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NEWS: My Stepmom's Daughter Is My Ex Anime Reveals 1st Teaser, Cast, Staff, 2022 Debut




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Key
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 12:18 am Reply with quote
So is this just a watered-down version of Domestic Girlfriend, then?
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MFrontier



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 12:26 am Reply with quote
Rina Hidaka and Hiro Shimono? I feel like I've seen this pairing before.

I'm kind of surprised they're going with older names, even if they're A-listers, but Rina hasn't been a lead in forever (let alone in a romcom) and it'd be nice to see Shimono the lead in a show with positive buzz again.

The direction for Tomozaki was solid and the script adaption for Komi-san was on-point, so this could turn out pretty fun. The leads' banter already seems on-point.
Key wrote:
So is this just a watered-down version of Domestic Girlfriend, then?

From what I've read it's basically a more wholesome, romcom, version of Domestic Girlfriend.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 12:43 am Reply with quote
There is a bit of Kaguya-sama too, as the leads have a similar "Pride before true feelings" mentality.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 12:46 am Reply with quote
MFrontier wrote:
Rina Hidaka and Hiro Shimono? I feel like I've seen this pairing before.


Their voices in the trailer made me hope Connie Springer would use one of his blades to cut Ren Yamai's head off. Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 2:22 am Reply with quote
This looks hysterical so I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for it
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 6:18 am Reply with quote
I guess romcoms are going to be this years version of the isekai lol
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 9:37 am Reply with quote
Key wrote:
So is this just a watered-down version of Domestic Girlfriend, then?


Seems to be more in the Marmalade Boy tradition (that includes ItaKiss and several others)? With Domestic Girlfriend, can't ignore the "love triangle with 2 sisters" thing. It could be said that Domestic Girlfriend was "Kiss X Sis done as serious (soap opera) drama instead of ecchi harem comedy."
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 10:53 am Reply with quote
and of course they will take the safe ending, just like domestic girlfriend Sad
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 11:29 am Reply with quote
I just had to read the title to know Gigguk is all over this.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 2:00 pm Reply with quote
09jcg wrote:
I guess romcoms are going to be this years version of the isekai lol

And I am totally here for it!
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 6:04 pm Reply with quote
sexoooooooo
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 9:33 pm Reply with quote
09jcg wrote:
I guess romcoms are going to be this years version of the isekai lol


I have high hopes for the upcoming A Couple of Cuckoos which (from what we know about them) is a rom-com similar to My Stepmom's Daughter Is My Ex but with a scenario that is nearly opposite in some respects.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 28, 2022 1:22 am Reply with quote
MFrontier wrote:
Rina Hidaka and Hiro Shimono? I feel like I've seen this pairing before.


The encyclopedia's compare feature lists Boarding School Juliet, DIVE!!, Hensuki, High School Prodigies Have It Easy Even In Another World, Pokémon Generations, Tamako Market, and TWGOK. Don't ask me how many of those have actually had their characters interact.
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Rob19ny



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 29, 2022 3:45 pm Reply with quote
Of course they have the same hair and eye (sorta) color to make it look like they are siblings. lol
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