Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
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)
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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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There have been many anime out there that take the theme of romance between popular boys with lonely girls or vice versa. Likewise with Sukitte Ii na Yo.
Okay now it's time to discuss the aspects that distinguish this anime from other romance anime. If anime romance in general has the concept of a story about "how to establish a relationship", then there is a slight difference with Sukitte Ii na Yo, because this anime discusses "how to maintain a relationship". Therefore, from the 13 episodes, Sukitte Ii na Yo had quite a lot of conflicts that they tried to present to the audience. However, these conflicts tend to be shallow and easy to predict. There is nothing "wow" that makes this anime easy to remember.
However, behind the conflict, they try to present interesting things to watch. Th…
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Honestly, this show is the cringiest garbage I've ever seen. The dialogue is pulled straight from a 12 year old perverts fan fiction.
Howeverrrr, I rated this show a 3 because despite the terrible characters, cringy dialogue, awful writing and ridiculous pacing it DOES have some positive aspects. “Say ‘i love you’” has some genuinely nice moments as well, It’s just a shame that those moments are almost instantly ruined by something stupid happening. But because I am such an uplifting positive fella, i’ll review the best parts of the show first.
The Music (7):
Easily the best part of this show. The soundtrack has a slow, uplifting vibe which offers a similar ambience to actually good shows like Mushishi and the Aria series. Quite often the only background sounds are birds chirping or th…
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A mediocre tale written about a mediocre girl who falls in love with a mediocre guy, how cute.
Say I Love You is the story about a girl who is never noticed falling in love with a guy that everyone noticed. In other words, it is the even more basic version of every high school drama series ever created.
Story: 4
The storyline isn't the worst and at times it comes off as quite adorable. It is also a storyline that many of us can relate to, if you were the kind of kid who was never popular in high school.
Basically, Mei (female protagonist) is a very antisocial girl who decides not to make anymore friends in high school. That all changes one day when she finally meets this guy, whom for some reason she has never seen before despite them going to a high school where everyone knows everyo…
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I can't decide whether to praise or diss this anime. I could write a review gushing about how great it is, or a scalding one about it's downfalls. I'll do both.
Pros:
-The romance itself is quite good. It's interesting to see the different sides of each other they bring out. They make one another less boring and have a truly touching love story, as sudden and maybe even forced as it was. They have heavy chemistry and you can understand why they love each other, even if seems that they fell in love rather fast.
-That being said, Mei's character isn't your regular happy, cheerful, submissive girl (well...), but she's interesting in that we can all relate to her pain and loneliness. She has had some tough experiences that were a bit dramatized and probably are...uncommon...but possible, and…
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In a world full of strangers, full of people who hate you, no matter which way you turn, you can't trust anyone. Even if you reach out to someone, they will only end up using you or simply outright betray you.
Sukitte Il Na Yo, or Say I Love You, builds upon that premise with an added twist: what if the first person you begin to trust is your first love? This is quite a daunting situation because trust, as well as listening to each other, and spending time together, is an important element to a healthy relationship. It is similar to being forced to run before learning how to walk. You just can't do it without knowing the first steps.
This is the situation that our main female character, Tachibana Mei, is in. Having been bullied and excluded by friends during her childhood, Mei has withd…
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"Having friends is the same as setting yourself up for a fall." - Someone probably.
Sukitte Ii na yo or Say "I Love You." is an anime mainly about trying to manage a relationship with THE most popular dude in high school with you being the unpopular 'emo' girl, while at the same time is about making and sometimes find out what a true friend is. Now people have told me that, to be blunt, my reviews are sometimes a bit shit so I'm going to try a different formula and see how that goes.
