So, we can as usual, assume that every girl likes Nagi, even his little sister, and that’s to be expected. Perhaps it’s just easier to turn your brain off and just appreciate the harem anime as it is, but it’s quite an infuriating show to watch. I’m not even going to question the whole swapped at birth thing, it’s animanga, and animanga does these stupid things, and we know this. My grading criteria: Story: /25 Art: /10 Music: /10 Characters: /20 Enjoyment /15 Thematic Execution /20 Just like the anime, you’ll also probably find that this review you’re reading will also drop in quality as it goes along, who knows? I felt like the author of the manga just gave up on keeping the source material at least at a decent quality, because the anime just stopped trying to be good as it went along. He’s literally Kazuya, but gets good grades in school. I am convinced however, that Umino Nagi is one of the worst harem protagonists that I have seen.

Studious male harem protagonists have been somewhat of a repeating character archetype, like Futaro Uesugi from The Quintessential Quintuplets, or Nariyuki Yuiga, from We Never Learn.

Sigh… Alright, where do we even begin with this one? First of all, if you actually finished all 24 episodes of this dumpster fire, like I did, I applaud your dedication, but sometimes I really do question the decisions I make, such as continuing to watch this week after week.

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