Real Girl - Season 1

Love is hard for otaku (this is a slightly different anime series, however, it still fits). This is especially true when your girlfriend is a very attractive normie girl, so no one and not even you understand what she is doing with you and why she is with you at all. However, love is about being together, getting to know each other, and just sticking together through thick and thin. I understand that the main male protagonist has a hard time. I understand the confrontation of two worlds that the anime's authors present us with here. In my opinion, though, it is a bit too over the top and dramatic. I also understand the relatively good reviews because this show has some kind of quality. The narrative is moving and touching and manages to stir up your emotions. Admittedly, some of the storylines are kind of those typical romantic comedy tropes. However, I can live with them without any real issues. (There was only one instance where I had a problem; during the last episode of the first season, there was the line "we are not related by blood...". That was when I wanted to facepalm when I heard those words). Those situations where someone likes someone else, and then someone else likes them, and then someone else likes them back kind of seems realistic as they are just a part of normal life. Everyone eventually finds himself in a similar love triangle or other tangled mess. The characters are not flat. Each character has its positive aspects, and each is tragic in some way, or more commonly, has its shortcomings. I could not relate to everyone; some I was not too impressed with. Once again, it reminded me that I do not enjoy watching delicate boys (Itou). However, that is a matter of preference. The soundtrack is not that bad either and perhaps the opening really suits the romantic atmosphere. However, I cannot bring myself to say that I found it extremely entertaining somehow. It is not that I do not think love stories are not for me. I have seen a few of them, and sometimes I can be pretty sensitive and can enjoy a good romantic comedy. However, in other words, I did not find this show moving, even though I noticed some excellent moments. The manga has already been completely translated, and there is still enough material for at least one more season of the same length. At least this show is still probably better than this year's other spring romantic comedy, Tada Never Falls in Love. 6/10. (09/02/2022)