THE GOOD:
The characters in this anime are great, and you really need them to be because, this is a high school romance anime, if the characters are uninteresting or poorly done, no one is going to care when the drama rolls in to shake everything up. That being said the two key characters that you're going…
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Sukitte ii na yo (eng. Say ”I love you”) had potential to be a blissful romantic drama - for the most part, it is. It nails many aspects of a good story which make up for its flawed plot. The best part of this show is the cast of characters: they are solid, varied and interesting. All of them have their upsides, downsides, flaws and rivalries.
Even without an external plot, the emotional plot alone carries this show far. The animation is really sick too: The lines are sharp and everything from backgrounds to people is finely detailed. Both the guys and the girls are attractive to the eye but not overtly sexy. I can't emphasize enough how much I liked the art – oh, and the music! Both the intro and the end theme are amazing and I loved hearing them every time.
The only problem with this s…
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Sukitte Ii na yo. A very underrated anime, many people slate this anime but I believe if you're a fan of the romance genre you'll very much enjoy this and hence throughout this review I will tell you what the producers did well!
Please note due to the nature of this review I will reveal a very 'slight' spoiler, not of great importance and revealed about two episodes into the series anyway, however; please be cautious before reading on!
Story - First of all, let's start with what I believe this anime did right in terms of its story line. As I'm sure you're aware most romance anime show the two main protagonists slowly coming together near the end of the series. Unlike this, 'Sukitte Ii na yo' has the two main characters come together near the very start of the anime, thus showing how they…
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Sadly, I didn't enjoy this anime at all.
Story (3)
I didn't find anything particularly interesting about the story, and sometimes it was ridiculously predictive. Just your typical high school setting, except that there was nothing interesting about it in the slightest.
Art (7)
I would say the art is the best thing about this anime, even though it's not really my type. It is quite beautiful at times, but it's nothing spectacular.
Sound (5)
Not much to say here. Character (2)
The thing I find most exciting about television is the characters. When they're all complex and interesting, they're almost a family, and each has their own strengths and flaws, and when you want to get to know them. This anime had none of that. I didn't find any of the characters interesting at all, each were painfu…
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This anime was far too cliche for me. I'm an avid lover of romance anime, or anything for that matter, but it was literally frustrating and painful to complete this series. Classic loser heroine and popular boy likes girl.
Oh, sure, the art was pretty good, but that's all. The only reason this anime was eye-catching was because of the artwork, IMO.
However, I did enjoy the soundtrack. It matched the anime and feel of it.
Very little character development. She was basically a loner, never doing anything or having any friends. He was a classical hot-popular guy with floods of girls who has a soft side for the mysterious girl who has painful self-esteem. (which is irritating as the series goes on.)
I did enjoy at first, but that didn't last long. Just horrible.
Overall, I watched th…
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Say 'I Love You.'
Where do I even start with this anime. The title even gives off an exceedingly romantic, unrealistic atmosphere. If there was ever a competition for "The Most Generic Shoujo," Say 'I Love You' would take the cake.
Let's start off with a brief summarization. A reserved young girl who has no social connection whatsoever plays as the object of desire for the most popular, handsome boy in the school. They eventually establish an awkward relationship filled with uncomfortable dialogue and well, there you have it. There really isn't much else to say about this anime. It's simplistic, it doesn't try to break any boundaries, and it's so monotonous it will probably make you yawn and fall asleep. It executed what every romantic comedy anime out there has ever attempted to accompli…
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Sukitte Ii na yo was my first romance anime to watch and I decided to write this review in order to convey to you all of my thoughts about it. Well, when I was watching the earliest episodes, I thought it was really underrated. There are many out there that don’t really like it (and I’m talking about girls certainly) and that was always leads it to be given really unfair ratings.
Well that’s exactly the problem with romance animes. Their stories redound to become mainstream and that’s why they don’t appeal much on their viewers, so that makes them complete them without considerate them as a big deal. But here we have something special. A HUGE deal, actually lol.
So, let’s start from the basics.
