Love Is Indivisible by Twins (2024)

[恋は双子で割り切れない]

Director: Motoki Nakanishi
Studio: Roll2
Starring: Shogo Sakata, Moeha Nochimoto, Maaya Uchida
Episodes: 12

Synopsis:
Twin sisters engage in romantic rivalry over their childhood friend.

Impressions:
If you're just going from the OP, you might think this is a fairly lighthearted romp with sibling rivalry on the battlefield of love with some fun push-and-pull from the two sisters. Oh, how wrong you'd be. What we get is an appalling trainwreck of two highly unlikeable female leads and a spineless male lead who's the hapless chewtoy for these squabbling [female dogs]. Rumi is a wangsty wet blanket, who in her misguided efforts to be considerate is in fact a horrible manipulator. Naori is a cringey nerd poseur who's an actively insidious manipulator (and the fact that she comes by her evil honestly actually warrants a measure of respect). Then there's Jun, who's caught in the middle, pathetic and indecisive and lacking the good sense to just leave town and change his name. Now, at first, I enjoyed Jun and Naori's nerdy banter, but it quickly became excessively tryhard and embarrassing. There might have been something mildly clever if their relationship was actually really shallow and the only way they could connect was through movie quotes and pop culture references, which would lead Jun to realize that he has a more genuine and emotionally satisfying relationship with Rumi, but then Rumi would have not be a total wanker. As you may have surmised, this is a grand exercise in frustration, but you might be able to derive some morbid fascination in watching the grotesquerie unfold. While the story and characters are a total dog's breakfast, if I may borrow the Aussie expression, the production is competent, so I won't cast any aspersions on the capabilities of studio Roll2. Except for the aforementioned morbid curiosity, there's not much reason to see this. Pass on it.

Rating:
Avoid It