monition : The following comprise minor spoilers for A precondition Called Love by Megumi Morino .

Summary

Joining Crunchyroll ’s Spring 2024 batting order , theanimeadaptation of Megumi Morino’sA Condition Called Love(Hananoi - kun to Koi no Yamai ) was initially a very extremely promise serial , but since the release of the first episode , it seems as though the anime has been environ with nothing but controversy . While some are disappointed that the production value of the serial is n’t gamey , there is a far more vocal parameter befall among fans decently now wall Hananoi as a character , and whether his human relationship with Hotaru perpetuates a toxic relationship .

Whilethe first episode ofA Condition Called Lovedoesn’t paint its male tether , Hananoi , in the best Light Within , with his pertinacity to continue pursue Hotaru after she gently let him down raising scarlet sword lily in many sports fan ' heads , many are missing out on an significant item regarding the series ' plot , and the character arc Hananoi and Hotaru must go through to be in a proper relationship .

While he initially seems a picayune pushy and misguided , the source material try that Hananoi ’s character arc concentre on unlearning toxic traits like love bombardment , and much like Hotaru , must learn how to properly be in a human relationship and love another person .

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Saki Hananoi Is a Male Lead With a Complex Character Arc

A Condition Called Love was originally created by Megumi Morino; anime adaptation produced by East Fish Studio

At a glimpse , it ’s promiscuous to write off Saki Hananoi as being too intense , and erotic love bombardment Hotaru into being in a kinship with him . However , this is actually a core part of Hananoi ’s character arc , and something that the serial publication step by step explore and challenge as the pair ’s kinship develops . He ’s purposely lay out up to follow across as being unrealistic , something that Hotaru also points out in the root of the series , path before agreeing to date him at the end of episode # 1 . While many seem concerned that Hananoi could potentially be a static reference and never exchange , or that the series could potentially just use the standard trope of Hotaru " determine " him , rather , Hananoi ’s personal growth and development is sparked from within himself .

Hananoi see , over time , that his feeling and intentions when pursuing Hotaru are rather selfish , and comes to understand what it really means to flatly fuck another person without expecting anything in return , romantic or otherwise . Something else thatA Condition Called Love ’s manga attractively illustrates is a lesson on how one should n’t employ a relationship as a agency to cure their own loneliness . As the serial publication continues into later chapters , and Hotaru and Hananoi pick up more about themselves and each other , they come to understand that while it is a wondrous matter that they find as though they " terminated " each other , as it were , that they should also continue to challenge one another , and to continue produce and changing as soul .

Perhaps one of the most important fundamental contingent when analyzing Hananoi as a character , though , is realizing that his mental attitude towards relationship and his unquiet fond regard towards Hotaru stems from a deeply - settle harm that the manga handle passing well . Hananoi ’s past is a major catalyst for the way that he carry early on in the serial , and while it is n’t research until much afterwards , it makes it clear that he ’s an fabulously complex individualwho ’s treated as such by the narration .

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While episode # 1 ofA Condition Called Lovemay have caused a divide among fans of shojo romance , and left a bad taste in a few likely fan ’s mouths;the serial is filled with promise , and if the Zanzibar copal adjustment manages to properly handle Hananoi ’s fiber arc , it could potentially be one of the good written romanticism seriesof the Spring 2024 season . Those interested in seeing more of Hananoi and Hotaru should also pluck up the original manga , which is uncommitted in English through Kodansha .

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Collage style images featuring official key visuals from A Condition Called Love with official anime art of Hananoi with his head tilted in the center.

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A screenshot form the A Condition Called Love anime depicting Hotaru hugging Hananoi from behind while he’s covered in snow.

Hananoi reading a book while leaned against Hotaru in A Condition Called Love’s original manga.