Introduction
Love has never really been a concern for Mitsuyoshi Tada, and as the aspiring photographer enters his second year of high school, it truthfully could not be further from his mind. However, things just might change after he meets a bright and bubbly foreigner named Teresa Wagner while he was taking pictures of a cherry blossom tree. Nevertheless, after she asks him to photograph her, the two soon separate, only to meet each other again twice more that same day. Finding Teresa just as she is caught in a sudden downpour, Tada invites her to his family's coffee shop to dry off. There, she explains that she was separated from her traveling companion, a no-nonsense redhead named Alexandra "Alec" Magritte. When Alec reunites with Teresa shortly after, they say their goodbyes, expecting to part ways for good—but the two unexpectedly show up as transfer students in his class the next day.
Teresa and Alec quickly get used to their lives at Koinohoshi High School and decide to join Tada in the photography club, along with his narcissistic friend Kaoru Ijuuin, the idol-obsessed Hajime Sugimoto, the serious class rep Hinako Hasegawa, and the dog-like Kentarou Yamashita. With these two peculiar additions to his equally eccentric group of friends, Tada's second year of high school is about to get even livelier, and he might need to start rethinking his approach to love.
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Audience reviews
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RebelPanda
Tada Never Falls in Love is like a colorful bouquet of plastic flowers. From a distance, you might mistake it for the real thing. But upon closer inspection, you'll find it's merely a lifeless imitation. Factory produced from the most generic mold, identical to its fellow flowers rolling off the conveyor belt alongside it.
Undeniably crafted with talent, Tadakoi offers refined background art and detailed character animation in place of quality writing. While the show had the potential to be good with its solid audiovisuals, they are entirely wasted on generic characters and a poorly written story.
The story follows the titular Mitsuyoshi Tada, an uncharismatic photographer whose tough past has prevented him from ever knowing love. Through a chance encounter, he meets an enthusiastic fore…
Read at the sourceJustASamurai
What can I say, from the first scene I thought to myself. "This is one I'm gonna drop a few episodes in," However I found myself enjoying it more with every episode.
The Protagonist is one of the best parts of this anime. Especially in the dub, the foreigners all have the weirdest accents that would probably get them cancelled for cultural appropriation. They did grow on me overtime though.
The ending is pretty good compared to other romance anime, the story is generic, but it was done well and concluded well. I thoroughly enjoyed myself. It's worth a watch for sure.
Read at the sourceTakaCode
When I reviewed 3D Kanojo Real Girl and Woatku Love is Hard For A Otaku I mentioned that were two romcom shows that were competing with each other? Well, there was actually three romcom anime that were competing each and that anime is Tada Never Falls in love. Unlike the other two Tada Never Fall in Love is an anime original probably meaning it's not as restrictive as the other two it has to follow the source carefully or else fans of the source material would riot. Also unlike the other two where I watched them weekly, I decided to wait until once it finished airing and I wanted to see people's opinion about it before I even invest my time with this show. While people options on the show were mixed compared to Wotaku I still wanted to give a shot because I wanted to see if the show is act…
Read at the sourceSophia_the1st
Very likable characters!! Started out as a cute rom-com...I think the ending was kinda generic as there was NO WAY that Teresa could be with Tada since she was the only heir to the throne. They never tied up that loose end. It’s good if you wanna cry and still have a happy ending. I would’ve rated this a 9 if they had stayed true to the initial problem. The problem was never resolved so it seemed like a cop-out. Overall, it was enjoyable. Lovely story, art, and development. Only the ending was too quick and needed more complete closure.
Read at the sourcejoeschmo2000
Short and sweet review. Do you know what to expect from romance anime and are tired of people pointing out the "genre stereotypes" and then judging the anime around that? Just want to know if you should watch it? I've got you covered.
Tada-kun is a solid romance anime entry with good pacing and just enough drama to keep you hooked to the end. Nothing ground breaking, but it is a solid choice when looking for a new romance anime.
Thankfully a good amount of this show takes place outside of a school setting, which is a nice change from your usual slice of life romance that takes place with school-age characters.
The MC's aren't too-heavily leaning on any major character traits. The story is fairly simple and anyone with even moderate experience watching romance/slice of life anime will re…
Read at the sourceWasakanene
Let me get this clear THE STORY OF THIS ANIME IS GOOD! I dunno why people giving this anime a hard time because of some over used plot or some stupid cliches from other animes. But you know what? It doesn't matter, because this anime delivered the story quite well, Kodus to the guys behind this! I don't care if I watched a whole bunch of these, i still won't get bored from it. I mean, People come on! At least appreciate the effort and time spent on this!
