First Impression: I Want to End This Love Game

Yukiya and Miku, who are about to become high school students, have a game. It started several years ago with saying “I love you,” but has expanded to the point that now they just generally flirt with each other and try to provoke a reaction from the other. The loser of the “game” is the one who admits they felt something. Their first day of high school represents a new chapter in their ongoing struggle to force the other person to admit they genuinely like them…

So we’ve got childhood friends who aggressively flirt while stubbornly refusing to admit they actually like each other because that would mean “losing.” This show reminds me of Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, with a bit of Teasing Master Takagi-san as well. Those are both excellent anime, and this premiere makes similarly entertaining use of the shared premise. It’s transparently obvious the leads like each other, even as they comically deny it and try to engineer a confession from the other person. Having seen Kaguya-sama, I know that with clever writing, these sort of antics are easily enough to carry an anime season, so I’m looking forward to seeing where this goes. Judging by this episode, I can definitely recommend this show; it might well be the best romcom of the season.

I Want to End This Love Game is streaming on Crunchyroll.

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