Review of Please Put Them On, Takamine-san
It's 2025 and here I am sitting and wondering when when we'll get to see a show about clothes removing as part of its plot. I don't mean it just as part of a story gimmick like High School DxD but an actual plot device to jump start the story. Well, Please Put Them On, Takamine-san is just the answer. Please Put Them On, Takamine-san is a peculiar case for an ecchi rom-com. It's known for being self aware of both its plot and main female protagonist. Title character Takane Takamine is protrayed as the flawless queen bee, an alluring beauty that catches the eye ofanyone around her. Her unique ability to rewind time through removing her clothing plays a key role that connects herself to the main male protagonist Koushi Shirota.
The plot essentially builds the relationships through their bizarre chance encounter. After being seen removing her underwear in class, Takane wastes no time to confont Shirota. This more or less ends up being a blackmail as Shirota is forced to help her. In essence, he becomes her manservant without the public's knowledge. As controversial as that sounds, they appear to hide it very well and avoids public himilation. Takane has a reputation so she must always be on her guard. Yet, her own fliritous personality is an obstacle. She is her own worst enemy through the countless teasing she inflicts on Shirota. The latter lives everyday like a test to see if he can pass with flying colors. While it started from being blackmailed, he does geninuely want to protect Takamine over time and the two become trustworthy friends, or perhaps something more?
It's a question we should ask ourselves. Takamine is after all a queen bee while Shirota is just ordinary guy with no special features. The anime protrays Shirota as having perverted fantasies about Takamine often and who can blame him. It's natural for a young healthy guy of his age to fantasize about pretty girls. Takamine is fully aware of this and she weaponizes herself to occasionally win him through lust. However, their relationship at best is protrayed as a budding duo connected through an unusual circumstance. They're not officially a couple although being seeing together so often later in the show makes other characters wonder. The most prominent among these is Shirota's childhood friend Ellie. Her free spirited yet observant nature easily allows her to realize that Takamine is falling for Shirota. Furthermore, Ellie's presence in their lives brings out the jealous side of Takamine. While this show doesn't turn into a dramatic love triangle, it does show that Takamine is willing to safeguard what she considers hers. In this case, she sees Shirota as her property, friend, and partner in crime.
Honestly, the main star and selling point of this show is Takamine herself. Underneath all that perfect goodness, she's a flawed character. If you notice carefully, she hardly has any friends at all, besides Shirota. Even after meeting Ellie, it took several episodes for her to open up to her. Shirota also finds himself falling for Takamine although the anime doesn't make it entirely clear if it's actual love. He's got nothing to lose really but the anime doesn't pull the plug on the two. There's also obvious character connection through some background storytelling told through flashbacks. Takamine's first encounter with Shirota wasn't even in the first episode. Nonetheless, you'll really have to judge yourself on how to grade their relationship. This anime is self aware from day one but has never been sure to finally get the two together as a couple.
It's a show loaded with fan service so just but default, there's a lot of suggestive scenes. I highly suggest watching the uncensored version to avoid the memes. This anime itself is already meme worthy enough thanks to the countless amount of teasing and daydream fantasies. Still, Takamine is decorated with that sexy look you'd expect from this type of show. Long hair, perfect body curves, and colorful face of expressions are just some of her features. While she doesn't show it to the public often, her fliritous personality always causes Shirota to have the most raunchy daydreams possible. You can't help but notice just how self aware this anime is. It knew what it wanted to show the audience from the very first episode.
And in a nutshell, you can watch this anime and enjoy the naughty goodness. It has a ridiculous plot that takes itself somewhat seriously but not enough as a satire. In today's industry, there's all types of anime that weaponizes its fan service. This anime just happens to use it as part of its plot and Shirota is in the middle of it.