I wish I get to hang out with a cute girl, have a comfy relationship. AHHHHHHHH...

Hey! Good day, people! It's time for another round of blogging by me. Anyway, this time, I will talk about a certain anime that I binge-watched and finished in two days after talking about the anime Engage Kiss in the previous blog post. It's the series called The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten.

Cute. AHHHHH!!!! Why I...? sniff...sniff...

Yes, this anime is filled with honey that is poison toxic to me and gives diabetes to so many other people who watched it. This is the anime that I binge-watched and finished in two days. AHHHHHH!!!! SOMEBODY, PLEASE END ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! depressed...sigh... Time to move on, I guess.

WARNING:-

SPOILER ALERT! This post is very likely to contain spoilers for this anime. So, if you are planning to watch the anime without any spoilers, you can either continue to read this post or move on and watch the anime.

P.S. If you want to be spoiled, well, go ahead and read it. You HAD been warned. Don't blame me for being spoiled if you INSIST on continuing to read this post.

Introduction

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The light novel...

The series, The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten (in Japanese: お隣の天使様にいつの間にか駄目人間にされていた件) started as a Japanese light novel series written by Saekisan and illustrated by Hanekoto. Originally published online on Shōsetsuka ni Narō, SB Creative has released eight volumes of the series under their GA Bunko label since June 2019. 

Volume 1 cover

After that, on January 2022, the manga adaptation with art by Wan Shibata and composition by Suzu Yūki has been serialized via Square Enix's online manga magazine Manga UP! Then, in 2023, the anime television series adaptation by Project No.9 started airing from January to March 2023.

The anime

Plot

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Amane gave her his umbrella

The story starts with a certain rainy day when Fujimiya Amane walks back home with his umbrella. He saw the most beautiful girl in school who is also nicknamed "The Angel", Shiina Mahiru. She was in distress on that day and he proceeded to lend her his umbrella. With his laziness and his walking home in the rain, he caught a cold and almost collapsed when he reached his doorstep.

Mahiru waiting to give him back his umbrella

Taking care of the sick Amane...

Mahiru was waiting for him near his house to return the umbrella to him. With him almost collapsing near his house, she decided to nurse him back to health. From then on, they started to have more association with each other although Amane hoped that they dun have any beyond that moment when he fell sick. It started with his poor diet habits at home and then the cleaning up of his messy house.

Giving leftover food...

Cleaning up the house...

His poor diet habit is fixed with Mahiru giving him leftover food and then because of Amane's wishful thinking, starts to have Mahiru come to cook for him at his house. From then on, their weird, relaxing and at times, funny moments and interactions started. They even went out together a few times.

Mahiru's mother came...

Amane wants to stay with her to share her pain

Oh, sweet Mahiru...that's what we wanna see, isn't it?

The whole story is pretty chill, cute and heartwarming until an incident related to Mahiru and her mother. She then spills out all her pain and agony about her family situation and her lack of attention from her parents. The parents are really harsh on her just because they dun wanna be together in the first place and are only being together because of family reasons. It's understandable though but it is really bad, back to the story.

The moment when Amane pour out his heart

From then on, their relationship turns into something that is beyond just friends. Amane even talked with Mahiru like she talked to Amane regarding her family situation. It is about the reason he left his parent's house to live on his own. It was because he made friends with a group of people who only treated him as someone that they could use, making him distrustful of people after he found out. Because of that, he decided to go to another town away from his parents to start a new life without meeting those people. 

Dang it! She so cute there!!!

Anyway, there were so many cute things and cute interactions between each other...I like it. The relationship between each other...well, it's very clear that they are both in love with each other. With the school sports festival, Mahiru uses the opportunity of the game that she and Amane were participating in to declare that he is the most precious to her, indirectly confessing to Amane in public. That got him a lot of flak from the fanboys of Mahiru, which Mahiru flawlessly destroyed their disagreement with Mahiru choosing Amane. That evening after the sports festival, Amane decided to confess his feelings to her and thus, became a couple.

The unfriendly Mahiru fanboys incoming...

Grats!

AHEM! Well, that's where the anime ends. There is more story after that but I might collapse and go nuts if I go on and talk about them as a couple beyond the anime adaptation. Yeah...so, please, let's move on, shall we? It's getting more and more unbearable.

Couples...AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Anime Rating

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Story (Rating: 10/10)

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! Ahem! Anyway...back to the topic. Putting aside the fact that this anime is sweet poison toxic to me, the story plot is generally slow, sweet and heartwarming. The anime is also what people call the anime that gives you diabetes. The sweet, cute and comfy interactions between the main characters are a pleasure to watch.

...oh no. AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

Art and Animation (Rating: 10/10)

Pretty animation placed alongside characters that look good...Good combination. Great choice. Enjoy yourselves until you realise you just complete the anime. AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Beautiful sakura blossoming time!!!

Sound and Music (Rating: 9/10)

The great opening theme song and beautiful ending songs are a great combination and very suitable for the anime. The ending theme songs are all cover versions, by the way. Just saying.

The opening sequence. CUTE!!!!!!!

Characters (Rating: 10/10)

Related to the development of the characters, the interactions between different characters, the character's background, the uniqueness of the character, the likeability of the characters, the relatability of the characters to the audience, etc.

Mahiru pouting...cute!!!

Enjoyment (Rating: 9/10)

I generally enjoyed it a lot to the point that I binge-watched it for two days and finish it but my heart rejects the idea of giving it a full mark, just because this anime is sweet poison toxic to me.

Cute. But, I think I ded inside because I got no girlfriend like her.

Overall Rating: 9.6 (9.75)/10

Screenshots

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Cute Mahiru and teddy bear

Mahiru fell asleep

The couple, Itsuki and Chitose

Mahiru is so cute there...

Mahiru getting carried like a princess...

Mahiru in kimono

Mahiru with another present from Amane

Cute Mahiru!!!

Mahiru blushing

Mahiru looks so sweet there!

Dang...Mahiru's new hairstyle...I like it.

Mahiru and Amane going out

Is that jealousy I sense?

PV/Trailer

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Conclusion

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Finally. Finally, I got a chance to let this out. The smashing of the table whenever I see the cute scenes from the anime. It also got me thinking, "WHY NOT ME?! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" Ahem! ごめん、失礼いたしました。Anyway, it is really sweet if I could put aside the clear sign of my jealousy. Glad that they are together but still...painful for me to see. Well, that's the end. Time to end this. Anyway, I hope that you enjoy reading and browsing this blog. Goodbye, and God bless you!

My wife!!!!!!!!!!!! Ahem! It's just Mahiru.