Reviews for Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It

NERDS! So, yeah. This is just plain funny comedy show. It features a lot of science and other stupid stuff. The Story: Himuro Ayame and Yukimura Shinya have feelings toward each other but as they are huge science nerds, they don't believe is the feelings of love since feelings are not real but science is, so they start to analyze the signs of love and other stupid stuff like that. We follow them while they conduct research on love and how to recognize the signs of love. There are a lot of actual science which is nice. Towards the end they need to present their findings onlove in front of "hardcore" scientists.

Characters: We have our main couple, Himuro and Yukimura. They are highly hilarious together. The research they do goes from how and where to go to a date, does the oxytocin level rise if they like each other etc. Himuro sometimes feels like a tsundere but she is very open about their relationship. Yukimura is very serious and does everything for science. Of course we are talking about a person who has never touched a woman so some of the test are hard. Of course the man has said some very good one liners. Let's move to the supporting cast: We haver our legal loli Ibarada Ena who probably plays more games than she should, Kanade Kotonoha is also a scientist who for some reason knows martial arts, my favourite madlad Inukai Kosuke, the man just spends all his time playing dating sims. He also had to make a presentation so he did it on dating sims, and he gained praise for it. Such a madman. and of course Professor Ikeda. He is also smart as heck and he is a fusion between Senku and Machio. He is very smart but when he is angry, he is very fucking scary and buff like a JoJo character.

The ost is fairly good sounding and the opening is very great. The song is very cool and so is the visuals.

If you like science, romcoms and other bullshit like that, then this show is for you. The comedy in my opinion is very funny but comedy is relative so not all people will like this but I recommend you trying this out.

DISCLAIMER: My review will NOT contain major spoilers. TL;DR This is basically Kaguya-sama with faster character development, a crap ton of science for you to laugh about (or be confused about), and a bit more drama to top it off. If you like science, you'd probably enjoy this; if you know your science, then you'll love this. "I think I like you." This series doesn't overstate its welcome. It kicks off its first episode with this one line. This one phrase sets the whole plot in motion, and it's realised in the scientific-comedy and romance part of the series. I watched all 12 episodes of this series andI can definitely say this is a very enjoyable and humorous romcom. What's interesting here is that the punchlines are even funnier if you knew your science well; the humour is obviously directed towards a small demographic, and the characters themselves are a lot more relatable if you'd been in their shoes. If you have zero interest in Science Maths Psychology etc, this series would be very confusing 50-75% of the time or boring. But this doesn't mean you won't get a few chuckles in each episode. It's just that it is outright hilarious to see how the series uses scientific concepts in the plot and character interactions.

*Story: 7*

The story seems pretty simple - the pair is trying to figure out a scientific theory to prove if they like one another or not. Right off the bat the series establishes its goal and just gets the plot moving from there. The plot is that much more intriguing if you are actually a Science student, concepts you'd learn previously are heavily utilised in the story. I'm not saying ordinary people wouldn't enjoy this, but seeing these concepts used in a half-jokingly manner makes the story feel very enjoyable and rewarding, only if you knew these concepts already. I'd compare this to how Science was used in Dr. Stone, that show didn't waste time of explaining too much, because everyone knows a bit of science these days. It's just that this show depends on your scientific knowledge a bit more.

Aside from the geeky stuff used, however, the plot line itself is too generic and predictable, which is why I didn't rate its story higher. Mixed with the maths, the science, etc, the plot becomes more of "Hm how would they answer this?" instead of "Hm what's going to happen next?", which I think is actually a good thing.

*Art:7*

Not much to say about art style. I like it when they change the overall art style to fit certain characters. However, the animation is pretty generic for the rest of the runtime, but I didn't have a single problem with it.

*Sound: 7*

Again, nothing much to comment on. The OP and ED are very catchy, and the OSTs are also not bad. The songs and ambient noises fit well with the story. But then again, it's not like you are watching this for amazing sound effects or art.

*Characters: 9*

This is in my opinion why this series isn't gonna be as enjoyable for everyone. The whole series is basically based off of scientist humour, it executes it quite well but not everyone is going to understand it. The characters have extremely specific intentions and interests. Their actions are so "scientific" there is barely any way to relate to them if you hadn't learnt those concepts previously. The story tries to explain the concepts midway with the cute bear cutscenes, but I think it's a bit too vague for anyone to get a grasp of it quickly. Even the bear tells the audience that "this is too complicated" so "learn it by yourself". When the characters made breakthroughs, I myself felt like I was doing this investigation with them. I had the same eureka moments as them when they'd thought of something new.

Personality-wise, most of the characters take their generic anime personalities to the extreme in this story, especially the two main leads. The hyperbolic personalities of the characters makes the humour that much more worthwhile. But then again, the characters suffer from the same problem as the plot - you won't like them if you don't understand them. While this is true for most animes, this is that much more significant in this story because the plot development relies on these pre-existing knowledge that they expect the viewer to have. Funnily enough I really liked Kanade's character in the story, her reactions are just perfect and her struggles are much more grounded when compared to the others. I enjoyed every single second of the characters interactions, but it might not be true if you didn't even know what they were babbling about.

*Enjoyment: 9*

I like science, I like maths, I like psychology, and most importantly I like my romcom. This series is practically made for me, and I'm sure they'd be others like me out there who adore these interests the same way I do. I have nothing more to say really, the concepts of a Sciency romcom is enough for me to go nuts over. The amount of enjoyment you are gonna get is similar to how anime fans enjoy Your Name more than ordinary viewers - it rewards audiences for knowing their stuff.

