Audience reviews
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clean_blin
I wanna get this out of the way first - the confession chapter from the manga is the single reason that could justify reading or watching the entire series.
The story is predictable to a fault. Plots are structured to fit within a single episode, and each episode follows the same exact format. A framework like this can work, but in this case - the story is bland as fuck. In both the narrative plot, and its delivery. Forget about character development or any of that sort - every day, the same dry toast. It's like listening to a constant frequency hum for 13 episodes, and only realizing its ended cause the noise is gone. It has its moments, but I honestly can't bring myself to remember any, which by itself says quite a lot.
tl;dr - you're gonna have hard time justifying watching this loli ba…
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Aharen-san wa Hakarenai is a pretty funny but repetitive anime. Side characters like those two teachers and those two young kids are quite boring. Still somewhat good, but could be better. Maybe the writer started it and couldn't decide what to do next. Wanted to see Aharen-san rap some more, that part was pretty funny.
- The story isn't unique. It's predictable, too.
- The animation is good.
- If you like silly rom-com, you'll like this (if you can ignore the repetitiveness )
Good Parts:
1. Aharen-san is too cute.
2. Art style is nice too.
3. Aharen and Raido's chemistry is good. Not so Good Parts:
1. The Story
- Repetitiveness
- Unrealistic elements
2. Poor Side Characters
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Aharen-san wa Hakarenai it's a decent anime.
The animation it's good, the characters are developed through the show. But for me, the anime fall into the sameness.
It's the same pattern, it's like a copy and paste with a little development of the characters.
I found it enjoyable, but it was very hard to keep the same energy through the entire anime.
So in my opinion, the anime start strong and from that, went down little by little.
If you just want to laugh a little maybe Aharen-san wa Hakarenai it's good for you. But if you want a comedy anime that keep improving while developíng it's story and characters, then, I woudn't recommend this for you.
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As you might see from my previous reviews, I have very little tolerance for anime that phones it in. Whether it be an anime that takes itself seriously and falls flat, or that doesn't take it seriously but can't deliver, I'm usually pretty hard on anime when they don't measure up.
This is one I actually really liked and don't have too many negative things to say (but there are a few).
This is a comedy. There are ordinary situations taken to absurd lengths for comedic effects, and then those absurd lengths become part of "canon" and are lampshaded by other characters. This is something that's very difficult to pull off and can be very annoying when done wrong, but in this anime, it's not done wrong. The absurd situations are just absurd enough to be funny and somewhat unrealistic, but not…
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Raido wants to be more social during his freshman year of high school. It was hard for him to make friends in middle school because he looked unfriendly.
He decides to talk to the loli girl Aharen who sits next to him in class. But she's seemingly ignoring him. Turns out she's a very low talker. She developed this habit because she was seen as too clinging by her previous friends.
Raido tries all he can to find an effective way for the two to communicate. But unintentionally develops super hearing as a result of trying to hear Aharen's soft voice.
This isnt really a romance. Its mostly guy-girl friendship. Its more about Aharen being cute and tiny.
There is this subplot about how Raido wants to beat Aharen at different things since he always seems to lose against her.
There are a bunc…
Read at the sourceNaherth
well, i liked the cover but the series is a little boring...
Mostly I felt that the comedy is so simple without grace, any jokes don't make me a laugh any time, if I force it I guess that the story is not bad but don't have any special to call it good, its...ok
The characters especially Aharen have so cute designing but this is everything about them, even in other aspects such as development, construction, even essence the characters are so simple
well, overall this is really not bad but even for anime to relax and laugh a little moment, even in this aspect it does not perform well
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The titular Aharen-san is diminuitive, quiet girl that has a particular set of skills. Raido is a large and imposing boy who often comes off as stand-offish, so he doesn't develop many relationships. These two high schoolers go from uncertain of each other to joined at the hip, and this series actually develops its romances rather quickly, though its side characters range from forgettable to frustrating.
In all, it’s a cute production with decent art and a sweet relationship at its heart. Unfortunately, it’s milquetoast. The central joke runs its course early, becoming rote rapidly, and while the series does have a good deal of heart by the end, most of the characters are too underdeveloped or one-note to care about beyond the central pair. The titular Aharen is adorable and I like her ch…
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I'll keep it brief. This anime is okay.
