ORE NO KANOJO TO OSANANAJIMI GA SHURABA SUGIRU
STATUS
COMPLETE
EPISODES
13
RELEASE
March 31, 2013
LENGTH
23 min
DESCRIPTION
Eita enters high school aiming for the National University School of Medicine. Because of his parents' divorce—and his goal—he shuns anything to do with romance or love. One day, Masuzu, the school beauty with the silver hair who has just returned to the country, enters his life in a most unexpected way. Chiwa, his childhood friend since elementary school, will not let this go without a fight.
CAST
Masuzu Natsukawa
Yukari Tamura
Ai Fuyuumi
Ai Kayano
Chiwa Harusaki
Chinatsu Akasaki
Himeka Akishino
Hisako Kanemoto
Eita Kidou
Ryouta Oosaka
Mana Natsukawa
Nao Touyama
Saeko Kiryuu
Kaori Nazuka
Kaoru Asoi
Risa Taneda
Mei Akano
Yuka Ootsubo
Tannin Kyoushi
Yuka Keichou
Satsuki Aoba
Haruka Yamazaki
Yoshie Tanaka
Shiori Mikami
Takuya Sakagami
Kenichi Suzumura
Yasuoka
Junichi Yanagita
Yamamoto
Taishi Murata
Shintani
Toshiki Masuda
Sakagami
Natsuki Hanae
EPISODES
Dubbed
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Although it succumbs to its harem elements, Oreshura is still a good animeContinue on AniListImagine that you are a normal high school-aged boy that has finally overcome a severe case of chuunibyou. After overcoming your delusions, you set up the path that you want to take: you want to go to medical school with the ultimate goal of being able to fix your childhood friend’s hip injury, allowing her to do kendo again. To do __this, you are going to study your ass off and ignore anything remotely related to love, since love is ‘just a distraction’. Now imagine that one day that your journey takes a major detour due to the prettiest girl in class asking you out. While she says she likes you, you know she is full of it. She reveals that she only wants to ‘go out’ with you because she wants to stop having to be confessed to every day. She reveals that she believes that ‘love is fake’, and that she is a nihilistic asshole that somehow got a hold of your middle school journal entries that you used to write out your fantasies. You have to go along with her since she will release your embarrassing journal entries, ending your high school career before it ever really took off, if you do not.
Welcome to Oreshura.
Oreshura is a 2013 anime adapted from a light novel with the same name. Eita Kidou, the main character, is a first-year high schooler that has decided to forgo anything related to relationships and love to pursue his goal of making it into medical school and becoming a doctor. Before this, he had a severe case of chuunibyou in middle school, which he has tried to erase any memory and trace from. One day, Masuzu Natsukawa, the most beautiful girl in his class (as clearly stated by the anime) randomly asks him to walk with her home, which she uses as a chance to ask him out. After he calls her bluff, she reveals that she has possession of his middle school journal, which he accidentally sold while selling other books to a used bookshop. Using the diary as blackmail, she gets him to agree to go out with her, on her condition that their relationship is only a decoy, or a ‘fake’ as she says, and that she is only going out with him so she will stop getting asked out (she has been asked out over fifty times in the last two months).
While Eita reluctantly goes along with Masuzu’s blackmail, Eita’s best friend (and designated ‘childhood friend’ girl), Chiwa Harusaki, strongly objects to them going out due to her already liking Eita. Masuzu ends up starting a club in order to make Chiwa more popular and get a boyfriend. From then, two other girls, Himeka Akishino and Ai Fuyuumi, join the club in later episodes to fully form the harem.
Eita Kidou is your standard rom-com/harem protagonist. Pretty clueless, and there is about one interesting thing about him, His one interesting thing is that he uses his chuunibyou skills that he acquired in the past to save the day in unorthodox ways. Nothing else of note.
The girl I mentioned in the first paragraph is not the first girl that is introduced, but she is the feature girl in this anime, and makes it what it is. Masuzu Natsukawa is seemingly the ‘most beautiful girl in school’, but is secretly an irony-poisoned nihilist. Her likes are Jojo’s and manipulating simpletons like Chiwa. She is also richer than you can ever imagine. She states that she is only dating Eita because she does not want to seem available, but it seems like she actually likes him, showing signs of jealousy often. Is this her being an asshole, or her hiding behind layers of irony to show her affection for Eita?
The next girl, and technically the first girl we meet, is Chiwa Harusaki, Eita’s childhood friend and next-door neighbor. She likes kendo, but is unable to do it anymore due to a devastating hip injury. She has loved Eita for who knows how long, but he never got the clue until it was too late. Now that he is dating Masuzu, she has to force the issue more and be more explicit.
