Sukitte Ii na yo is about a girl named Mei that was betrayed by her friends when the class rabbit died. Since then she has not wanted to be close to anyone out of fear. After kicking the most popular guy in class, he becomes interested in Mei and things begin to change in Mei’s life. At this point I have watched the first two episodes of this show, so my views are based on two episodes instead of one.
The lead guy and most handsome guy ever in Sukitte Ii na yo is Yamato. Not only is Yamato supposed to be handsome, he is supposed to be a really nice guy as well. Unfortunately he is neither of those things and a very annoying main character. Yamato’s hair looks like it was cut by a group of children. Also his eyes look pretty dead most of the time. So I do not see how he is handsome. He does not even have that really girly look that is supposed to be very attractive in Shojo males. Also while he does help girls out when he feels like it with bullies, he has no regard for their feelings. Yamato goes around kissing girls and getting their hopes up. He does not think anything is wrong with it, even when he has a girl that he wants already. Nice guys think about the feelings of others. The point is that one of the main characters is awful and it ruins a good portion of the show.
The story for Sukitte Ii na yo does not make sense in some places. Why would the main character decide that everyone would betray her because of one episode with a dead rabbit? Especially as a child. Since she has this feeling that everyone will betray her then why would she decide to trust a guy with so little regard for her feelings and a girl that wants the same guy that she does. Yamato could easily just be playing with her. Asami has every reason to make Mei look bad and herself better. I have not seen enough evidence that would show that these people are trustworthy, but out of nowhere Mei starts to trust after years of keeping herself apart.
Overall the story, character designs, and actual characters are not very good or original. If you are looking for a shojo romance I would pick one of the others instead.
Status: Not Watching
“He does not think anything is wrong with it, even when he has a girl that he wants already. Nice guys think about the feelings of others. The point is that one of the main characters is awful and it ruins a good portion of the show.”
So, basically you prefer shows that depict an ideal setting where everybody is a fabulous gentleman. It looks more like you prefer to watch shows with the highest level of wish fulfilment rather than other factors.
“The story for Sukitte Ii na yo does not make sense in some places. Why would the main character decide that everyone would betray her because of one episode with a dead rabbit?”
Have you never heard of emotional scarring? It can be quite bad especially when you are quite young as you develop your outlook on the world. Having done nothing, she was blamed for murder, and you don’t even see what sort of punishment she was dealt. Her teacher could very well have abused her.
“Asami has every reason to make Mei look bad and herself better.”
And she didn’t. With the main character being bullied for most of her life, she would able to sympathize with Asami, who also takes quite a bit of it from jealous girls.
If you’re going to make a blog post, you should at least make an effort to look like you put a slight bit of thought into it. I also believe that there are better shoujo romances out there, but your post is in every aspect.
Well no I do not prefer shows that have wish fulfillment. I have enjoyed shows where the guy is not very nice like Boys Over Flowers and Hot Gimmick. Just because I do not like how they have handled Yamato does not mean I only like gentlemen. I just prefer that the show does not present the guy as nice when he is messing with a girl’s feelings. He should be presented as a womanizer, since he only appears to do nice things for girls to get them to like him and kiss him.
Yes I have heard of emotional scarring. Also I work with children everyday, so I know how they are. Do you work with children? I still do not believe that one incident should have made her believe from a young age that everyone would betray her. Children are more resilient than that.
The part about Asami was in the context that Mei had no reason to trust her if she is really emotionally scarred. Even with Asami being bullied that is all the more reason for her to want to do anything to get the guy that “saved” her. There is still no reason for Mei to have trusted her so quickly.
poor in every aspect*