Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san

This anime doesn't live up to its hype and its scoring is bound to drop. The starting was somewhat cutesy with alya dropping exposition bombs in russian. Even with this ok premise it seemed fresh. However with each passing episode it comes out to be incoherent and irregularly paced, throwing u off of what the show wants to achieve. There is no narrative whatsoever. The humour is so dull the show shouldn't even be tagged as a comedy. Incest jokes and the protagonist being lazy is all there is for comedic relief

The protagonist shrugs off her Russian comments but acting dense destroys his underlying ... overly conscious and sharp demeanour. His acting lazy all the time and becoming a hero in a split second doesn't improve upon his character. It makes him a typical edgelord.

The rest of the characters are fine although their motivations are forced and unrelatable. People can want do well without having some horrible edgy backstory. They don't have to have been the victim of anything.
Also the imotou part was completely unnecessary. Its a major stain on the show.

The art is pretty and the voice actors are fine too. The animation feels somewhat lazy relying heavily on the pretty art to cover up.

All in all its fine to watch if you have nothing else. This seasons lineup is very lacklustre so it outshines the rest of the matchup. But it isn't good till now by any standards and it will fall short of people's expectations. Don't go in thinking it will be a great watch.

This anime disappointed me after a couple episodes. Ngl, I really had high hopes and expectations from this but this just was not it.

Story :

So, the story being your typical as you might have guessed from the title is just Alya speaking Russian and hiding her feelings from those around her, she does so by speaking in front of the MC. Now this concept did get my attention and I thought it might be something unique. But the way it has been progressed, I found it very cliché. Even the fact that the MC learnt a whole language such as Russian is insane and just ... to converse with a girl, is like nuts. Some snippets of a childhood friend are shown which cover the backstory, and trust me this idea has been used in like every other romance anime. If the author wanted to do something unique then he should have just followed the story with the same sense of uniqueness.

Apart from this, there are a lot of fan services in this show which I hate. Don't get me wrong, I like fan services, in fact I love them but the fan services in this show are just downright indecent, creepy and unrealistic.


Characters:

1) MC - The MC is the perfect human being. He literally has no flaws and he is good at everything. He is a ladies man as well and he learnt a whole other language which just showcases how intelligent he is. This according to me are the worst type of MC's in a romance anime. These guys do not even try to do anything since everything is well served to them on its own. The harem of girls just fall for them because of their fictional priviliges.

2) Alya - Your usual usual tsundere-chan. She also has good looks, good popularity, good intelligence, but unlike the MC she finds it difficult to deal with other people. The MC being her guardian always guides her out of these tough situations. She is written in such a way that it's almost too predictable to what she'll do next. She denies her feelings of love towards the MC (ofc) because of her pride like you see in almost every romance or harem anime.

3) Yuki(MCs sister) - The most annoying character you'll find in a romcom. She yaps a lot and also has a brother complex. Now this is really weird and in no shape can I fw this. Some said it's a joke but jokes are supposed to be funny and not creepy and weird. It's almost like that this thing is very off-putting and if it wasn't there then this show would atleast be watchable and it wouldn't even affect the story as such.

4) Alya's sister - She might be the only perfectly written character out of all. I have no problems with her.


Art & Sound:

The art is super good and the animation is alright. I really like how all the characters are drawn and the backgrounds are done. 10/10

The osts are kinda mid, voice acting however I must say is top notch.

Another romcom with the usual tropes.. mediocre plot in high school setting. Pretty predictable from the start, average Joe somehow knows/meets the most praise beauty of the school. She’s “perfect”, uh oh, but what makes her different? — Yep, it’s in the title.

I can see the appeal. The animation is quite fitting for what the story is. It’s slightly humorous as far as typical shyness/jealously of romantic comedies, and the lovable personas of the characters. However, I grew out of this genre.

Tropes:
- Lazy male main character
- Abnormal dream girl (who’s also a tsundere)
- Imouto
- Childhood friend

One guy, three girls? — Yep, you bet it becomes ... harem real quick… Dropped it before the 4th girl in the poster appeared. — Yup… it’s THAT predictable.

+3 for the highlights.

Generic romance anime ruined by an even more generic incest subplot.

It's like AI-generated background music in anime form. There's almost nothing new or interesting here. It's an anime that has been made countless times before (and will probably be made countless times again). At least Bunny Girl Senpai had some interesting supernatural elements to it.

Average animes can be enjoyable from time to time. Not every anime has to be a new, ground-breaking masterpiece. Sometimes, it's okay to just be cookie-cutter time-sink to enjoy.

However, Alya-san is so generic it's almost offensive.

Your time and attention would be better off elsewhere.