

A Couple of Cuckoos

16-year-old super-studier Nagi Umino, second-year student at the Megurogawa Academy high school, was switched at birth. On his way to a dinner to meet his birth parents, he accidentally meets the brash, outspoken, Erika Amano, who is determined to make Nagi her fake boyfriend as she never wants to actually marry. But once Nagi makes it to dinner, he finds his parents have decided to resolve the hospital switch by conveniently having him marry the daughter his birth parents raised...who turns out to be none other than Erika herself!
24 episodes later and I’m still waiting for something—anything—to happen. It’s like the anime mastered the art of dramatic standing and emotional staring. That said, I’ll give it credit: the art and music are solid, and there are a few great moments buried under all the filler fluff. But seriously, this could’ve been an amazing 12-episode series if it didn’t spend so much time doing absolutely nothing. I’ve seen side characters in other shows go through more development in a single episode than this cast did in 24.