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257. Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It
https://myanimelist.net/anime/38992/Rikei_ga_Koi_ni_Ochita_no_de_Shoumei_shitemita
Winter 2020 (12 episodes), Spring 2022 (12 episodes)
My Score: 1/10, MAL Score: 7.37/10 S1, 7.31/10 S2
Best Character: Himuro Ayame

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POKhar54nYU

Premise: University student Himuro Ayame confesses her love for fellow researcher Yukimura Shinya. Before he can accept her feelings, however, they first need to prove them scientifically.

The Good: Science Fell in Love had a certain amount of charm in the beginning. Having the characters be scientists was a welcome change from the usual rom-com teenage couple. Their experiments into the nature of love were interesting and resulted in some good jokes.

The Bad: This animes charm steadily diminished the longer I watched it. None of the characters are great and they all quickly ran their gimmicks into the ground. The experiments started feeling repetitive, and forced drama began seeping in. There also comes a point where the bashful phase stops being cute and becomes infuriating instead. I wanted them to get together just to get it over with. All these problems are typical of a mediocre romance anime, however, and if not for the second season Science Fell in Love wouldve been with the rest of those at a 3/10 in my ranking. Sadly, the second season was way worse than the first. The plot turned into a disgusting mess. I cant talk about it without spoilers, but the final episodes went out of their way to ruin the few good things this anime still had going for it.

Overall: I gave Science Fell in Love a lot of leeway early on. It was interesting to see research into romance, at least until it started feeling redundant. This anime still fell into a lot of the same traps as other mediocre rom-coms, and the second season was one of the worst things ever.