I find it quite amusing to watch. The boy who was always alone and had no one to talk to - he had no friends - finds a girlfriend who loves him as he is. I honestly like the concept that the boy doesn't have to do anything to do well in school (like maid-sama). ^^

I can assure you not everyone loves Horimiya ... just wait till the manga readers get here.

You said it yourself—it's a simple romance. Even though there are many now, back when Horimiya started, there weren't many like it. Horimiya elegantly treads the line between drama and simplicity. It's a very good slice of life. The side characters complement the two main characters. It's simple and sweet; that's enough of a reason for its popularity. With that being said, Horimiya isn't loved by 'everyone'. I'm pretty sure a handful of people don't like it.

Horimiya's main part is its wholesomeness. Very nicely done. Not overly dramatic, nor overly laid back but a good balance. Specially the character developments for all the characters tho lot of those were missed in the anime since it cut of a decent chunk to cover the full thing in 12 eps.

No, I don't love it.
But I don't agree with your point on No development. It has, and some praise it, because of the development it gives to every character in the series, minor or not.

I don't hate it, and if it wasn't for the voice acting & Cloverworks animation, I probably would have disliked it.

Its just a fun romance to watch with good characters, atleast thats what i think. Definetly not the best romance out there tho

its a romance show thats actually a romance, thats why.
romance shows typically have 0 romance in the slightest (cough kimi ni todoke cough), or take 48 episodes for the characters to even confess, with nothing but cockblocks like a phone ringing during a kiss scene happening beforehand, or the characters are just generic archetypes like tsunderes, or the show is 99% comedy and 1% not romance like kaguya-sama.

Horimiya takes likable, relatively unique characters, puts them together in like episode 2, and follows their relationship (which is what we actually give a shit about in a romance show, not the buildup, cockblocks and stupid "misunderstandings" and dense idiot MCs)
its not the best, but its definitely up there, it just falls off in the second half when it starts to lose focus on the main couple.

Agreed. I like its premise but the whole "different identities at home" quickly took a
dive and shifted to plain slice-of-life which I'm not into. Plus, the characters feel really
unnatural to me for some reason so I can only enjoy bits and pieces of the story. Both
the manga and anime are disappointments for me.

Characters Growing:
This is the one thing I appreciate about it.

Wholesome::
Yeah uhhhhh, I'm very comfortable with shoujo romances. So I see it all the
time anyway and this being 'wholesome' isn't new for me like it is for others.

I haven't actually seen anyone who loves it. I liked the show when it became a lighthearted episodic school SoL based around the side charas (yuki best girl), but literally everyone I've seen liked that part the least.

It's got more development (yes, between the main couple) than a lot of romances do, though.

i remember watching a video basically saying that the manga had a lot of relatable scenes which humanised the characters a lot. but i agree with you, its a pretty shallow story

I just think it’s neat.

In my opinion its not like many romance stuff who is stuck at "do i love her?" "do she loves me?"

Its bringts everything straight up on the point, and its in my opinion wholesome and funny, also Charakter Design is really nice imo. Its a feel good Anime with interesting aspects.

Additionaly they set a Fokus on almost every Charakter, what i think gives the anime variety without getting stuckt in some relationsship

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and they complete the story without, "its over read the manga" or "wait 99 years for a secound season". They picked up the most important Moments from the Manga, of course they could tell more, because they dont adept everything but its okay, it dont feels rushed for me like Promised Neverland S2.

But like @MoNniI21HaJ said, i saw enough ppl who dont like it, for example some manga reader, or one friend of mine.

The anime or the manga? I've seen the anime, and I totally agree with you. I've heard the manga's much better though.

My problem with it is thatafter Hori and Miyamura get together, I feel like they just kind of went over side characters that I didn't have a reason to care about. It started off good enough, and it definitely had potential, but they rushed the confession.

i finished it just now and i really enjoyed it i don't watch many romance slice of lifes but when i do they are enjoyable

2nd half of Horimiya manga was not that great but it was a great laid back wholesome manga with early confession, no stupid love triangles, likable cast, art and Souta

i totally agree with you ...

Idk but I def like it and put it over other romance favorite

i don't love it but I think it was pretty good for a romcom anime.

it sucks ass

yea honestly i don't get it either... like its fine but the characters are not that interesting and it gets boring pretty quick

because its good

anime watchers love anything that looks pretty. if it had mediocre visuals, it would've been a flop.

I read just 20 or 30 chapters of the manga and when I come to watch horimiya anime I was like "what the hell?! what they did with the history?" because the anime has such a lack of events and at some point it's like there's no history and the characters were developing for almost nothing.

People love it because of it's vanilla execution.

No cringe characters, no misunderstanding driven story, no cockblock phone ringing effects, no love triangle, no useless jealousy.

It just works like it should do in other shows as well. The characters are understanding each other and actively trying to solve their own doubts & problems.

You know, they feel like humans, not written characters created to deliver fake, forced and annoying "entertainment" to squeeze out 24-36 episode from a kiss with the same repetitive & annoying events I've just mentioned.

HoriMiya feels honest to the romance genre. It isn't the best romance, but it is the best vanilla romance show for sure, by a long shot.

I thought the first half was great because the romance was pretty realistic. Second half is where it fell off for me. It tried to introduce tons of characters I couldnt care less about so I ended up skipping through some of the episodes. Still solid overall

i found it to be a disappointment because on paper it's everything i'd like in a romance but when i actually read some chapters it was painfully boring, even fell asleep once

It may not be the craziest of anime but it definitely fulfilled its intended purpose. It did everything it could do perfectly which is what makes it so great in my opinion. It's pretty simple but I find it hard to find things not good about it which is why I personally rated it a 9. It may be simple but its entertaining and a pretty good rom-com.

bandwagon hype

The anime is 5/10 at best, the manga is even worse

i started horimiya since the beginning of it being translated into english and have kept up with the new manga releases. in the beginning, i really loved the simple will they wont they of the series because it felt like a realistic slice of life portrayal of a high school romance. i also just really loved learning more about izumi when it would show you his struggles and his confidence issues. the anime did a pretty okay job in my opinion of adapting the show, but i didnt feel like it really captured what made horimiya great imo

my love for the series however has kinda gone down a bit though, so i understand how you feel. instead of telling a story of these two characters getting to know each other and wondering when they get together, they actually together pretty quickly. which in some cases is good and others not so good. the story now feels like episodic shorts which im not as much a fan of. but i do still love and care about the characters and so i continue to read it