BOKU NO KOKORO NO YABAI YATSU 2ND SEASON

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ANIME ComedyBoku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu
MANGA ComedyBoku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu
MOVIE ComedyBoku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu Movie

REVIEWS

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  ArceusYoda

  100/100
  A Perfect Romcom Anime

  Lemme Address a question first, “Should I watch this anime?”, The Answer would be a BIG “YES” without thinking twice!!!!
  But if you're still confused if you should give it a try or not, then you can read further.
  It's really rare to see such level of anime, specially in Romcom genre, where each episode surpasses itself and each season exponentially surpasses its predecessor…
  The Anime is great not just because of Lovable characters but rather a really great, relatable and strong story which never losses its root & always stay grounded.
  This season surpasses its predecessor, and the term “Peak Anime” suits it perfectly.
  The Screenplay, the story depth, no nonsense stuffs straight to the story progress with no side stuffs or fillers which is a delight to watch.2
  It's a coming of age story where the whole vibe of the anime, the character development, the situations, the whole group of characters and no forced Romance all packed in a single anime which is really commendable.
  The anime's animation is perfect and adapts the manga panel so beautifully, on the other hand the character sketches are lovable, and the Background score is like a cherry on the top. If it wasn't having such great (by the term I say Great means it's really-really Great) BG score and OSTs which complement the anime and enhances it exponentially since the audio and visual if synced perfectly according to the situation then it's really a rare thing to witness.
  Every character is having their respective Backstory, and they all have their respective importance in the situation and story, nothing feel forced at all.
  The MC is Kyo who at the start of the anime feels like what is he gonna do and with time when the Anime proceeds then we came to know what he really was from the start and as of now where the anime is when looked back to the first episode of Season 1 then you'll realise what in the World was he and how he has grown depth in his respective character.
  While on the other hand, the female counterpart of MC Yamada is really fun-loving personality, and you can't deny that wherever she's in the story she just brings positivity around her.
  If you'll feel why is some characters behaving like an unusual way, then after watching their respective backstory you'll be familiar with each of them.
  It's the Most Relatable Anime out there and if you were in school then you'll most probably relate with this anime without any doubt (some may relate with few parts or few episodes and some may relate with the whole anime, but you'll relate with the story for sure)
  So Yeah, that was a little brief review on some of the stuffs which I liked to share.
  I hope you're enjoying the anime and if you're thinking of watching it the go for it! Highly recommended without any doubt.
  IMO, it should deserve more recognition than current.

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  KM32

  100/100
  The Dangers In My Heart - The Best Shonen Romance I Have Ever Watched

   

  

  It has taken me a long time to find a TV shonen anime that I thought was better than Please Teacher (I was much younger when I watched it, don't judge me). To be sure, the shonen genre has not historically had romance as the top-priority, but through the years the idea of showing romantic relationships from the point-of-view of teenage and young adult males, for teenage/young-adult males has been a rising phenomenon since the 1980s and rise of works by people like Rumiko Takahashi. This trend continued into the 21st century and we see much romance work in the shonen demographic. The problem is a lot of them are not that good or convincing. While we get an excellent romantic comedy like Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, More realistic or straight-forward romance have been more of a mixed-bag or rather a stale-bag. 

  One of the most annoying things for most western audiences is the stock Japanese romantic archetypes: the extremely shy, extremely chivalrous male and the either equally shy or extremely "forward" female protagonist. These stock tropes are often taken to their extreme in manga and anime. In recent years creatives in the industry have endeavored to break-out of these clichés (most notably in LGBT fiction) and recent works have started to subvert things. The success in winter 2024 of A Sign of Affection shows that western audiences are craving for a more familiar, honest relationship between the main couple in these shows.

  
  

  While I'm not a big expert or connoisseur of romance fiction, I have been fascinated at how anime and manga handles these the subject. Growing up with the format, I did not care about this when I was young, but as I age and wanted more emotionally-mature work, the limitations of shonen anime/manga becomes more apparent (this is less the case in shojo, but the rule still applies). I am more at home with seinen anime obviously given my age, but I think that seinen is marginally better at relationship and josei is probably as good as it will get when it comes to romance in anime and especially manga (which makes it very unfortunate that josei manga are the least likely works to be adapted into anime). When I watched My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 in Spring 2023 it had a similar effect in the shojo demographic (for me) that the subject of this review has had.

  
  

  The first season of The Dangers in My Heart was an interesting affair. The synopsis and 1/3 of the first episode is a fake-out and it reveals from the second half of the episode, the beginning of the love story of Kyotaro Ichikawa and Anna Yamada. The world of these two are very different on the surface, but their awkwardness and emotional vulnerability brings them together. They are learning to love themselves while falling in love more with each other. The first season is showing how alienated and afraid of himself Kyotaro is and how Anna, his classmates, and finally he starts bringing himself out of this alienation. 

  
  

  This season sees him go step by step to become the person he truly wants to be and that his sister alludes that he use to be. The realism of his insecurities and that of the people around him is as realistic as I have seen in awhile. He doesn't magically improve himself overnight, but almost each episode showed some improve meant in him that felt earned. The people around him are not nearly as terrible as he thought they were when he met them and the idea that he could not love someone like Anna is easily disproven without feeling so unrealistic. Though the story is from Kyotaro's pov, it could have easily have been from Anna's pov and not lose any of its power. Because we are not in her head the way we are in Kyotaro's we have to infer her emotions and inner-thoughts from her visual cues. The way she goes out her way to match him and emotionally and his trying to do the same despite how different personalities were is a key point to where we know they are going to become a couple. Even the male gaze is not played for fetish, but feels visceral and awkward as we see it from Kyotaro's point-of-view.

