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Why Makeine might be good for you:
1. Good production quality
- A-1 Pictures just performs exquisitely when making romance or waifu bait anime. Here, the character designs stand out and the background art visually looks great overall.

2. Subversion of ideas
- If you're a guy who likes ideas being subverted for a fresh take, this anime might be your choice. Makeine focuses on the tragic yet comedic fates of these heroines who fail to make a move on their love interests, leading them to the friend zone route.

3. Character interaction
- I'd say it's a plus for this anime thanks to Nukumizu's role as an audience's ... surrogate. He's witnessing the girls at their worst, so you get to find out the funny side of things instead of your usual melodrama crying from utter rejection and such. Because of that, the comedy works pretty well, even though the majority of cast existing are pretty much nutjobs.

Possible issues for Makeine:
1. Tropes are in sight
- The story is eager to explore the fates of the losing heroines, so you're also subjected to their personalities that led them to not being able to get a boyfriend in their school days. As such, they employ tropes you have found in your earlier anime-watching days. Development will come for sure, but you may have to go through a bit of uninteresting quips to find any worthy growth.

2. It's susceptible to disappointment
- When you try to pursue unique ideas, it relies on proper execution and unique storytelling. Other than making a plot for the actual romance plot to happen, this anime is diving into solely subverting the friend-zoned girls arc without any focus on other plots for a safe backseat. This means if the anime sucks at delivering it or has no more ideas left to pursue, it utterly fails on its mark.

I'm at the point of wondering if it might be a good watch or not. So far, it's looking good, you get to see heroines making more expressions than just being a losing heroine. But I'm also worried about the anime just randomly failing by the time it runs out of ideas. Let's hope for the best.

Thank you for reading.

If you're looking for a sleeper hit, look no further than Wistoria, the new addition of this Summer. You might find this anime quite surprising, as it serves as a mark that having good staff can often make a difference in making a good adaptation.

Why you might enjoy Wistoria:
1. Good animation
- If you're familiar with the director of this anime, you'd also know he served as the director of Black Clover. This show had many instances of great animation (unless you're looking for constant quality). In Wistoria however, you are seeing the director's prowess to his fullest, the staff he managed to garner to work ... on this anime is astonishing, so you're blessed with good visuals and characters making multiple expressions.

2. Main character just throwing hands
- An odd character who gains an unlikely power that betrays the foundation of the anime's setting and proceeds to use it to fight against every obstacle he finds? You had me on the word 'odd' because it is precisely that anime. In exchange for superhuman strength, his restriction is to never be able to use magic and have to rely on tools that can pierce through magic itself (reference intended). If you're a huge fan of Black Clover or even JJK, you're going to enjoy this MC throwing hands on his foes anytime.

Flaws found in Wistoria:
1. A formulaic process
- I'm not exactly the person to say that cliche = bad anime, but if you want to resort to familiar premises, you need to spice things up a bit or make the story a bit different for a shot of identity. To me, Wistoria feels like a fan-fiction that was done to commemorate the other great things that have been created before its own, so it means you're going to see plenty of common cliches without twists in them.

2. Tropes confirmed
- Classmate girl who just supports the main character? Check. Headmaster somehow allowing the main character to enroll in a supreme magic school? Check. The main character has a big dream to achieve? Check. So clearly, it further cements the point you're not going to watch something out of the ordinary in plot and originality, it's just an anime that has good animation going for it. Typically like Jujutsu Kaisen in general.

In the end, you should give it a shot if you're a big fan of spicy animation and choreography, which the anime does exactly. I think the story and characters have way more to go than just having animation in its book of merits, but it is the ideal example of what an adaptation should be done. It scores a perfect 10/10 in adaptation in my book.

Here's why you should watch Pseudo Harem:
1. Hayami Saori
- If you're a fan of her, you will definitely enjoy this one. The role she's playing has her utilizing her talent in every corner, so you get to hear every kind of voice aside from the renowned soft-spoken tone you'd hear from her usual roles. Not to mention having her character being an actress, you would get an endless amount of talent just oozing in every second of her screentime. Let's not forget the other guys as well, they do well to commend the character and help make Rin stand out as well.

