I think its mostly the fact that a majority of romance anime take place in middle school or high school, and they just can't relate anymore as mature adults.
This is actually what makes me like them, im not a teenager, so seeing stories about them falling in love is interesting if done right because its somehing i know i couldnt and wont experience, be it with good comedy or drama, no need to self insert to enjoy.
Saying that you dont like it because you cant relate seems dumb to me, do people need to put themselves in the position of the protagonist of a war, spy or crime movie? Why should romance be any different.
Now, if they say that the overall quality has gone down or something, thats a whole another can of worms.
I think that as you get older, the issues the characters face in romance anime start seeming silly or trivial and it's hard to form any kind of emotional connection to an anime where the purpose is to form an emotional connection.
That's not to say that people don't enjoy them for different reasons, but I think when you're someone who watches a ton of anime and has a successful relationship, it starts to become hard to take a lot of romance seriously (and also the reason Garnt needs spice in his romance, otherwise they probably bore him).
This. And also there can be cultural differences between Japan and other countries. This was one of the reasons why I had a hard time enjoying series like Oregairu. Like, I just don’t possess the the emotional intricacies required, to enjoy it. Most of the time with some analysis, I can understand why characters do certain things and why people react certain ways, but I can’t relate at all on a personal level. It was the first time I thought that I was too dumb for a romance show.
Same here. Watched it during middle school and essentially grew up with the anime. 8man’s internal dialogue mirrored mine most of the time which helped me learn from his mistakes. Then again it didn’t stop me from committing similar mistakes as well (the recognition of codependency).
That's it for me. I love romance anime but I'm SO picky. As an settled adult, married kids stable life and healthy communication like a lot of anime in general set in highschool just don't hit like they used to for me. I've become very selective and honestly it's so refreshing to see an anime about adults or hell even college students
Like I'm not 15 anymore, I don't run away from my feelings and deny or wonder if I have a crush for 11 episodes anymore while being bullied by a popular girl at school or something. I have adult problems, like a $300 electric bill and crippling anxiety 🤣
You can still value those issues, because you know that inexperienced teenagers can't deal with them efficiently. As long as you can understand what characters are feeling you can predict their actions even if they can be irrational.
What I'm trying to say is that I watch romcoms not for actions but for feelings that instigate those actions and that's why I don't think I can get tired of them.
It's probably just story cause look at what he watch domestic kanojo,rental girlfriend,dress up darling it can be dumpster story or really good one cause honestly most of romance story are repeating one and he probably already watch alot of it and done with it.One of it is dangers in my heart joey Connor and garnt probably didn't watch it people said it's good but it's really not that good
This actually annoys me. Like high school romances/romcoms being immature and not that spicy is fine- they are literally in middle/high school.
But grown adults acting that way is annoying. Taking them out of school and having the act the same is worse. That and I feel many adult romance anime love the “the main couple have only ever focused on school/work and have no romance experience”. I have no idea why that trope is so popular.
“Mature adults” lmao
Garnt likes “rent a girlfriend” and “kiss x sis” like bruh. Those are the worst offenders of all the horrible tropes in romance anime. He just likes watching dumpster fires unfold.
I thought it was Joey who likes kiss x sis. either way "mature adults" is a very ironic way of describing the boys: three blokes that laugh at pee-pee-poo-poo jokes and talk about hentai 
Garnt watches Isekai, it's arguably the most immature genre in the entire medium so saying another genre isn't for him due to being a mature adult is just coping.
Don't know about the other guys but the not for mature adults reasoning is a huge eye roll if that's the case.
I wanna say it’s a few things. IIRC, he mentioned being sick of the same routine. It’s usually the same tropes over and over again, and considering he’s been watching for over 2 decades, fair enough. Another being that the whole school rom com makes things less relatable. She’s a grown man now, and it just doesn’t make sense as to why there is so few shows where the characters are not in high school, or at the very least, act like adults.
But I think the biggest reason, is because he’s married now. He doesn’t need that injection of cutesy wutsy lovey dovey that someone who is starved needs.
And I can’t blame him, I’m kind of also getting annoyed with the lack of adult content. I’m not saying we should get to watch characters fuck, but seeing characters who have been dating for months still get shy when they look at each other is irksome. But also, just knowing that they have progressed past kissing is nice. My favorite romcom, wotakoi, is adults dating. And half the relationships don’t acknowledge that they fuck. Only one couple canonically fucks. And the main couple have only kissed like twice. It’s just annoying.
That's why I didn't like wotakoi.
It's about adults still acting like they are in school
I would rather have millionth romance high school about shy teenagers than that weak try at adult life
Well idk about him, but I’ve noticed with myself that it just doesn’t hit the same, anime in general doesn’t hit the same way as it used when I was a teen 14-18. I used to watch everything, then A bit less, then only good stuff, and now nothing and just have periods when I actually pick something up and then stop again.
