Tada-kun wa koi o šinai

This is an original anime series, that is, one that does not have any manga, theater play, or light novel series as model. This always stirs up a certain sense of expectation for something unexpected in me just because of that word in the description - original. This is despite the fact I know this is a silly idea, and it is not going to work out that way in practice. Anyway, unfortunately, Tada Never Falls in Love is something so unoriginal that it is almost tragic! Scalpelexis accurately described the first two episodes as just as predictable and full of the moments you would expect from a rom-com, and unfortunately, it never gets any better. In addition, it all comes down to the conclusion, which is the biggest collection of romantic clichés someone like me could possibly imagine. I think they could have still pulled it back if only they had chosen a rational ending. However, that is not how romantic comedies end, and the audience would have probably never survived emotionally... Anyway, you could watch any romantic comedy, even the feature-length movie The Princess Diaries, or read something by Harlequin and I bet you are going to be more surprised by the twists in their works than by this. Tada Never Falls in Love is the most mediocre rom-com anime series I have ever seen. It throws together perhaps everything you would have expected from a romcom, and nothing is left out, except maybe the dramatic revelation of the student council president's secret by the president of the photography club. On the other hand, why change anything when this will eventually work for the romantic souls anyway, even though perhaps every twist and situation is simply going to remind you of something you have seen somewhere before...I should probably be stricter even though I am not sure what that would achieve. Should I be stricter about the fact that someone took perhaps all the tried-and-true recipes of a romantic comedy anime series and threw them all together in a way that simply works? Well, yeah, even though there are still a fair number of individuals who will like it... I for one, however, because of those recurring feelings of "I have seen this somewhere before..." and "well, of course... ", I am just not able to give a better rating than the most mediocre average - 5/10. Also, just for the record - you are probably not going to meet guys like Charles in real life. (29/06/2018)