[0:08] Can I just say I hate this girl so much
[0:10] I might turn sexist.
[0:13] The fragrant flower blooms with dignity.
[0:16] A lot of people in the comments
[0:17] recommended this anime to me and I will
[0:19] fight every single one of you. I want
[0:21] everyone who told me to watch this show
[0:23] to give me their discord cuz I swear I
[0:25] will ebox you. Before I get out of hand,
[0:27] listen, it's a good show. There are only
[0:29] nice things I can say about the romance
[0:31] in Fragrant Flower. But I cannot accept
[0:34] how we had to get here. It is so
[0:36] unrealistic, so manufactured. I've seen
[0:39] Kdramas less dramatic than this. Let me
[0:41] show you why I'm pissed off.
[0:47] This is Kiko Private Academy, a
[0:49] prestigious all girls school described
[0:51] as a historic institution for young
[0:53] ladies where only the noblest of female
[0:56] students receive the most premium of
[0:58] education. A vast intellectual cohort
[1:00] exuding nothing but elegance and class.
[1:03] Immediately next to them is a a a
[1:07] public school.
[1:11] Chidori Public High School is apparently
[1:14] known as a bottom feeder, low-ranked
[1:16] school where all the idiots in Japan go
[1:19] together. Because, as we all know,
[1:20] anyone with a public school education
[1:22] doesn't deserve human rights. They
[1:24] should not be respected and should be
[1:25] treated like garbage every time they're
[1:27] seen in public. I hate poor people.
[1:30] Renter is one of these idiots and our
[1:32] main character. Together with his
[1:34] friends, they're constantly ridiculed by
[1:35] the girls at Kiko who can only let out
[1:38] disgusted faces from the mere sight of
[1:40] them. Literally all of them do this.
[1:42] What kind of [ __ ] cult?
[1:45] All except for one student, Waguri.
[1:49] Waguri is a girl who is as sweet as the
[1:51] cake she eats. She loves sweets so much
[1:52] she always stops by this one bakery to
[1:55] indulge in her cravings. Coincidentally,
[1:57] this bakery is owned by none other than
[1:59] Rtoro and his family. And after visiting
[2:01] so many times, Waguri has taken a liking
[2:03] to Renterro, who also likes her back.
[2:05] But when Renaro finds out that she goes
[2:07] to Kiko, he's left conflicted knowing
[2:10] the strained rivalry between the two
[2:11] schools. I just don't know why. I mean,
[2:14] I know why they have class segregation
[2:16] as a plot device because it's [ __ ]
[2:18] easy. It's lowhanging fruit. It's like
[2:20] choosing between the Allied forces and
[2:22] Nazi Germany. Who would even think to
[2:24] side with Hitler? Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. I just
[2:29] don't know why it's so dramatized and
[2:31] over the top. Seriously, the entire
[2:34] school hates the public school next door
[2:36] because of what? They're stupid. They're
[2:39] poor. You're telling me the only
[2:40] response you can pull off when seeing a
[2:42] stranger is this face? Really? You can't
[2:46] even pretend for a second to hide your
[2:47] disdain? Imagine being at a public
[2:49] school trying your best to study. Maybe
[2:52] your parents couldn't afford a nice
[2:53] school, but you still make it work. You
[2:55] bust your ass doing part-time while
[2:57] barely passing, and you think, "Well,
[2:59] it's not the best life, but at least I'm
[3:02] in school making my family proud." And
[3:04] everyone next door is looking at you
[3:06] like you deserve to be caged for
[3:08] breathing. The problem I have is that
[3:10] they're painting Chidori as this school
[3:12] full of delinquents, and they just look
[3:13] like regular high schoolers. The main
[3:15] guy works at a bakery for Christ's sake.
[3:17] If you're going to call them
[3:18] delinquents, tell them to delinquize.
