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Ookami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji




Shinohara Erika wants to make new friends at the start of the school year, but she's unsure how to do that. While looking around the classroom, she overhears two girls talking about their boyfriends. That was her cue. She tells them about her romantic exploits with a hot boyfriend---all lies just to impress them. Later her friends pressured her to show a photo of the said boyfriend. Erika then takes a photo of a good-looking guy she saw on the street and then ran away thinking her problem was solved. To her surprise, one of her friends recognized the guy as one of their schoolmates. Trapped, Erika begs the guy in the photo, Sata Kyouya, to play her boyfriend for a while. The kindly, prince charming Kyouya gladly accepted, but he soon showed his true face to Erika when he started blackmailing her. This 12-episode series follows Erika's misadventures with pretend-boyfriend Kyouya.



Erika takes a photo of a random guy

Erika and Kyouya pretending to be dating


The series began like all the other shoujo comedy-romance series, but what set it apart was the development of the relationship of Erika and Kyouya.

Erika's character is consistent (although predictable) throughout the series, while Kyouya's has slight changes that got me wondering. He started off as socially-adept though that was just one part of his personality. Then in later scenes with other people, he became cold and silent. Though this was after he started going out with Erika, I'm puzzled if he really is a tsundere or if Erika actually changed him though no one remarked about the differences. That minor issue aside, I think most of the elements of the series are okay.

One thing I noticed that isn't always present in other shoujo romance is the issue of jealousy experienced by the lead male character. It is usually the female who gets jealous and competes with another girl (typically her friend as well) for the attention of the male. The part where Kyouya gets jealous was the best scene because I don't see that often.

Ookami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji has an overload of romantic scenes that will make you squeal like a young girl. Although the approach to the development of their romantic feelings is typical of shoujo, I like how they made the lead male slightly more aggressive in pursuing the girl.

Rating: 9.5 out of 10
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