A dumb girl gets an unhealthy crush on an antisocial and abusive boy.
Series in more sentences:
A girl tries to fit in with her new friends in class by lying about having a boyfriend, but when they want to see a photo of him, she takes one of a random person on the street, who happens to attend the same school and is quite popular. When she finds out about her mistake, she arranges a deal with him to play along, but he says only to agree in exchange for her daily service and self-respect; revealing that the most popular guy in school is actually an black-hearted sadist.
Despite this, she soon finds herself charmed by his small acts of kindness, and her persistence manages to turn their fake relationship into a real one. So far that's possible with an emotionless skeptic of love.
It was weird. The characters and story changed after just a few episodes, into nothing I expected. First we have this standard, but enjoyable portrayal of a relationship between an extorted slave and a two-faced master, but then this girl gets a rushed and unquenchable crush on him, and the series continues to focus on these two clumsily dating. I found it a very boring second half of the series.
When looking at the intro bit and this anime's title, you think it's about this girl who can't stop lying and is forced to be this sadist's "dog" because of it. And it is, in the first few episodes, but then it just switches over to these two being in a relationship, and you experience this unrewarding romance that truly should've been left out.
The show made this girl fall in love with this boy way too early. The guy hadn't done anything at that point to earn this kind of unhealthy devotion, while she, on her turn, had done nothing at that point to stand out from all the other squealing teenagers that throw themselves onto him on a daily basis.
The guy is being approached by annoying, loud, obsessed girls all the time, how does the girl even stand out? I remember enough characters asking this, but I don't remember him explaining it. Because, let's be honest, she doesn't stand out.
Some viewers commented it's an accurate portrayal of a sadist and masochist relationship and that's why we're seeing what we're seeing, but that can't be so, as this girl doesn't like to get insulted or ignored. If anything, she is an optimistic idiot who's trying to "change him", which makes this kind a relationship even worse. A masochist likes to get hurt and would not bother to make requests that would benefit themselves. The leading girl does not fit the description.
Even the prince stopped fitting the description of a sadist after a couple of episodes; it's more like his incompetence and unfamiliarity with love causes him to appear antisocial and uncaring. But it's not like he wants to be, if we have to believe his actions in some of the episodes.
I didn't like this change, it doesn't add up with what the series taught us about this character at the start.
The joke with the prince was that everyone at school thought he was a kind-hearted, angel-faced, pure blond, but secretly a devil who enjoys owning people like a pet. Together with wolf girl, he was pulling off a double facade, which opened up alot of comedic opportunities. Wolf girl felt embarrassed to be his slave and do stupid tricks for him, but this was the price she was willing to pay for spreading lies. The relationship was unpleasant for comedic purposes, and was way more entertaining than the more serious-toned bore that followed afterwards. I don't understand why the writers turned this girl into an annoying fangirl for the rest of the anime. Why not keep her tortured, but silly and gullible? The guy could've kept teasing her with fake kindness, but without it making her fall for him and getting all attached.
The prince did not change for the better, either. We see him in a continuously foul mood, but doesn't really show sadistic outbursts anymore. He stopped keeping up appearances at school as well, defeating the point of his original character. Was he not supposed to pretend to be a normal, popular kid? Now he constantly looks and acts devoid of joy and emotion.
I'd rather have a self-aware sadist.
Because these two started dating so quickly, the girl's undying love and the boy's hurtful responses just don't create any touching or funny scenes. I think it would've been better if she stayed his victim of extortion for the majority of the series and she didn't develop feelings for him after he had properly proven himself to be worth it. Punching one dude in the face and announcing her to be his possession is not worthy of receiving unconditional love, and it makes the girl seem extremely desperate and pitiful.
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