Audience reviews
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The story of this show focuses on a young student named Nogizaka Haruka who happens to be a closet otaku and at the same time your generic anime prestigious female student. Very few people know about it except for her little sister Mika and her two maids who completely support her until one day by accident the MC of the show, Yuuto Ayase discovers her little secret. The story is as generic and inconsistent as it gets. It contains some allusions to other animes like Shakugan no Shana and Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan. The main issue that is presented on episode one gets resolved more or less rather quickly. Like at first Haruka is being very secretive of her hobby in school but around episode 3, some fuckboy tries to hit on her and bullies Yuuto wrongly accusing him of being a dirty Otaku. M…
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(SPOILERS)
When I went into this anime, I did not expect it to go the way that it did. Besides having one of my favorite Japanese voice actresses as the lead, I was not too optimistic about it at first glance. I will keep the synopsis a little short since there's not too much to write about anyway.
The anime starts off with Yuuto, your everyday nerd character with glasses to boot, stumbling around and trying to avoid his otaku friend that insists he try out the hobby. He hears about a girl named Haruka, who is wealthy, popular and talented. Naturally, he fears he won't get anywhere with her as a friend, so he backs off from the idea right away and things go about normally. But, obviously we all knew that was not going to happen since her NAME is in the title of the anime.
Anyway, the pr…
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DDAAAMMNN! This anime turned out to be much better than i expected it to be. I had this anime on my ' to watch list' for a while now, and i kept adding new anime just so that i can avoid watching the ones that seemed boring and average. I thought that i was going to get an anime that was tediously average but instead i got a hard boiled romance between Yuto and Haruka. Yeah sure we might have seen the average story but don't judge every thing by the cover. You might actually find that this anime can be quite enjoyable. The two things that set this anime apart from the average anime was the the enjoyment(10) and the flowing relationship between the to main characters. Some romance anime skip the growth of relationships and try to force it in at the end. This anime made their relationship gr…
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Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu is an anime that focuses on the peculiar world of interpersonal relationships and the misunderstandings of every day life. It is an oddball in that it has the capacity to be a masterpiece but due to the forced and often exaggerated drama it falls short of its true potential.
The central couple of the show, Yuuto and Haruka, go to the same school but seem to be on two different ends of the social spectrum. Yuuto is a plain and completely uninteresting guy with the resolve of a pigeon dropping. He's indifferent in life and often pushed around by his peers like a leaf in the wind. This personality supplemented by his plain looks make him unpopular with the ladies or just about anyone, to say the least. On the other hand we have Haruka, the beautiful highly accompli…
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I truely enjoyed watching this show, In fact i have watched the entire show a few times. There are many good things to say about this show. Although the plot is kind of predictable most of the time it is still fun to watch. The personalities of the main and secondary characters are very well thought out. They are portrayed in an excellent manner and is what really makes me want to watch it over and over again. One of the only things i didn't really like about the show is how the two main characters never admitted their feelings to each other although they know how the other feels about them. Its almost like a common love story but not so much love is shown. Still the show will leave some inpact on the person watching it and you will want to continue on watching the second season of the sho…
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Romance/Comedy Anime that's very funny and enjoyable. When i watch this for the first time, i know that this anime will entertain me. Yeah, that' s absolutely right. Well, lets reviews it step by step.
Story (7/10)
Not so new in anime world where the MC (Yuuto Ayase) is a roundabout person and he meets the princess of his highschool that fits the perfectness (Nogizaka Haruka). But, eventually he accidentally know her secret as an otaku. The story itself is rather slow at first but faster when it comes to an end. But i think the supporting characters in this anime are rather too ordinary. Their appearance are made like NPC in some game that needed to progress the story. Like for example, Amamiya Shiina. Her role as the main female character love rival is quite weak. But from episode 1 to…
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Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu
Nogizaka Haruka No Himitsu is an anime about two people from different classes. On one hand you have Yuuto Ayase who is average and plain in every way, and on the other you have Haruka Nogizaka who is rich, famous pianist, and the most popular and sought after girl in the school. These two cross paths in a set of unlikely coincidences at which time Yuuto discovers a deep dark secret which could crush the popular lifestyle of Haruka. Haruka is an otaku. To Haruka’s relief Yuuto, though average, is a very honest and caring person and he promises to keep her secret, and support her with her hobby as anunwavering friend.