*Overall: 8*

As much as I subconsciously know that this series isn't as great as I say it is, in the end it was still very enjoyable and I only had a few nitpicks about it. The ending seemed fitting for a science-romcom anime and I just want more. A few of the characters are really underdeveloped, but they weren't hindering the plot so I was fine with it. Plus I'm sure they'd be further developed in the future or in the manga. As for if this show is comparable to Kaguya-sama, I liked both shows for different reasons. Kaguya-sama made the two characters look smart when they were actually just stubborn high school students; this show makes the two leads look super smart, so much so that they are just plain crazy. I'd say both shows resemble some similarities, but then again the context of both shows are so different, and the target audiences are also different.

All in all, a good watch for seasonal anime fans, and a great show for the geeky weebs out there.

All Rom and no Com. RikeKoi couldn’t fully cement itself as a really good show for two reasons, its inadequate comedic directing and unfortunately containing the anime classic, the cringey, contrived drama towards the end to create a more...memorable finish? (Seriously though, why does every show feel the need to do this?) Just like the number of negatives though, there are two things that do make RikeKoi a pretty acceptable experience to watch. The first is the charming cast of characters (besides the Manga-ka girl, obviously) and the other is the actual romantic progression that is decently fleshed out. RikeKoi is a show about scientists, andthat is where the comparison to scientists ends. The way our scientist friends are presented is about exactly how you would expect someone who maybe took a few science courses in college and decided to give writing a manga about “science types” a shot. That doesn’t mean to say they are overly obnoxious stereotypes, and a lot of the science tie-ins and references relating to love isn’t shoved down your throat, they are actually quite playful most of the time. The author does in fact have some fascination with science, but it definitely isn't obsessive Otaku-like. If you were expecting a more accurate depiction of science type people falling in love, you probably would have been stopped at the door judging by how hot all the characters look. The show's humor mostly relies on the wacky hijinks our main couple get into, they want to prove love can be analytically determined, and that's the joke, because obviously it can’t. This may sound like it gets stale, but to me the worst part isn’t the style or the continuous set-up of the jokes, it has to be the comedic directing and timing. Of course, some blame also goes to the original creator of the manga. Lets face it, RikeKoi just isn’t very funny, like at all. You will chuckle every now and again, but it’s not even close to being hilarious. You would think that would be a death sentence to a Rom-Com manga adaptation, but in its case surprisingly not. The cast of characters are fine without being funny. They manage to have a good chemistry together, whether it be the main couple Himuro & Yukimura, or Yukimura & Kanade, Ibarada & Kosuke etc. etc. This is mostly because they all have certain archetypes about themselves that work well when clashing with others in the lab. The real main character is easily Himuro, she does a good job containing the joke of the show inside of her character. She's a devoted scientist, but she can’t shake the feeling that she's in love. It isn’t like she’s not honest with her feelings, more so she literally just doesn’t know how to process them. Yukimura is all in on the idea he can “prove” whether they are actually in love or not. Kanade is more of the normal emotional thinker, so she can straight man them. Ibarada and Kosuke are a cute little side relationship. This setup managed to be amusing and simple enough for me to want to watch the show to completion. The character design is also very pleasant. One of the best ways to create an engaging couple is to make them look even better when they are next to each other. RikeKoi gets it.

The show was going well… obviously until the end. They introduce a character in the later episodes that is only there to manufacture a conflict. To RikeKoi’s defense, this seems to be a trait in far too many anime, the rush to produce a dramatic ending. As a result, the “drama” is almost always terrible, almost always cringe, and almost always means ultimately nothing in the end. At a certain point, I was so invested in Yukimura and Himuro you could have given me ANY ending that gives a good meaningful push in their romantic relationship, and I would have been sold. I’m sure most people could agree. So why give us the hardest possible ending to sit through? Ahh, it's just so disappointing.

Final verdict: If you’re interested, go for it. You will be rewarded, but also punished.

It was poetry in motion, but they blinded each other with science. Do you love me? Prove it through science! That’s the mind process of two scientists, who are head over heels for one another but can’t prove it. The solution? Perform various experiments until they can scientifically prove that they do in fact love each other. Because smart people don’t understand how feelings work or something. As a comedy this premise works fine enough. But as a romance it fails miserably. Love is a feeling you have for somebody or something. Not a presentation where you have to explain your reasoning. So having them perform theseexperiments is pointless and only prevents any romantic development. You’re not so much cheering for them as you are yelling at them to realise their own feelings. It's the same problem that most anime rom-coms suffer from, and keeps me sighing through most of them. This one was no different.

What about the characters themselves then? I’m convinced that they’re just robots in disguise. On top of not understanding basic human emotions well. They have the same type of work, believe in the same things and look pretty much the same. They are basically the same person. But something most compelling romances do is make the couple different from one another. So when they get together they complement each other, making them stronger together than they are apart. As such I didn't find their relationship worth being invested in.

As a comedy it works at least better. Although I can’t say the style of comedy was something I found to be audibly laugh inducing personally. Still, it’s the sole reason for why I would recommend this to anyone. Because the romance certainly isn’t and neither is the visuals. They’re bland without a trace of passion and creativity to it in my eyes.

Overall, the show failed at bringing anything interesting to the table and the premise ended up being it’s biggest drawback. It's a very forgettable rom-com that does not deserve your time.

What is love? Baby don't hurt me Don't hurt me No more What is actually "LOVE"? "Love is a complex set of emotions, behaviors, and beliefs associated with strong feelings of affection, protectiveness, warmth, and respect for another person." Perhaps this is an explanation that we all understand. We are all human beings, have feelings and want to love and be loved."Why do you love ME?" What is the correct answer to this sentence?