We have our typical social-awkward girl and the popular hot guy who falls in love with her. O…
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Sukitte Ii na yo is a hard pill to swallow. One can be overwhelmed by the ambition that this anime tries to achieve, however such stray from the norm can overwhelm the audience to weaken its premise as a memorable romcom.
The art and music is presented with emotion that heightens the story. The anime's ED features Suneohair, who has also made EDs from other romances such as Honey and Clover and Arakawa Under the Bridge. In addition, the voice cast works hand and glove with each other, conveying the character's feelings that feels fit towards each person.
Having said that, the character development is left with silly misunderstandings and overwhelming drama that depicts society as a dismal place to live in. The supporting cast's lack of depth and main heroin's constant troubles overcloud…
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This is my first review, and I never thought I would actually write one. But I feel like what I have to say needs to be heard. This is all my own opinion, and if you don't agree with it, then that's okay too. We are all entitled to our opinions.
Sukitte Ii na yo (Say "I Love You") was an anime I knowingly walked into as the new love story of the year. Except it surprised me, in the best way possible. The story seemed to rush into the love story at the beginning, I didn't really expect anything more than that. Except the story took a new twist.
The story took a deeper path, by looking at the background of almost every character, the things that had happened to them. Basically their dark secrets. For each one it was either being a bully, or being bullied. The story turned from this silly l…
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Hot guy + anti-social girl ? I thought the same, but after watching it you feel a certain way that's describable. THE LOVE IS REAL AND IMPRESSIONABLE, YOU WILL FALL IN LOVE WITH THIS ANIME, AND HAVE NO IDEA WHY.
ITS THAT AMAZING.
wow. First review I've ever written, and this anime just took my breath away, while warming my heart at the same time. Its SO good that I can't think of a better way of spending my time. I really don't know why it's so good, it's a typical shouja... But I can't stop thinking about this anime. The story itself just leaves me thinking, and thinking, whats so special about it. But I think it's a must see, because the number 1 thing I noticed about this anime is that it makes me HAPPY. its whimsical, funny and cute, its easy to follow, and fall deep into , it make…
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Honestly, I loved this anime. It sure isn't the most original anime but it's wonderful in it's own way.
Story: It's your typical popular boy falls for shy girl romance blooms. However this is probably one of the most realistic romances I've seen in a while. Mei falls for Yamato but that doesn't mean everything is perfect between them. She's still painfully shy around him and sometimes says things she doesn't mean because she doesn't know how else to react in that situation. Sure there's lots of cliché jealousy but that happens in real life. There's just something so sweet about this couple you want to keep watching more.
Art: Not much to say, I really liked the animation of it. It's quite refreshing and smooth. It has clean lines and crisp colors. There's a watercolor-ish feel to the b…
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Oh how I wanted to say, I love you to Sukitte Ii na yo... but I just can’t because you’re a flat two dimensional romance that just didn’t live up to my expectations. It really is a shame, because Suki na yo had a tremendous amount of potential and gave us some things we don’t often get to see in the romance genre. But as the series winds down I found myself lamenting what could have been.
It’s hard for me to be too hard on the romance anime plot premise, I mean they have pretty much already all been done before and they are all mostly silly as well. Suki na yo is no different, with the unlikely story of the hot and most popular guy in school falling for a shy, friendless loner who kicked him down the stairs because she mistakenly thought he flipped her skirt. The beginnings of true and la…
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Sukitte Ii na yo is a gem. I mean it as a gem that sparkles, shines, and is one of those rare classic shoujo that is pleasing to audience who are into the drama medium. The series is quite something to take an insight on because of the way it presents itself. Let's think of it this way and picture yourself in the story:
You're an individual who has a troubled past. You have been ostracized by various circumstances and nowadays, you don't give a damn what anyone thinks about you or your life. That is till you meet one of the hottest student at school who takes an interest in you. Your heart pounds and for the first time in your life, you give a damn about your life and those around you especially regarding that student. That, my friends, is where Sukitte Ii na yo shines. It's a discovery a…
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