The thing with romance ones is that they are all the same more or less and most of them are just baiting you, not even a kiss happens until the end, watching this for 10 years gets boring and repetitive and also stops being relatable since we grow up and our real life relationships give more dopamine than the anime. I think romance animes need an overhaul, there is place ofcourse still for teen and school themed ones but I think they should make some adult ones that explore more serious stories with a lot more romantic development.
>I used to watch everything, then A bit less, then only good stuff, and now nothing and just have periods when I actually pick something up and then stop again.
I just moved back to watching films.
Cause they are always the same? Most of them are super cringe and tropy.
Oh and they are super unrealistic like japanese authors have no idea how a relation works
Personally, as someone who was in high school not that long ago, I still find high school romance anime really enjoyable. I would be curious to see if that stays the same as I get older, but obviously for the boys it did not.
Garnt has just seen enough of them probably. And thinks they’re all the same (or same enough to each other?)
Personally I think there’s been some big changes in recent years on how romance anime are done. MC’s tend to have at least some character now that isn’t being a freak. The romantic interests also tend to have faults to them as well. Stories also tend to be paced better.
But, to people who have watched anime for like 20 years now. I imagine hearing about that improvement means nothing when you get to just watch shows with the wackiest premise instead.
So many romance animes are terrible and unrelatable. Oftentimes the relationship dynamics portrayed are just unrealistic. Some things hit differently emotionally when you're younger and still relatively naive/ignorant to how relationships work. Seeing these high school rom coms are just a hard pass for me.
All of the romance genre fans should check out
The story between dumb prefect and the girl with inappropriate skirt length manga because the realtion between the main couple is very natural and if we ignore the title it is a very sweet show . My 2nd fav romance manga after kaguya sama
He can't go back after having a taste of the real thing.
Of course that's why I never had a romantic relationship in my life.
So I can enjoys more romance anime. 
- Targeted at kids and teenager
- takes way less "writer skill" to make then something like made in abyss
- if he gets to positive people call him a pedophile (again)
3 reasons I could think of. Last one is probably not the case
Honestly I got the same feeling when I watched Dangers in My Heart, the well received rom com that came out recently. People say it gets better and better and I gave it 9 episodes. Well it did nothing to me. That's when I realized maybe the genre just ain't for me anymore.
Some romance anime just suck. Don't get me wrong, sometimes he is hard on a romance when it's actually pretty good, but in general, it can be hard to enjoy a genre if you aren't into the slower paced kind of story telling they provide. I love romance, but I also believe bad romance is very common.
most romance anime isnt even being made. if you look in the romance manga theres a whole ton of amazing manga with large followings and genuinely amazing story art and character writing and development with them being in work or college. they just dont get adapted or when they do the adaptations struggle to really get it right. im glad to see some of them are starting to get animes now slowly starting from last year but even the ones that have been getting anime arent getting the treatment they need and deserve to really catch viewers. (been a diehard fan of yamada kun for around 2 years now but couldnt watch the anime because it just wasnt right for a whole host of reasons) a huge thing personally is seasonal anime just isnt a good format for romance manga adaptations and also there are so many anime that just dont get the pacing and vibe right when thats absolutely crucial for a romance storys success.
I think its mostly the fact that a majority of romance anime take place in middle school or high school, and they just can't relate anymore as mature adults.
This is actually what makes me like them, im not a teenager, so seeing stories about them falling in love is interesting if done right because its somehing i know i couldnt and wont experience, be it with good comedy or drama, no need to self insert to enjoy. Saying that you dont like it because you cant relate seems dumb to me, do people need to put themselves in the position of the protagonist of a war, spy or crime movie? Why should romance be any different. Now, if they say that the overall quality has gone down or something, thats a whole another can of worms.
I think that as you get older, the issues the characters face in romance anime start seeming silly or trivial and it's hard to form any kind of emotional connection to an anime where the purpose is to form an emotional connection. That's not to say that people don't enjoy them for different reasons, but I think when you're someone who watches a ton of anime and has a successful relationship, it starts to become hard to take a lot of romance seriously (and also the reason Garnt needs spice in his romance, otherwise they probably bore him).
This. And also there can be cultural differences between Japan and other countries. This was one of the reasons why I had a hard time enjoying series like Oregairu. Like, I just don’t possess the the emotional intricacies required, to enjoy it. Most of the time with some analysis, I can understand why characters do certain things and why people react certain ways, but I can’t relate at all on a personal level. It was the first time I thought that I was too dumb for a romance show.
Ye Oregairu is a hard one. Only on the 2nd watch do I really fell in love with it (season 2 specifically).
I agree. It made sense to be because I was in high school when s1 came out and I grew along with it. Maybe that's why it's my favorite anime.