[3:21] Make them destroy windows. Give teachers
[3:23] wedgies. If these are terrible people,
[3:25] they better start acting like dudes from
[3:26] Windbreaker. Otherwise, I'm left to
[3:28] think Kiko are a bunch of spoiled,
[3:30] pissy, rich kids who can't formulate
[3:31] their own opinions. But the worst part
[3:34] is that they act so comically evil. No
[3:36] one acts like this in real life. I can
[3:38] tolerate this [ __ ] in battle shownen,
[3:40] but I don't like having to suspend this
[3:42] much disbelief in romance cuz I value
[3:45] realism a lot more when it comes to this
[3:47] genre. If only they put as much thought
[3:49] into the premise as they did with the
[3:51] main couple because it's good. I like
[3:53] it. The interactions between Reno and
[3:55] Wageri are incredibly wholesome. I'd be
[3:58] sitting in my chair kicking my feet and
[3:59] [ __ ] watching this. Like, their faces
[4:02] are close to each other. The little
[4:04] moments that Ruro and Wageri have
[4:06] genuinely put a smile on my face. I felt
[4:09] like a [ __ ] therapist, though, cuz
[4:11] Rtoro would be like, "Damn, I really
[4:13] like Wageri." And she said she was
[4:15] really happy to see me. She also agreed
[4:17] to study together and wants to get to
[4:19] know me. She also said that in 20 years
[4:21] we should get married, buy a house, have
[4:23] kids, settle down, grow old together,
[4:25] and have a picnic on a hill where she
[4:26] falls from her illness and passes away.
[4:28] But her memory still lives on within me
[4:30] as our house. So I fulfill her lifelong
[4:32] dream of moving it on top of a cliff
[4:34] overlooking the waterfall. [ __ ] I think
[4:36] she just wants to say friends. Mom, what
[4:39] do you think?
[4:41] You are actually brain dead. Whoa,
[4:44] chill. It's not that deep, my guy. One
[4:46] thing I will commend about him is that
[4:48] he's not repetitively stupid. I've seen
[4:50] shows where the guy stubbornly refuses
[4:52] to change his mindset. Like, he'll
[4:54] believe in AI deep fakes of me and
[4:56] LeBron passionately making out before
[4:58] believing a girl likes him. Huh? You
[5:00] want to come to my place so I can
[5:01] measure your boobies for cosplay? How am
[5:04] I sure you really like me, though? You
[5:06] only made me dinner at your place one
[5:08] time. Holy crap. I'm on a date at home
[5:10] with the guy I love. Jesus Christ, I
[5:14] want to kill myself. And while Renterro
[5:15] has the skeleton of your stereotypical
[5:17] shownen romance MC, shy, timid, and
[5:20] oblivious as [ __ ] at least he gets the
[5:22] memo right away. Whatever mental brain
[5:25] knot he puts himself in gets resolved in
[5:27] one episode and doesn't get dragged for
[5:29] an entire season so they can sell 40
[5:31] kinds of Marin bikini merch. The thing
[5:32] he says at 15 minutes and 51 seconds in
[5:35] episode 4 is the reason why he feels so
[5:38] different, because he's actually honest
[5:40] with his feelings. Wageri is the biggest
[5:42] sweetheart of the season. This girl was
[5:44] formulated and designed to be the
[5:46] perfect romance lead. She's quirky and
[5:48] eats a lot of sweets. A so cute, right?
[5:51] Hum. She's outgoing, so she'll always
[5:53] drive the conversation. Don't even worry
[5:55] about thinking of things to talk about.
[5:57] But she's also as innocent as a puppy,
[5:59] so everyone wants to protect her,
[6:02] including me. I will murder anyone who
[6:04] tries to hurt her. Listen, I love our
[6:05] main girl, but so far she's had one job.
[6:08] Sit still, look pretty. And yes, I said
[6:10] two things. Shut up. I only say this cuz
[6:12] seven episodes in and RTOR has gotten
[6:14] more of the screen time, hence more
[6:16] character development, which leaves
[6:18] Waguri feeling more one-dimensional than
[6:20] I would have liked. But again, the
[6:22] season's not over, so this could change.
