there’s still the occasional harem manga adaptation, these types of stories have largely been subsumed into the now derided Isekai light novel power fantasy whose continued prevalence in the industry still baffles me, I’m pretty sure these things don’t make that much money. And Traditional Shoujo manga adaptations are ostensibly nonexistent these days. It’s a genre that’s morphed into either adaptations of web manga that aren’t explicitly marketed for teenage girls, but still largely cater to female audiences. And, wouldn’t you know it? Isekai light novel adaptations. They’re just in a dating sim this time, you see? ;) I recently stumbled upon “Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu,” and I just had to share my thoughts on this absolute gem. Let me tell you, my initial expectations were way off the mark because this manga completely blew me away. I thought this was just gonna be a chunni freak show with weird fanservice which it manages to fit in quite a good amount of, the boisterous and ultra well endowed little giant of girl yamada anna , (who we are somehow supposed to believe) is a middle school student and a model is alarmingly unaware of her antics of overeating and accidental fanservicing which are fueled by the chunni and Perverted delusions of our main lead ichikawa who Pineda, Rafael Antonio (February 27, 2023). "The Dangers in My Heart Anime's Teaser Reveals More Staff, Theme Songs, April 1 Debut". Anime News Network . Retrieved February 28, 2023.

Think Unsexy Thoughts: Ichikawa delves into this at times whenever he gets inadvertently stimulated by Yamada. Kyōtarō Ichikawa is utterly convinced he is the tortured main character of a "fearsome psycho-thriller" centering on "the dark side of adolescence." A recluse and isolated from the rest of his classmates he spends his days fantasizing about ways to destroy the peaceful junior high life his classmates share. Surely this is a tale of a person at the very bottom caste of his school, who hides murderous impulses that lurk at the very bottom of his soul... Injured Limb Episode: The Ichikawa family's trip to Akita in Karte 50 is cut short when Kyōtarō suffers a nasty fall exploring the woods, fracturing his right arm. He spends the rest of the winter break and the start of the next semester with his arm in a sling and has to adapt to using his non-dominant hand for everything.Star-Crossed Lovers: Discussed. When Kana brings up the idea about the two’s "hearts changing" as they grow up, Ichikawa immediately thinks of Yamada’s modeling/acting career and becomes fearful of them growing apart. Especially after hearing her affirm that she loves it. When Yamada invites him to watch her during work, Ichikawa goes along to defy this trope and learn more about her. Strange Minds Think Alike: Karte 45, Ichikawa arrives 30 minutes early in Shibuya where he’s supposed to meet Yamada. To make sure he had the right meeting spot and not because he got excited. Yamada arrived earlier than that, and tells him that she wanted to be sure it was the right spot. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (March 17, 2023). "Aniplus Asia Airs The Dangers in My Heart Anime This Spring". Anime News Network . Retrieved March 22, 2023.

Also somewhat unrelated complaint with the manga, but it has a decent amount of somewhat creepy art of Yamada. Like, when Yamada is being romanticized/sexualized from the perspective of Ichikawa, it makes sense because that's from his perspective. But the manga has a lot of non-canon panels that feel more like pandering for the audience and... need I remind you all that Yamada is a middle schooler? This kinda made the whole manga reading experience a lot more uncomfortable, and I couldn't end a review on it without at least mentioning it We actually got a decently written Romance in which the MC actually improves as the story and his love progresses and he goes from I gotta murder her to protecc her quite smoothly and the subtle hints of romance and the doki moments are well placed with no bs ecchi accidents and are usually quite heartwarming! It is a slow burn and definitely stings to your cringe bone for a while but it does get better later on! Does that warrant a watch? This show, like the title did say was quite ~yabai~ in the first few episodes but trust me it does develop fairly well in the later episodes.

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Loveridge, Lynzee (June 17, 2020). "Spy×Family, A Man and His Cat Win 4th Annual Tsutaya Comic Awards". Anime News Network . Retrieved May 20, 2021. Love Confession: Kyōtarō confesses to Yamada on Karte 110. Yamada responds to his feelings in kind on Karte 113. In 2019, the series ranked fourth in the Next Manga Awards in the web manga category. [47] In 2020, the series ranked first in the same category. [48] The series ranked third in the 2020 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook. [49] It also ranked fourth in the fourth Tsutaya Comic Awards. [50] It ranked thirteenth in Japanese bookstore Honya Club's employee recommendations. [51] It was also nominated for the Manga Taishō in 2020. [52] It ranked fourth in a 2020 poll asking people what manga they most wanted to see adapted into an anime. [53] It ranked first in the same poll in 2021. [54]