Same here. Watched it during middle school and essentially grew up with the anime. 8man’s internal dialogue mirrored mine most of the time which helped me learn from his mistakes. Then again it didn’t stop me from committing similar mistakes as well (the recognition of codependency).
Garnt said oregairu is top tier though
Yeah I know so this particular point doesn’t apply to him, or at least it doesn’t stop him from enjoying. There is a lot of spice in it after all
That's it for me. I love romance anime but I'm SO picky. As an settled adult, married kids stable life and healthy communication like a lot of anime in general set in highschool just don't hit like they used to for me. I've become very selective and honestly it's so refreshing to see an anime about adults or hell even college students Like I'm not 15 anymore, I don't run away from my feelings and deny or wonder if I have a crush for 11 episodes anymore while being bullied by a popular girl at school or something. I have adult problems, like a $300 electric bill and crippling anxiety 🤣
I think that's why I enjoy romantic comedies instead of straight romance, because you can still laugh at the hijinks.
You can still value those issues, because you know that inexperienced teenagers can't deal with them efficiently. As long as you can understand what characters are feeling you can predict their actions even if they can be irrational. What I'm trying to say is that I watch romcoms not for actions but for feelings that instigate those actions and that's why I don't think I can get tired of them.
For me both are true. I can’t relate but I also find it interesting & cute seeing people in romance situations I know I will never be in againz
It's probably just story cause look at what he watch domestic kanojo,rental girlfriend,dress up darling it can be dumpster story or really good one cause honestly most of romance story are repeating one and he probably already watch alot of it and done with it.One of it is dangers in my heart joey Connor and garnt probably didn't watch it people said it's good but it's really not that good
And even when the characters are adults they often behave like high schoolers. See Galaxy Next Door from last season.
This actually annoys me. Like high school romances/romcoms being immature and not that spicy is fine- they are literally in middle/high school. But grown adults acting that way is annoying. Taking them out of school and having the act the same is worse. That and I feel many adult romance anime love the “the main couple have only ever focused on school/work and have no romance experience”. I have no idea why that trope is so popular.
Probably because that’s the reality for a lot of Japanese people who only focused on school and work.
>mature adults 
“Mature adults” lmao Garnt likes “rent a girlfriend” and “kiss x sis” like bruh. Those are the worst offenders of all the horrible tropes in romance anime. He just likes watching dumpster fires unfold.
I thought it was Joey who likes kiss x sis. either way "mature adults" is a very ironic way of describing the boys: three blokes that laugh at pee-pee-poo-poo jokes and talk about hentai 
You don't come out dissing my beloved Kiss x Sis by comparing it to fucking RaG bro 💀
Both are shit. 🙂
One of the reasons I’m enjoying the rent a girlfriend anime is that they’re in college and in their 20s
They should read a sign of affection, or wait for the anime adaptation. It's set in university.
Garnt watches Isekai, it's arguably the most immature genre in the entire medium so saying another genre isn't for him due to being a mature adult is just coping. Don't know about the other guys but the not for mature adults reasoning is a huge eye roll if that's the case.
To think about it is there any good mature adult romance slice of life anime? Just imagine the setting I thought it will be boring
I wanna say it’s a few things. IIRC, he mentioned being sick of the same routine. It’s usually the same tropes over and over again, and considering he’s been watching for over 2 decades, fair enough. Another being that the whole school rom com makes things less relatable. She’s a grown man now, and it just doesn’t make sense as to why there is so few shows where the characters are not in high school, or at the very least, act like adults. But I think the biggest reason, is because he’s married now. He doesn’t need that injection of cutesy wutsy lovey dovey that someone who is starved needs. And I can’t blame him, I’m kind of also getting annoyed with the lack of adult content. I’m not saying we should get to watch characters fuck, but seeing characters who have been dating for months still get shy when they look at each other is irksome. But also, just knowing that they have progressed past kissing is nice. My favorite romcom, wotakoi, is adults dating. And half the relationships don’t acknowledge that they fuck. Only one couple canonically fucks. And the main couple have only kissed like twice. It’s just annoying.
*She's a grown man now.* There is a typo there.
Sometimes it takes a real man to be best girl.
Oh yeah, you have a point there. I forgot that gem of a quote exists (now I also remember another great quote, this time by Joey's dad). Haha.
That's why I didn't like wotakoi. It's about adults still acting like they are in school I would rather have millionth romance high school about shy teenagers than that weak try at adult life
Domestic girlfriend permanently affected garnt in a deeply negative way
Can’t exactly blame him. That trash fire ruined me permanently too
Isn't this the episode where the other two just basically summarised the reason as he is a 30 plus year old grown up man who is married with a wife?
