Of course, such encounters can be a moment that will forever change a person’s life and will make them forever grateful to be alive for them to be able to experience such fate. And I’m not here to discredit that thought at all. I just don’t like the idea of people who are passively waiting in their nest for these “helping hands” to reach out to them. And this is the moment when I misunderstood Otonari no Tenshi as I assumed it to be a purely wish-fulfillment series where a hopeless male lead is waiting and having an undeservedly fateful meeting with an Angel as if she was falling from the sky and onto his lap. Thankfully, it is not the case with Otonari no Tenshi as the encounters between both lead characters happens because the male lead CHOSE to lend a helping hand to a distressing Angel. The story is heavily influenced with so many Japanese drama and manga that revolves around in a pure relationship of destined fate of romance. Everything about this show is a whole bunch of predictable here and there. For an icing in the cake, they added a very common tropes that we all had known very long ago, there are no single uncommon tropes here except the fact that the heroine know exactly where our main protagonist house is despite the fact that they talk less in the first episode, which is weird. Now, I’m an avid enjoyer of a show and never read of their LN’s or Mangas. So probably she did something before that’s why he knows his house, but whatever this is the small detail that I just cant help to point out. Also the kind of tropes “ohh, she lives near me, coincidently”. You can’t count how many times this trope has already exist, even the latest, long lasting (boring) anime with three season about rent a girlfriend has this kind of tropes already. But we’re not going to discuss about that. The only good thing came in this show is that it doesn’t have any kind of bullshit harems (which I purely respect, because I love how there’s no love is war stuff). Well, of course there have to be the downside of it, because the nature of this show, there has to be an influence between the third party (or themselves), so they can “naturally” progress through the story. Well its nothing bad, its just super common that I grew bored of it, probably because of the execution, it forgets me about this part. Well despite of that, the story is actually chill and gives off a really natural vibe of romance about “looking at someone without judging them from their looks” pretty ironic that their looks is actually the “prince and princesses” tropes. What if their looks was actually “beauty and the beast”. Then it would be a different story. As the end of summer draws closer, the two of them went out to the summer festival clad in their yukatas. Little by little, Amane and Mahiru began to openly and honestly express their feelings, and their summer memories deepened... Amane, an average guy and self-admitted slob, has never thought much of the divine beauty, despite attending the same school. Everything changes, however, when he happens to see Mahiru sitting alone in a park during a rainstorm. Thus begins the strange relationship between this incredibly unlikely pair. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (July 3, 2020). "Yen Press Licenses Unnamed Memory, 5 Other Novels, 6 Manga". Anime News Network . Retrieved July 4, 2021.

Dennison, Kara (January 14, 2023). "The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten TV Anime Covers Popular Song as Ending Theme". Crunchyroll . Retrieved January 14, 2023. It's the same as any other Light Novel you know. Girl is famous, Guy's common and isn't special, but then the girl begins to have some interest in the guy.The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten] (in Japanese). SB Creative. 27 May 2019 . Retrieved July 4, 2021. With that said, if you came here to look for a sweet romance story where great chemistry between characters and sweet and wholesome moments, you're in the right place. This story does nothing new, just the same troupe you'd probably seen in other light novels and manga. But it does that troupe exceptionally well, or at least better than most. Even though we are often talking about two school-aged children, the series doesn't take much time to show them off at school at all. At best, two episodes show them at school, but this doesn't play into the plot much at all. Instead, the entire premise of the series follows a pattern that can wear thin on some people - Mahiru comes over to Amane's apartment, she makes dinner, they talk, then the day ends. It's repetitive for sure, and I'm sure the author was aware of this. Still, each appearance gets mixed up a little each time enough. A new situation is brought up each time as a different topic of discussion, and the cute relationship that forms between our main couple gets better and better. Finally I would say that if you are a fan of the genre then do not hesitate to read this! If you're having a bad time right now, this is the kind of story that could cheer you up! And if you're an person whose feelings are governed by logic: you can go your own way, you won't be interested!

You've read a story like this, and it's been done better. Guy secretly likes the girl and she starts to warm up to him. If you've never read anything like that before you might like this, but it's been done to death and much better than done here.So Amane Fujimiya is this slob loser of a human being living alone, when he learns that he’s living next door to the “angel” of his school—the beautiful and intelligent Mahiru Shiina. On the basis, it’s just a generic light novel romcom plot with pretty art, and yet the pull that this story has had on me So, if you want to buy this book for anything too unnatural or strange, then I wouldn't recommend it.

Please use this. And don’t bother to return it.” Amane walks off leaving Mahiru and drench himself under the rain. Really, Amane just can’t stand the thought of that girl to get cold under this rain. The Villainess’s Guide to (Not) Falling in Love (Manga) by Touya (Story), Ren Sakuma (Art), Yoimachi (Character Designs), Shiori Shiono (Adaption)As a warning for those that seek drama, unexpected twists, suspense, action, rivalry or anything of the like in a light novel: This isn’t the one for you. Better not waste your time here. I mentioned earlier that this also has pretty art. I mean it. Despite being a light novel, where the focus is not nearly as heavy on the art is it is with manga, Hanekoto’s illustrations and style perfectly encapsulate the diabetes-inducing sweetness of this series. As I write this review, the more I think that this novel isn’t really “special” or ground-breaking for it to have an objectively 10/10 score and claim it as one of the timeless masterpiece. But I will give it a 10/10 anyway since I feel super comfortable and I genuinely had a great time reading this novel. And thus, it is indeed special for me. Mahiru's surname Shiina means "oak, mallet" (椎) ( shii) and "name, noted, distinguished, reputation" (名) ( na).