2. Just Cute
- Like ... the many roles her characters have to strap into, you get many scenarios with the main couple that are enjoyable to watch for romance fans. Blushing, rizzing main heroine endlessly, holding hands out of nowhere, or getting close, it's the whole package for your romance delicacy.

Biggest Downside of Pseudo Harem:
No Build-up/Storytelling
- The anime is only interested in showing you cute scenes and has no actual scenario creation. There's no plot cohesion either, so you're constantly jumping from one cute scene to another without proper build-up or connection between scenes. It may seem like a plus for not having your romance being sidetracked by the other plot, but the lack of plot means there is no chance for character development except for cute moments or random drama it sometimes throws once in a while.

Other than that, you get an experience equivalent to getting diabetes. As much as I would appreciate the anime having storytelling, think of it as a large dose of sugar sweetness that keeps going nonstop without a break. It's a good ride, try it if you want to.

Thank you for reading.

Do you want to know something? Whenever an adaptation of a story that centers around said industry is done, it's always done with the concept that we're supposed to know more about the industry or how the people operate behind it. By nature, you could say it's just a glorified documentary. Still, because it's an anime, it throws in another plot that is meant to balance the core theme of the anime itself, like inserting a harem into a game-making plot or making the focus on Romance surrounding gamers. At its best, you get an entertaining anime that tempts you with its insightful facts and ... keeps you focused on the drama in the story. On the other side, fumbling them is pretty easy if you don't know how to keep the two plots in perfect cohesion, as trying to focus more on the industry plot can lead to a lack of character details and forced plot contrivance whereas focusing on the other plot (can be romance, drama or anything) could make the whole plot completely pointless.

Oshi no Ko is an exemplary anime that excels in balancing both the darkness and brightness of the story. Everything the anime does is almost nigh-perfect. You have eye-candy-worthy character designs with juicy animations, a plot that continues to bring suspense and drive, and top-notch pacing and direction, it's an ideal product of a perfect adaptation. Of course, the story's quality is entirely subjective to you, but the staff continues to bring that incredible quality which makes this season a worthy sequel.

Considering the episodes we have gotten, the quality is consistent and doesn't seem to lose its touch after a year break. Yeah, the anime sometimes throws in those goofy expressions and sometimes the characters don't look the perfectly modeled eye candies in every frame, but nitpicking on it would be a petty attempt because this season is incredible.

Stop reading if you're not a fan of spoilers.

With this, we have reached the end of Season 2 for Mushoku Tensei, and I couldn't be any more pleased than what has been given. Mushoku Tensei continues to bring natural storytelling and drama. Though, it's not without backlash from the attention it has garnered over this course of S2. I wanted to make this review to address the controversy it has created and put it into comparison with the good this course has managed to create. Obviously, this season is nowhere near the level of Season 1's incredible production and animation, since the former had more ... time and staff to polish it other than this season, but Season 2 still delivers a satisfactory performance despite being inferior in general.

Any Mushoku Tensei fans who were waiting for the action, it's been a long wait but Studio Bind has been able to churn out some juicy animation, especially Episode 10 for an incredible experience. You can still notice that the staff had to cut out some corners for the bigger fight scenes, but at least the quality didn't drop to the point of oblivion. It's not only the fight scenes, but they managed to nail a lot of expressions in this series without relying on tropey moe expressions to save time. Ideally, I wish that Mushoku Tensei had more time and budget put into this without the time constraint they had after Season 1 finished airing, they managed to come up with a still-good adaptation of Mushoku Tensei that can sit comfortably as a good sequel.

