It is no lie to say that I loved Kaichou wa Maid-Sama with all my heart. As the seond anime I watched clean through, and my current một giây favorite, I hardly thought another romance can compare (I watched Clannad shortly after, so this changed, but Maid-Sama was funner, though not as touching)
After my intial watch, I proceeded to find other Romance animes. Ones that stuck out were, as mentioned, Clannad, Fruits Basket, and OHHC (though that barely qualifies, but I like the show).
Then I heard of Special A.
Everyone was comparing to Maid-Sama, so I tried to stay away, as to not see what I thought was a rip-off of one of my most beloved animes. But, soon enough my curiosity and lack of new animes got to me, and I watched it.
My opinion?
I should have watched it ages ago.
While similiar in many aspects to Maid-Sama, it is distinct enough to be enjoyable for it's own sake. The romance between the leads, Hikari and Kei, while similiar to Usui and Misaki, is handled very differently. Usui fell in tình yêu with Misaki around episode three, and the rest of the series was Misaki coming to terms with her feelings for him, and breaking down her đắng, cay đắng barrier towards men. Kei has been in tình yêu with Hikari for ten years (wow, inpressive patient) and the hiển thị is Hikari noticing his and her owns feelings, while still trying to surpass him.
Enough on comparisions, on to the hiển thị itself.
I found myself giggling and sqeualing and falling off my chair laughing for the majority of it. It's jokes were funny, and nothing really went over my head. It didn't take the perverted route that many otherwise good anime (such as Kaze no Stigma --- way too many panty shots there, guys) take. It was simple, clean, and funny.
The romance was also a very good point. I like the gender reversal it took. While many anime focus on the girl developing feelings for some cool guy, blushing and swooning, whilst trying to get there attention, this time it was Kei. The stoic cool guy, who is intelligent, composed, and responsible, was blushing and stammering for Hikari, the dense, lovable idiot. I found myself rooting for him, poor guy (He waited ten years--- damn). And for Hikari, it was her trying to just realize that she loves him, a bit thêm than rivalry. And to notice that he has been drooling over her for ten years (he presents himself to her on a silver platter, đĩa, plate daily, and she was just "la la la, I'm gonna kick your ass, la la").
The character cast was also very good. While they were not as intersting as Kei and Hikari (for example, of course the violent tsudnere Akira was going o fall for the laid-back glutton Tadashi. Kei and Hikari weren't all that new, sat least the genders were different). I found myself loving Ryuu, and his affinity for animals. I was also happy that instead of Kei, the cool, mysterious rich guy, it was violent, Hikari-loving Akira who had the most trouble. Another safe, but still new and welcome, little break from cliché.
Overall, I give it a 9 1/2 out of 10. My only problem was that I found, for how tough and awesome she is, Hikari had to be saved bởi Kei when they clearly set up that she could do it herself. But that is a small nitpick in a series I otherwise adore
After my intial watch, I proceeded to find other Romance animes. Ones that stuck out were, as mentioned, Clannad, Fruits Basket, and OHHC (though that barely qualifies, but I like the show).
Then I heard of Special A.
Everyone was comparing to Maid-Sama, so I tried to stay away, as to not see what I thought was a rip-off of one of my most beloved animes. But, soon enough my curiosity and lack of new animes got to me, and I watched it.
My opinion?
I should have watched it ages ago.
While similiar in many aspects to Maid-Sama, it is distinct enough to be enjoyable for it's own sake. The romance between the leads, Hikari and Kei, while similiar to Usui and Misaki, is handled very differently. Usui fell in tình yêu with Misaki around episode three, and the rest of the series was Misaki coming to terms with her feelings for him, and breaking down her đắng, cay đắng barrier towards men. Kei has been in tình yêu with Hikari for ten years (wow, inpressive patient) and the hiển thị is Hikari noticing his and her owns feelings, while still trying to surpass him.
Enough on comparisions, on to the hiển thị itself.
I found myself giggling and sqeualing and falling off my chair laughing for the majority of it. It's jokes were funny, and nothing really went over my head. It didn't take the perverted route that many otherwise good anime (such as Kaze no Stigma --- way too many panty shots there, guys) take. It was simple, clean, and funny.
The romance was also a very good point. I like the gender reversal it took. While many anime focus on the girl developing feelings for some cool guy, blushing and swooning, whilst trying to get there attention, this time it was Kei. The stoic cool guy, who is intelligent, composed, and responsible, was blushing and stammering for Hikari, the dense, lovable idiot. I found myself rooting for him, poor guy (He waited ten years--- damn). And for Hikari, it was her trying to just realize that she loves him, a bit thêm than rivalry. And to notice that he has been drooling over her for ten years (he presents himself to her on a silver platter, đĩa, plate daily, and she was just "la la la, I'm gonna kick your ass, la la").
The character cast was also very good. While they were not as intersting as Kei and Hikari (for example, of course the violent tsudnere Akira was going o fall for the laid-back glutton Tadashi. Kei and Hikari weren't all that new, sat least the genders were different). I found myself loving Ryuu, and his affinity for animals. I was also happy that instead of Kei, the cool, mysterious rich guy, it was violent, Hikari-loving Akira who had the most trouble. Another safe, but still new and welcome, little break from cliché.
Overall, I give it a 9 1/2 out of 10. My only problem was that I found, for how tough and awesome she is, Hikari had to be saved bởi Kei when they clearly set up that she could do it herself. But that is a small nitpick in a series I otherwise adore