If the discription of Nogizaka Haruka No Himitsu sounds familiar it is becuase you are right “Ore No Imouto” has a VERY similar plot aside from th…
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Story - 4
The initial premise for this series is interesting and is what drew me to watch this in the first place. It starts out strong but by episode 6 or 7 the main reason for the story has been mostly wrapped up and the following episodes become an everyday romance story, except that even that is badly written.
Art - 5
The art is generic and bland, with very little to distinguish characters in this anime from characters in others. It doesn't have any particular flair to it and doesn't grab your attention, but on the other hand, it is also not bad to look at. It's just... average.
Sound - 4
The OP and ED songs aren’t memorable or catchy at all, and have very little staying power. They’re just... there, and that’s it.
Character - 2
The characters in this series are horrible. In the fir…
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This is one of the best romance animes that I've seen. If not the best, in the top 2-to-3. And here's why:
Here I am, in America, thinking that anime, manga, etc. was watched on a nationwide scale, and didn't hold any social repercussions for doing so. Well, I might be wrong. Although I don't know the social acceptance or tolerance of the aforementioned hobbies, this show's culture of Japan looks down upon the hobby itself, as well as the people who enjoy that hobby. Now, like above, in actual, real-life Japan, the mood could be quite different from what's given to us in the show, but this key change of normalcy in regards to the storyline had me reeling... in a good way.
Now, if you've seen this and have read the above paragraph, and thought to yourself, "Well, it's the typical 'normal…
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Anime that focuses on and celebrates otaku culture is becoming increasingly rampant these days, but at the same time, it's important for anyone on the up-and-up with Japanese society to know that being an otaku is still one of the worst stigmas any one person can carry. Therefore, whoever though of making a series where a classy, rich girl loved by all is actually an otaku in secret was a genius.
This is where Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu really flourishes in its delivery. The story, focusing on Haruka's love of anime, manga, and otaku culture is not merely another "girl likes anime" series, but rather a tale of otaku empowerment. The series demonstrates the societal taboo by immersing "normal" people into Haruka's hobby, thus creating a window that gives the potential to both celebrate and…
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I'm guessing everyone reads the short synopsis before reading the reviews, so this review will be very much free of any spoilers.
just one thing before i start. the genre set for Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu(NHnH) is Romance Comedy, but for me, it's more to Slice of Life, Parody, and pure Romance. Don't expect any serious harems from NHnH.
Story (8/10)
The story for NHnH is very simplistic and very predictable. However, this is, rather than a disappointment, the best point in NHnH. From the beginning, we are told of the main character's (Nogizaka Haruka) secret. The series does not show any signs of surprising us or portraying an impressive plot twist. It just piles up cute, predictable scenarios which you will find in any Romance Comedy Harem anime you've seen. surprisingly, this is not…
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You know, for all the internet rage I've heard that this show is "Too much Otaku wish fulfillment", it failed to fulfill my wish of being entertained. ZONG! And now, ladies and germs, the actual review:
Actually, I wouldn't argue that the problem with this show is that it's a substance-less, extra generous heaping of Otaku wish fulfillment as some claim, because let's face it, KissxSis and Chocotto Sister REALLY have no critical quality to them, and instead only show me just what I want to see, and yet I'm still entertained by them. No, instead, I find that there are three major problems that cause Himitsu to fall short of it's potential.
The first is that for an Otaku-centric comedy, Himitsu feels as though it were written by a non-Otaku. While many of the stereotypes and experiences t…
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Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu
"This review is very short and lacks spoilers but its gives you a quick view on what i though of the series"
Good Points
*Amazing Artwork and scenary
*Great character style and voice acting really suits each other.