"Because of your character, appearance, kindness etc" such an answer sounds logical and plausible.

But people have a scientific explanation for almost everything in 2020, can our feelings also be analyzed and explained by science? Can we tell from certain physical reactions and fluctuations that we really love someone?

STORY:

Our two scientists, Himuro and Yukimura, want to use the power of science to prove that everything has a rational explanation, including love. They have feelings for each other, but they aren't sure if you can really call it "LOVE"? With the help of a number of experiments, they try to collect data and evaluate it. All kind of test attempts are made: what does the pulse look like when the other person is next to you, at what angle would a kiss be best, how can you achieve the perfect romantic mood etc. Their friends from their university group help them to carry out the experiments and will also become guinea pigs themself. After the initial skepticism, however, they also become more interested in helping the couple and bringing them together.

ART:

The animations are very nice to look at, the characters are well presented. Even the difficult mathematical and physical matters are presented in an understandable way with the help of a small, sweet science teddy.

SOUND:

The OPs and EDs go well with the anime itself. Even if these are definitely not in the focus, it is relaxing to listen to the music and the song. The OP is sung by Sora Amamiya, who is also the seiyuu for the main female character Himuro. It feels like those are voices from two different people. Impressive!

ENJOYMENT:

First of all, a WARNING: you will learn more about math and physics here than at school. Well, maybe it's a little exaggerated, but for someone who enjoys formulas, laws and things like that, they can certainly learn a few things. Those who are familiar with the "Millennium Prize Problems" will find something interesting too. Although these problems have not been solved yet, they are explained to the viewer objectively but understandably. Perhaps a little bit too explicit for an clueless person...

In my opinion, there was a little too much science involved, so the romance has faded somewhat into the background. Nevertheless, we still see many romantic moments between our couple.

If you want to learn something for your own date, you are probably in the wrong place. Scientifically, the "perfect date and the perfect moment" exists according to the anime, but I would not recommend anyone to try it out in real life. Anyone who prescribes a schedule to the second for his girlfriend during an amusement park date and sets the perfect route with the help of the "Traveling salesman problem" could probably soon be single again in RL. Better not try all those experiments with your girl- or boyfriend. Be smart, take the scientific aspects with you!

After all, we humans are intelligent living beings and have feelings that certainly cannot be explained by science.

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This is a mediocre anime with a perhaps interesting premise bogged down by poor execution and animation. Or, to sum it up for you simpler weebs, I didn't like it. It was extremely average to the point that it was very, very average. That made no sense. The characters were interesting with some depth to them, the concept itself was decent, but the direction and the poor handling of the anime left a lot to be desired. The idea of always "calculating this, calculating that" quickly grew old as you continued to watch it. That said, it was still bearable to watch--you just skip a lotof the boring stuff. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, but if you must watch it you won't really suffer, you'll just be bored out of your mind. Think Kaguya-sama but with absolutely garbage execution. Kaguya-sama is an example of correct execution (I've used execution too much). This is not.

I'd recommend it only to those who want to see COMEDY. Not to those who want a serious romantic love story.. I was really disappointed because I wanted a serious romance. Still I won't say that I hated this anime. Science fell in love, so I tried to prove it. As the name suggests, two people who are very technical and logical (scientists) fell in love with each other but they didn't want to believe this fact, so they did tons of experiments (literally it made me laugh so many times) to get the proof or evidence to see if they actually have fallen for each otheror not.

Art of this anime is just Admirable!

Music wasn't good enough 👎🏼

Character development wasn't seen as I wanted.. The only thing that is worth watching in this anime is HOW THEY TRY TO PROVE THEIR LOVE Statistically, Scientifically, and when their experiences and experiments don't make any sense it becomes really funny.

Overall, I enjoyed watching funny experiments and their facts and hypothesis while proving their love. I'd recommend to those who wanna laugh.

They do admit that it's funny yet they carry on.

The joke/plot/everything got old in the first half of episode 1 I remembered thinking halfway in episode 1 oh this will just be another 1/10 in my entries sigh One dimensional like Kaguya san and Takagi san You already know they still won't get what love is until the last episode or for who knows how long the manga is going They'll try to prove their feelings, they still won't get it, rinse and repeatIbarada is best girl and the only likeable character, the rest are detestable boring and generic

A complete snoozefest from start to finish

Having said that even with Ibarada focus would be snoozefest coz her love interest is just as boring as the main couple

Kanade is so bad as a straight man role

1/10

Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei shitemita or Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It, yeah right nice work , Yamamoto, Alfred ( the original creator) fro coming up with something as dorky as this series ( web manga/ anime), so here's the juice: Pros: Anime starts with science hot dork Himuro, Ayame declaring her love for an equality good looking dorkster , Yukimura, Shinya and anime ends with the two finally kissing, but not without a lot of pseudo-scientific shenanigans from the both of them. Con: Too many pseudo-scientific computations and a lotta BS bush beating and hesitation, that simply justfalling in love needs to have some scientific basis, TBH nearly all computations seen here were just very obnoxious to begin with.

Verdict (1/10)

Art:

Pros: Himuro, Ayame and Ibarada Ena's pantyhose fanservices.

Cons: Yukimura, Shinya and Inukai, Kosuke's unkempt fashion.

Verdict (7/10)

Sound:

Pros: Characters seiyuus that don't have to sound like teens and the closing theme "Turing Love" by Akari Nanawo.

Cons: Ena Ibarada's seiyuu that has to sound like this evil witch.

