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“My name is Asami. I am a 17 year-old high school girl. I’ve kept this a secret from everyone, but the truth is that I’m married. My husband, Ichimaru Kyousuke-sensei, is a physics teacher at my high school.”

While it sounds more like the title of a hentai show, Okusama wa Joshikosei (My Wife is a High School Girl) is actually the best shounen romance show to come out for a number of years now. The show’s plot is just like the title says, a high school girl is married to her physics teacher. Now upon hearing that, you might be thinking, “Hey, that’s not right!” And indeed, you get that feeling when you first start watching the show. After all, the girl is only 17 and the teacher is 25. It makes you wonder just what kind of a scumbag would possible take advantage of his students like that.

But then about 10 minutes into the first episode, you find out that Ichimaru is actually the sweetest guy in the world. He really does love Asami very much, and he would never even consider taking advantage of her in any way. In fact, when he married her, he signed an agreement with Asami’s father never to have sexual relations with Asami until she graduated from school. Ichimaru abides by that agreement, and considering how hard it is not to give in to sexual temptation, the viewer gains respect for his character and never doubts his intentions. It’s still a mystery at this point just how they fell in love with each other and how they came to be married, but I’m looking forward to seeing that in a future episode.

But this is a show made for boys, and therefore you have to put a lot of sex into it. As it turns out, the perverted one is Asami herself. Since her husband is not even allowed to give her an intimate kiss, the young girl becomes sexually frustrated and begins to daydream about how she will finally lose her virginity to him. In many of the episodes, she schemes up some ways to convince her husband to do it. Cooking a wonderful dinner for his birthday… offering to wash his back for him… but the plan usually backfires on her and nothing ever comes of it. But still, the male audience is treated to plenty of sexy fan service in each episode.

Another thing that I’m a sucker for would be great theme songs, and Okusama has them. Every time I listen to the first line of the OP, I know that I’ll be singing it to myself all day. “Labu Labu, chi chi chi, La-la-la, chu chu! Kyutto shite n’ ha-ah-pi!” I dare you to give this one a listen and not have it stuck in your head. This cute and poppy tune sets of the mood perfectly for the sweet side of the series. To counter that, the EP perfectly represents the sexy side. It is a very seductive song about being “your kitten of love”, while added very sexy pictures of Asami for eye-candy.