Audience reviews
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Peren1
I dont know how you guys like this show but this is the cringiest and most disturbing romance anime I have seen among series with a score of 7 or above. The male character is the definition of manipulation and the way he acts in different situations is so cringey. He is like a child who know how to deceive his parents, acting like he is the victim and as if nothing that happened was his fault. The most cringy part is how this girl can stand this guy ? (The answer is all the character including the girl are just retarded) This show is not well-written and definitely not deserving a score of 7. This show just a classic, random high-school romance that was forced into happy ending. (English is not my native language so, sorry if the text has any grammar mistakes)
Read at the sourceBoa_H_Lover
Ohh what a sucker i am for a REALISTC love story ૮₍´ ꒳`₎ა Honestly, "Say i love you" Truly warmed my heart ₍ᐢᐢ₎ It's sweet yet it hits you with those bittersweet slice of life emotions! I'm really into a good and realistic slice of life high school romance because i feel most high school romances set up very unlikely standards ...I also think that character development is KEY when it comes to a good romance anime 𓆩❤︎𓆪 Also, im a sucker for a "non-slow burn" relationship because im very impatient hehe... Anyways, i really like this story and feel like you will too, so give it a try ₍^. .^₎⟆
Read at the sourcespookii_emy
Thought it might be a little better but its a typical romance anime and not unique at all. there are so many misunderstandings and the female lead got emotional over everything.
she would just give up and let things he did slide saying its fine. in my opinion neither of them grew as people. sure she made friends, but you didn't get to see any of the actual friendship moments. i understand its about the boy & girl. but that was her main goal. to trust and grow close to others.
all of the characters in general were very one-dimensional and none of them changed much besides the model girl.
otherwise shes very bland and once again overly emotional. if you enjoy the typical over dramatic romance animes this is perfect for you.
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"It’s not that I hate people. I just feel better when they’re not around." Thus begins a romance not with a kiss, but with a kick, literally. Say "I Love You" unfolds its story around emotional isolation and the gradual process of learning how to trust another person. Rather than presenting romance as immediate chemistry, the narrative focuses on the slow dismantling of personal walls formed through past betrayal and social alienation. The story follows Mei Tachibana, a high school girl who has spent most of life avoiding close relationships. Childhood experiences left Mei with the belief that friendship often leads to betrayal, and self-protection becomes the guiding principle of daily life. As a result, Mei enters high school without meaningful friendships and rarely engages with classma…
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As someone who has had a relationship similar to these two (where literally neither of us could communicate properly worth a damn and were each other's firsts) this one really hit me where I live. I definitely enjoyed watching these 2 more than I did while I was actually in one. I love the ending and if you like getting pissed off but also feeling all joyful then this one's a banger. One of my favourite romances for sure. I would definitely recommend checking out the manga afterwards too since not only are the characters more fleshed out, but the anime only covers like not even half the manga, so go check it out afterwards!
Read at the sourceStefan_Stefanov
Absolutely terrible.
I felt like a masochist watching this.
I dont know whats wrong with me that I watched the whole series, since I knew it will be garbage.
It was okay until episode 3 or 4, then it is all stupid melodrama and nothing else.
Every problem is overblown, and every problem that the characters have only exists because the characters are either cowards or retarded. There are no redeeming qualities to the main characters at all. There are a 2-3 good side characters though. I kept wondering how this can happen - the writers of the show can write a good character, like Kei for example - he is reasonable, smart, normal human being basically. Why couldn't they do that for the main characters?
Mei starts out with potential to be interesting, especially the way she "meets" the male M…
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Very lovable romance anime, but it could've been done even better. Around ep5-7 I was thinking to myself that I will rate this 10 because it was so good an enjoyable, but the momentum only lasted so long...
First off the opening is great, it stands out, it's different from the usual energetic openings you'd be used to. It's slow and nice, it's really fitting for the anime.
