Did you think Chained Soldier was the only Harem show this season headlined by Akari Kito? Nope! Here's Tales of Wedding Rings, a classic Isekai Fantasy Harem show
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Man, childhood friends now appear out of nowhere in beams of light and just make friends with you right on the spot. If only real life was that convenient
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The OP is pretty fitting for this show as a sweeping and rocking theme featuring Satou, his romance with Hime, and his adventures in this new world...along with all the other girls he's destined to exchange rings (and probably) more with. Not to mention ending on Satou in bed with his Harem, lucky dog
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Satou's got the full childhood friend romance experience! He's got a busty blonde babe of a childhood friend in Hime who affectionately wakes him up in the morning and even cooks breakfast for him!They even exchanged a childhood marriage promise! And the way she's filled out in the chest area since childhood, and has no problem flaunting her cleavage, is just an added bonus
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It's funny how she's been telling people she's a princess this whole time and it wasn't a joke, she was legitimately just flexing her princess status
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Festival episodes with the love interest in a yukata? That's a childhood friend romance staple! And Hime looks amazing. Plus we even get a flashback to when they held hands at a festival as kids and Satou winning her a cute plushie! Though that was...quite the corndog design
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Ah yes, the classic "fireworks interrupt the confession" as well as the classic "I'm moving away" drama bomb
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What better way to follow the girl you love through a portal than to interrupt her wedding some other dude in another world? And then have a monster legit crash the wedding, giving your girl the perfect excuse to kiss you, choose you as her husband, and give you a power-up to slice through a monster
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So, good news...Satou and Hime are married! Kind of! It's more of a formality but now Satou is the Ring King, a hero destined to save the world and defeat the Abyss, whatever that is. And he ends up leaning into the hero thing hard even if he also realizes how cringe he is afterwards
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But it definitely comes with it's perks if it means getting to see Hime buck-naked in the bath, and it's clear Hime truly cherishes Satou and how he's been there for her since they were kids...even if neither is willing to admit their feelings go beyond friendship. Though I think it takes a certain kind of "dear friend" to see the others' junk
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How many Harem shows is Shigeru Chiba going to be in
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I love how Satou and Hime walk in half-dressed and making the guards think they were getting busy and Hime is like "not yet!" implying she fully intends to seal the deal with Satou at some point
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Okay, time for Satou to do his job and slay some more monsters! If it's for Hime's sake, he'll do anything! And with the Ring of Light he has the ability to enhance any weapon into a proper monster-slaying tool! That it's powered up by kisses from Hime makes it even better
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The ED is perfect for this kind of show featuring the girls all in their sexiest sleepwear and panning shots of them in all their glorious scantily-clad beauty
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2024-01-06, 16:31