Verdict (8/10)

Character:

Pros: Kanade, Kotonoha who was probably the only one who has the sense and logic to understand the love has to be felt not go through all that shenanigans to proving it scientifically. There was also Ena Ibarada who basically was this kuudere who like to tease Inukai where her actions on the said character provides some sliver lining to this otherwise stupid anime.

Cons:

Himuro, Ayame- who has the body and appeal to get any man she wants , but unfortunately she just way too pathetically smart to put things into simple perspective that she only has let her love be felt by Yukimura, Shinya...

Yukimura, Shinya- basically either he way too smart or way too stupid that he forgets that love only need to be felt, too smart since he thorough and doesn't believes in luck or coincident where everything need to be studied and analyze. On the other hand he's way too stupid that he simply doesn't know what's in front of him that and yes that a hot woman who has brains and beauty but unfortunately just like him they have to go through all kinds of shenanigans when they can just simply get a room and fuck.

Inukai, Kosuke _ basically he doesn't belong here, in fact he most serves as the town's fool for his otaku antics.

Ikeda, Professor- another outta place character, who serves as a pun for Bruce Banner, in fact him being this lab head was way very ridiculous, cu'z one can't say if he's the science guy or a dorkster with muscles ....

Ararika Yamamoto- Ok so she serves as this antagonist but unfortunately she's just a poor one giving that her motives were just poor, I mean it was obvious that she isn't a science type so how did she fit as one of Ikeda's alumnus???

Verdict (1/10)

Enjoyment:

Pros: I was more into Himuro, Ayame's struggle to make Yukimura to simple fall in love with her and there is that looks where she makes men wanna have sex with her...

Cons: I felt like watching this as a chore.

Verdict (3/10)

Overall

Verdict (3/10)

This was one such anime where the theme science and romance doesn't mix , in fact the part where Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It, doesn't make any sense at all, cu'z the science part doesn't prove a thing in fact if one would ask as to why bullies take one geeks like that of Himuro and Yukimura??? Well, just watching this would be enough to understand why , cu'z this anime/ web manga was another way of adding salt to the wounds when it describes geeks or dorks whom were already having to face everyday life of being bullied...So, do I recommend this????? That would be a big "NO" in fact don't even think about having a season 2 of this very dorky anime and also they'd be better off ending the web manga ASAP.

Love comedies tend to be one of those hit or miss kind of shows.....and this one is more of a miss than not. I was really excited when I saw the trailer for this, and expected to really like it. As a college student with a job I enjoy watching slice-of-life type shows with people in it that are not always high-schoolers. I thoroughly enjoyed Wotakoi from couple years back (it's probably one of my favorite rom-coms) and saw that this had some of the same vibes. However, I was disappointed to see that it fell flat in comparison with it's samey gags every episode andless than interesting characters (except Kosuke, we love Kosuke).

One of the shows worst areas is its humor. Every episode is more of less different takes of the same overall gag which is "Two nerds over complicating love." Which I thought would be an entertaining concept......up until episode 5 or so.....then it just got kind of boring. Every episode is basically them doing some "love" related experiment to test their feelings for each-other (such as trying to kiss, touching, going on dates, etc) and basically over complicating the hell out of it by bringing in scientific methods and concepts. Like I said, it's fun for a while, but it's really just all part of the same joke extended over 12 episodes.

Now, that wouldn't be a problem IF the characters were interesting and fun to watch on screen. A good example of good characters overcoming repetitive humor is Mairimashita Iruma-kun, or Gintama. While the humor in those shows are repetitive, the characters more than make up for it. The characters in both of those shows have high energy, interesting and fresh reactions, and are just genuinely fun to see interact with each-other. This is something that Rikei ga Koi doesn't have. The only character I actually really liked out of the whole show was Kosuke, since he had an original and wacky personality that was fun to watch. In comparison every other character hardly had a personality to speak of. Yukimura is a nerd, Himuro is a nerd, Ibarada is a cut and paste Tsundere, Ikeda is buff (pretty much his whole character), and Kanade is just average.....she's kinda supposed to be the straight man, but ends up contributing nothing to the show outside of commenting on everyone's strange personalities. The author tried adding little quirks to each of the characters to make them more interesting (like Ikeda being buff and Kanade randomly Judo flipping people) but they weren't funny outside the first few uses.

Artistically, the art and animation are both passably average, and the OST is forgettable, the only good song being the ending them (only reason sound gets an 8).

In all, Rikei ga Koi is overall "meh" in my opinion. It was probably the show I looked forward to watching the least this season, and I feel like I could have not watched it, and would lose nothing if every memory of this show was ripped out of my head.

Altogether, this is a show that can be passed up with nothing missed.

"Cite that reference. Then make your argument." If you are in academia, you will know how important citing other literature is to make claims. This review is mostly SPOILER FREE. The anime in a nutshell, is pretty much analogous to an existing anime [1] with equally (if not more) enjoyable characters. A major difference being that the characters are in grad school instead of high school. Story: 8/10 The story is pretty much that of a generic romantic comedy where the two main characters are in love each other but the entire series is about their journey of getting together. Where this anime makes its mark is that the twocharacters already know they like each other but are trying to "prove" their love for each other in a scientific way. Now the scientific way is usually rigorous and hence needs a lot of experiments and data collection to establish a result. The 12 episodes essentially involve different forms of data collection.

Art and sound: 8.5/10

I feel all anime has in general reached a level of art and sound which usually won't be considered bad. What would make the anime's art distinctive is if they try an art style out of the ordinary (see e.g. [2]). This one does not have any distinguishing trait in terms of art and sound, but is overall well designed and drawn with good quality sound. A notable mention is the ending song of the anime, which is quite catchy.

