Oreshura

俺の彼女と幼なじみが修羅場すぎる (Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru)

6.9(307,758)

MAL Score

Ranked #5495

Popularity #425

Comedy
Romance
Harem
School

Episodes: 13
Duration: 23 min per ep
Aired: Jan 6, 2013 to Mar 31, 2013
Status: Finished Airing

Synopsis

Eita Kidou’s home life was shattered by his parents’ infidelity, leaving him distrustful of romance and determined to avoid it altogether. At high school, he pours his energy into studying with a clear goal in mind: becoming a doctor.

His indifference catches the attention of Masuzu Natsukawa, a beautiful, widely admired classmate who’s grown weary of constant attention and shares a cynical view of love. Masuzu proposes that Eita pose as her boyfriend, and when he refuses, she corners him with leverage—his private journal, and the threat of exposing its most embarrassing contents online. Forced into a fabricated relationship with the school’s most sought-after girl, Eita suddenly finds himself dealing with jealousy, confessions, and the unexpected complications that come with pretending to date.

Otaku Consensus

Oreshura lands as a divisive but durable 2013 harem rom-com: A-1 Pictures’ clean visual polish, Kanta Kamei’s brisk single-cour direction, and a cast built for rapid-fire school-club banter are what keep it memorable beyond its fake-romance hook. Its 6.88 MAL score and 66/100 AniList score reflect the split reception accurately: fans praise the humor, character chemistry, and glossy presentation, while the recurring criticism is that the larger plot machinery is thinner than its best comic scenes.

Why You Should Watch

Watch Oreshura if you want a harem rom-com that leans into embarrassment, verbal sparring, and anti-romance cynicism without turning into heavy melodrama. It scratches a similar itch to Nisekoi’s relationship-chaos setup, but with more emphasis on chuunibyou cringe, club-room comedy, and a protagonist whose academic single-mindedness gives the jokes a sharper edge. The appeal is not a grand romantic destination; it is the pleasure of watching carefully maintained personas collapse under pressure. A-1 Pictures gives the show a soft, polished school-life look, while the 13-episode format keeps the heroine introductions and escalating misunderstandings moving quickly. If you like rom-coms where the comedy comes from social performance as much as attraction, this is the lane Oreshura occupies.

Key Characters

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Eita Kidou(VA: Ryouta Oosaka)
Eita is memorable because his anti-romance stance is not just a gag but the organizing principle behind his deadpan reactions, study obsession, and resistance to typical harem-protagonist wish fulfillment.
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Masuzu Natsukawa(VA: Yukari Tamura)
Masuzu is the show’s most pointed comic weapon: a poised school idol type whose cool exterior and manipulative intelligence turn ordinary romantic comedy beats into power games.
C
Chiwa Harusaki(VA: Chinatsu Akasaki)
Chiwa represents the childhood-friend energy of the series, giving the comedy a more emotionally direct counterweight to Masuzu’s colder, more calculated presence.
H
Himeka Akishino(VA: Hisako Kanemoto)
Himeka brings the series’ chuunibyou streak to the foreground, making her scenes stand out through theatrical self-mythologizing rather than straightforward romantic rivalry.

What Makes It Stand Out

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A-1 Pictures produced the anime during the Winter 2013 season, giving it a clean, high-gloss school-romance finish that helped viewers single out its visuals even when criticizing the story.
2
The adaptation is structured as a compact 13-episode single cour, airing from January 6 to March 31, 2013, which keeps its harem escalation and school-club comedy in a fast seasonal rhythm rather than a long slow burn.
3
Director Kanta Kamei and series composer Tatsuhiko Urahata shape the material around dialogue pressure, public image, and classroom social dynamics, making the comedy depend more on performance and leverage than slapstick alone.
4
AniList’s tag breakdown captures the show’s specific identity: Female Harem at 92%, School Club at 84%, Chuunibyou at 67%, Fake Relationship at 60%, and Meta at 47%, placing it firmly in self-aware early-2010s rom-com territory.
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The central voice ensemble is unusually recognizable for a school harem comedy, pairing Ryouta Oosaka with Yukari Tamura, Chinatsu Akasaki, Ai Kayano, and Hisako Kanemoto across the main cast.

Fun Facts & Trivia

Fun fact 1: Oreshura has a modest critical average but unusually strong visibility: on MyAnimeList it holds a 6.88 score from 307,613 votes while ranking #425 in popularity.
Fun fact 2: The anime adapts an original story credited to Yuuji Yuuji, with Ruroo credited for the original character designs and Mai Ootsuka handling the anime character designs.
Fun fact 3: The production credits separate visual responsibilities in detail: Tomomi Ozaki handled prop design, Yasuyuki Yuzawa served as art director, Izumi Sakamoto handled color design, and Gaku Hirooka was director of photography.
Fun fact 4: Reception outside database scores has remained mixed but consistent: positive viewer comments tend to single out the humor, characters, and visuals, while negative takes most often target the plot as the weakest element.
Fun fact 5: On AniList, Oreshura sits at 66/100 with 1,421 favourites, closely mirroring its MyAnimeList reputation as a widely sampled rom-com that inspires more affection for its cast than for its narrative ambition.