Akimore

When I read the synopsis and watched the trailer, I was excited to watch a unique and fun rom-com about a monk falling in love with and English teacher. However, I was thoroughly disappointed when I actually watched the show.

First, I thought it would be a unique story because of the plot, but it turned out to be your run-of-the-mill rom-com: rich ML falls for poor FL, his family is against it, and so they bully her. The story is very clichéd in the bad sense of the word. It is an accumulation of various clichés I personally hate.

Second, I had high expectations for the ML because I liked him on Nobuta wo Produce, unfortunately, I could not get myself to like him. I really tried, but his expressionless nature and pushy behavior were not to my liking. Furthermore, him, along with several other characters (her family namely) seemed to not care at all about the FL's feelings, which I totally hated.

Third, the whole side plot with the ML's brother ended in such a unsatisfactory manner, it felt like nothing ever got resolved at all.

On another note, one thing I did like was the second couple (I mean the two teachers, not the secretary and the student, why do they always have to pair adults with minors?), but they had so little screen time it made me feel quite disappointed. I also really liked the friendship between the FL and the other teacher (Momoe).

All in all, I would personally not recommend this show. If I had known it would be so disappointing and infuriating, I would not have watched it at all.