天下制覇

I found the problem already.

Impressions:

The problem is that the protagonist is a melodramatic, nagging bitch who is allergic to anybody enjoying themself. It starts out with the male lead asking her "What do you care what I like to draw?" and her response is to destroy his painting and yell "Because screw you, that's why." What a laugh riot. It's supposed to be because she can't express how she really feels, but they've mistaken self-centered, temperamental shrieking harpy for comedy, and later in the episode, blasting on-hold music and tears for emotion and sentimentality. That whole scene was painful. Deafening and painful.

It also pegged this as another show that was trying to have it all, comedy, romance, and drama, and no real idea how to go about any of them in any way but the most superficial. The 'emotional' music is the biggest sin, but the terrible jokes and lifeless characters aren't doing it any favors either. There are even technically two 'stories' to this episode; one for describing the male lead's gimmick, and one for pretending like he's quitting to wring out close to five straight minutes of melodrama music. They were trying to play her off as a beleaguered straight man and tortured, insecure girl, yet only presented a narcissist bordering on obsessive sociopath. Also, the animation was balls.

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