Review of My Clueless First Friend

My clueless friend is legitimately one of the most wholesome, heart warming and endearing anime I’ve ever seen. A true hidden gem in a packed season that deserved much more love. Being a kid is hard. Children are often picked on and made fun of for the most minuscule of reasons. While many times it’s harmless, often times it crosses into downright cruel bullying. The most unfortunate part of it is that you never know what other people are going through. People crack those jokes and have no idea the impact of what they’re saying. The overall message of this anime is to be kind. Treateveryone with respect and try to understand those that are different.

My clueless best friend is both entertaining and informative as I do genuinely believe seeing something like this motivates you to be a better person. To be more empathetic and to be kinder to people.

The things that Nishimura is subjected to simply because of her quiet nature and appearance really broke my heart and hit a little close to home. I absolutely loved she and Takada’s relationship, though. Him coming to her aid every time she was getting picked on put the biggest smile on my face.

Their relationship is the purest thing I’ve seen in a long time. Every time someone puts Nishimura down, he’s there to offer a compliment to restore her self confidence. Not just to make her feel better, but because of how he genuinely feels. There’s romantic subtext as the tag suggests, but it’s more of a friendship story with the two of them learning what it means to truly have a friend you can rely on.

I really liked seeing the characters’ backstories in this one too. Both Nishimura and Takada have had very sad events to occur, but despite it all Takada keeps a massive smile on his face and tries to spread that positive energy to everyone. A message that I think we can all take something from. In fact, we all need a friend like this.

This is probably one of the most realistic depictions of a middle school I’ve seen. The characters behave how kids at that age do, for better or worse, and that’s really impressive for an anime to pull off.

Art style is quite unique for anime as well. They went with a unique colour palette and character design that I think fits the tone of the story and the characters well.

I could honestly go on for hours talking about this show, but you just need to watch it, man. It is beyond cute. Arguably the cutest show of the year thus far. Words don’t do it justice. You’ll will not regret this one at all.

My Clueless Friend Gets 10, out of 10.