On the surface it's a usual high school romance, but it's done in a unique way, the main couple form a relationship in the early episodes and it's more about them growing as a couple. At first it didn't need tropes to keep going and stay interesting, the anime touched on sensitive topics and was pretty emotional and open. There was no dragging, no misunderstandings, no bullshit that you'd expect from any romance anime.…
Read at the sourceSachoza
This show reminds me so much of the manga "kare" first love. Basically about a girl with a bad past finding through love, with some challengers along the way.
Story was just has expected from this genre. Cute, adorable, lovely, little drama/action to not make it too dull. I will give anime a big pluss for telling us everyone backstory, that is something i really like. It gives each character a meaning instead of just placing random people in the anime.
I must agree with alot of people people that ep 13, was kinda waste of time. it should have ended at ep 12 to make a nice round up. Tho i must admit that i wish the last ep could have been an update or what would happen later in their life.
That's what my mind couldn't wrap around is; what would happen once they ended school ? will they s…
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so how can I say, hmm what is this shit???
a rating fraud knowing that masterpieces like nagatoro san or rascal no bunny girl exist.
A gigantic fraud that it is so well noted when the beginning is a force and absolutely nothing happens in the entire anime. I'm not even talking about the ending which is the worst romance ending ever. I would have put + if the average was not so high but 7.4 open your eyes and note it at its true value, that is to say zero out of 10, 5 at most.
The synopsis seemed interesting but the AD, the dynamism, the atmosphere and the evolution of the characters is a review because it is very boring.
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it felt like the author was truly struggling to portray any chemistry between the romance leads, let alone the background characters - the dialogue got quite repetitive after the 4th episode, leading me to painfully witness plain, robotic interactions for the rest of the series.
other than that, it seems like the script writers were lacking in the human decency department, trying to portray sexual harassment, objectification of the female high-schoolers and actions taken against them without their consent as ''normal'' and something to be laughed at, painting one of the leading degenerates as simply a goofy, not-to-be-taken-seriously klutz. but why should i expect anything more in the anime industry, where it seems that even the shoujo anime suffer from the understated, under-the-rug male…
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Suki tte Ii na yo (Say "I Love You") - A Sincere and Relatable Journey of Love and Growth
Rating: 8/10
Introduction:
Suki tte Ii na yo, also known as Say "I Love You," is a heartfelt and realistic romance anime that dives into the complexities of love, self-discovery, and personal growth. With its honest portrayal of relationships and relatable characters, this series manages to capture the essence of young love in a refreshing and meaningful way. As an anime enthusiast, I offer my review of Suki tte Ii na yo, highlighting its strengths and the impact it has on viewers seeking a genuine romantic experience.
Genuine Characters and Realistic Relationships:
At the core of Suki tte Ii na yo are its genuine characters and their authentic relationships. Mei Tachibana, the main protagonist,…
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Whatever attempts it had on conveying the optimistic side of human relationships and the acceptance of connecting with oneself and with others as a way to achieve emotional growth was stale at best. It had messages that, despite being oversaturated, were still beautiful and helpful. At least, hypothetically. Say I Love You falls short in creatively telling a story about a high school misanthrope without any friends and a romantic partner and her daily school adventures with your quintessential campus crush and how they learn to acknowledge their scars, how to forgive ourselves, and how to trust. Already on the "pessimistic introverted female" and the "perfect idol guy" the grounds start to feel barren, yet the author was not able to spring up anything fruitful from it, making the journey t…
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I don’t know how to feel about this anime one band I really enjoy the whole “struggle love” concept where it’s not all sunshine and rainbows and they explore real life relationship issues like insecurities boundaries and distrust but at the same time the methods in stuck this is portrayed sometimes are excessive; Mei is presented initially as a strong female lead but can’t handle a bit of dialogue with Damn near any character as well as an inability to express simple emotive language without sounding robotic. Yamato has such potential being the “star boy” of the show but also acts very robotically and through all his conversations with may even his confessions of love feel plastic and far too orchestrated. The art style is fine soundtrack is subpar and the story itself is okay nothing more…
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Off the bat, this would seem like a typical boy meets plain girl type of anime, but Mei surprises me with how candid and brutally honest she can be when she speaks. She is always available to help others see clearly through their own problems but never hers. Yamato surprised me as well: On the surface, he is just a very good-looking guy drawn to Mei's kindness, but he tends to bring out the best in the girls he has been with and he seems the type of guy who is attracted to the soul more than looks.