Character: 10/10

The characters in the anime are all part of the scientific community, specifically researching in data science. I am a grad student in engineering myself, and hence these characters and their daily lives are very relatable for myself. The grad students in the lab are all about scientific reasoning and experiments. They also mentor some undergrads in the lab which makes this all the more realistic.

Enjoyment: 10/10

The very fact that you can find a possibility of scientific study in in eroge tells how smart the story is, and how research knows no bounds. The references to famous theorems from math and computer science bump up the enjoyment further. I personally could get most of the references, and if not -- it basically expanded my knowledge, so it is a win-win.

Overall: 9/10

The story and characters are super cute. If you are in a university, you will most certainly enjoy this anime and get most of the references. If you are in school, you will hopefully realize how awesome research culture is, and get gravitated towards science.

Bibliography:

[1] Akasaka Aka "Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen", aired 2019.

[2] Matsumoto Taiyou "Ping Pong the Animation", aired 2014.

“Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It” is what happens when You want to piss off a researcher with OCD. We follow a pair of characters (and that’s a generous assessment), that have only one trait that has been pumped up to something that pretends to be a personality, on their pathetic journey to prove that they fall in love with each other, using scientific-ish methods… even though there is a lot of research on the subject already and they could just use that. But I suppose that would make too much sense. Along for the ride are their coworkers / friendsthat are forced to help them with their goal. And yes… they are just as flat as the main duo.

Speaking of which. Our main coterie is:

Shinya Yukimura - The main, Sheldon Cooper type (yeah… sorry for referencing “The Big Bang Theory” but seriously, he is written equally stupid). Intelligent, confident in his intelligence and… a total moron when it comes to common sense. Despite loving science and using it to explain everything, he forces himself to do it himself without considering that someone, somethere, somewhen did the research that would speed up his own solution. He has a crush on his colleague - Ayame and wants to prove that he’s in love with her using pathetic, poorly designed experiments.

Ayame Himuro - The other half of the idiot romance. She has a similar love for science as her crush - Shinya and is similarly overthinking things. To be fair she could be considered just a female version of Yukimura, or Yukimura could be considered a male version of Himuro, whatever You prefer. She’s the same type of moron and similarly boring. Seriously… it would be hard to show differences between them. They are almost the same character. Just change the gender. Of course she has a semi-tragic backstory that is supposed to make You feel bad for her but it’s so cliche and cringe that it will make you facepalm instead.

Ena Ibarada - The most senior of our coterie. Small, seemingly lazy, intelligent, loves video games and I am confident that she’s the agent of chaos sent by the chaos gods themselves to spread pandemonium. She uses logic and science to basically fuck with everyone. Especially Kosuke. She’s one of two characters that aren't totally annoying or boring but still her writing isn’t anything to write home about.

Kosuke Inukai - The idiot of the squad. He avoids doing his science work to play dating sims. Considers himself a love expert but his only experience consists of “dating” 2D girls. He’s probably the worst written member of the coterie.

Kotonoha Kanade - The least annoying member of the cast and the voice of reason and yet, she gets easily caught in our main duo's shenanigans. Despite having her own research and studies, for some reason she is mostly willing to help them out. Probably because the author decided that the whole world must revolve around Yukimura’s and Himuro's stupidity.

When it comes to the plot…

Ok… I’m sorry, I really need to vent.

Scientists my ass. If they were really scientists they would at least know about Sternberg’s triangular theory of love, mere-exposure effect or, at the very, very least about the god damn desensitisation. There is a metric shit ton of research on the subject they are “studying”. If they had a brain they would just make some replications and be done with it. Plus, what they are doing is idiotic. They skipped the introduction part (the part that contains theoretical background, previous research on the topic and the goal of the research). They went from abstract straight to the experiment without even having a reasonable methodology. Yes I know I’m nitpicking but god damn it. I spent almost 6 years writing research papers on psychology and even before that… if I did something like them, my thesis promoter would cut my balls off and feed them to me raw while forcing me to listen to Amy Schumer… Ok… I’m ok… sorry for that. Where was I… a yes… the pit of despair.

The plot is pretty poor. Despite being classified as a rom-com the romance is basic and the comedy sparse. Basically the show takes most of the cliches from rom-coms and puts them in a meta situation of an experiment (poorly designed experiment might I add). The absurdity of most of the situations does make for a pretty nice, situational comedy that isn’t as slapstick as it is in most of those types of shows. That said the slapstick is still there, just not so prominent. Maybe except when it comes to Kosuke Inukai. He’s slapstick incarnate. Despite its flaws it did get a few laughs out of me. Mostly thanks to the absurdity of the experiments and the lack of common sense (yes, I know, it’s standard for anime) from almost every member of the cast.

I really wanted to like the show. The premise is actually cool. The execution… is garbage, at least when it comes to actual science stuff. The problem is, that is the only part that distinguishes this show from other rom-coms. Without it’s just another, boring, middle of the road, lacking in creativity show that doesn’t have the cojones to do something original and exceptional. The premise had potential but it needed someone who actually knows how to make an intelligent show. It didn’t get that.

And yes… I will watch season two. Why? Because if I don’t my OCD will kill me.