Let's take another nose dive into Mushoku Tensei's strongest yet most controversial aspect, the characters. It was quite a surprise how they managed to make Paul, one of the most-hated characters in the show's initial run into a tragic character who is fighting for another chance to see his family. To do that requires some talent (and big balls to do so) and it's incredible how they gave Paul more depth into his redemption of being a good family man, despite almost breaking the family apart from an affair with his maid. Similar to its first cour, the fanservice is quite tamed despite Rudy gaining back his ability to edge again, knowing he wanted to make another family, you could finally have some respect for this guy, well until the penultimate episode aired.

You see, Rudy having sex with his love interest served as the show's climax starting from S1 Cour 2, and he did that twice, Eris and Sylphy. They say the third time's a charm, right? His attachment to Roxy is as bright as daylight, he keeps her panties in a shrine for good sake. And her name is constantly reminded throughout the season before they eventually meet. Roxy gets infatuated with Rudeus' looks while Rudeus' has been long infatuated with her since the beginning. It's a no-brainer that he's planning to do IT with all of the three girls and in this cour, Roxy joined the party. However, the way they eventually did IT can be hard to accept.

So what is so controversial?
- Here's the catch. Roxy, out of all the things she could have thought to comfort Rudeus, decided that making him nut would perfectly do just fine, and understandably, it looks like she's taking advantage of Rudeus' vulnerability, despite fully knowing that he's married. It's wrong and not going to lie, it's pretty questionable and there are a lot of things to talk about in the full gist of it, instead of indulging in that and looking into the storytelling, it serves as a key plot point rather than just fulfilling another one of Rudeus' fantasies or accumulating another questionable action on top of each other. Keep in mind, despite Rudeus' perverted nature, all of Rudy's love interests gave consent to doing it and approached him first, though all of them happened in an entirely different context. It's quite a nice subversion of how the story continued with this notion and it's meant to show their reciprocation towards Rudeus' appreciation of them.

Let's go out of topic for a moment.
- Let me also put you in a disclaimer. Just because characters are portrayed differently or have moral ambiguity does not reflect the artists' and readers' beliefs, no matter how offensive said content can be. Straight from the quote "The author is dead", what said content means to you does not exactly mean the same to others. It's a given that the anime continued to bring controversial issues into the topic, but that's not all the anime is about. You may feel the quality is marred by the moral dilemma it showcases, but from my take, it's a further enhancement of the story's immersion. It may be unwanted but it doesn't feel contrived, in fact, many of it was what made the anime surpass my expectations. It took the bad parts of a bad isekai and used them as strong plot points that continued to build from there, which made it able to turn into something I hold dearly. To me, Mushoku Tensei continues to be a touching experience that had many times of heartfelt drama. Well, for you, it's okay to not agree with the main character's actions. I can't really convince you to not hate the actions they do, because it's just more of me praising the anime at the end of what it meant to me.

In conclusion, Mushoku Tensei continues to bring his past memories as a core part of the storytelling, and as a result, it shows the eventual development of a worthless pathetic NEET to become somebody. He may still have a weak mentality and a wracked sense of morality, but the anime evidently shows proof that he's striving to become better with his actions to his family members and teammates. It's easy to call this anime bad when you only consider the worst part of the anime, albeit those bad parts are only few and far between. If you still love Mushoku Tensei, please watch this.

Thank you for reading.

TL;DR
Wind Breaker's only good merit is the action thanks to Cloverworks' production, unless you delve deeper into what the anime is about.

If you know me, most of you would be familiar with me pointing out flaws in character detail since they're mostly the bulk of what makes an anime good. Besides that, I'm just an avid fan of action anime, it's just blatantly obvious that I regularly watch them every year. It's one that I felt most comfortable with, one where many greats were born from it, ones that have made me laugh, ones that have made me cry, but it's also one where ... I have a high standard of, and it's also easy for others to fumble with the action genre, most commonly with animation issues, just being still drawings being dragged in and out of the screen that is supposed to be "action" for the audience. And having Wind Breaker on the radar, I had to personally check it out for myself.

