Review of Junjo Romantica

I am a newcomer to this sort of genre but it has actually been quite an enjoyable and educational experience for me. Story - 8 The story surrounds 1 main gay couple and 2 other gay couples, how they met and how they try to maintain or deepen their relationship. There are a few intimate scenes straight on in the first couple of episodes (nothing too revealing but still intimate), which at first for me was a little hard to watch. However, after seeing the characters take on the challenges of maintaining a "taboo' relationship (age difference, jealousy, loss, misunderstandings), you really understand how much the charactersreally care and love each other. So after a while, the intimate scenes become a natural representation of love, which after a few episodes became quite enjoyable to watch. In some ways, gay relationships are more interesting than straight, as there are many more challenges to overcome such as dealing with social norms etc. The plot is not crazy or packed full of action, but conveys meaningful teachings about love. There are also loads of funny moments throughout as well so look forward to those:)

Art - 8
The art is not crazily amazing, but I absolutely love all the chibi drawings during the funny moments, definitely balances out the more deeper and serious moments. Intimate scenes are drawn with discretion and care, so nothing too revealing. The art style suits this genre.

Sound - 7
Intro and ending themes are pretty good. Background music are constantly appropriate throughout.

Characters - 9
All the characters, although not too out of the ordinary, do seriously care for their partner, and you see that constantly throughout, thus making them quite memorable. They also have little quirks about them that makes them really funny and peculiar at times. (If you like teddy bears, this is the anime for you!)

Overall - 8
Took me only 3 days to finish it. I recommend this to everyone, even if you are new to this kind of anime, it is quite deep and does make me understand a little bit more about gay relationships. Please give it a go ! :D