ( ) girl who is a half with some blaring tsundere traits. Marika Tachibana who gets her introduction in the second half of the anime is a cute, over obsessive and a daring girl who openly expresses her feeling for Raku-sama unlike Kosaki Onodera who is just a polar opposite to Marika. Onward we go to describing Kosaki (my best girl, my love, my life, my wife). Kosaki is a normal girl who has a laudable attitude and is cute to add to that. Sometimes she plays the role of a 'divine damsel in distress' as she is unable to express her feelings for her first and the only love Raku who in himself is madly in love with Dera. She is an introvert and kind and does not have the courage to tell how she feels but during the moments she tries to step up and have the courage to convey her feelings to Raku, unforeseen (meh, you can totally see what is coming. Scumbag Naoshi Komi not giving the chance for Dera-chan) incidents occur which can make the viewers (viewers = TeamOnodera members) get irritated with fuming rage. Nothing much to tell about the remaining girl Tsugumi Seishirou who at first is portrayed as a boy. Genuine trap material, I tell you. Genuine trap. Shuu who is a pervert and a childhood friend of Raku is so vital for the progression of the story, Same is the case with Kosaki's best friend Ruri Miyamoto (glasses |m| ) who plays the role of supporting Kosaki in attaining Raku.
Animation was good. Nothing less to expect from Shaft and its elastic neck insignia. The trademark 'bending their necks in unimaginable angles' and the 'looking down on people' pose were duly present in this anime too. At some points, the animation was kind of over-exerted and was out of place. I always had this doubt on how well Shaft can animate for a RomCom anime without adding weird backgrounds and effects but apparently, they completed the task really well. Shaft's array of funny faces continues in this anime too from where it let off in S2 of Monogatari. The marble eyes, the color tones and all other aspects were well covered while the art style was reasonably unique and exotic for a romance anime. Well, considering it is Shaft, it is no surprise that the animation was gradually different.
Nothing much to say about the voicing crew as you all know how the Japanese roll. The fact that HanaKana voiced for Onodera Kosaki makes her to be the solid winner of the best girl of Nisekoi award (at the least according to me). All the characters have been voiced well. Near to attaining flawlessness.
Coming into the enjoyment aspect of the anime, it is a given that there will be scenes of frolicking and laughter since the manga is being serialized in Shonen Jump. Nisekoi is no different too. The anime had its fair share of comical scenes and was jovial-natured. Good to watch but sadly impossible to be experienced in reality. If the best girl for you is Kirisaki Chitoge, you can enjoy the anime to your heart's fullest without any qualms. Didn't concentrate much on the music part as I was too busy taking screenshots of Dera-chan and adoring her. Both the openings performed by ClariS (damn them.. a pair of highschool gurls ) are good. Do ClariS have a knack of performing in harem related anime? Last time I saw their songs getting adopted as the opening for an anime was in OreImo . Some of the background music gave the anime a shoujo-ish vibe while some were relatable to shonen.
My ratings:
Plot 6/10
Animation & Art 9/10
Music 8/10
Characters 7/10
Enjoyment 7/10 (if Dera is the best gurl) 9/10 (if Chitoge is the best gurl)
Overall 7.4/10 (if Dera is the best gurl) 7.8/10 (if Chitoge is the best gurl)
PS:
Onodera is the best
Fuck the rest.
#TeamOnodera for eternity.
Till I lose sanity.
All hail Kosaki
Cause, she too has the key. .