Sawaranaide Kotesashi-kun

Let's be real: By now, every anime genre is saturated with clichés. Romance, action—you name it, it's tough to find true innovation.

Hands Off: Sawaranaide Kotesashi-kun isn't reinventing the wheel or poised to change the world, but it delivers a welcome twist: a harem that feels authentically human.

Unlike typical setups where perfect waifus obsess over a hapless loser, the girls here—talented athletes at Seiwa High's sports dorm—are flawed and relatable. They can be selfish or prickly, yet kind and multifaceted, without going gaga for protagonist Kouyou Kotesashi. His "magic hands" for massages add a fun, fanservice-y layer, but it's the realistic dynamics that shine.

The result? A ... highly entertaining romp as this oblivious guy dodges romantic pitfalls amid intense training and rivalries. If you're into harem shows, this anime won't disappoint—it's a solid, binge-worthy entry in the genre.

TLDR: forgettable story and characters but some of the girls are cute
4/10

touch a girl's knee? she nuts
touch her shoulder? she nuts
touch literally any part of the body, knuckle, elbow, fingernails, whatever. she's going to blush in disbelief, her eyes are going to get wide, she's going to make that stupid noise by trying to hold back

and then she nuts

this is the McDouble cheeseburger of anime. i feel guilty for getting through as much of it as i did, it tided me over until something else came along, but i've had this exact thing hundreds of times without remembering anything specific about it individually

What a shallow anime. This anime has nothing — literally nothing. There’s no story, no character development; the only thing it has is gratuitous nudity, and if I wanted to see that, I’d just watch hentai.

Let’s talk about the supposed appeal of the anime, which is the female characters. They are very pretty — after all, that’s all the anime has to offer — but if you take that away, there’s nothing left. Just some shallow little stories. The one that gets the most development is Aroma, but even that isn’t much, and the rest are just there to form a harem for the protagonist.

Narratively ... speaking, the only story I could really notice was the vice principal’s, who for some reason wants to ruin the protagonist’s life — but honestly, what a mess. Still, I don’t know what I was expecting from this anime. And I don’t even know if they tried to do romance here, but if they did, they failed miserably.

If this anime gets another season, I probably won’t watch it.