Bad Points
*Weak Story
Story *Really unique storyplot which is SHE is a OTAKU :), but apart from that nice touch the story is plain and somewhat a bit boring and predictable (Them becoming a couple)
*Luckily the sub characters (Haruka's Lil Sister etc..) are fantastic and the dad reminds me of the dad in (Seto No Hanayome)
My View
*I would say with this unique storyplot and great style and characters it had the potential to be fantastic but the rest of the plot was lacking and made this into a disapointment, dont get me wrong i really like it but…
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this anime based on princes other side of life, who likes anime, manga, doujinshi and she doesn't want her hobby to be founded by others because it will change her images towards those who hates otaku.
haruka is a silly girl, clumsy, simple minded, but Beautiful likes a princes ( although she lives exactly as a princes of nogizaka family ). and one day she heard about the release of innocent smile new magazine in her school library and intent to borrow it after the school... but her hobby was being founded by yuuto, a male student who will become her secret keeper in the future but it doesn't last long until her father gave a permission about her hobby.....
in time being it telsl us about the differences of nogizaka house holds and ayase, yuuto as an ordinary person who trapped in their…
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Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu, follows classmates Haruka and Yuuto. Haruka being the popular daughter of a an extremely wealthy and powerful family. Yuuto being......some guy.
The story picks up as Yuuto accidentally discovers that Haruka is a closet otaku, and, not believing it to be a flaw (though others do), he promises to keep it a secret from their schoolmates.
Actually, I didn't think otaku were quite so ostracised in Japan as is shown, but perhaps it's true of private schools. Anyway....
What follows is your typical high-school romantic-comedy fare, but with some storylines having the otaku twist (eg. going to a convention) or the rich-girl twist. There are also some harem elements, but they don't overshadow the main relationship. The show does contain some ecchi-ness, but it's not c…
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I thought this was a very well done anime, but everytime haruka and yuuto were about kiss each other, someone would just barge in and just interrupt their kiss alone and i just hated that and I like said again a pretty well done anime with a very pretty voice from the actress playing Haruka. I want this anime to go on for a 2nd season or even a 3rd season. So i'm giving Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu a 11/10!!!!
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Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu is the most fun and just plain entertaining series I have watched this year. I don’t like to throw out 10s to shows that often and maybe I am rating this show a little high in comparison others. But this is one of the few shows that had me from episode 1 and never let me down through the end. While the overall concept of this anime is not anything new and groundbreaking (though really what is anymore?), Nogizaka does everything exceptionally well.
At its heart, Nogizaka is a romantic comedy with some mild echiiness and a few harem elements. The story starts out with our protagonist Yuuto accidentally discovering the schools most idolized girl Haruka Nogizaka is a closet otaku when he bumps into her in the library with a manga called Innocent Smile. After a bit o…
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"Nogizaka Haruka No Himitsu” is a romantic comedy based on a series of light novels with the same title.
The series focuses on the relationship of its two main characters, high school students Haruka and Yuuto, how they meet, form a bond of friendship and perhaps more, all in a mix of comedy, romance and some fanservice type ecchi situations.
As the title suggest, the main plot centres around Haruka's secret, she's an otaku. While this would not be so shocking by itself, Haruka is the eldest daughter of an extremely wealthy and renowned family, she possesses great beauty, has excellent academic skills and is a talented piano player, which makes her a star and the object of admiration at the prestigious private school she attends. If such a person were to be exposed as an otaku, they…
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story
i would say that aside from having much of fanservice, i really liked the romance and development of Nogizaka Haruka's story. it may be a typical slice of life but it touches sensitive topics related to otakus especially that of discrimination and i gues that's the reason why i got myself hooked since the start of the series.
although there are some cliched events troughout with the aspect of first-love and destiny and romance, i still liked how they developed every episode neatly. some episodes entertain the viewers with factual akiba-ke information while other deal with how people are to deal with their inner demons and face conflicts with society.
as a general premise, yuuto would be haruka's knight in charge of protecting her secret from the rest of society so as she wouldn't…
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Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu (Haruka Nogizaka's Secret) is an Ecchi, Romantic, Comedy about a relationship formed from a secret shared between two high school students. This anime doesn’t offer anything remarkably different to your average Rom/Com; however it certainly has a refreshing feel to it.
Yuuto Ayase is a fairly normal guy and Haruka Nogizaka is the school idol but their separate lives soon intertwine when Yuuto discovers Haruka’s secret hobby (Anime). Hardcore anime fans may enjoy the concept because it’s easy to relate to the stigma that may comes along with being an ‘open anime fan’, even though it does go a bit overboard. Though what makes this anime worth watching is the sweet romance that develops. The story moves at a steady pace, dealing with one issue at a time however the…
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