The third girl introduced a little later is Himeka Akishino. She is impressed by Eita’s chuuni antics in the first act of the anime, and decides to play along, being the ‘princess’ to his ‘fighter’, Other than that, she is very quiet and has one of the worst haircuts I have ever seen in an anime.
The last girl introduced is Ai Fuyuumi. She is very interesting as a tsundere, since she sucks a lot at the tsun part, and is quite possibly mentally ill. She is also a hall monitor that will never bend the rules, unless if it is to get close to Eita. She is a very interesting girl, but you will have to get to episode six to know why since I rather not spoil more.
Now back to the story. I know that the story is not the most important part, or even why most people would watch an anime like this, but if you would strip the harem elements out of it, Oreshura would hold its own based on its story. Of course, that goes by the wayside as the anime progresses and more girls get introduced, but Oreshura is not a bad anime. It obviously is not for everyone, but more people would be into it then they might expect.
At its core, Oreshura is about finding purpose and the fun in life. Of course it is about the girls liking Eita too, but I will put that aside for now. After hanging up his chuunibyou delusions and becoming dedicated to school, Eita still occasionally relapses to those delusions, even if it is mostly for show. His passion for becoming a doctor and trying to find a fix to Chiwa’s hip is the main reason why Chiwa loves him in the first place. In the absence of kendo, Chiwa relies on Eita for support, which is why she becomes upset often after Masuzu becomes his girlfriend. She can not monopolize his time anymore and struggles to find something to replace it. Part of me believes that if this anime did not have any harem elements in it, and just had Masuzu and Chiwa being foils to each other, that it could have been potentially a great, and just not good, anime. The conflict between those two girls gets diluted once Himeka and Ai get introduced.
Masuzu is the opposite of Eita, in that she does not see the point in living, and has no goals for the future as far as we know. Her negative outview reflects her past experiences, which has made her become a nihilist. She is alone in this view, as Eita also ‘hates love’, but does not let that get to soil all facets of his life unlike Masuzu. Not much of Himeka before she is properly introduced is known, but we do know that her witnessing Eita’s chuuni antics at the end of the first arc of the anime shows the fun of acting like a total jackass like chunni-mode Eita. An otherwise gloomy looking girl with a ‘just fuck me up’ haircut now has many more reasons to get up and go to school, even if it is childish and uncool. For Ai, her unhealthy fixation on Eita is her main reason to live. Every girl, except for Masuzu, has had their life made better and more enjoyable through Eita. We can argue the same for Masuzu, but she hides behind so many layers of irony it is hard to tell what she really thinks most of the time.
Although I rated this anime higher when I first watched it in 2013, I fully appreciate what the anime offers more now than back then. Oreshura fell off slightly at the end, giving to its harem elements leading to an unsatisfying ending. It is especially unsatisfying since the anime currently does not and will probably never get a second season. I have never read the light novel Oreshura is based on, but I am guessing that the anime ending was original. Fun fact: the light novel is actually still going on, even though a new volume has not been written since 2017. Anyways, the ending was a cop-out, which probably was made incase Oreshura ever got a second season. A second season is never going to happen, so this mediocre conclusion is what we get.
If you are interested in harem anime, you have probably watched this anime already--if you have not, then you should definitely watch Oreshura. I would also recommend this show to those who are interested in slice-of-life and rom-com anime. For other types of anime fans, Oreshura is a bit of a hard sell, but I still would recommend that you give it a shot. It is a very interesting anime with genuinely funny moments and endearing (and unendearing) characters.
AnimeHealsLifes
I see your a JoJo FanContinue on AniList
Oreshura Is depicted as a slice of anime with the occasional harem elements incorporated into is 12-episode season. It is based on the ongoing light novel Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru created by Kanta Kamei. The anime starts normal enough until you reach the latter part of the first episode, and then you realize it is one of those…
━━━━━━━━━━━━ Protagonist Eita Kiduo is a high school student that detest love and sees it at nuisance that has no potential benefit. Instead he focusses on studying as much as he can to ultimately achieve his goal to become a doctor. By the end I sympathize with him on the reason he picked his career path and look forward if he made it. His life changes when he is seated next to the mysterious Masuzu Natsukawa who is the beauty and talk of the whole school. Which leads her to creating a fake relationship with Eita to stop the constant attention she is getting at school, and she does this with blackmailing Eita with his middle school chunibyo diary.
