Though it panders to harem fans with excessive fanservice, it works to bait unsuspecting viewers. You can’t help but gawk at it with morbid curiosity. It is like witnessing a violent car crash. KanoKano does not pretend-it digs deep into the recesses of your desires and pulls primal emotions kicking and screaming to the surface of your subconscious. But they cover this fact with melodrama and superficial depth. Most of them are testosterone-induced fantasies written by men. Of course, it is cringy, degenerate, and trashy-harem You haven’t figured out something that isn’t obvious. It would be easy to write off KanoKano as cringe, degenerate, and trash, as so many already have, but don’t be so hasty.Īccusing Girlfriend, Girlfriend of being cringe is like saying Gintama isn’t historically accurate. Or they can become punching bags-a joke to the whole community. These anime can become successes and get praised by fans. Once in a while, controversial anime like Kanojo mo Kanojo come along and strike a nerve with the audience. A man and four women become entangled in a web of jealousy, shame, and cuckoldry…
