History YMMV / MakuraNoDanshi

* {{Squick}}: The fact that a ''little boy'', Hareto, is one of the options here. And unlike characters like [[Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub Mitsukuni Haninozuka]], he's ''not'' older than he looks--he's explicitly stated to be ''five''. Granted, he's intended to just be a "surrogate little brother" character and nothing romantic happens with him in his episode... but given the context of literally every other character in the cast, it's easy to get the wrong idea.

* {{Squick}}: The fact that a ''little boy'', Hareto, is one of the options here. And unlike characters like [[Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub Mitsukuni Haninozuka]], he's ''not'' older than he looks--he's explicitly stated to be ''five''. Granted, he's intended to just be a "surrogate little brother" character and nothing romantic happens with him in his episode...but given the context of literally every other character in the cast, it's easy to get the wrong idea.

** People tend to call the Winter2017Anime ''One Room'' a {{Gender Flip}}ped one to this series, though it focuses on 3 girls rather than 12. That series' official counterpart, ''Anime/RoomMate'', is a straighter example, but that one's a reverse harem show.

* {{Squick}}: The fact that a ''little boy'' is one of the options here. And unlike characters like [[Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub Mitsukuni Haninozuka]], he's ''not'' older than he looks--he's explicitly stated to be ''five''. Granted, he's intended to just be a "surrogate little brother" character and nothing romantic happens with him in his episode...but given the context of literally every other character in the cast, it's easy to get the wrong idea.

* NoYay: Hareto (a ''five-year-old'') with the protagonist. Your relationship with him is supposed to be "surrogate older sibling", but that's not completely obvious, especially since this series has hints of romance with every single other boy featured.
* {{Squick}}: The fact that a ''little boy'' is one of the options here. And unlike characters like [[Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub Mitsukuni Haninozuka]], he's ''not'' older than he looks--he's explicitly stated to be ''five''. Granted, he's intended to just be a "surrogate little brother" character...but given the context of literally every other character in the cast, it's easy to get the wrong idea.

* OlderThanTheyThink: When the anime first came out, a lot of overseas anime fans found the concept of the anime weird, especially due to the fact that it was aimed at girls. Female-demographic first person series had been on the rise at the time; the ''+ Kareshi'' anthology franchise, which began in 2014, has a very similar structure to ''Makura no Danshi''.

* NoYay: Hareto (a ''five-year-old'') with the protagonist. Your relationship with him is ''supposed'' to be "surrogate older sibling", but that's not completely obvious, especially since this is a ''reverse harem series''.

* SnarkBait: Is often mocked for its FakeInteractivity and [[ClicheStorm stock Reverse Harem cast]].

* EarWorm: The opening theme. It even made it onto the top 5 for "Songs Sung at Karaoke".

* SnarkBait: Is often mocked for its FakeInteractivity and [[ClicheStorm stock Reverse Harem cast]]. More often than not from [[PeripheryHatedom straight men]]...bonus if they [[DoubleStandard tolerate the same stuff with girls instead]].

* FetishRetardant: The Flower Danshi episode. The scenario focuses on the viewer being in a room with a set of twins who want to have some fun with her. However, due to the twins' dialogue and their mannerisms, it's less sexy and more creepy.

* NoYay: Hareto (an ''underaged boy'') with the protagonist. Your relationship with him is ''supposed'' to be "surrogate older sibling", but that's not completely obvious, especially since this is a ''reverse harem series''.

* {{Squick}}: The fact that a ''little boy'' is one of the options here. And unlike characters like [[Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub Mitsukuni Haninozuka]], he's ''not'' older than he looks. Granted, he's intended to just be a "surrogate little brother" character...but given the context of literally every other character in the cast, it's easy to get the wrong idea.

* SnarkBait: Is often mocked for its FakeInteractivity and [[ClicheStorm stock Reverse Harem cast]]. More often than not from [[PeripheryHatedom straight men]]...bonus if they [[DoubleStandard tolerate the same stuff with girls instead]].

* {{Moe}}: But of course. Pretty much everybody is this in one way or the other. [[spoiler: Younger]] Merry and Hareto (the [[TokenMiniMoe Cherub Boy]]) take the cake, though.

* EarWorm: The opening theme.

* {{Moe}}: But of course. Pretty much every body is this in one way or the other.

** It's later revealed that [[spoiler: [[{{Shapeshifting}} Merry is a shape shifting spirit, and can not only turn into the sheep, but also into a younger and older human form.]]

* EarWorm: The opening theme.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The first episode opens on a bed with a stuffed pink sheep toy on it. A split second later, Merry appears on the bed, and the sheep is gone. It's never mentioned again throughout the episode.

* BigLippedAligatorMoment: the first episode opens on a