Kiss Him, Not Me
2016
Original language: Japanese
- animation
- comedy
The story
Kae Serinuma is a second year high school student and an avid fujoshi who secretly ships her classmates, Igarashi and Nanashima. The death of her favorite anime character causes her to become stressed and lose weight rapidly. Now that Serinuma has become an attractive girl to her classmates, snarky junior Shinomiya and senior Mutsumi, how is she going to deal with them with her constant BL-filled fujoshi mind?
What it’s like
Bright, saturated anime palettes with clean linework and soft pastel backgrounds, the kind of school-day look where sunlit classrooms, bouncing hallway crowds and glossy hair highlights do most of the work. Comedy arrives in quick cuts, exaggerated reaction faces and snappy punchline timing, with a bouncy, cheerful score and bright J-pop-style openings that set a light, playful beat. The vibe is breezy and self-aware, a warm, giggly comedy that tips into flustered romance and mild embarrassment. It suits a lazy weekend afternoon, a comfort rewatch, or something easy to half-watch while folding laundry. Pacing is brisk and episodic, with the heroine's inner monologue driving much of the humour and the emotional shifts landing in small, self-conscious beats. Intensity is very low: no real violence, no gore, no fear, and sexual content stays at teasing and suggestive level. Gentle, funny and sweet, it is made for people who want a light school romcom with a playful sense of its own absurdity, especially fans of shoujo-style comedy and anime about awkward crushes.
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