[6:24] I also appreciate that Wageri is honest
[6:26] with her feelings even more than RO. She
[6:28] wears her heart on her sleeve and
[6:30] doesn't hide her emotions or bend to
[6:32] anyone. This is exactly why drastic
[6:36] measures must be taken. We need to
[6:38] inject some drama. This shit's too
[6:40] boring. And that drama comes in the form
[6:42] of a psychopathic best friend. Subaru is
[6:45] the guard you run the ISO on so your
[6:46] homeboy can have a shot at the main
[6:48] girl. Cuz if not, this will happen.
[6:53] Savages. She calls them savages. He
[6:56] literally just looked at Waguri up close
[6:59] and you freaked out like a cartoonishly
[7:01] obsessive mom. Like, if she's going to
[7:03] be pulling these moves because a guy
[7:05] sticks his face a little too close, I'm
[7:07] expecting a whole generation's worth of
[7:09] past trauma. And the reason why Subaru
[7:12] hates men is because kids used to bully
[7:15] her for her hair color. It's like, I get
[7:18] it. It's a terrible experience. But I
[7:20] can't imagine the mental leap going from
[7:22] kids were being mean to I hate an entire
[7:25] gender. I've been made fun of for being
[7:27] skinny in middle school. Can't say I was
[7:28] bullied cuz it didn't happen often, but
[7:30] sometimes this fat kid called Jack would
[7:32] bump me onto the lockers on purpose,
[7:34] calling me weak. But I never developed
[7:36] any hatred for fat people. I just
[7:38] thought Jack was a dick. And yes,
[7:40] everyone treats and reacts to trauma
[7:42] differently. But come on, her reaction
[7:44] was just too much. I can already picture
[7:46] the comments. Wow, a man telling women
[7:49] how they should react from trauma.
[7:51] Typical. Oh, so women have to act demir
[7:54] in the face of confrontation, but men
[7:56] can scream and shout as much as they
[7:57] want. Huh?
[7:59] I What? She's not real. And I never said
[8:03] that. And she literally apologized for
[8:06] acting out of pocket. So even she knows
[8:08] she overreacted. My girlfriend heard me
[8:10] ranting about this anime and she
[8:12] suggested that maybe the entire school
[8:14] is girls girls banding behind each
[8:16] other. She's better than me. I think
[8:18] they're all savages. I'm going to stop
[8:20] my rant about Subaru here. and she seems
[8:22] to be turning over a new leaf in the
[8:23] most recent episodes. So, at least the
[8:25] characters are able to own up to their
[8:26] mistakes and communicate, which shows
[8:28] their maturity. Real [ __ ] people just
[8:30] got to start acting like the boys.
[8:32] Funny, unproatic, and surprisingly
[8:34] mature and empathetic to the emotions of
[8:36] others. I'd trade an arm and a leg for
[8:38] Kiko girls to have one of these traits.
[8:40] I'm glad the anime is starting to
[8:41] integrate the side characters into the
[8:43] story, cuz on God, I was convinced
[8:45] everyone in the show sucked except for
[8:47] the main couple. They better start
[8:48] explaining the conflict between the
[8:50] schools, too. Like I'm enjoying the
[8:52] romance between RTOR and Waguri, but
[8:54] sooner or later it's going to get
[8:55] repetitive. They need to introduce some
[8:57] new life to it. And that's what side
[8:58] characters are there for, to provide a
[9:00] different flavor to the main dish.
[9:02] Overall, I think this anime has a nice
[9:04] budding romance that never fails to make
[9:06] me giggle whenever they're together. But
[9:08] the premise is some of the most
[9:09] blatantly concocted drama that exists
[9:12] for the sole purpose of getting in
[9:14] between Renter and Wageri. It's
[9:16] literally, I love you so much, but the
[9:18] entire world is against us. modern Romeo
[9:20] and Juliet type beat. If that's your
[9:22] thing, then you should definitely check
[9:23] it out. And if you've watched this far
[9:25] into the video, then you should check me
[9:26] out and this video right here. Thank you
[9:28] so much for watching. See you soon.
[9:32] [Music]