I have a mixed view of Cloverworks in general. They have proven that they can produce good new anime series which are pretty popular mangas at that given time, especially since one of my favorite anime was My Dress-Up Darling from Cloverworks, but whenever they decided to make sequels, they would always discombobulate it to ashes just so they would never have to associate with it ever again. At least that's how I felt when they animated TPN S2 and WEP sequels (well to be clear, they were released a while ago, but ever since then I couldn't trust Cloverworks anymore when it came to hyped sequels.) So when Wind Breaker was announced to be animated by Cloverworks, I went on to assume the former, whereas they will be able to bring good production to this anime and likewise, the anime on the surface looks really good. The choreography looks sick, the visuals are bright and vibrant, along with a good 1st impression in general thanks to the OP being quite fitting with what the anime wanted to portray. But even so, Wind Breaker has a long way to go to reach the gold standard of what a good shonen anime should achieve.

First of all, what is Wind Breaker all about? Well, you could see a whole group of delinquents ganging up together to be acknowledged by everyone, foes and friends alike. Sakura Haruka is the MC who yearns for acknowledgment and it's prevalent to see that in him. I hate to use comparisons but you can deliberately see that his ideals are like Naruto's, only with a more juvenile personality. The only thing he knows is fistfighting, punching the living soul out of anyone who dares to stand in his path, a lone wolf who has been ostracized by his peers and community alike, and you guess it, he wants to attain the crown at the top for himself just so he can be acknowledged by everyone. From there, the MC's development begins from a juvenile lonely Go-haired boy to someone who starts to learn what it means to strive for the top seat.

On the other hand, let's not act like this is an uncommon thing. Teenagers being insecure with their own identity is just common to see in any anime whose majority of the cast are teenagers, but it's difficult to find anime that knows how to portray it without relying on too much melodrama or making up plot conveniences. For instance, show flashbacks for 3 minutes to supposedly bring context to characters' backstory or make the main characters say the right thing at the right time which somehow dealt damage to the adversary's psyche. Not to mention being an anime revolving around high school students, you can tell from a glimpse of it, it was going to be about gaining the respect of the community and beating the shit out of others for treating people ill-willed. The anime is another one of those "make your MC scream their own righteous goal in your face and have their adversary be bamboozled by their screaming" kind of schtick. I may sound like I'm criticizing it for an abundance of cliches, but that's not my point. It's not the idea that any anime should try to always be original or do things out of the ordinary in every aspect, some of my favorites have done these things that I am speaking of, but the anime does nothing but feel like it over-relied on the stereotypes for too long that any form of freshness the anime could produce is just non-existent compared to what the anime commonly shoves in your face.

Besides, it's filled with so many character archetypes and cliches that it further cements the point that the anime lacks its own identity and originality. Even Umemiya's character is basically a knock-off version of Gojo Satoru with the same VA. And it's not just him, it's the whole cast themselves for being so one-dimensional and archetypal. Typically, Sakura has the most depth out of all the different characters, given the fact that he's the main character, and I'm willing to say that even the new adversaries that showed up also have some depth to them. Albeit what he has managed to achieve is just a minuscule scale of what a good character should be. It felt like he had barely touched the surface of many possibilities his character could be. And the cast has done nothing to complement each other but rather more like cheap gimmicks just to arouse your attention.

Nirei is a comic relief that also serves as the show's exposition, but oh no, since the writing is so blatant, you'll see Nirei acting like a narrator who doesn't know how to shut up. Suo acts how "normal" Mahito would do without his psychopathic tendencies. Don't even get me started with the show's humor. When you have characters this bland, you'd have a better chance of laughing at a reflection of yourself than this one, it is cluttered with these archetypes playing random quips just to cue for a laugh, but to no avail. Their connections and dialogues are superficial, none of them has any meaning other than to drive the plot to where it needs to be. To add further, I'm not trying to say a show shouldn't put stereotypes, it can be used if done with care and some creativity behind it. The stereotypes that many found annoying need to receive growth or any form of subversion to serve as a breath of fresh air, but because the show rarely tries to do so for the main cast excluding Sakura, you won't be able to see any ideal growth from them either.