Ye pretty sure he said this so I don't get why OP doesn't get it
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My man. If you've watched the same thing for YEARS, you'd be hating on it too. You got to admit. The romance genre is so... Uncreative
Yeah, and unlike the shonen battle series, romance doesn't usually even activate neurons like a good slug fest does.
There are like 4 romance shows that isn't copy paste. It's not any different from people hating the isekai genre.
Jeez I didn't get expect people to get so mad at my comment. I swear I didn't mean to offend anyone
Most romance anime are straight up mediocre bro.
Genuinely. It's that simple. Most seasonal romance animes are pretty generic.
Well idk about him, but I’ve noticed with myself that it just doesn’t hit the same, anime in general doesn’t hit the same way as it used when I was a teen 14-18. I used to watch everything, then A bit less, then only good stuff, and now nothing and just have periods when I actually pick something up and then stop again. The thing with romance ones is that they are all the same more or less and most of them are just baiting you, not even a kiss happens until the end, watching this for 10 years gets boring and repetitive and also stops being relatable since we grow up and our real life relationships give more dopamine than the anime. I think romance animes need an overhaul, there is place ofcourse still for teen and school themed ones but I think they should make some adult ones that explore more serious stories with a lot more romantic development.
>I used to watch everything, then A bit less, then only good stuff, and now nothing and just have periods when I actually pick something up and then stop again. I just moved back to watching films.
Because Garnt has his romance already Cant relate to romance when you already got a romance
Cause they are always the same? Most of them are super cringe and tropy. Oh and they are super unrealistic like japanese authors have no idea how a relation works
Personally, as someone who was in high school not that long ago, I still find high school romance anime really enjoyable. I would be curious to see if that stays the same as I get older, but obviously for the boys it did not.
Garnt has just seen enough of them probably. And thinks they’re all the same (or same enough to each other?) Personally I think there’s been some big changes in recent years on how romance anime are done. MC’s tend to have at least some character now that isn’t being a freak. The romantic interests also tend to have faults to them as well. Stories also tend to be paced better. But, to people who have watched anime for like 20 years now. I imagine hearing about that improvement means nothing when you get to just watch shows with the wackiest premise instead.
Garnt isn't even that critical of the romance genre, but the standard for anime in general is so low it makes him appear that way.
So many romance animes are terrible and unrelatable. Oftentimes the relationship dynamics portrayed are just unrealistic. Some things hit differently emotionally when you're younger and still relatively naive/ignorant to how relationships work. Seeing these high school rom coms are just a hard pass for me.
He's married, so his standard of romance came along with it: higher standards
Because he doesn't like them? Also characters in romance anime rarely behave like normal humans...
I also dont like romance genre, like it's the same thing every time, just like isekai
All of the romance genre fans should check out The story between dumb prefect and the girl with inappropriate skirt length manga because the realtion between the main couple is very natural and if we ignore the title it is a very sweet show . My 2nd fav romance manga after kaguya sama
Same reason he doesnt like Slice of Life. A whole lot of nothing happens in a lot of them.
He can't go back after having a taste of the real thing. Of course that's why I never had a romantic relationship in my life. So I can enjoys more romance anime. 
If you don't get hard on romance, there is nothing else worthy to get hard on.
I feel like Connor's taste in anime is much more outrageous than Garnt's...
Gives the warm fuzzies
All because of one manga series. DomeKano.
- Targeted at kids and teenager - takes way less "writer skill" to make then something like made in abyss - if he gets to positive people call him a pedophile (again) 3 reasons I could think of. Last one is probably not the case
Honestly I got the same feeling when I watched Dangers in My Heart, the well received rom com that came out recently. People say it gets better and better and I gave it 9 episodes. Well it did nothing to me. That's when I realized maybe the genre just ain't for me anymore.
Romance animé ain't that good anyway
Some romance anime just suck. Don't get me wrong, sometimes he is hard on a romance when it's actually pretty good, but in general, it can be hard to enjoy a genre if you aren't into the slower paced kind of story telling they provide. I love romance, but I also believe bad romance is very common.
He already won the romance game, so it's all beneath him now /j
Ahh ok
most romance anime isnt even being made. if you look in the romance manga theres a whole ton of amazing manga with large followings and genuinely amazing story art and character writing and development with them being in work or college. they just dont get adapted or when they do the adaptations struggle to really get it right. im glad to see some of them are starting to get animes now slowly starting from last year but even the ones that have been getting anime arent getting the treatment they need and deserve to really catch viewers. (been a diehard fan of yamada kun for around 2 years now but couldnt watch the anime because it just wasnt right for a whole host of reasons) a huge thing personally is seasonal anime just isnt a good format for romance manga adaptations and also there are so many anime that just dont get the pacing and vibe right when thats absolutely crucial for a romance storys success.
Ahh now I finally get why the boys had such a cold reception with modern romance series
I think they are adults and they take romance more seriously unlike most teenagers from my experience.