Part of me hopes that it will get better but… I won’t hold my breath

"What is this thing called Love?...using SCCCCCIENCE~!!" LA will say it directly about Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei shitemita. and that it's one of those strain of animes similar to Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen, the biggest difference however is that our main couple of Ayame Himuro voiced by Sora Amamiya and Shinya Yukimura voiced by Yuuma Uchida actually "spits it out" and their endeavors to "scientifically" and "mathematically" find their having "spit it out" to each other. Ohhh this isn't spoilers by the way, they do this in the FIRST episode!. So in the Ikeda Lab where they work asuniversity students as well as their fellow lab members helps Himuro and Yukimura to "find love".

Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei shitemita. is a very character-centric anime, what with the focus being entirely romantically angled and ALOT of the comedy comes from adorkable Himuro and Yukimura having zero romantic experiences and them having their rebuttals usually being "long rants with scientific and mathematical equations" as a result and to say that can relate in ALOT of ways to the two and their rebuttals though a running gag, the anime managed to diversify this running gag quite well only added to the comedy and the characters in general.

Now, since this is a character centric anime, let's go over them shall we?. First off would be LA's favourite character and waifu of the anime, Ayame Himuro, being a kuudere with more deredere than kuu and with her appeal coming from her reactions (and let's face it the more tamer of the kuu compared to Yukimura) and her appearance and posing making LA remember of a certain spy idol that LA likes *ahem*, nonetheless Himuro was definitely LA's favourite character of the anime. Shinya Yukimura, much like Himuro but aforementioned is a bit more kuu than dere though he has his moments as well, for the most part both Himuro and Yukimura's scientific relationship is the major focal point of the anime and LA could relate to them in some level (or you know...LA ships them as well). Next is our audience surrogate Kanade Kotonoha voiced by Natsuko Hara, the most sane member of Ikeda Lab and is "one" of the strongest characters and replies in kind, though she was the most sanest of members of the lab, she is relegated to one liner to the rest of the cast antics and delivered well nonetheless.

Next is the beta couple of Kosuke Inukai voiced by Jun Fukushima and Ena Ibarada voiced by Nichika Oomori, Kosuke is a hardcore dating sim otaku who's in love with a 2D character while Ena is his childhood friend who constantly likes to tease him about his childhood as an advantage and Ena also liking yaoi sometimes pits Kosuke and Yukimura in romantic situations fo the lolz. Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei shitemita. and any romance anime does well is not only make the man couple interesting but the beta couple too, then it's a VERY good romance anime and with Kosuke and Ena, LA can clearly say you want to root for them too much like Yukimura and Himuro...-sigh- if only Kosuke wasn't the butt monkey of the lab and wasn't eying a 2D character (*ahem* not that LA is one to talk *AHEM*). Finally we have Professor Ikeda voiced by Ryoutarou Okiayu, being the lab's namesake and owner...he...uhhhhh....gets BUFF.

Oh and best of all Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei shitemita. is informative as when Yukimura or Himuro comes along with mathematical or scientific jargon a bear named Rikekuma comes along that explains it though reluctant almost like Rikekuma voiced by Momo Asakura knows we're not THAT stupid and can follow along thus Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei shitemita can be a VERY informative anime.

Nonetheless the cast of Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei shitemita. was VERY well done with the minimal cast allowing for lots of character interactions and LOTS of character and relational screentime with the minimal cast allowing for more comedic hijinks along the way as well.

Now the anime for the better half of the anime follows an episodic format where Yukimura and Himuro conducts romance experiments and the like and it's what you expect, what LA didn't expect is that some off handed remarks actually coming along in some latter episodes when things gets "serious" in some sense. When Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei shitemita. does get into more serious drama arc in the "Training Camp arc", we also gets introduced to one more character, that being Arika Yamamoto voiced by Yui Ogura and let's say she makes her motives VERY CLEAR. Yeah the only major nitpick LA will say to this anime is it's handling of it's "only villain" as she makes it's bluntly clear she's a villain out to sabotage Himuro and Yukimura's relationship, sure the only defence LA will say is, why not the change of pace with a villain and it is noted through word of god that Arika is the author's avatar thus write what you know goes into this, but LA will say that Arika makes her motives known in her INTRODUCTION episode, it's obvious she will be up to something and a red herring is null and void. But yes LA's own defence of a change of pace does make Himuro and Yukimura's relationship rocky be interesting, only furthers that Arika has a point, LA just wished she covered her motives up better for the audience instead of blatantly saying it.

Zero-G animated Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei shitemita. and boy was LA surprised by their animation, it was crisp, great comical facial reactions, good character designs and though the backgrounding was probably the least interesting thing they did, for Zero-G it's a HUGE step up from their previous works like Dorei-ku the Animation and One Room. If anything this is one of Zero-G's most polished works LA has seen from them and LA thusly give major props to them in the animation department.

The voice cast were ALL great, from Sora Amamiya as best waifu Himuro and nailing her kuudere to Yuuma Uchida's mostly kuu cadence through Yukimura. Nichika Oomori channeling her Yurine from Jashin Dropkick in giving dry one liners and generally being the tease to Natsuko Hara's witty one liners as Kanade, Jun Fukushima's boisterously genki cadence as Kosuke was pretty good with Momo Asakura as Rikekuma sorta following suit similar to Nichika Oomori's cadence but in a brighter tone as it were and finally Yui Ogura as Arika Yamamoto was very well done as the sheep in wolf clothing. LA LOVED this voice cast, especially from Natsuko Hara, Nichika Oomori, Yuuma Uchida and MVP Sora Amamiya.