Despite the excessive criticism I'm giving to this anime, there is some merit to what Wind Breaker has managed to offer despite its many blunders. As much as it is an action anime, for the most part, it isn't really bad, in fact, I'd say it's pretty good. It follows all of the ideal ingredients that make a good action anime, and as a result, most of its fights are spectacularly good, well for a couple of exceptions, (of course, I'm looking at you, Umemiya). It's nice how Cloverworks still continues to bring lively visuals and slick animation for their new projects and it definitely shows here. Even when you have simplistic characters or some of the most embarrassing dialogues known to mankind, action isn't particularly affected by it that much, so the action shines like a glimmering light on all of its weaker aspects. The pacing is also nice and it didn't suffer from too much downtime, it's straight to the point, and boom, you get a good action anime. Just not that great on the others.

In the end, Wind Breaker, without a doubt, delivers the action sequences, much of what you should expect from an action show. However, it's difficult to recommend this when you have the weakest cast to support a somewhat decent main character. If you can tolerate archetypes or abysmal characters, you should be able to watch this with particular ease. Otherwise, it will be a painstaking gauntlet to get to the good part, since it spends a lot of time on the cast, and it's just a norm for shonen to have an ensemble cast to appear for most of the show, but when the cast is really bad, it can be quite a downer.

Thank you for reading.

Let's think back to all of the anime we've gone through before. We have watched anime that had incredible fantasy storytelling right from the beginning. We have watched anime that had a strong thematic approach with the following isekai genre. We have watched anime that had remarkable character development. Yet, I find it difficult to find an anime that can accurately portray character dynamics very well to the standard Konosuba has done (There may be a couple of exceptions, but let's not indulge in that). Comedy anime are a dime a dozen, but it's always a delight to find one that diligently carries out that ... duty with utmost care and timing. Before we could finally watch the sequel, the prequel was fine, to say the least, primarily because most of the main cast kind of carried the humor, and having Megumin only graze the spotlight kind of made the comedy a bit too overreliant on her. Here, the most dysfunctional squad is back in action, that same character dynamics still carry over in complete style with the ragdolls animation and absurdist humor that is amplified by the cast of Konosuba.

When you have an adaptation of Konosuba, it goes far more than just having a simple light novel adaptation of goofy characters doing goofy things and supposedly saving the world in the end. In a statement, the strongest points that Konosuba consistently provides are phenomenal voice acting and compelling character dynamics. I swear most of the comedy wouldn't work if the story didn't try to establish their dynamics properly and how they interact with each other. Now, in some cases, Konosuba's jokes can feel juvenile and immature. Still, when you have a character that acts immature, childish, and unhinged, the only logical sense is to pursue these jokes and fit the comedy into the way the characters are portrayed. If characters have to change or act out of character for the comedy (not to mention if it tries to tell the same old quips that are lazily done), it would be detrimental to the anime's comedy, thus affecting the enjoyment.

Even when Konosuba is known for the outlandish humor and characters that on paper, should be unlikable, it still has moments when it knew it had to progress the story and be serious. When your story is about trying to slay the Demon Lord from total subjugation, it still gives the time to weave the plot as naturally as it could, whether it may be random or such, it's all part of the fun. As I'm saying this, I hope the staff still manages to give that feeling of satisfaction I felt when I watched the team all miraculously decide to group and make the most epic wombo combo in almost every last episode of Konosuba.

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I find it weird how this anime is not getting a lot of attention, despite the idea that the anime has a pretty vague premise, so any form of hype for this original work is pretty mild, but after seeing an amazing job they did with Oshi no Ko and looking at this one, I had to try and figure out if it was worth the shot. Sure, I got a bit iffy with the title but after a few episodes, I seriously want people to watch this anime. It's one of the anime where the staff did a stellar job in almost all of ... the core aspects of a good show, writing, tone, narrative, visuals, and characters.

