(Good) My Love Story!!

NOTE: I watched this series in English

Series in one sentence:
A love story so sweet, it kills ants.

Series in more sentences:
A huge, unattractive teenage boy with a heart of gold finally finds the love of his life, but his inexperience with girls creates many silly situations. It doesn't help that the girl has a rather childlike mentality as well. Luckily they both get alot of help from the deadpan 3rd wheel they drag along; the boy's popular best friend, and neighbour since childhood.
 

A very interesting anime. Some of the humor and pacing reminds me of Western cartoons; it's all surprisingly understandable and just really funny. This series also has the added charm of offering double dialogue with help of text on screen, which animes often do, but here it's part of the script. The quotes that appear next to the characters' faces can be funny, but they also give the character more personality. Sometimes the words go by too fast, but the show wants to be fast paced, so I won't complain about it too much.

The romance was very innocent; you won't get to see any inappropriate scenes, which was refreshing. Especially since I'm now watching an anime that takes every opportunity it can to shove D-cup breasts or lady crotch against the screen. I might have to abort that one.
My Love Story respects its characters and never forgets who they are. A good example of this is the deadpan friend, who was clear at the beginning not to care for having a girlfriend, but then the series introduces this bland, yet nearly-psychotic girl, and has him go out with her. I became worried at that point, as I really didn't care for this randomly inserted character. She wasn't anything different from all other girls who chased this boy, except that she never spoke ill of his tall friend behind his back. There was no charm to her, and her grey hair was just distracting to me, especially since the series mostly tries to be realistic with their given hair colours.
But well, there was actually a plausible conclusion to this two-parter, and the guy does not accept her as his girlfriend. Even the girl recognizes that he just wanted to be nice to her, but has no further interest, and that's a conclusion not often made in TV shows.

Speaking of the deadpan boy, I adore this character. His voice sounds bored, his face looks empty, and he has the tendency to speak his mind, it creates hilarious dialogue. He rides on the pretty-anime-boy cliché and turns it around. His loyalty and love for his friend is also endearing.

And then there's his friend. He is impossibly sweet, though can be a tad annoying/loud at times. At these moments I have to remind myself that he is still something like 14-15 years old, so in a way his personality isn't that strange. I was silly and loud at that age.
I liked the first two episodes where he was still clueless about the crush his now-girlfriend had on him. I was surprised by how quickly the anime had them date, I thought the show was about these two cluelessly chasing each other. When looking at how slow their relationship progressed, maybe that would've been better. It takes forever for them to kiss, hug, hold hands, the basics of the basics; like you're watching two 8-year-olds. And maybe we are? It's clear they're both very jumpy and giggly.

Still, something about their relationship seemed off to me, and I think it's the fact the boy doesn't really talk much to her. His mind won't shut up about her, but he doesn't actually utter these words. In any normal relationship that would just look like a lack of communication, and I'm surprised the girl never commented on his depicted disinterest for her stories and compliments. The only time he shows loud excitement is when she feeds him and that's not much of a relationship, is it. It's clear the girl means everything to him, but the only ones who can hear his thoughts are him and the viewer.

Anyway, it's just a small complaint. The way the boy repeats his compliments, intentions, etc. can be tiresome sometimes, but it portrays what kind of person he is. A loving and grateful one. I've never seen a character like him.