━━━━━━━━━━━━ Opening:
"Girlish Lover" by Mizukara is a catchy song that can be replayed multiple times. As the name suggest it is more of girlish tone, and animation to boot. The heroines of the anime are seeing and acting as they were best friends, and depicted as girlish girls. It is accompanying by more vibrant colors to give it again as the name suggest a girlish intro. By episode 7 I was kind of tired of hearing it, and began to skip all together.What it does Right:
- Great Animation
- Jojo References
- Interesting heroines
What it does wrong:
- Repeated Harem Cliché
- Too many unanswered questions
- Boring Protagonist
Characters:
Eita Kiduo;
The MC of this crazy ride a recovering chunibyo with the noble dream of one becoming a doctor. What can I say about him other than he is one crazy SOB being able to keep the facade of keeping a fake relationship. Be warn he is a generic as they come specially in the Rom com department because the best way to describe him is an oblivious character that cannot see the clues right Infront of him.
Masuzu Natsukawa:
The fake girlfriend if you ever seen Nisekoi she is very relatable to Chitoge. The only difference is that she is not a tsundere, and in her words she is an ice-cold bitch. Which she lives up to that statement until you realize just like in previously mention series she grows feeling towards the main character in a somewhat different way.
Chiwa Harusaki:
The childhood friend if Eita that is self-conscious of her size both in height and in other areas if you know what I mean. (I promise I was not looking) Following the trope because a girl is after her mans, she need to saddle up and finally admit her feeling for Eita.
Ai Fuyuumi:
The true childhood friend I know confusing, but it does not stop at that fact she is cashing in that marriage promise from when they were still in kindergarten. Yes, she is the tsundere of the group we all know that we need at least one in the group. cough My favorite of the series.
Himeka Akishino:
Let us imagine you were able to reincarnate and you were able to keep your old memories that best describe this heroine. She suffers from chinibyo and this makes her believe that my boy Eita was her past lover in an alternate timeline, but she remembers him from the past live and time to continue where they left off.
━━━━━━━━━━━━ My thoughts/conclusion:
As you know the golden anime rule you must watch at least 3 episodes of an anime before you drop it, and the first few minutes did not have me convince at the end. What kept me was the subtle moments of elegant art style, the characters growth in the series, and ultimately Natsukawa herself.
Hold your pitchforks a main lead heroine is the reason I watch the series? Why? Because she keeps us entertain which is a must in any romcom. She may act like a straight up in her words a bitch, but she sees subtle moments of when she exposes her vulnerable side, and do not get me wrong these are few, but they are heart warming. At the end there is a clear winner, but at the same time it is ambiguous that the only way is to read the light novel. But, from what I have research the adaption was done right and did not deviate much from the light noble a lot.
Overall, this gets 7-page muda out of 10.
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FalconDreamer
Overcoming a grudge against romanceContinue on AniListOreshura
Looking back at Oreshura... i cant really remember anything major.. only that it was my very first romcom anime i watched :D. With that said i still believe there is one thing to take from this anime despite it being mainly about Eita Kidou which is lucky and also unlucky with his girl friends.
Eita Kidou
Eita Kidou was a guy which hated any kind of romance, this was because of im sure you know.... his parents breaking up. No suprise here honestly... since i know lot of people around me.. it isnt something light to carry around for the rest of your life. This grudge though changes once he meets Masuzu Natsukawa.. this is the point and the one thing that was interesting in the anime.. following Eitas development and also following his romantic interest for Masuzu which was slowly but surely growing despite his grudge. At the end it was nice to see him finally getting over it and accepting his feelings and going "all in" :DDD.
Masuzu Natsukawa
Masuzu Natsukawa at the very start seemed to me as a classic (bad word) popular girl... one suprise i had is that how distant she was. Since she had a same or atleast similar hate towards romance as Eita Kidou.. here was the same thing to follow and watch, the way Masuzu was developing interest for Eita... not fake one but genuine.
Chiwa Harusaki
Chiwa Harusaki is a girl i feel like gave the two Main MCs the biggest twist. Since she is a childhood friend of Eita Kidou.. she is close to him, adding this up to her lively and playful personality and also her one sided interest in Eita... i cant count how many scenes were there with misunderstandings or Chiwa losing temper :DD.
Main takeaway
I already said it twice but i might sum this up here once more. The one thing i could see someone taking from this is that dont try to judge things only by looking at others, the example here is both Eita Kidous and Masuzus grudge against romance... now im not saying they didnt have reason... no suprise with Eita. Honestly back when i first watched it.. i didnt think about it this way.. but now looking back i reaaallly appreciate the place they came to at the end (two MCs) it was really nice to see them being honest with themselves :D.
BONUS NOTE:
Thanks a lot for reading this review where i tried to take something atleast a little bit meaningful and valuable from a romantic comedy anime :DDDD. I guess there would reallly be no way for me keeping this anime in mind. The one takeaway is something you i would say dont really see first hand since the anime is mainly focused on comedy... but yeah, im happy that there was atleast one thing to remember and take. Thanks for reading again and i hope you will have a nice rest of the day :D.
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Ended inMarch 31, 2013
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