So I've had a discussion with a few fans who take this crap seriously about their standards for a good romcom and why they claim this show is apparently better than older romcoms and then I gave my personal and a general opinion about it. SPOILER ALERT, they were NOT happy. You know how they try to invalidate criticism? "wElL iT wAS betTeR iN thE LN" "dUDe tHe LN wAS a mASterpIEcE" They're treating me like I've never fucking read the LN to know if they were bullshitting or not because I have and the LN is literally a fanservice shithole. Ask any LN readers if the source material is comparatively better with the illustrations of the cute girls and the morally dubious interactions between the MC and his sister. Fans who tell you to read the LN are usually those who doesn't read LNs and thinks being a LN reader somehow puts them on a higher pedestal. That or they've never read a good fucking book in their life. There was also that one clueless idiot who claimed that the incest sister is a deep character in the LN. I was wondering how deep in his ass was he was talking when he said that because even her backstory doesn't explain how she turned out to be who she is later on, aside from being Japanese enough to fit in the trope of classic sister loves her brother
for real. i don't get why fans of this shit try to make this better than it really is. it's like they're ashamed of saying that they like gooning to high school girls so they have to do olympic mental gymnastics justifying "certain" story elements as if they drive a moral life lesson home, yet froth at the mouth, scratching at their neck like heroin addicts shouting for more panty shots and strip scenes like they're important story beats.
personally, i don't see nothing wrong with liking gooner fan service, but it's actually disingenuous to what the product actually is by making it deeper so they can justify the gallons of semen they've busted all over their screens. this series is made for gooners, there's no point in trying to make it deep so just take the product for what it is, and move on ffs.