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Mr Love: Queen’s Choice is the best kind of surprise – a show that you go into with low expectations based on its origins and title but ends up being good. While it's still most likely to appeal to fans of reverse harem series and josei (or shoujo) titles, it manages to rise above some of its more trope-laden brethren, giving its characters personalities that go a bit beyond the standards and a heroine who is no one's damsel in distress. It isn't perfect, but if you've been avoiding it based solely on the title, it's worth checking out.

• Rebecca Silverman's essay on this twist of the isekai genre.

• Geoff Thew

• Manime Matt

• Yiman

Michelle Liu & Andy Pfeiffer

Rebecca Silverman

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Reverse harems can take on all kinds of flavors depending on the personalities of the guys making it up, but rarely is it as weird as poor Mizuki's. [...] It manages to combine the standard reverse harem with otaku comedy while leaving just enough space for us to wonder if the boys are really as delusional as they all appear to be, something that's very well used in the final episode of the main series. [...] Of course, it takes Mizuki most of the series to reach this understanding for herself, and most of the episodes are taken up with her trying to cope with the boys' antics and to understand what the Hero Club really does – and that she does, in fact, want to be a part of it. [...] Outburst Dreamer Boys is definitely one of those series that gets better as it goes on, and by the final three episodes, when the showdown with the cantankerous student council comes to a head, it's really hit its stride.