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Mysterious Girlfriend X (TV).

And finally, this is a high risk, low reward show. Even if show manages to transcend the tangled thorns implied by its premise, it will always be held down by just how nasty that premise is. And the odds of that happening are very low. This is Astarotte's Law: No matter how much a show seems to improve over its premise, it is still devised by the same guy that made the premise, and as such, will regress to those levels before the end. In other words, this is show about drinking a girl's drool, and it will return to what you would expect of a show about drinking a girl's drool by the end of the run.

Also, there is the bond. The best romance shows are the one that don't have an artificial bond between the characters. So why do so many shows have these then? Well, let us journey into the brain of the otaku. Your garden-variety otaku is completely lacking in self-confidence when it comes to the fairer sex. So characters based otaku have to have some sort of non-romantic bond that ties them together, so the romance can bloom. This is especially pronounced in incest and lolicon shows, where there bonds are family or dependence. This is very prevalent in male-oriented shows, as female romances tend to show more realistic romances. The former emphasizes dominance, the latter a meeting of equals. This show is a little weird in that the bond is in the opposite direction—the dude is totally dependent on the girl. But it still weakens the show.

Nazo no Kanojo X is a cult classic, believe it or not! Not to mention that Riichi Ueshiba's probably one of the most distinctive mangakas I've read, for good or ill. Think Rumiko Takahashi crossed with Junji Ito and you're halfway there.

But it really is cute seeing people freaked out over it, you swap spit when you french kiss, this only adds a digit to the mixture.

As the owner of every volume of Discommunication, Yume Tsukai, and Nazo no Kanojo X, I fully agree with you, but (unfortunately) don't expect most anime watchers here capable to understand your analogy.

Mysterious Girlfriend X is a lot more down to earth than his other stuff, if that helps.

At what point does he drink saliva? Because when I 'drink' something, it's generally more than just a finger's coating If you've ever kissed anyone (and opened your mouth whilst doing so) then you've exchanged more saliva doing than that this guy has each time she does the finger thing.

I find it cute that people are actually comparing this freaky premise to the minimal amount of saliva shared in a kiss. Like they're seriously trying to rationalize it and make it seem totally normal. That and when people use "Oh, they're at that experimental age, it's normal for them!" as an excuse. Oh yeah, I know tons of guys who would've sampled some of a chick's drool at that age and then started wanting to drink it every day, it's totally common!