Mei is very pretty of course, but Yamato adores her. They go through some bumps in the road in their relationship and made mistakes that made me throw my snack at the screen, but overall, this anime easily earns between 4-5 stars. I watched it a second time this weekend.
If you enjoy emotional…
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This has to be the most wasted potential I've ever seen for an anime. You spend the time and money for good music and art... then create the most generic story ever.
This really feels like an attempt at creating a fanbase of obsessive depressed girls as that's really all the anime caters to. To do this it tells the story of how a depressed girl gets a "hot" guy by just living life... and then presents copy paste scenarios of the guy fighting for her love while everything just repeats itself.
As I'm not part of the target audience it felt extremely boring throughout, I only completed it because I hate leaving thins unfinished. I would highly recommend that you not pick this anime up as it'll just leave you frustrated by all the wasted potential by the time that you finish it.
Read at the sourceExistend
It was good,
The art is something, not particularly good or bad just something,
The sound is phenomenal, the op is beautiful and calming and almost makes me want to cry, the ed is also very good, the entire track is great and the voice acting for sub and dub are also great, some think the dub is bad but it was pretty good to me, I didn't notice anything bad, except that some times their mouth sync was off but that might have been just me
The story is interesting, a girl trapped in a shell and a guy to out of his collide and get into a relationship were the fact hardships and grow as people, nothing special at all but I still found it very satisfying to watch unfold,
Characters are double edged swords, on one end their great, character dev occurs, every main characters changes signifi…
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9/10, I'm normally not into just romance I normally prefer rom-coms but this was well animated and had a great soundtrack, The way they add a character in and have them do a certain thing in one way or another to make you hate them but then sympathize with them and then show why they are that way really hit different here. Normally its a common thing but the way they do ends up making you not fall in love with the character straight away but eases you into it making it a much smoother experience and way more comfortable to view. Somehow they gave this a good realistic feeling almost with the way the characters react to things and this only helps to engage you into the show it's really well done and I really do recommend it to anyone looking for a good romance anime even if your not into ju…
Read at the sourceTangoSauce
Man, the characters are REALLY hard to like. Not a single likeable character in the entire show. The 2 protagonists have awful personalities. The guy doesn't know how to be in a relationship, and the girl had no communication skills whatsoever. She never says what she's thinking, which is the source of all her problems. If she just spoke her mind, and told her BF what she was thinking, there wouldn't be any problems. All the antagonists are so poorly written, it's not even believable. Nobody actually acts like that in real life. School bullies, more like psychopathic supervillains.
It's actually hard to watch the lack of communication being the source of every conflict in the show. The original author must have a twisted view of the world if she thinks everyone is as toxic as the characte…
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This anime started out with a bit of potential, and quickly squandered all of it to the same old cliches and tropes that can be seen from a mile away. The second half of the anime is especially egregious when it comes to this. So many of the "drama" points in the story consists of: Mei or Yamato misunderstanding something thinking the other doesn't want to see them, then someone else says something which they proceed to misinterpt even further, a whole lot of self-doubting and/or crying occurs, and finally Mei and Yamato meet up IRL and resolve the conflict for like 10 minutes until the next one begins. It seems they learn more about each other only after resolving 5 misunderstandings every time. I know Mei is shy and doubts herself but it is ridiculous how the misunderstandings are the on…
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"I used to hate people because they were so quick to betray each other. They'll say you're their friends, but then ignore you, or even shun you when it stops being convenient or fun for them."
Story & Characters: Say "I Love You." takes place in a pretty normal high school. We learn that Mei Tachibana, our main female character, used to be decently popular among her classmates in elementary school, but due to a misunderstanding, distanced herself when they started getting confrontational with her. She started avoiding people more and more, until her social interaction was practically non-existent. In the current day, we notice that many of her classmates still call her gloomy and lonely, and don't approach her as a result. One day, when she's on the stairs, Kenji, a classmates of hers, fl…
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