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March 14 is White Day.

It is known as the day when people give reciprocal gifts to those who gave them gifts on Valentine’s Day. Many of the readers may be looking forward to the gifts.

It is normal for us to expect to receive more expensive gifts than what we had given, but if they are too expensive, we would feel uncomfortable… In the anime, there are many characters who excessively show their love and return exceptional “love”.
Among such characters, who will get the most votes as a character with ‘too much love’?

So, here at Anime!Anime!, we conducted the annual reader survey titled ‘Which character seems to have too much love?’. During the survey period from February 24 to March 3, a total of 122 responses were received. For the gender ratio, the females are the majority with about 70% while the males are about 30%. For the age distribution, we received the majority of responses from the readers of younger ages: about 55% are from minors, and 30% are in their twenties.

■1st place went to Usui Masumi from “A3!” Some characters were ranked from the titles in 2020.

1st place
1st place went to Usui Masumi from “A3!” The support rating is about 7%, and got a higher rank than 2nd place in a tie last year.

Usui Masumi fell in love with Tachibana Izumi, a manager of Mankai Company, at first sight, and decided to join the company. The readers’ comments are, ‘He is devoted to the manager. His everyday life revolves around the manager, which is too amazing. That’s what I like about him!, and ‘His love for the manager is too much’. His motivation is all about being praised by the manager, which makes the readers think that his love is too much.

2nd place
2nd place went to Uehara Ayumu from “Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club”. This title was on air in 2020.

Uehara Ayumu is a member of Nijigasaki High School Idol Club. In the anime, she was influenced by Takasaki Yu, and began to be active as a school idol. The readers’ comments include, ‘It was impressive that she was afraid of her relationships changing and lost her mind as she wanted to be with her long-time friends forever.’ Her passion for her friends attracted the readers.

3rd place
3rd place went to Agatsuma Zenitsu “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba”. He went down from 2nd place in a tie last year.

The readers’ comments are, ‘He asks girls to marry him so easily, and he is willing to be cheated on, which is clingy…’, and ‘He takes various means to be loved by girls, but he always fails’. Too much love sometimes brings him power as the comment shows, ‘He loves Nezuko so much that he can go beyond his ability for her even though he is usually a coward’.

■Let’s introduce other comments!!
Sanji from “One Piece”
‘His love is too much as his policy is “Even if I die, I would never kick a woman”‘
‘He may be cheated on so often as he really likes women’
Asuna from “Sword Art Online”
‘I like her as she does anything for Kirito’

Soma Kagura from “Fruits Basket”
‘It was impressive that she loved Kyo-kun so much that she hit him’
Tohru from “Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid”
‘As she is trying to grill her own tail to serve to Kobayashi-san’
Some readers voted for the title, whose season 2 has been announced.

Speaking of the 2021 ver., the characters who love a certain character were ranked high, including Usui Masumi from “A3!”. The ranking is so crowded, and 13 characters are on 8th place in a tie.

■Ranking Top 5
[Which character seems to have too much love? 2021]
1. Usui Masumi “A3!”
2. Uehara Ayumu “Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club”
3. Agatsuma Zenitsu “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba”
4. Kondo Isao “Gintama”
5. Sakuma Mayu “The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls”

（Survey Period: February 24 – March 3, 2021)

*This survey is intended to research the readers’ “interest in anime and characters today”. It is not intended to discuss the relative merits of each character nor work. I would be glad if this article can help you develop an understanding and interest in the anime and characters.

■Ranking Top 20
[Which character seems to have too much love? 2021]
1. Usui Masumi “A3!”
2. Uehara Ayumu “Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club”
3. Agatsuma Zenitsu “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba”
4. Kondo Isao “Gintama”
5. Sakuma Mayu “The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls”
6. Soma Kagura “Fruits Basket”
6. Minami Kotori “Love Live!”
8. Okkotsu Yuta “Jujutsu Kaisen”
8. Gasai Yuno “Future Diary”
8. Cure Diamond / Hishikawa Rikka “Doki Doki! PreCure”
8. Kyogoku Makoto “Detective Conan”
8. Kirishima Shoko “Baka and Test”
8. Kohinata Miku “Symphogear”
8. Sarutobi Ayame “Gintama”
8. Sanji “One Piece”
8. Sena Izumi “Ensemble Stars!”
8. Palm Siberia “Hunter × Hunter”
8. Matsuzaka Sato “Happy Sugar Life”
8. Miketsukami Soshi “Inu × Boku SS”
8. Lan Zhan “Mo Dao Zu Shi”

（Survey Period: February 24 – March 3, 2021)

*This survey is intended to research the readers’ “interest in anime and characters today”. It is not intended to discuss the relative merits of each character nor work. I would be glad if this article can help you develop an understanding and interest in the anime and characters.