Raku Ichijo is the son of the local Yakuza leader but he just wants an ordinary life; unfortunately it will be anything but ordinary. He takes an instant disliking to transfer student Chitoge Kirisaki, referring to her as 'the gorilla woman'
unfortunately for the him she is the daughter of the leader of a group of gangsters who are at war with the Yakuza; this is unfortunate because their two parents want to end the war and feel that the best way to do that will be for Raku and Chitoge to become boyfriend and girlfriend! Neither are too happy but must attempt to keep up the pretence even if it means Raku can't get close to Kosaki Onodera; the girl he really likes. Raku carries a locket around with him; ten years previously he and a girl swore their love but he can't remember anything about her
inevitably it turns out that the girl could be either Kosaki or Chitoge; they both have keys that might fit it but can he bring himself to find out in case the 'wrong' girl's key opens it?! Over the course of the series they get up to the usual antics and eventually it ends up with the school play: 'Romeo and Juliet'
we know who Romeo is but in the end who will be his Juliet.
This series may have a fairly clichéd plot but it is still a lot of fun. Over the course of the series Raku and Chitoge inevitably start to realise that far from hating each other they actually quite like each other even if it doesn't stop them arguing and right until the end one doesn't know for certain who Raku will end up with. There are plenty of laughs to be had in every episode. Not surprisingly there are visits to the pool and a beach but there isn't too much fan service. The characters are well designed and distinctive and the animation looked pretty good. Over all this was a fun series; in fact it turned out even better than I expected.
These comments are based on watching the series in Japanese with English subtitles.
This series may have a fairly clichéd plot but it is still a lot of fun. Over the course of the series Raku and Chitoge inevitably start to realise that far from hating each other they actually quite like each other even if it doesn't stop them arguing and right until the end one doesn't know for certain who Raku will end up with. There are plenty of laughs to be had in every episode. Not surprisingly there are visits to the pool and a beach but there isn't too much fan service. The characters are well designed and distinctive and the animation looked pretty good. Over all this was a fun series; in fact it turned out even better than I expected.
These comments are based on watching the series in Japanese with English subtitles.