likemanga said:LiedElfen said:I'm liking this show so far and it has maintained a great level quality wise, i like the voice acting and the animation, the characters are relatable but i'm starting to get annoyed by the amount of time fujiwara takes in each episode, she is a good comedic character but she doesn't have much depht and the characters i like the most are Kaguya and Shirogane and they and their relationship is supposed to be the main focus of the show not the not so good jokes of fujiwara. I'm still enjoying the show but this is getting annoying, i certainly expect it to improve because it would feel flat and superficial if it doesn't.
Just want to share my thoughts here. I am a manga fan from Kaguya and I think you have raised some legitimate concern about the show. I think it is good that we could voice our opinion about what could improve or what about the show you like and dislike. I would like to share more about my interpretation of the show, and hopefully enhance your experience in this show.
I have always think about this show as similar to FRIENDS. And, the fact that a lots of event so far happen in the student council just make it similar to the nature of a sitcom series. So, similar to FRIENDS where the relationship between Rachel and Ross is the biggest theme, there is also Chandler, Joey and all the relationship with people around the series. Kaguya is a little bit like Tsundere chilren too when you have the MC relationship and the first side relationship from the couple that ask for advice. You kinda experience both super fast romance and super slow burn romance. Fujiwara is legitimately a MC and so is Ishigami.
Since I am as much of a death note fan as you are ( believe me, I follow Death Note manga since chapter 1), I actually find it hard to find anything similar to it, even a little bit. The closest thing I found so far is the series Breaking Bad ( it is fucking good and even better than GoT in my opinion). Besides that, in the realm of anime, Kaguya is similar to Death Note in the sense of the infamous potato chip scene. I could see that reflected in this episode of burning thumb, episode 6 of Ishigami eating. The show also address few psychological concept such as Stockholm syndrome, Barnum effect, Cognitive Dissonance,... I would love more psychological mind game too but I am kinda glad the author try to break the formula since I have seen some complaints about them getting in the way of the romance
Finally, about the progress in romance, I think you are right about episode 3 as a good progress. I would like to point out few progress from ep 1 to now: ep 1 they hold hand, ep 2 Kaguya got to enjoy and appreciate his food ( cough.. shokugeki no soma ), ep 3 share a bike, ep 4 is actually most progress when Kaguya defend Pres and he acknowledge that and also text exchange, ep 5 is sharing umbrella and Kaguya explain why he like Pres, ep 6 is when Shirogane acknowledge that he is being tsundere. I felt like they could have become a couple and repeat this same behavior.
So, I know you are impatient and so am I. I would not spoil anything but I think most people have this question in mind: is this a show for comedy mainly like Nozaki-kun or more romance focused like Last Game. I think it is both. You might have to wait for a bit like Toradora but the payoff is worth it. It is faster than FRIENDS a lots (when it took like 50 ep for Ross and Rachel to be together). It is definitely slower than Bunny Girl senpai ( 3 ep). I noticed a trend recently when a lots of romantic manga pass through confession straight to bf/gf to marriage or marriage slice of life. So, probably this manga would be slower than that in terms of the stage of relationship.
Anyway, thank you for reading. I hope that I could help even a little in setting the right expectations so that you could enjoy the anime as much as I do. Also, attached is a link of good romance manga/ anime. Please look for a guy shellshock321. He personally rate the romance and categorize them in terms of the plot set up ( whether it involve quick or slow romance, one man-one girl or love triangle or harem,...)
https://www.reddit.com/r/manga/comments/ajw26o/good_romance_manga_where_you_see_couple_actually/