I'm not sure how to react. This is a personal review yet i can't find the words to express everything i'm feeling. Okay first, the main topic of controversy for the Kirepapa yaoi series is the fact that the main couple Shunsuke and Riju's dad are the topic of focus. That's super contradictory on it's own.
Let me express it this way, for me this is totally screwed up, not because the entire story line is jack whack bunkers but because Chisato the main character and love interest of 15 or 16 year old Shunsuke, not that the age matters at this point. Way past the line of no return already, the extra year difference just doesn't even make any sense to me.
Now Chisato, Riju's father, a heavily gorgeous and attractive man, who is an Adult Male Father! So can someone tell me why in God's name he constantly acts like a 15 year old teenage girl.
Adult: Dudes friggin 30! Thirty! So why in the dude's world does he constantly act like the inferior lolita when he's around other men, automatically making his personality and character type the 'bottom' even though he's supposed to be older, wiser and more experienced than Shunsuke. He's 30 and the age gap between them is to great for it to be natural that he's playing the innocent, bottom, hot flick lollita. (Although comprehensible given his softy character flaw, i mean, Riju's friends did mistake him for his sister). Which brings me to...
Male: He's a guy for pete's sake quite making him act like a powerless, cute baby cub all the time. It's weird! Yeah i get this is a bl story but come! on! Give me a break! That thing he's doing acting like the somewhat clueless girly man role running from his true feelings then embracing them all while harboring 'protective' feelings for his son Riju. So i wanna ask, you can apparently protect Riju but you can't protect yourself?! Where does that mentality come from?! And lastly...
Father: The most important thing, he's a father! Oh well that's surprising because from the way he acts i would've never guessed, i swear. I just want him to act a little proper at least. It's just weird!
But i will give the show credit where it is due. It's enticing to read and watch and i like the fact that it's probably the first yaoi anime i've come across where the chasee (in this case Chisato) professes his love to the chaser (in this case Shunsuke) without too much of a stubborn hassle. Heck in the very first episode Chisato tells Shunsuke that he's in love with him as much as Shunsuke in him. I mean that's super rare, most yaoi manga artists prefer to prolong the chasee's stubbornness to verbalize his feelings for chaser reciprocating their love vocally.
Examples like, Junjou Romantica, Sekai ichi Hatsukoi, Love Stage, Dakaretai Otoko, Sex Pistols, Maiden Rose, Koisuru Bouken etc. In all of these each time it takes a significant amount of time for the partner being chased by the other to say the words "I love You" back, no matter how many goddamn friggin times the other says it to them, and in some of the anime like Maiden Rose and Koisuru Bouken (The Tyrant Falls In Love), the chasee ends up actually never saying the words back even though the chaser already sort of knows how they actually feel which can get super annoying actually. It kind of pisses me off to the max when that happens. Like just drop the stubborn schtick already and come out and say it! You're in love with him! Goddamn it is that really so hard?!
But when Chisato told Shunsuke how he felt and that he loved him in episode 1, the very first episode, it was actually kind of a fresh pace for me. I was happy, at least something's right.
Anywho Kirepapa is actually quite good if you take the time and patience to sit through the first episode, the rest just comes naturally and you tend to overlook the weirdness overtime. It's really good, or so i've been told. Based on the numerous polls i've taken it's been voted as personal fav twice already out of the four times i took the survey so you can guess that it'll actually end up being worth your time. But honestly, personally for me i think Kirepapa's really dumb! But it's amusing, and incredibly humorous. Nice to watch if you need something to perk you up or lift up your spirits.
That's all i really have to say about it, left to you to judge whether or not you'd make some precious time to watch it. Be warned! It is Hardcore Boy's Love and has heavy sexual content. If you're not a fan of boy's love or yaoi i suggest you try giving it a chance and start off by watching light boy's love like No 6, Dramatical Murder or Yuri! On Ice then make your way up from there. And if you're sensitive to what's basically known as pornography then i think it'd be in your best interest not to watch Kirepapa or any of the aforementioned yaoi (exempting Yuri! On Ice, No 6 and Dramatical Murders).
If you're just starting out and not sure, you could just start off with Free! It's not much in that department but the over affectionate feelings of friendship they share should steer up emotions you'd like to get used to.
