

If it's going to get clever then I think the characters could get much more interesting. If it intends to carry on the way it is, then I doubt we are going to get much more depth from them, however I suspect Kyouya will have a deeper back story. Good, nothing special in terms of backgrounds, but the characters are drawn well enough.Īgain nothing special, but good enough. I am sure a few readers will be thinking that I am over thinking this anime, but it is an alternative to the others before and I'm sure the others that will follow. I wonder if this a clever play by TYO Animations, to show abuse in a form that looks innocent, with real consequences, but I fear it will end with Erika healing Kyouya's wounds, without actually really addressing the real issues, that a young woman is putting herself in a situation that rarely works out so perfectly and that abuse should be seen as entertainment, cute and normal for young women. It is clear that Kyouya history is a painful one, filled with rejection and he has a deep fear of being hurt. It would scream domestic abuse, watching Erika being pushed away, jealous outbursts, and living for brief moments of happiness inbetween painful misery. I am a fully grown woman, who has had her fair share of awful relationships and if this story was in any other format, film, soap opera etc it just would not be funny. However there is also some uncomfortableness in this for me. This is a funny anime, and I find myself laughing out loud at the situations Erika finds herself in. Kyouya, known as the Prince is devastatingly handsome and idolised by girls and boys alike for his looks, charm and polite nature, surprisingly agrees to be her boyfriend (for show) if she agrees to be his dog and all that entails. About to be found out she drags Kyouya out of the class room and has to own up to her lies.

Desperate to fit in at her new school Erika makes up a boyfriend, who unbeknown to her is actually in her year. The story evolves around a teenage girl and boy called Erika and Kyouya.

I couldn't get passed the second episode so I could be completely wrong on how it ends but it just wasn't worth it to find out This anime just seems like another one of tose where the girl breaks through the main guy's cold exterior and sees that he can be a decent guy, even if it's only towards her. Are there really people who would do something this stupid? Maybe it's because I've never really felt a strong need to fit in but I can't understand the lengths this girl will go through to be friends with these other girls who don't even like her. And it's not even like she has no friends, she has a friend in another class who knows what's going on and doesn't really approve but doesn't do anything about the situation, even helping Erika trick her new friends into thinking she has a boyfriend. And as soon as he does something as simple as help her up after pushing her to the ground, all of a sudden everything is forgiven and he's not that bad a person in her eyes. This girl, Erika is so desperate to fit in with these girls in her class that she submits herself to this a$$hole of a guy who literally treats her like a dog. The rejection leaves Erika hurt where she shoves the apple-pears at him and runs off in tears.I've honestly never been more annoyed with a character. After hearing her confession Kyouya is surprised but then brushes it off telling her that she's only imagining her love due to their situation. One day when she goes to Kyouya's house to deliver some apple-pears she sees a woman come out of his door which pushes her to confess to him. During the time she spends taking care of him, Erika begins to admit that she has feelings for Kyouya and decides to confess but is having difficulty expressing them. Kyouya at first rejects her attempts to take care of him, but relents after realizing that she really wants to care for him. Concerned about his cold Erika visits his apartment to deliver handouts where she finds out that he's the only one home. The next day she learns from her friend Ayumi that Kyouya had caught a cold and has been at home the whole time. #3 - A Precipitous Drop -Fall In- Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired Įrika is depressed because she hasn't heard from Kyouya during summer break.