  
  

  An interesting aspect of this show is the meta-dialogue it has with Kimi ni Todoke. In TDIMH, there is a parody version of KnT that Kyotaro & Anna are both fans of. The in-universe version of KnT's Shōta Kazehaya becomes the conscience "inner voice" for Kyotaro and gives him very honest advice on what he knows he wants or what he knows he needs to do. It is up to Kyotaro on whether to listen to him or not. The irony is that Kyo is obviously more similar meta-wise to KnT's Sawako Kuronuma. Both Kyo and Sawako have become withdrawn and had their self-esteem crushed by events prior to the stories’ beginning. The key to both stories is that they encounter friends and romantic partners who help change them for the better. Now a key difference is that the former title is a shonen romance and the latter is a shojo romance so the temperament of both stories will be different. Also, the drama that Sawako faces is almost-completely external, while it was just one external incident that motivates the internal trauma of Kyotaro. For the more old-school knowing anime fans, Kare Kano is worth a look to compare to this anime.

  
  

  The production quality has certainly been boosted and the music and editing is really incredible. The way that they introduce the episode title at the end of every episode is masterful at tying the theme of the overall story together. The voice acting is to be commended on how they really go hard for the nuances of Japanese teenagers to an almost painful degree.

  
  

  When I look at this franchise, I feel like it offers a hope. It tells a favorite type of love story for me: the main character has to remember to love themselves as much as they love their beloved. One is hopeful that more shows that subvert the old standards of anime romance are adapted and/or created. I can't wait until the next season of this anime is made. This show is process, redemption, love.
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  melamuna

  80/100
  An example how a meaningful, well-written story can nevertheless triumph over an excessively cluttered genre

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  Slice of Life Romance Animes have too much that leaves to be desired upon; it's romantic antiques whether the character is in turmoil or whether the significant other is deeply affectionate with you or not, playing with these feelings of yours in the suspenseful romantic tone of a 12-episode journey of figuring out what love really means to a person. They may get the partner in the end or not, but one thing is for sure: after many obstacles they've faced, whether from the main character’s mental battles or a couple of people covering the way, it ultimately leads to a conclusion that may be satisfactory or not for the main character. These days, however, sadly, this trope has been overdone to the point where the trope has become the very thing that's destroying the genre. In recent slice-of-life romance animes, they apply this trope with a little gimmick offered in to gain interest, whether the female interest has “glasses” or the main protagonist is a “shy loner." These tropes are interesting in an idea sense, but ultimately, the poor execution ruins the novel idea presented. Repeat that trope every season, and you'll get a result where slice-of-life romance anime are not as respected as other forms and genres in the anime scene.

  With that in mind, what does The Dangers in my Heart have that's unique from an abundance of romance slice of life anime with gimmicks? not much on paper. When i watched season 1, I wasn't really impressed by it other than how people rated the series on MyAnimeList and thought it was some recency bias. But watching season 2 of the series really made me realise that this series is truly different from the similar animes in this genre. ***

  Now what is the gimmick this series offers?

  Nothing.

  It basically offered the barebones vanilla take of an overused trope, yet it feels far more unique and better than the animes that were trying too hard with the trope. One thing this anime stands out more than other anime within this genre is how it treats its characters. These characters are pretty generic when you look at them on paper: a shy loner male protagonist and a hot, popular female protagonist, yet the show adds more perspective with these characters, motivations for why they want to do the things they want to do, the openness of their thoughts without holding themselves back from acting, and most importantly, letting these characters feel like they're real human beings. What the characters are doing in the show is nothing special, given how crazy anime can be sometimes, yet it's that non-specialness that gives the show its charm. How these characters think, act, and their demeanors mimic the awkwardness of a young adolescent without being so cartoonish that it becomes annoying. ***

  Another aspect of this is the story's progression. Normally, these kinds of animes with this trope tend to get stuck in a scenario that unfortunately most don't get out of, most notably the “will they, won't they? ” trope. This series has that trope, but it plays in a way that doesn't dumb down the audience and lets us show that they will inevitably be together at the end. Even the side characters around the series are convinced that these main characters will be together. With that in mind, the true endgame of this series shifts from “will they get together? ”How and when will they get together? ”. The audience knows that these characters really like each other without any red herrings, and now we see in the series how these characters fully come and face each other, showing that they like each other.

  One of the biggest flaws with these “will they, won't they? "The trope is that there will be moments where it's obviously going to be the confession scene, albeit in a more unrealistic way, yet it doesn't happen, and the trope just keeps dragging on. With this series, it respects that trope and uses it in a way that shows how a kid in adolescence really reacts. Gone is the overexaggeration replaced by an accurate impulsive actions with actual consequences, accidental words spilling out to protect one's self, actually giving in to an intrusive thought drama that you get to be hooked on. Characters’s demeanor and how they approach each other fully sell the idea of them being viable romantic partners, yet the distance they have together because of the doubts they have in their minds fully shines on screen, and full-blown attempts at a confession and subtle, desperate romantic sequences are downright a more realistic take than most animes within this genre. ***

  There are still moments in the show where certain sequences are just there to add spice for the audiences, and that's unfortunately at fault with the demands of audiences in this subgenre of anime. The Dangers in My Heart proves that putting forward a proper telling of an adolescent slice-of-life romance story is still effective storytelling over an overstuffed gimmicky subgenre. ***

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