Firstly, when I saw the ' trailer ' for Koikimo ( It's Too Sick to Call this Love ), I was extremely excited because I'm a die-hard fan of the romance genre, even more so because it appears to be very light and cliché, with an innovative story at first. view. However, during my experience with the anime , I developed a love-hate relationship, which I didn't expect to happen.
The anime Koikimo ( Koi to Yobu ni wa Kimochi ) presents the life of Amakusa Ryo , a 27-year-old single executive, who appears to not care much about love and relationships. Otherwise we have Amari Ichika, a young 17-year-old otaku schoolgirl with no experience with love.
Which by chance ends up saving Ryo from falling down a staircase with his umbrella. Because of this incident, Ryo ends up feeling something he never felt, coming to the conclusion that it is love and starting a journey to win Ichika's heart.
A “different” novel
When we talk about something different, it doesn't automatically mean that that thing is bad, just something that has never been seen. And that's what I thought when I saw the romance between Amakusa Ryo and Amari Ichika for the first time. A novel that normalizes obsession.
At first glance, Ryo appears to be a womanizer who doesn't care about relationships and only cares about sexual pleasure. However, after meeting Ichika, he falls in love and begins to develop an obsession with her.
On the other hand, Ichika does not feel very comfortable, initially with Ryo's attitudes, who ends up being revealed to be the brother of Amakusa Rio (Ichika's best friend). However, as the episodes go by, he ends up falling in love with Ryo and her obsessive way with her.
During my experience with the anime, I felt uncomfortable at several times with Ryo's actions, especially with Ichika, who would only be happy if she were with him. Their relationship is extremely toxic to the point of normalizing obsession, especially evident after the appearance of Tamaru Kai, Ryo's rival for Ichika's heart.
A Cliché Story
Doing something cliché is not always synonymous with something bad, on the contrary, many people, including myself, like cliché novels. However, when the anime tries to innovate something and ends up not adding anything positive to the work, the cliché element becomes a problem.
It's Too Sick to Call This Love Koikimo (Koi to Yobu ni wa Kimochi) suffers from this problem. Due to their disastrous romance, the rest of the anime becomes just another romance among so many others. However, even with similar premises they manage to attract attention in a positive way because they have elements that add to the old formula.
Conclusion
Finally, as the saying goes, taste is like nose, everyone has their own. My experience wasn't the best, I was extremely disappointed with the anime and the way it treated the abusive relationship.
However, I can't tell you not to watch the anime Koikimo . Well, he's not all bad. As it was never my intention to give judgment but rather to speak my experience, I will not give a final rating, watch and draw your own conclusions.
- Genre: Comedy and Romance
- Studio: Nomad
- Premiere date: 03/29/2021
- Number of episodes: 12
