The Dangers in My Heart is one of the most popular romcoms now, and people who dropped it after the first episodes don’t understand why.
Kyoutarou feels like an edgelord and/or a psycho at first to many.
He does get better just a few episodes into the anime, and after that, the series becomes actually great.
The Dangers in My Heart (Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu) has become one of the biggest romcom anime in recent times. While the boost from the insane animation sequence in S2’s opening definitely helped, the anime was already shaped to become one of the modern classics by the end of S1.
This is especially weird for those who dropped the anime in its first episodes. The protagonist, Kyoutarou Ichikawa, is, for lack of a better word, an unlikable edgelord at first. While he tries his best to hide his thoughts from others, the audience still sees him — and many find him insufferable. Despite that, he does actually get better.
What’s wrong with the start of the series?
The very premise of The Dangers in My Heart is Kyoutarou hating his classmates so much that he wants them to die in pain — and that includes Anna Yamada, the apparent most popular girl in class. Only, of course, she isn’t really as confident as she looks like, and actually has troubles communicating with others as well.
The romance develops from there, but many felt like Kyoutarou’s personality at the start of the series made him unlikable.
Luckily, he grows out of that mindset in a couple of episodes. Yes, he remains shy, but it’s not something we haven’t seen before. We don’t get delusions of him wanting to kill everyone around him past the first few episodes, thankfully. In that sense, the start of the anime and its very premise are a bait.
It does get better
It’s understandable why people would dislike Kyoutarou at the start. His mindset is definitely not healthy, and it being used for comedy is cringey at best.
Of course, his fantasies are just that — fantasies — and would never become a reality. They’re just something he uses to cope with his lack of social interaction. He’s not actually some kind of psycho killer, just a shy kid who lacks friends and has such fantasies.
If you get past the first few episodes, though, you’d be pleasantly surprised: the two main leads have amazing chemistry with each other. They also grow as people, and the romantic development is very natural — the anime becoming a hit makes perfect sense.
Overall, no one can blame you if you find Kyoutarou unbearable at first. That said, his cringey aspect goes away very soon, so if that’s your only issue with The Dangers in My Heart, perhaps you should give the anime another chance. It is very much worth it.
That said, the anime does actually get better.
Summary:
The Dangers in My Heart is one of the most popular romcoms now, and people who dropped it after the first episodes don’t understand why.
Kyoutarou feels like an edgelord and/or a psycho at first to many.
He does get better just a few episodes into the anime, and after that, the series becomes actually great.
The Dangers in My Heart (Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu) has become one of the biggest romcom anime in recent times. While the boost from the insane animation sequence in S2’s opening definitely helped, the anime was already shaped to become one of the modern classics by the end of S1.
This is especially weird for those who dropped the anime in its first episodes. The protagonist, Kyoutarou Ichikawa, is, for lack of a better word, an unlikable edgelord at first. While he tries his best to hide his thoughts from others, the audience still sees him — and many find him insufferable. Despite that, he does actually get better.
What’s wrong with the start of the series?
The very premise of The Dangers in My Heart is Kyoutarou hating his classmates so much that he wants them to die in pain — and that includes Anna Yamada, the apparent most popular girl in class. Only, of course, she isn’t really as confident as she looks like, and actually has troubles communicating with others as well.
The romance develops from there, but many felt like Kyoutarou’s personality at the start of the series made him unlikable.
Luckily, he grows out of that mindset in a couple of episodes. Yes, he remains shy, but it’s not something we haven’t seen before. We don’t get delusions of him wanting to kill everyone around him past the first few episodes, thankfully. In that sense, the start of the anime and its very premise are a bait.
It does get better
It’s understandable why people would dislike Kyoutarou at the start. His mindset is definitely not healthy, and it being used for comedy is cringey at best.
Of course, his fantasies are just that — fantasies — and would never become a reality. They’re just something he uses to cope with his lack of social interaction. He’s not actually some kind of psycho killer, just a shy kid who lacks friends and has such fantasies.
If you get past the first few episodes, though, you’d be pleasantly surprised: the two main leads have amazing chemistry with each other. They also grow as people, and the romantic development is very natural — the anime becoming a hit makes perfect sense.
Overall, no one can blame you if you find Kyoutarou unbearable at first. That said, his cringey aspect goes away very soon, so if that’s your only issue with The Dangers in My Heart, perhaps you should give the anime another chance. It is very much worth it.
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