If your craving more animes in the same veins of Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen, but with a science and math edge towards it, much like Chika and Kaguya being waifu's, then Ena and most definitely Himuro will be yours too with Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei shitemita. because you know what? What Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen has still teased us with a kiss between the main couple, Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei shitemita. did it in TWELVE, heck they CONFESSED IN ONE. LA loves both animes by the way as they BOTH handle love differently, Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen looking at psychologically and with Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei shitemita looking at love scientifically and mathematically.

What's the formula for love?...well...

C8H11NO2+C10H12N2O+C43H66N12O12S2 just don't take it high doses or you'll get cases of schizophrenia, extreme paranoia, and insanity.

Or ya'know a 100 on the Beauty Index to set the mood as it were.

RikeKoi is just another RomCom. There is nothing special about it. Its high concept is entirely superficial, its specs are completely average by today's standards, and its most redeeming quality is the busty waifu on the cover. I can't recommend that you watch this show. Here's why: -[Not Smart]- RikeKoi is not a smart show. It isn't about science, and it isn't for people who respect science as an idea. RikeKoi is yet another anime following the trend of media raping science of its meaning and purpose. Do not go into this show thinking that it has anything to do with science. Listen, I'm not a scientist,but I, like many others, am very interested in knowing about science. I have no desire to study a specific field in hopes of uncovering the world's secrets, but I am absolutely enticed by the idea of knowing information. For people like me shows that market themselves as science-based are immediately more appealing than those who don't.

As a trivia-craving autist, I can verify with 100% certainty that this show is not for people like us. Go watch Vsauce, or maybe Dr. Stone if you really want to watch an anime.

-[Not Funny (didn't laugh)]-

RikeKoi is not funny. Obviously, this is just my opinion, however, I can say with a fair bit of confidence that the show wasn't trying to be funny either. Unless your sense of humor is basically "Ha. That's cute. They blushed.", you'll be left watching 60 minutes of anime and laughing 1 time. Now I'm not too good at math, but that equates to about 1 laugh per hour. I could laugh more times in an hour if you just locked me up in a sensory deprivation chamber. Not funny, didn't laugh.

-[Bad Writing]-

Characters are inconsistent and the writing is cliched and predictable. Yukimura and Himuro's scientifically oriented mindsets aren't believable because they drop them on a whim. This makes the story's progression rather meaningless, since the pursuit of truth often takes a backseat to 'fuck it, lets just do this because it's more entertaining'. Love can be pretty easy to point out on a biological level, since your brain responds uniquely to love with chemicals. I mean, I know the show would be pretty boring if this was the acknowledged, but that's not my problem, it's the writer's.

Also, fucking cliches are everywhere. Every character is an archetype. They all act predictably. The story progresses predictably. There's even a section in episode 3 that is absolutely done-to-death. The writers try to play the cliche off with self-awareness, but that doesn't excuse its use as a plot element that will inevitably come up later.

-[Everything Else + The End]-

Presentation was good, not outstanding. The artstyle is follows modern norm. The characters, as previously mentioned, lack depth. I suspect that they probably don't change by the end, since it isn't necessary to progress the story. Yada yada, review over.

Overall, this show was just a typical RomCom. Ordinarily, this wouldn't be a big deal, but I waited 3 months to watch this show only to be disappointed within 3 episodes. I'm actually kind of sad. 5/10

Disclaimer: this is not spoiler, this is something that out from my mind, and from my heart for Overall, this anime is good after i watch the series, i surprised that this anine in ONA type (An original net animation) and not a TV type, but i really enjoy this anime and also, this anime help me on my essay, so many explanation about kind of a formula that used in thesis or essay. the anime explain each character background that make audience understand where the character traits come from finnaly, the anime gonna bring u enjoyment in every scene, and the story is easy to understand.

Rikei ga Koi, or Rikekoi is a very serviceable comedy. If you are really into a certain type of humour, in this case nerds really failing to understand social cues and romance, then there is a lot of mileage you can get out of this. I found myself very attached to the characters and having a lot of fun in the first half of the show. The reason this is a little bit lower than a really good show is that the show never really managed to move beyond that, it found itself repeating the same genre of the joke all the way until theend, with only a few exceptions.

The characters are for the most part great. The two main leads carry the show and clearly have amazing chemistry, while most of the side characters are able to have fun interactions between them, particularly the troll-like nature of Ibarada (best girl) and each other that fit the setting of a lab with people that know each other well. The setting of something outside of high school is so rare in an anime that I have to value it for that alone, there's a lot of conversations that you don't see in a typical anime. The side of it that works as a workplace/uniplace comedy is very high, although all the episodes are about the same central plot.

Some side elements of the show fell a bit flat. The side-premise is that the show teaches you the scientific method through a section with a talking bear, although this doesn't feel as good when half of the time the bear tells you to look up the more detailed bits of knowledge yourself (come on, we're watching anime here, the last thing we want to do is actual work! - this'd work if they gave us sufficient interest on the subject, but they don't) and the actual knowledge imparted is that of a high-school level education. It all feels very half-hearted. The other thing is that one character introduced part-way through the show adds a level of meta that the show honestly could have done without and it just shows up the immaturity of the writer in a way that's sadly rather distracting.

SPOILERS WARNING Ok so practically this anime took the idea from Wotakoi (Love is hard for an otaku) and adapted it for "science people" I mean the fact that the science is taken too far is what made the anime not so enjoyable for me... Some jokes can be ok, but having a bunch of scientists work really hard to explain something that was too obvious made them look so stupid. The main characters are boring, just scientists that are too intelligent for being normal high school students, a super cute but "strong" girl, the super smart but small and cute girl and the dork who shouldn't bein the club to begin with!