Story: The story is not bad, it's just that other people are thinking that this anime doesn't have any originality. The story is not over the top with some huge twist and it's not too dramatic like any other animes (like DiF) do just to get your attention, it's just Plain Old Sweet Love Story, It's enough to tug your heart. Well, just do…
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I would give this anime a 7.5
It's a good, fun anime. Don't expect anything deep and truly tear-jerking but it doesnt leave you feeling unsatisfied either. The main character isn't some over the top naive and annoying characters he's more calm and collected. The store had a nice flow in terms of character development and timings.
The issues i had with the show were that the comedy was a bit forced, it wasn't natural. And they left some loose ends which I wish they completed. They built some side stories up so much and they just didn't go anywhere.
So if you're looking for a decent romance anime to pass your time. Then I suggest this.
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"Tada-kun Never Falls in Love" was a beautiful series; it was a pleasure to watch, making me laugh, making me cry at times, and making me happy to be privileged enough to watch this wonderful anime.
In terms of why I gave this anime a 9/10:
The story was solid and enjoyable, although predictable I still wanted to keep on watching. The artwork was stunning and a pleasure for the eyes. The sound was enjoyable, and the music fitted perfectly. The only let down was that the character development felt a bit shallow, and the last few episodes felt rushed after the slow Slice of Life pace in the previous episodes.
However, this was a wonderfully entertaining show, I am sincerely happy I watched it.
Read at the sourceCanAKATheIndigo
Tada-kun wa Koi wo Shinai: A good anime that started 10 episodes later
Tada-kun wa Koi wo Shinai could have generated a huge impact; however, bad decisions condemned it to end up as another romantic series.
And although I said "bad decisions" in the plural, in reality it was only one that generated the avalanche. Which? To have put the plot in motion ten episodes after the beginning of the series.
Sure, surely many will say that that does not have to be a blunder, because depending on the duration of the anime there could be enough space to work; however, when the series barely lasts 13 episodes, there is not much room for adjustments. By the way, some spoilers are coming, although I will try not to tell many.
I said in my first impressions that my biggest concern was that the series…
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The animation for this show I think is outstanding. It is truly amazing. The plot is a bit of a bummer as we get a cliché at the end but before it it’s pretty original. The ending left a lot of things vague and I wish they could’ve taken out one of the fillers and replaced it with an episode that gave us a more detailed ending. This leads me to the next topic, there are fillers. Sure they make you laugh and are actually pretty enjoyable but they are still fillers. They have almost nothing to do with the plot and are only there to waste episodes. The characters are very interesting to stay the least. They all are polar opposites if there were enough poles for all of them but together they truly know what being a friend is about. Overall I really enjoyed this anime. I cannot guarantee that e…
Read at the sourceAqua_Burst
Tada-kun wa Koi wo Shinai is an original anime by Doga Kobo. And, for what it is, it's cute, but very cliche and predictable.
If you watched any amount of romance anime, k-dramas, or even western media, you could probably guess how the whole storyline plays out without even watching it.
- Boy meets girl
- Girl is incredibly good looking
- She is also the new exchange student in boy's class
-Couple bond together
-Another person comes in to test the main couple
- Circumstances pull them apart - Couple sits around and mops until one of them does something
- Leading man crashes the wedding and pronounces his love for the heroine
- Girl breaks off the bad engagement
- Couple gets back together.
-The end
Don't get me wrong. Having a predictable story isn't automatically a bad thing, since…
Read at the sourceCaninnTurtle
While Wotakoi mostly focused on the comedy aspect of rom-com, Tadakoi's focus lay more on the romance aspect. Obviously it isn't just a romance, it definitely had some amusing moments early on while they were laying the groundwork for the more heavy drama laden romantic chase in the waning episodes. It almost feels unfair to compare the two shows as I have been doing with them both, but it's just so difficult for me not to. I watched them on the same day, back-to-back for eleven weeks straight. They're the same genre, but each with different focal points and strengths, which made me appreciate what both Wotakoi and Tadakoi did differently, and in some cases, better than each other. I mentioned it in my Wotakoi review, but I'd watch Tadakoi for the dramatic romance first, then switch to Wot…
Read at the sourceTringapore_98
A romantic anime this season? Hmm.... never been a huge fan of the romance genre, but sure I'll give it a go. Whoa, Tada-kun is surprisingly good for a romance anime. I like it. It's a different type of romance, but one which I end up liking.
