Hananoi-kun to Koi no Yamai

This was a very disappointing anime within the spring releases. In the beginning the story's premise was endearing. However, several issues quickly arose from the plot, unlikable characters, poor animation, lame OST and boring dialogue. Mainly, the overall concept of 'love' was obsessive and constantly brought up, to the point that the audience became desensitized by the word. The actual 'loving' moments between the main couple were also overdramatized and shallow. It had the general foundation of a Shoujo anime, in which the characters are students in a high school setting, creating their own identities while trying to form relationships in romance, as well as withtheir peers and having uplifting tones overall. Unfortunately, with no comedic aspects or fun characters, the whole series was taken too seriously. The characters interactions felt more like an office setting then teenagers in school. The female lead was portrayed as innocent, when she was simply naive from not having enough life experience. Her character was given more depth due to her trauma in middle school, making her rooted fear of 'falling in love' understandable to a degree. However, it didn't impact her ability to have friendships or be apart of social situations. Real trauma affects multiple areas of a person's life, it isn't as selective as this anime portrayed. On the other hand, the male lead was consistently possessive, lacked his own interests and his fear of abandonment contributed to his stalker-like attitude. It was always brushed off as his 'trying too hard' personality, but if he didn't have a handsome character design, then their relationship's dynamic would have been drastically different. The writing of the series both in plot and dialogue was subpar, not enough emotion was brought from these characters which made it difficult to connect with their love story.

Hananoi Kun is one of the most inconsistent shows I’ve watched recently. At times, it’s a great shoujo romance with some really cute and wholesome interactions between the main couple, and at other times it’s extremely uncomfortable due to the male lead’s toxic and overbearing behaviour. Luckily, the male lead does show signs of improvement and by the end of the season while still not great, he’s a lot more bearable. Certainly worth a watch for shoujo fans. It’s hard to rag on this show too much because it did have some things I really liked. I think Hananoi and Hotaru while starting as a veryunhealthy and seemingly random relationship do progress to have a stable mutually beneficial relationship in which they both grow as people and improve their insecurities. Hananoi being someone who’s dealt with a lot of trauma as a kid which has impacted how he views people and relationships, and Hotaru the traditional plain shoujo female lead who happens to pull the hottest guy in school. I’ve said before and I’ll say again, this show felt like “I can fix him” the anime. Because of Hananoi’s unresolved trauma, he has some really unhealthy tendencies. Being overly possessive with Hotaru, not wanting her to talk to other guys or spend time with people besides him, he doesn’t believe he needs friends etc. While I get that the guy has been through a lot, it was just very hard to see some of the stuff he does in the show. To her credit, Hotaru is very sympathetic and tries to be considerate of Hananoi’s situation, but at times I felt like she enabled the behaviour rather than helping. The show gives us a nice flashback arc at one point and to its credit, it does a good job of fleshing out Hananoi character and why he acts the way he does, but that doesn’t mean I have to like it. I think it’s very clearly just something that a lot of girls are into and since I’m not a girl I can’t really relate. As I said before, I still enjoyed a lot of the show. I think once the relationship became official, Hananoi and Hotaru had some really cute moments that made my heart flutter. I also appreciate that they were able to openly communicate about issues they had and move forward rather than avoiding problems. By the end of the show, we at least see some growth from the male lead and you get a sense that with enough time and patience from Hotaru, he’ll eventually get his act together. That’s all you can ask for with annoying characters. I’ve seen the manga being praised a lot so it’s probably just a situation of the show ending before things get really good. Production wise, it’s pretty much your standard shoujo seasonal. Some cute art, mediocre animation, decent OST and a BANGER ED which actually is my 2nd fave this season. So what’s the verdict on Hananoi kun? Worth watching? I’d say if you’re a big shoujo fan like myself it’s definitely worth it. There’s worse ways to spend 2 hours, just don’t expect furuba or Yubiren level writing. There’s some things I’d improve in the story, mainly Hananoi’s personality, but it’s a serviceable romance story with some nice moments. Hananoi kun gets 7 out of 10.

From "the weakest to the only good" remarkable points in [The disease called Hananoi] A toxic protagonist with a victim complex Hananoi is the most intense protagonist you will ever see, he plays the victim every chance he gets, the moment he makes the most possessive comment you will ever hear, which he does every episode, he will apologize for being like that and that he will hold it in, not that he will try to change, he will just hold it in. His toxicity has no limits, if his partner told him that he was talking too loud at the theater, he would take it tothe extreme and not talk for a month, and he would let his partner know that he is not talking because she told him he was talking loud. He is also the person who idolizes the person he loves to such an extent that it is unhealthy for that person, his partner will hit babies and Hananoi will tell the person that he loves the way she does uppercuts. Hananoi is someone who is possessive, dramatic, exaggerated, adulator, toxic, and has victim mentality. First Episode This episode seems to be a summary of 6 episodes, each cut leads to a scene that could be an important moment for the series, it is too rushed and if it is the same in the manga, then the manga is also rushed. An episode with a forced and unnatural presentation of the story, but if you're sick of romance anime taking 12 episodes to advance the relationship, this one will become a 4 instead of a 3 in score. Female protagonist She is the perfect victim for someone like Hananoi, someone who has zero to no experience with romantic relationships, someone who thinks what Hananoi does is normal in a relationship and apologizes for doing something a normal person would do, worse yet because she thinks what Hananoi does is normal she tries to imitate him, she is an empty shell which is filling up with the worst points of Hananoi's personality. Supporting characters For some reason after Hananoi treats the supporting characters as if they were a fly flying around him, they say things like "how quiet Hananoi is", "maybe he doesn't like to talk much", and they forget that their friend, who is important to them, is dating this guy who treats everyone badly, as if it's not something that should be mentioned. They let his behavior go on, making him and her not realize that he is doing something wrong. Souhei Yao The only character that seems to have a functional brain, he recognizes the couple's situation and knows what to say to each of them without feeling that he is meddling too much, you should thank him that he exists in this story.

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