CHARACTERS = 5/10
The two MC's in this anime, Raidou-kun and Aharen-san, are somewhat likable. If you like small, quiet, cute girls, then Aharen-san is the character for you. The MC's pretty much stick to their initial characterizations and don't show a lot of variety in who they are. While I understand this anime is not to be taken too seriously, it leads to the MC's becoming somewhat boring/repetitive in their interactions with each other. There are other simplistic characters introduced who provide some additional comic relief to the show, but even then they pull the same joke over and over again.
STORY = 4/10
This series presents itself as a sort of romantic comedy, with more emphasis on the comedy. It also takes a more slice-of-life form in…
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Aharen-san wa Hakarenai or Aharen is Indecipherable.........Ok, for a Chinese owned studio "BiliBili" ok so let's get down to brass tax:
Story-Good 7: Well, a lot of reviews don't have much love about this anime given that there is another with the same female character characteristics and yes that would be Komi from "Komi-san wa, Comyushou desu" which has a sequel in this season. But unlike the latter, this one was pretty much likable , give the relationship between tall guy and short girl didn't give us much annoyance. Also, the friendship between tall guy and short girl did give such comedy and romance substance that the said genre weren't boring to watch.
Art-Decent 4: Well, give that this anime doesn't show a lot of fanservices and the illustration were that erotic, such rating is j…
Read at the sourceBigTimeTalks
+ A screwball comedy about a girl that's hard to read, and a boy that makes the wackiest assumptions
+ When the deadpan, absurdist humour works, the jokes can be incredibly funny
~ When it doesn't work, the jokes are incredibly flat
+ The opening and ending are really cute!
~ But the cuteness of the OP & ED don't really fit the show's dry humour
+ It's not really a romance; much of the comedy revolves around other people misunderstanding the intentions of our two lead characters
~ ...until episode 10, in which the show suddenly turns into a romance
= It's a quirky show, with a handful of positive qualities that are undermined by equally harmful elements that conflict with the show's goals
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Romantic comedies about awkward turtles seem to be all the rage lately. Whether they be shy teens or emotionally immature adults, most anime romcoms come with more than a dash of fumbling and socially-stunted quirkiness.
Aharen-san is a girl who doesn’t know any personal boundaries. When associating with anyone, she constantly gets way up close, physically clings onto them, and stares deep into their soul without flinching. Our male lead, Raidou, is conveniently accepting of this personal quirk, but not without some initial hesitation. The story begins with Raidou getting to know this strange girl, while also incorporating some tactics to help with her “condition.” After a little while, this premise is completely dropped and everything goes straight to Hell. Just how I like it.
I’ve purp…
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"Can you match my speed, Aharen-san?"
-- the following is a brief paragraph on my overall thoughts, followed by spoilers of formula and those last few episodes. reader discretion advised. --
Inoffensive fluff is what I'd probably call Aharen Is Indecipherable. It exists and therefore it is, nothing more. It isn't very funny, the leads are enjoyable, it's formulaic, the majority of side characters are bad, etc. A show that obviously brings heavy comparison to Komi, this suffers from similar and different problems.
Aharen's main focus is the chemistry between the two leads, the titular character and Raido. Both of them are brand new high school students and Raido decides that this is the point in his life where he'll be more sociable which starts with befriending his seatmate. A friendshi…
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Romance between two kuuderes spliced with deadpan British-style humour.
It’s eye-rollingly common for slice-of-life/comedy titles featuring a guy MC and at least one girl to get piled on by toxic rom-com audience for the sin of “lacking progress” regardless of how irrelevant and non-existent the romance aspect is in that particular series (e.g. Dagashi Kashi, Komi-san, Nozaki-kun). Aharen-san seemingly comes as an answer to such sentiment. The entire content of the show from its first to its last second is absolutely nothing but a progressing romantic relationship. The caveat is, it's not an anime rom-com kind of progress, but rather a real-life-romance kind of progress, much to the bafflement and dismay of the rom-com crowd.
