Kawaii dake ja nai Shikimori-san

It's waifu season, and this is exactly what "Shikimori-san is not just a cutie" delivers. The protagonist is your regular everyday normal guy haunted by hilarious bad luck where literally everything he does goes wrong in hazardous ways - to an extent where he wouldn't even be survivable on his own.

Fortunately (and miraculously) he landed Shikimori-san who's pretty much awesome in everything she does: cute, kind, athletic, smart and a tiny bit jealous. She's immortally in love with him, goes out of her way to please him and keeps him safe from all kinds of harm.

Seriously, half a season into this show that's all there is. There's a small ensemble of side characters with some exaggerated traits whose purpose so far has only been to make Shikimori-san appear even more awesome and desirable. There is no coherent storytelling, no character development of any kind and generally nothing you need to understand or keep track of. If you're looking for a shallow feelgood story that will cater to your waifu fantasy then you're gonna have a good time with this show. If you're looking for something more serious or deep though, then you aren't missing out on anything here.

(10+) I think a younger audience would appreciate this show more than I did, primarily because I could not see one reason the incredibly beautiful, talented, popular, intelligent, and (apparently) super powered female protagonist would do anything but scoff at the male protagonist. Harsh, but he seemed pretty darn average in most respects, AND he also had the absolute worst luck in the world - so the FMC is always stepping in and saving him! Yes, he was kind and upbeat, but it was just a bridge too far for me. Still, if completely mismatched couples are your thing, you'd probably like this!

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Wholesome, cute, funny. Shikimori'll steal yo' hearts. Good pilot, looking forward for more episodes and more episodes from Spy x family. I'm not a fan of the reality, outside world. So being lost in anime is the best feeling ever. Better part of my life is watching these, tbh.

Usually when you get a great anime like this with well drawn characters and good animation. As well as acting and a good love story with a side quirk. It can be a home run!

However... the problem with this anime is the characters are already together yet they exhibit the affections of children that are just friends. It's obvious they're soul mates and madly in love yet they won't even share a kiss?? I know they're in school so I'm not expecting them to goto pound town or anything... because then it'd be more realistic. To find something of love and in between can still be wholesome.

6/10 for what it is. Not bad and worth a watch. Just don't expect anything super emotional.

The best thing about this anime is there is no serious romantic drama , just a sweet love story and supporting friends, if u want to watch a simple rom. Genre anime give it a try.