お隣の天使様にいつの間にか駄目人間にされていた件2

True, though I have gotten annoyed at the anime trope that even when two people are dating, and alone, they act like they can’t kiss without it awakening some uncontrollable ravenous beast in the guy that will lead to “pouncing” regardless of consent. In so many shows it seems like they have to live together for a few years before hugging. I get they don’t want to spend air time animating make-out sessions, but you could always imply and fade to another scene. Just feels like even once a couple is together there’s so little physical contact. How is a regular kiss more taboo than a hickey?

Honestly it's one of the things that's soured me on a lot of anime in general as I get older and have watched a lot more. My tastes and what I'm willing to engage with long enough to enjoy have been shifting and growing more restrained and narrow. There was a time when I would watch any romcom or fantasy show that came out regardless of quality or content. But after seeing probably hundreds of them by now, I'm considerably more willing to drop an anime if I can tell it's heading in that direction. I'm just well past being bored of the sexless gynophobic G-rated approach to romance that most anime still exhibit. Some of my favorites, like the OG Banished From the Heroes Party and Horimiya are my favorites specifically because they show a more realistic and visceral depiction of how people in love actually act. I'm not looking for hentai or explicit sex, just people who act like real people. When two people are in love and attracted to each other and spending a lot of time together in an open committed relationship, I just no longer accept that blushing that their hands touched and stumbling around in embarrassment is an entertaining way to depict that. There are some anime that I remember really liking the first season of back when they came out, like Couple of Cuckoos, that when it finally came time for a second season, I just couldn't get into it anymore because my tastes had already changed. The usual romcom tropes; the awkward guy who is terrified of romance or physical affection, the roster of candy haired girls who all pine for the MC but no progress is made throughout the whole show, the girls who get angry and violent at the guy because of some embarrassing situation she caused and he has to apologize for seeing her naked or something when it was her fault, etc. They all had their time and place, and were amusing for a while ten plus years ago, but at this point I've had enough of that stuff I think to last me the rest of my life. It means that a good 80% of anime that a few years ago I would have been a fan of I now skip entirely, but I just can't sit through that stuff anymore. Just give me characters that at least try to act somewhat like how real people act. For as much flack as western entertainment media rightly gets for being more about being 'content' than telling good stories, I've realized that much of anime and its source material suffers from a similar disease. It's about producing an indefinitely ongoing marketable product more than telling a good story. A lot of the romcom tropes exist mainly for the author to stall out any genuine development in the story or between the characters, so they have an infinite number of future volumes, issues, or seasons to sell. The authors that have a clearly imagined start, middle, and end to a story that they're content telling and being finished are rare, and those are usually the superior series.

It's just the story continuing to do what it always does. This is a "will they, won't they" story. It's just gone from "will they, won't they get together" to "will they, won't they kiss". They can just keep doing this indefinitely. Get together -> kiss -> have sex -> get married -> have a kid (repeat as needed) -> then all of this for each of the kids and then their kids and then their kids and on into the heat death of the universe.

I mean realistically season 2 is gonna end with some sort of development in their relationship, and at the pace they are moving it's really the most likely option. Confession already happened, with all the indirect kisses and teasing this episode they're bound to have their first kiss within like the next 3 episodes. Visiting parents is also bound to happen within like episode 9. They already had their pool date episode. What else is there for them to do? Maybe move in with each other like legitimately. They already spend all the time except sleeping together, but moving in and sleeping in the same bed is also gonna lead to the same result of having sex. Either way we are eating good this season.

> dude i genuinely feel like there is nothing much significant to add to the story, dont get me wrong great characterisation and all, ive seen multiple romances myself, but nothing feels new, usually once a couple start dating in anime, it becomes more of them tackling daily life stuff and getting through stuff together And now you know why so many anime decide to end when the main characters become a couple.

There are some things that can/must still be addressed in the story (like Mahiru's relationship with her parents, some side character stuff and whatever else I'm forgetting rn) but to be honest yea, there isn't really any other plot, its just about 2 people dating, Its a show you watch and just enjoy the sugar. The appeal for me is that this show has a lot of (physical) intimacy scenes that I feel like a lot of romances lack.

It's like Mahiru said, a girl can be an angel or a devil with her boyfriend depending on the situation. She's an angel in doting on and taking care of him, but she's a devil in wanting him all to herself and on a physical level. Amane telling Mahiru how close he is to folding and devouring her does hit different now that they're dating compared to when he would say it in season 1 to make her act more self-aware.