I think one of the difficult parts of making an original anime is that you need to have a strong first impression and provide something worth watching so viewers can stick around and watch till the end. It takes a lot to make a good first episode and certainly is not easy to do. The atmosphere the anime is going for is urban, vibrant, and lively, further amplified by the setting of Japan's most popular nightlife area, Shibuya. The staff working on this does a great job of portraying that along with establishing characters that make sense to the setting they made, it's not random arbitrary characters that are meant to repeat one-liners and quips every time they take screen time, they are characters that are made in mind with the atmosphere and act accordingly to what they should be in the circumstances the writers established in. You wouldn't want absent-minded characters just speaking cutesy things in a supposed rekindling talent plot, right? You wouldn't also want an extremely positive character that just gets a bit sad for a few minutes and then gets happy like nothing happens, right?

I don't think I have to say this out loud, but it's pretty obvious that the visuals are lock-on tight when the production is from Doga Kobo and it has continued to deliver in this case. There's less of that moe fanservice and the facial features of the characters are more natural to look at unless you're not okay with different colored hairs, but even then, I think it's almost impossible for Doga Kobo to disappoint in terms of character designs and visuals.

One of the best parts that the anime is doing is that it establishes characters with an internal conflict and they all are trying to improve themselves, just like how the synopsis said. The anime understands characters need to have a starting point in their life and they all need to strive to make that jump, it's practically an anime that shows the journey of cute teenage girls rekindling their lost talents, but looking at how the staff has managed to produce it, I'd say there's a solid chance for it to be a great original anime, joining into the GOATs of original anime.

My case is that you should try to watch it. It may be vague, yes. But the staff did a great job with what they managed to establish in a few episodes and going forward, I can see in a positive light that it will get better from there.

Despite my overall dislike for romance shows, I still take the time to watch them since everything can come as a surprise when you persevere through the bad ones. Watching the first season of Bokuyaba rubbed people the wrong way during its first few episodes, cringy ahh first impression, supposedly making a goofy impression that might signify an overplayed joke in every episode, and having side characters that appear as your run-of-the-mill anime. For those who persevere through, pat yourself on the shoulder, because what lies ahead is one of the year's best romances, not because it was able to surpass its predecessors, no. This ... is an anime that almost perfectly does the standard of what romances should ideally strive to be and how good writing, pacing, and character development can make a love story impactful to watch.

This is not an anime that's afraid to approach cliches and tropes that don't speak 'good rom-com' to viewers who yearn for romantic chemistry. It takes those distasteful ingredients that should be left behind in the dirt and uses them as a starting point for them to grow into, which fortunately, sees the light of day, in this new season of Bokuyaba. Remember the guy whose whole schtick is to make horny remarks about his peers and always tries to peep at them every day? Rather than the anime only treating him as a complete joke, he was able to receive development that makes him, in a way impactful, even if it seems insignificant at first glance. The same goes for the rest of the cast, who can play a role without becoming a stale knockoff that's supposed to add glitter to the comedy.

Welcome aboard, Ichikawa x Yamada! They have made their mark in the Romance genre with almost immaculate romance progression and smooth-like-butter chemistry. Both of these characters did start with a rough beginning, but it became something far more special as it was nearing its end. The school setting, although extremely common to see, still shows why it's an effective stage to show the romance, as many of its events all seem to make sure the characters have to meet one way or another, like your classic 'school festival', a speech to captivate many hearts, meeting in another love interest's house where you will definitely not get into an awkward situation with your crush. A lot of these repeated scenes we have seen hundreds of times all feel fresh new with our successful couple because of a simple but core aspect that is usually overlooked by writers, which would make most of these scenes significantly feel lesser even if you have established characters and somewhat good dialogue. It all comes down to proper execution. This is why execution and pacing are key to making a good romance, even if the characters are written too simply or a lack of 'out-of-the-box' script. Of course, it took 2 seasons for the lovebirds to realize they have feelings for each other, but in the end, I much rather watch a romance unravel slowly and naturally through the eyes of the protagonist, without mindlessly shoving romance scenes that do not feel earned whatsoever or making the female MC unrealistically too appealing to the male MC without being able to compromise.