I think that watching those two trying to accomplish love by experiments made me feel so awkward! Specially when they started trying kissing and dating. I have to say that even that could have been more enjoyable if the characters were a little bit more human, showing more than the steoreotype they are based on; but there was nothing relatable about them.

They even had to add a "crazy mangaka" as the villian in order to get those two to kiss! I mean, you don't need a villian to make a love story work! you just need more time for the characters to accept how the feel, experience more together and all that, not that cliche part of:

"Oh no she broke her gift for him! she runs away (even though being so smart she decided to run like crazy) and trips, Oh no! he has to go and save her!"

That was over the top even for an basic anime like this one.

It can be fun at times, specially if you get the formulas and ideas they are talking about, the animation is ok but the art is really generic.

If you like science you may find this one a little bit entertaining, but If you want something more relatable and more of a love story then there are plenty more and a lot better that this one.

I don't like to make really long reviews because reading too much is really annoying so I'll go straight to the points. This anime is great if you want to have a good time, not like impressive and perfect, but probably one of the best romcom I've seen in a While. The story is pretty simple, in a ressearch lab there are 2 researchers, Himuro and Yukimura, abd Himuro tells one day to Yukimura that she thinks that she is inlove with him and, since they are the science kind they start their own research to prove that point, simple premise but really effective. The art and soundof this anime is fucking damn great, probably I'll have the opeing song for a long time in my head. The characters design are simple but really compeling, beautiful and overall really nice.

The characters are great, not fucking damn stereotypes... well some of them a bit but really charming on their own way, you are going to be really feeling how Kanade feels a lot of the time... seriously I don't know how she doesn't kick the faces of Himuro and Yukimura more often xD.

If you've been a nerd all your life (like me) you are going to enjoy this anime a lot because you are going to easy identify with the main characters, the commedy is there and is funny in general. I really enjoyed this one!

Before I start this review, I will be heavily criticizing the show but I still really love its somewhat original premise. Story \8.5\10 The title says it all, two scientists trying to prove their love to each other using science. Its done quite well leading to some unique moments and honestly, its makes me laugh more then I thought, and I think its worth checking out based on that. Art\sound 7\10 Good overall, nothing special besides I would say the ending being a banger. Characters 4\10 Now if I was rating the two scientists falling in love himuro and yukimura this would be a 9 out of ten. These characters bounceoff each other perfectly, and make this series amazing. Himuro is also prime waifu material, and beautiful without echii elements.

However the side characters is what really puts this show under for me. Not only are they all pretty cliche or bland, but they tend to come up at the worst times and tend to ruin the moment, not in the sense of interrupting some echii moment, but the actual story or when I am immersed into what our main love birds are doing. Not only them but the bear explaining science to us really takes a toll on the anime and I highly suggest skipping forward about 2 minutes when you see him. the side characters add nothing for the most part and tend to feel like a step back. If this anime focused more on our main couple they could push the show by themselves easily.

enjoyment 6\10

Like stated before with the side characters being annoying\generic the other issue I have with this anime is while it is a science anime, they tend to over explain at times for what it seems to hit the 20 minute mark. This can get old really fast since this is a rom com, not steins gate I really don't need to hear the smallest things explain CONSTANTLY. Not that all the explanations are bad or boring mind you, but its hit or miss.

Overall 7\10, I would recommend it, but this show really had more potential, and if the problems I stated don't bother you, then you are going to enjoy this anime a lot more then I did.

Introduction: • Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei shitemita is a fun and enjoyable seasonal anime that fills the romcom slot. Rather than putting major focus on either the romance or comedy aspect, this Anime adds science to the mix instead, providing a unique experience. Story (7): • Basic romcom premise, two main characters like each other and chaos ensues. • In this case, the science aspect adds a unique twist to the typical romcom premise which brings the comedy up a notch. • I don't expect to see any resolution on the romance side of things, and if there does happen to be some resolution, it willprobably be very weak.

• The science as previous mention is fairly realistic and grounded in reality. Lot's of real life references are made along with explanations to what they mean. The way they do the explanations kind of annoys me, it is sudden and done in a very strange manner.

Art (7):

• Not much to be said in this category. Art looks good but nothing special. Animations are typical as well, some movement with mostly static shots. It does the job and does not take you out of the experience. However, the opening theme does have good visuals to it.

Sound (7):

• Slightly better than the art but not enough to reach an 8. The opening and ending themes are both well made and catchy with the opening being the better of the two in my opinion.

• The OSTs used are average and forgettable but get the job done.

Characters (8):

• This is where the series shines. Characters all have unique personalities and quirks. This makes for fun and interesting interactions between each other. You have the two science types that struggle to function in normal circumstances and over analyze everything. You have the two otakus that like the mess with each other and cause trouble. You have the freshman girl that just joined them who has a more level headed attitude that struggles to keep up with their craziness. And recently, the absent minded yet polite teacher that turns insane at the drop of a hat. All in all, you can expect some crazy scenarios that you will not find in typical romcoms.

Enjoyment (8):

• I am personally enjoying this Anime a lot and look forward to it every week. As a disclaimer, I tend to be in the target audience for these types of shows but I am attempting to review this without any bias.

Overall (7):

• Considering all the previous categories and the score I have given them, I have decided to give the Anime a 7 as of now. This is a score that is subject to change, but I am pretty confident it will stay as a 7.

• I recommend this show to fans of romance, comedy, and science. People that are expecting actual romance will be disappointed. If you are expecting a complete story or a season 2, you will also likely to be disappointed.

Conclusion:

• Definitely a good seasonal show that is worth watching but not a stand out in particular.

• My first ever review as well, feedback is appreciated.