A guy and a girl meet in a formal setting and strike up a conve…
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I started watching the series because the main character looks like Kanna, I keep watching it because of Raidou’s antics, and I ended up witnessing an emotionally relatable ride through the personal growth of two characters that I could not but cheer for. During its 12 episodes, Aharen-san Is Indecipherable delivers an honest yet comical representation of awkward socialization, portraying how the flaws and abnormalities outlines the beauty of human relationships. The strength of its routine, the constant usage of popular references, the coherence of its foundation, the texture of the cognitive distortions, the weight of the self-love messages, each element fuses to create a healthy and positive experience that portrays an engaging journey of honest friendship and relatable small conflicts…
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Aharen san is a strange anime, When I talked to my friends many of who have seen more anime than me, half of them really hate this anime, and the other half love this anime.
As for me, I personally did enjoy watching this anime, it's nothing new, a semi-slice of life combined with a gag manga type of show full of pop culture references!
The anime has more references to other pop culture and JOJO (obviously.) than I have seen in a long time, they are hard to spot but always random and funny af if you can spot them we got Ooshiro spoderman , Aharen hairstyle of Shinobu, Jousuke, Katzosky kicks Aharen, Gojira, Beyblade, Aharen Arale from DB universe and many more!
The central part of the show is Straight face / absurd comedy, you know the chunnibyou kind, Raidou has the wildest of fantasie…
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This is easily one of the funniest anime I have come across in a while. It is a little funny that I like this so much because I wasn't the biggest fan of the series when I first picked it up. Something about watching this made me realise just how great Aharen-san wa Hakarenai is.
It's a gag comedy about two strange people doing strange things in the most normal way (there are other strange people too). It's hilarious. The number of times this anime can create a scenario for the main two and elevate it into surrealism is seemingly neverending. I do find myself laughing at a lot of things, but Aharen-san is a little different, with it being able to make me laugh more than other comedies have made me do so. The contrast between everyday life and just downright nonsense is not to be underesti…
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What happens when you put together two awkward characters together in the same classroom? Have them spend time together and who knows, maybe they can discover more about themselves. Aharen-san wa Hakarenai is very clear about showcasing two main characters who are socially awkward with wild imaginations that stretches beyond common logic.
There's actually plenty of logic in Aharen-san wa Hakarenai but it's how you approach the anime that defines what you get out of it. For instance, we are immediately introduced to Raidou and his social akawardness around others. But looking beyond his stoic face and personality, you can actually see that he is a friendly person. Upon meeting Ahraen, he wants to help her in any way he can. Our main protagonist Aharen has an even more stoic face who seems…
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*Kan sits down with the male lead to talk about this show*
Me: OK, So Raido, tell me what your show is all about.
Raido: Domo (Hello), I'm Raido Matsuboshi, and this is the rom-com story (well, mostly SoL chill comedy) about me and my aloof classmate that is Reina Aharen. The things she does can set me overthinking about 1001 scenarios, from something as simple as sleep to even animals, in the most extreme of ways. Examples like: Why is she sleeping in class, did she get a scuffle with the Yakuza at night, only to reach home so late that she couldn't get a wink? Or why is she always ordering her pet dog around, did she develop personalities overnight so that she can be like a blatant master torturing her own servant?
Also Raido: Oh, Aharen has a big family to take care of, so much so that…
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‘Aharen-san is Indecipherable’ is another one of those slice-of-life anime that came out this season along with its other competitors who so happen to be the same thing as it is. But before I take the time to talk absolute garbage about the anime, let’s take the time to encapsulate what the whole series is like.
Warning: Spoilers ahead.
So, it’s a tale about a dull high-school man named Raido, who struggles to express his emotions because of how expressionless his face is and just sticks with his stone impression for everyone he meets, whether it be his sister, classmates or even random strangers. It unsurprisingly changes like in every high-school slice of life ever when he meets a strange girl named Aharen who also wanted to be his friend, though as the title says, she can’t seem to de…
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It’s iyashikei greatness. This isn’t your normal run of the mill rom-com, it’s more a slice of life of two classmates, and then it gets a little romantic. Raido’s vivid imagination and Toubaru-Sensei nose bleeding just makes me smile, and I don’t know why. Maybe I’m just a sucker for deadpan humour, but this was better than some other big rom-coms this season. Yes, I’ll say it, I think it was better than Shikimori and Komi this season. Also, a comedy where the romance actually kinda gets somewhere? Who knew that was possible? This was a joy to watch throughout for sure, not because it became more romantic in the second half, but just how consistently funny it was for me.
My grading criteria: Story: /25 Art: /10 Music: /10 Characters: /20 Enjoyment /15 Thematic Execution /20
STORY: 17/25…
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