If anything, Haru and Shizuku regress into their 1-dimensional roles and become side-characters to others, such as Yamaken or Natsume (who, unfortunately, do not get their stories resolved either). No plot lines get resolved and there is next to no character development. Characters are introduced, such as 3rd party love interests or the main characters' relatives, that are irrelevant to the plot, get no character depth, or are rarely seen or heard from even though they are engaging and exciting. There is this back-and-forth love story for the majority of the 13-episode anime which was extremely tiresome all too soon. Beyond the first episode or two, the story isn't exactly 'touching' either. TNKK falls short of being a slice-of-life type of romcom, with half-hearted life lessons and story arcs that don't lead to actual character growth. love and grow together, to better themselves, right? The two are natural opposites - id and ego - who are destined to fall in She meets Haru, an intimidating boy with natural smarts that outmatch hers, a vivid outlook on life and an extremely wild, aggressive streak. She's cold and emotionless, only caring about studying and becoming successful, very much the anti-shoujo stereotype of being obsessed with love. The female lead, Shizuku Mizutani, is top of her class but not without a price. An extremely disappointing series that had a lot of potential with vibrant characters that goes absolutely no whereĪt first glance, TNKK seems like a cute and different kind of story.

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