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I yearn for a good fanservice anime that knows how to balance the act between sexual content and storytelling, but usually, such things don't often go well together especially when the story is so haphazardly done like Chained Soldier with little time to breathe in between. Of course, it also gets some pretty hefty backlash because trying to support a character that is constantly getting lewd seems to be something people find difficult to do (as for those who might haven't watched Kill la Kill) or viewers hating on a character for being too horny to be accepted like Mushoku Tensei's protagonist. Why am I ... saying this? After through brushes and searches of more cultured anime, who would have thought an anime called "Gushing over Magical Girls" show up on the list?

I'll say this right before I go into my appreciation for this anime. Do not watch this anime if you're not okay with:
* Middle school girls being sexualized
* Weird BDSM shit in every episode
* Typical magical girls (really, do not expect a subversion in terms of mature writing)

Meet Hiiragi Utena, she's a real diehard 'otaku' when it comes to magical girls until some random deus ex machina comes in and tells her she's going to help her idols she worshipped, and by that, they meant by helping create chaos so that she can meet them in every single shenanigans she directly (or indirectly) caused. It's another one of those cases where she didn't intend for things to get this way and somehow she has to fulfill a bigger role to play in the grand scheme of the world (usually, stories that do this have to be creative or set up good Chekhov's Guns for some good payoffs.) Thankfully, this anime did have some form of creativity.

This is where the fanservice mainly kicks in and oh dear, it never felt lacking in any other way. Being promised a show meant for tasty content and delivering it is something that most animation production studios or even any studios working in any industry have done miserably. For that, we have to give credit to Asahi Production for being able to consistently provide 'good' content without assorting to ridiculous plot armor or fallacies, betraying character traits for plots, and making every word being put into your face without the simple deed of show, not tell. I'm not saying this anime is completely clean from flaws (there's still plot armor, but I mean every show has that), but there's very little that it never seems that my immersion never got cut off from any bad aspects.

A lot of my enjoyment stems from the CRAZY performance and SPECIFIC characters which the anime takes pride in, it's done splendidly and impeccably oozing with unhinged madness to watch. The experience of finishing a single episode of Gushing over Magical Girls is your classic dose of great voice-acting, especially from Utena's and Sayo's, these VA's performances were so good that they ended up stealing the show when they got the time to thrive. The precious screen time they are given is used well and rarely did I feel I waste a second watching it.

There are still some rough segments of the show which doesn't sit right with what the show excels at, the so-called romance and comedy. I think it's normal to have an anime that generally doesn't land its comedy well since most of the anime don't do it well and even if some are praised, it's very few and far between. But much of my criticism is on the Girls Love aspect of the story. I'll say this clearly, the show lacks an understanding of how to build genuine chemistry and proper relationships. A lot of times, you'll see characters just doing their one quip when they interact with one character or another, a lot of jokes are reliant on those exhausted jokes that died in the first episode. Kiwi's whole screen time is spent on her being a crude rebellious bitch that gets way too clingy on the MC. Haruka's character is your typical optimistic magical girl which I think is supposed to be the BUTT of the joke since she gets embarrassed ridiculously along with her comrades by Utena. But then again, who would expect that when you're watching something this unhinged?

It's an anime that tries to hit its small difficult target and did that with an ace on their hands. The anime perfectly encaptures what Ecchi anime is supposed to accomplish rather than just having bits of uncensored boobs or buttcheeks shoved on your face with a supposed male MC just taking it like it's his privilege. I get that people might not be able to take it well considering it's another one of those shows that still insists on blurring the boundary between what is safe and what is considered porn, however, if you're someone who wants tasty fanservice and good craziness, you should try this out.

Thank you for reading.