Masamune-kun no Revenge - Season 1

I cannot say that I did not enjoy this show. In fact, I kind of already knew beforehand that I might be interested in it because as a mischievous person in my youth who was sometimes rejected because of my appearance (and who also had no discernment and so always went crazy for the prettiest and nastiest creature around, thinking he could see her hidden beauty as well) I actually see this as a subject matter pretty close to my heart. The idea of revenge also appealed to me then, and the naive belief that everything would turn around and there would be a romantic happy ending appealed to me even more, being a hopeless dreamer in my youth. There are a lot of the standard tropes, a love story worthy of a soap opera, and the ending is actually quite predictable (even though we are going to have to wait for a second season, because no one knows yet if it will ever be made). However, it is easy to watch, you might even smile at times, and the main female protagonist is such a strange combination of being insufferable and inner beauty that I grew quite fond of her. I quite liked the male protagonist too, and I found his efforts at supposedly cool behavior and cruel revenge in contrast to his indecision and confusion (yeah, the boy is starting to get into it) quite likable. So, I was intrigued, although not as much as I would be looking forward to each new episode. With this show, it was more like - "New episode, OK, why not?". In the language of numbers, it is 6.2/10. (27.05.2023)