It seems that these days, the trend with anime romantic comedies is to stick with a tried and true formula, but insert some semi-unique element that works as a major plot device. Nisekoi is doing just that this season with the “rival gangs” plot point, while relying on some of the best all-time anime romcoms… Read More Nisekoi: Copying from the Best (But It’s Best to Not Only Copy)
Only naive teenagers would think that their front of being in a romantic relationship could be kept up strictly outside of school. Of course, Kirisaki and Ichijou, the leads of Nisekoi, are just that – a couple of adolescnets. Their secret fake relationship has already been leaked out and they are mobbed upon their arrival at… Read More Nisekoi, Episode 03: Facades
I love a good, simple, cliched romcom, and all the more so in the hands of someone that can take the formula and make it something remarkable. I’m not sure that will happen for Nisekoi, but it certainly might in Akiyuki Shinbo’s hands, and at the very least, I do believe I’ve found a series… Read More Nisekoi: When Fake Love Turns Real