Review of The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil

I don't want to leave a long review, TLDR: Absolutely unexpected banger. Great characters, great romance, nice fight scenes. The first impression I got was tht this was going to be another one of those shitty, episodic, painful to watch so called 'romcoms' where characters factory reset every few eps without any development, where they repeat the same gags over and over for 12 eps. Ngl, the first few eps are garbage. It just felt like a shitty Love is War ripoff, with RandomXD Please Laugh humor. I wasn't really surprised, I had 0 expectations on this one, I'd never even heard of it. NOPE. Shit popsoff after ep 5, doesn't fuck up after that. Its a very nice, heartfelt, enemies to lovers romance anime. The male lead isn't the sharpest tool in the shed, but is likable, straightforward, and you can't help but root for him; bro has no issues locking in when needed. The female lead was G R E A T. At first, she just seems like the copy paste annoying ass tsundere who treats the ML like shit just for the sake of it. Nope. She is a flawed character with her own issues, who is trying her best to do what she thinks is right, and she develops throughout the series. One of the best takes on the tsundere character archetype I've seen in ages. The romance is by far the best part of the show, it's not too rushed, not too stagnant, the pacing feels natural, and they share some great, well crafted moments together; which is quite an achievement to pull off in just 12 eps, even more so when there are other plotlines. There were sooo many opportunities to add in shitty misunderstandings, but they took the high road. (╥﹏╥) (Nah seriously this anime had no right to be as good as it was wtf, I need a season 2)

I usually don't talk about animation, but I have to at least mention it here. The action scenes are bangers, the animation overall is far better than Im used to seeing. Again, it aint perfect, the starting was ass, most people dropped it. The humor is pretty bad, that's not a good sign in a romcom. But for me, the humor entered the 'So bad its good' territory, so I was chillin. I'm giving this a glowing review cause I legit expected nothing, and this just subverted my expectations in the best possible way. Its such an underrated anime. If you're into romance/enemies to lovers, give it a watch.