Review of Love Flops

Doki Doki Harem Club. So… I’ve been trying to think for a long time how to go about reviewing Love Flops. There is so much I want to say about it. SO.MUCH. At the same time, I don’t think it’s fair for me to spoil an anime that you should absolutely go into blind. So instead of the usual style I write reviews, I’m going to go straight to my conclusion. Love Flops is a really hard sell. I actually almost dropped it after it’s incredibly boring first three episodes, but the fourth had enough crude yet, good humour for me to keep going, and onceeach episode started getting weirder and weirder, I was pretty much hooked.
It takes a huge risk asking the audience to sit through six episodes of quite frankly mediocre yet, insane harem shenanigans with surprisingly tame and conservative ecchi scenes for a studio Passione production and incredibly hit or miss humour, in order to arrive at the pay off which I personally, am not sure it was worth it.
I think the mystery angle and the ending ruins its very strong commentary about sad, lonely, loser nerds relying on waifu’s for escapism instead of trying to overcome their issues and make real relationships with real people to fill the void. In the hands of a better writer with a stronger vision for the narrative, the twist would’ve been way more impactful and effective.

That being said, I did enjoy most of my time with it. It is certainly a show that will catch you off guard with some of the outlandish situations it presents, and the world building is pretty interesting.
I can’t say I recommend Love Flops, but if you want to give it a try then y’know… do it.

5/10 Mediocre.