Debu to Love to Ayamachi to!

Deeply upbeat light drama. Its generally a light screwball comedy, but also deals with some deeper messaging about relationships, grief and mindset. While its comedy is fairly hit and miss, the characters are generally both likeable and have an underlying sense of self and logic which drives the drama. Its also quite deft at pivoting between tones. Its focus on a larger protagonist is novel, and plays into the shows message about how attitude can be important. However, the fact that the protagonist is large and unattractive is also a constant source of jokes so its a mixed bag if thats the appeal. On the other hand,the adaptation doesn't get far enough into the material to solve any of the shows mysteries. As a standalone, therefore, its not that worthwhile. It also ends on a clip show, which is bizarrely awful.

Really enjoyed this but the moral of this story is something that leaves me very conflicted and takes the story from just having human contradictions to simply being inconsistent. On the positive side, the humor of the show is great and the overall message through the arc of our main character is fantastic, as well as the way they handled the self hatred she had for herself before being handled with the utmost care... Problem is that every other issue is handled very poorly, and not in a way that just ruins the narrative but in a way that goes beyond irresponsible. There are some characters thatoutright betray others, engage in cheating and even do some pretty dark things that I can't mention without spoiling... AND THE SHOW REDEEMS THEM. It even has our MC say that even if the guy she's crushing on has done said things, she doesn't care. In a show that captured me in the beginning with its positive message, that thing alone brought down the entire thing for me and leaves me with dictionary definition mixed feelings. It's still enjoyable, but it's hard to recommend this without a disclaimer...

Okay, this is a fine watch. I definitely recommend people to watch this as the plot itself does have its interesting elements. BUT, I also want to mention that it does leave A LOT of questions unanswered. So, I'm really hoping for a 2nd season where it will finally further explore the mystery behind the character's backgrounds! (If I knew this was going to happen, I would've just waited for a possible 2nd season...) Now I haven't bothered reading other people's reviews, but I'm probably guessing one of them is about the animation?? I do agree that the animation is quite...lacking and simple. The way Yumeko hasbeen drawn especially her side profile, really irritates me cause her profile itself is drawn just fine. Anyways, it's watchable and if this overall was a turn off, I would've dropped it without hesitation. Also I really like Yumeko! That positive and self-confident personality is something to admire for! You can say her personality was also one that kept me going in the series. It's definitely a different take and I actually applaud the original for coming out with this because I feel in this day and age, this series goes against current society view of beauty standards especially ones that are extremely toxic. I hope this short review helps with deciding whether or not to watch this anime. I for one might have a hard time coming back to watch this if there is no 2nd season, but if there is I'm more than happy to give this a rewatch in hopes for questions to be answered!

Merchandise

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