Ore wo Suki nano wa Omae dake ka yo

Amatsuyu "Jouro" Kisaragi is a completely average second-year high school student who has two dates over one weekend⁠—with the student council president Sakura "Cosmos" Akino on Saturday, then with his childhood friend Aoi "Himawari" Hinata on Sunday. Sadly for Jouro, both girls proclaim their love for his best friend Taiyou "Sun-chan" Ooga, the ace of the baseball team. Accepting each of their requests for advice and guidance, he is now responsible for helping the two girls win the heart of the same guy.

Unbeknownst to his friends, Jouro's friendly and obtuse image is all but a ruse designed to cast himself as the clueless protagonist of a textbook romantic comedy. A schemer under his cheery facade, he makes the best of this unexpected turn of events with a new plan: get Sun-chan to fall for either Cosmos or Himawari and take the other as his own prize. But Jouro's last-ditch effort is threatened by the gloomy, four-eyed Sumireko "Pansy" Sanshokuin, who surprises Jouro with not only her knowledge of his secret personality but also a confession to the true self he hid for all this time.

Stuck in this hilariously messy situation, each of the five students must navigate countless lies, traps, and misunderstandings to come out on top.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Sanshokuin, Sumireko Main

Tomatsu, Haruka Japanese

Kisaragi, Amatsuyu Main

Yamashita, Daiki Japanese

Akino, Sakura Main

Misawa, Sachika Japanese

Hinata, Aoi Main

Shiraishi, Haruka Japanese

Mayama, Asaka ing

Saitou, Shuka Japanese

Hanetachi, Hina ing

Mikami, Shiori Japanese

Youki, Chiharu ing

Touyama, Nao Japanese

Ooga, Taiyou ing

Uchida, Yuuma Japanese

Kamata, Kimie ing

Saeki, Iori Japanese

Kusami, Luna ing

Kohara, Konomi Japanese

Oowada, Tomoyuki Producer

Nakayama, Nobuhiro Producer

Kananiwa, Kozue Producer

Shioya, Yoshiyuki Producer

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Jan 13, 2025

AnimeExplorer21

Recommended

I'm not even kidding when I say that this anime has left an indelible mark on my heart. It's one of those rare shows that I'll always , no matter how much time es. And it's all thanks to the incredible cast of characters, particularly the brilliant and complex Sumireko.

At first glance, Kisaragi might seem like your typical harem lead, but trust me, he's so much more than that. And when all the girls around him betray his trust, it's Sumireko who stands by him, using her incredible intelligence and dual personality to help him navigate the chaos.

I mean, this girl is on a whole ... different level. Her intelligence is on par with Ayanokoji from 'Classroom of the Elite' - she's that smart. And it's not just her brains that make her special; it's her unwavering loyalty and comion for Kisaragi.

The ending might have been humorous, but let's be real, we all know that Kisaragi is going to end up with Sumireko. It's the only way it can be, given how much she's helped him and ed him throughout the series.

What really sets this anime apart, though, is its ability to surprise you. There are so many unexpected twists and turns that will keep you on the edge of your seat, laughing and crying and cheering all at once. It's a wild ride, but it's one that's totally worth taking.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Jun 23, 2024

lycoping

Mixed Feelings

I can summarize this anime with a very short review.

The art is pretty good, the character design is fine, the sound is fine, technically this is a very good anime. It has some funny moments, some interesting moments, and it's only marginally successful at upending the idea of a harem anime. I watched it through and only a little felt like I wasted my time.

But at the end of the day, the funniest, most interesting, well developed, and relatable character is a park bench.

I'm not sure if I need to say anything more than that. So I won't.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Oct 8, 2024

korix_

Not Recommended

Oresuki starts its first episode by presenting our black-haired, run-of-the-mill high school boy and his two love interests: airheaded childhood friend, and student council president. You'd assume this is another harem anime doing its thing, but that facade quickly shatters when the two love interests come up to our MC Jouro to confess. Because there's a catch; the person they like is his good-looking, baseball player of a best friend. Then there's another catch; Jouro isn't actually a run-of-the-mill high school boy. Deep down, he's a massive asshole who thinks he can get girls by playing up the harem-protagonist persona.

As a concept, this is ... funny. A dig at harem anime and their bland-ass protagonists getting girls for no reason is satisfying to see. Plus, it's presented in an entertaining, sassy manner, embellished by the greatest antagonist in anime, bench-kun, along with our MC Jouro calling everyone a "bitchii" in his head.

It's all fun and games, but then fast forward a few episodes, and the show is doing exactly what it was making fun of in episode 1. The two girls who had confessed to liking baseball boy wake up one day and decide that, nah, Jouro's looking good now, and there's no real reason for this switch-up.

Moreover, the second aspect that Oresuki was parodying, the protagonist himself, gets thrown out the window. Because ACTUALLY, Jouro has an alter-alter ego, so deep, deep down, he's a kind, run-of-the-mill harem protagonist.

What was the point of making him an asshole then?

The occasional comedy. That's it.

This here is the entire show in a nutshell. It parodies the harem genre, but that's exactly what it is. The few jokes it makes every so often exist in a vacuum, and are only there to spice up an otherwise unapologetically trashy show. I didn't mind the comedy in this series, but Oresuki separates itself from the humor bit by bit, filling in that void with forced drama, while developing character relationships in the most ridiculous way possible. Nothing is dealt with properly, and by the end, you're left asking yourself, why? Why is Jouro amiable with the girl who purposely isolated him from his friends and ruined his reputation? Why is this girl having lunch with the guy who threatened to rape her last episode?

All this does is make every character super unlikeable. They exist to act annoying and cause conflict when the plot wills it, only for them to be rewarded for their psychotic behavior. There's a limit to the absurdity I can tolerate because "it's trashy, comedy anime, the characters don't need to make sense 24/7", but when Oresuki's humor falters, it takes away any room for excuses.

I did mention a lot already, but is any of this even a big deal? Maybe I went into this with unreasonable expectations.

To that, I say, yes! I did expect more.

What truly bothers me about Oresuki is that it had the potential to be a good, satirical rom-com with harem elements sprinkled in there for the fun of it.

The first episode laid out everything well. It even introduced Pansy, who challenges everything Jouro wants and doesn't fit his idea of an ideal girl. Pansy is our bespectacled, disheveled-looking love interest who its to stalking Jouro, and then its her non-mutual feelings toward him, only to get immediately shut down. As far as their initial interactions/arguments go, they were entertaining to watch together, and dare I say, they had chemistry. All Oresuki had to do for the next 12 episodes was have Jouro continue his desperate harem protagonist act, have him fail in haha funny ways because the world doesn't work like that, and develop his hate-to-love relationship with Pansy as they both realize their flaws and become better people. But no, let's disregard the fact that the story writes itself because that would be too consistent, and god forbid this anime has any form of redeemable takeaway.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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