Story: Tada-kun is about a Japanese guy, Tada Mitsuyoshi, falling in love with a gaijin, Teresa Wagner, who's actually a Princess from Lux... I mean Larsenburg :v. The story is quite interesting, because they develop the romantic relationship very well. Teresa was the one who liked Tada at first of course, when their eyes first met :v, but then as they get to know each other more, Tada eventually falls in love with her too! Not to forget the fantastic friends they have who's always supporting then. Ijuuin, Tada's best friend, Yui, Tada's younger sis…
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Tada-kun is like that store bought bagel for breakfast with barely not enough cream cheese (sorry, if you don't get the idea. But, stay with me). The first couple of bites are delightfully sweet and savory. It makes you feel like you're being over satisfied with your decision to grab this bagel. However, after finishing one side, and taking the bite of the 2nd half you realize, there's nothing new to experience. The taste in your mouth is no longer of delight, but middling satisfaction. And, that experience is the essence of what Tada-kun during my runthrough of it.
The opening episodes were a whirlwind of comedic poise and interesting character chemistries. I wanted to know more about every character, especially Alec. I understood that each character was created with a VERY FIRM caricatu…
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Tada kun never falls in love starts well. After watching up to 3rd episode i had great expectation from it. Now after watching all 13 episodes i can say that this was good. Well i will not say that this is on a whole other level. It's a one time watch anime.
If we talk about the story it was not too good or not too bad. It was decent. There was nothing uncommon in the story. It's a simple romance anime which has some comedy. Well i did not get bored after watching all episode. Romance is one of my favorite genre and i have watched a lot of romance anime. If i were to rank it in my anime list then maybe it will not get a high rank in my list. But as i said before story is good so you can watch it if you want some decent romance.
Art and music was better than story. If i were to say about…
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Tada never falls in Love has one of the satisfying endings that reminds me of when i was watching Toradora. A new original anime done by Dogakobo, a studio well known for making comedic anime such as Yuru Yuri and Umaru chan.
The anime has it's typical rom-com elements that of-course to give entertainment to the viewers, however it also explore the main character's background on his mundane/chill/suppressed feelings attitude as the same of the main heroine's story albeit was only exposed in the remaining few episodes.
I also love the character developments among his circle and the heroine itself, leading to goal on what the series is achieving for, and the tense whether it will be a happy ending or not. However i was not satisfied on them not focusing the other characters background bu…
Read at the sourceAsunakob
It starts off as a masterpiece but drops to being a good anime and apparently you give that a 5 to show off how awesome and pro you are .
The story is neither original nor cliche but then again it's a slice of life and if your'e watching it that means you like that kinda stuff. Then again it does make you fall in love with the characters which I must say were really well created and to be honest when your eyes catch this awesome art and animation with the perfect soundtrack and background music accompanying them it gets a bit hard not to love the anime even though it has some shortcomings esp. later in.
Read at the sourceGoober-fish
“Mediocre!” Dude got his face ripped off (Mad Max Fury Road)
After this past season, I think it’s fair to assume that romantic comedy anime has finally reached its point of saturation. Tada-kun wa Koi wo Shinai, or, Tada Never Falls in Love as the gringos say, is perhaps the most blatant lie ever told through a title since “The Last Jedi”. “Tada-koi”, for short, is an “original” concept birthed out of Doga Kobo and helmed by Mitsue Yamazaki, who is perhaps most known for having directed “Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun”, a much more ambitious and consistent project than Tada-koi could ever hope to be. For a myriad of reasons, Tada-koi will perhaps go down as one of the most rote by numbers contemporary romantic comedy anime to ever do it. If this is the new standard for “original” concepts movi…
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There's always that one show you find that starts off excellently and you expect it to go to greater lengths and remain consistent if not become better but then that does not happen every time, partly because a show doesn't bring any originality with it and partly because it doesn't strive to make things even a little unpredictable, that is the case with Tada-kun Never Falls in Love.
Right around the first and second episodes I felt it was amazing since it started off so well, showing a bright artstyle not unlike Doga Kobo’s other more popular (and obviously better) anime, Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun. The characters felt cheerful and the whole anime gave you a cheerful vibe, now this vibe was obviously continued in the rest of the anime but the differing point is that it was cliched to the e…
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What ingredients really make up a good rom-com show these days? I’m not going to lie, I have high expectations when a creator wants to make a show with romance themes. As an original anime, Tada-kun wa Koi wo Shinai (Tada Never Falls in Love) seems to be a show that would entice me with its premise. Unfortunately, it dropped the ball as each episode passed on and eventually reached the point of being broken.
Original anime like this doesn’t fall into the trap of a weak adaptation. It has no material to follow after all. The story involves Mituyoshi Tada as he meets a foreigner named Teresa Wagner during her trip to Japan. As a rom-com, you should definitely expect love to develop between the pair, right? Well, that would be the case if Tada actually understands it. To be fair, love is a c…
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