Imagine an adolescent girl who has been so scarred by her father's perversion that she becomes afraid of men. This girl has the courage to turn her fear into a driving force to enroll in a prestigious university and pursue a career that will enable her to support herself without her family.
However, Ao-chan isn't permitted to have that much autonomy. Instead, a forced, unpleasant, and artificial connection with a popular youngster of false purity-who is a constant cause of anxiety-takes precedence over her goals. Her schoolwork will suffer as a result, given up on the whims of adolescent romance. Her desire to become independent decreases as she engages in romantic activities more.
The way this anime depicts Ao as someone who needs to change in order to acknowledge that guys are essential to teenage happiness is problematic. As like having a boyfriend is something she must have in order to be complete, even though nothing was truly lacking to begin with. It's okay if she wasn't ready for a relationship at her age. However, this anime says that's not okay. Thus, misconceptions regarding phallic objects, forced and uncomfortable sexual tension, severe anxiety, and hyper-erroticism that is biased in favor of the masculine gaze are all present.
In some of the best romance stories, the partners are just as ready for a relationship and have just as much to gain or lose as the other. They then have a mutually understood degree of understanding and develop closer as a result of their interactions. Though stagnant male kun is a good thing, Ao is unquestionably the one who is changing the most in this story as a result of her relationship-and for the worse. The extremely attractive but socially awkward virgin girl he dates only reveals her playful side to him. Her academic career is being sacrificed to the point where she is failing every class, whilst stale male kun appears to be unaffected by this.
