Review of Love Flops

This god damn anime, breaking my heart apart into a thousand pieces only to glue it back together afterwards. This was truly a wild ride of an anime if I ever had one. I fairly enjoyed the first half of the anime to some degree, thinking it was just another of those trash over the top harem comedy anime, but boy was I wrong. The second half, or especially the last 4 episodes made such a ridiculous turn that it entirely threw me off. I would have never predicted those twists in a million years, this was probably my biggest surprise this year. After watchingthe whole anime it makes the first half so much better, since it explains why the ridiculous things that happened in the beginning even took place. I would almost go as far as to call it a stroke of genius, since it took up the common tropes for this type of anime and executed them the perfect way one would expect them to happen, only to make a 180° turn and throw off the audience completely. To then end it with some heart wrenching drama and finally lifting up your spirit once again in the epilogue.

The characters in this show are your typical harem comedy tropes that you would expect but only for a part of the anime. The girls and the mc as well have genuine emotions that they go through and are portrayed greatly in the later part of the anime. The music in this one was pretty good, I especially liked the way they played with the ending song in a way that fit the plot, something very ingenious that I have also seen in Akiba Maid War this year. The animation was decent, but what made this anime so great was the unpredictable twists of the story that enhanced everything that came before to a major degree. The finale knows what it does, it pulls at your heartstrings in all the right places and after shattering your soul offers some relieve to leave you with a bitter sweet smile on your face.

In the end I am glad I watched it and hope many people that may have dropped it after a couple episodes will come back to fully experience this. I never would have imagined this anime to be such a wild ride of emotions ranging from laughter and ridiculousness over disbelief to sadness and finally relief. This places ridiculous high on my list, but as I feel deservedly so, I give it a 9/10.