Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu

Hibino Tsubaki is a shy, kind, and slightly old-fashioned girl who has always been the top student in her class. She always did everything her parents wanted her to do. She loved to do other girls' hair in trendy and cute styles, despite always wearing plain braids herself.

On her first day of high school at the opening ceremony, she is astonished to see that the top student giving the opening speech is not only somebody else, but also the rudest boy she has ever seen. This delinquent turns out to be her new classmate, Kyouta Tsubaki. Kyouta teases Hibino, drawing attention to their similar last names. The two are both top of their class, but are different in every other way. Even though it seems that they cannot stand each other, fate has something else in store for them…

Tsubaki, Kyouta Main

Namikawa, Daisuke Japanese

Hibino, Tsubaki Main

Itou, Kanae Japanese

Hibino, Sakura ing

Yahagi, Sayuri Japanese

Hasegawa, Nishiki ing

Yuki ing

Yuzuki, Ryouka Japanese

Ichikura, Miho ing

Ise, Mariya Japanese

Matsukura, Yuuji Producer

Negishi, Tomoya Producer

Yamauchi, Shigeyasu Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Itou, Kanae Theme Song Performance

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Sep 26, 2015

Jenangelx3

Recommended

OK, I have been a fan of this manga for a long time, even so much so that I had help in the translation of the manga when it first came out, so I was excited to see the OVA. I when I first watched Honey x Honey Drops as an OVA (before reading the manga) and it was just smut, but after reading the manga I realized that's how it played out at first lol.
Anyway, when I watched the first episode I was not happy that the first couple of minutes kind of just badly summarizes the first part of the manga. It ... doesn't even explain Tsubaki's talents as a hair stylist, old fashioned feelings, or the challenge going on between her and Kyouta, but it skips right to the first real climax of the series. Alright...I want to complain, but the anime at least held true to the actual manga regardless of what is skipped. Even the second episode is fairly consistent with the manga and done fairly well.
I loved the manga. This OVA is OK in my book compared to the other one I just watched. I don't love it, but if you've read the manga, it may be worth looking at, but overall, it's not a must see. It's a shame they don't do a proper anime for this manga. It would be a very sweet shoujo series, especially since this manga by Minami Kanan is strangely the least smutty LOL

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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May 10, 2012

chihayatohru

Mixed Feelings

This is my first review.

Please note, i have not read the manga, so i shall be writing my review based on the anime i have seen.

I have never been more frustrated at an anime in such a away- this had so much potential to become something more, yet it lacked that extra bit more.

One of its major flaws was rushing into the 'major climax' of the story between the 2 main characters, Tsubaki & Kyouta. With no explanation or plot development, BANG, it's almost like the ending started before the beginning. To be fair there was a short narrative beginning, but it would have been ... great to watch it develop, to see how it got to this point.

There is little if at all any character development, so there's nothing to help explain the character's actions and what led them in doing so, which i think is a shame because it just turns into a typical romance cutesy anime, especially in the seconds OVA

The sound i thought fitted in very well with the anime & i thought the seiyuu performances were very good.The anime wasn't bad but it was really those still-shots that really stood out- beautifully made.

The second OVA doesn't follow the OVA, and so they are best treated as 2 separate OVAs, so it lacks some continuity and flow. I feel like they could have done a whole season's worth instead of trying to cram so much, yet deliver so little into 2 20 minute OVAs.

Ultimately i did like this anime, there was something charming about it that sucked me in. If only there was more substance and development to make more than just some romance.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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May 22, 2015

Alire

Not Recommended

Preliminary (1/2 eps)

This was.. hilariously ridiculous! One of my favorite manga(s) was so purely made into an anime that I couldn't stop laughing. Honestly what the heck was that? It had just some cut scenes. someone who hadn't read the manga wouldn't understand a thing. The animation was poor as well. Honestly even the voices of the characters annoyed me. I don't know, maybe I had it animated in my head in another way?

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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