Ranked #2022

Hand Maid May

The catchy opening theme originally made me watch this, but oh, how dreadfully decieving it was. I liked this anime...for 4 episodes. I have 3 main problems with it: the lameness of the main character, the lameness of the other characters, and the crowdedness.

Firstly, about Kazuya. He's a pretty cool guy. He's very interested in robotics and spends his time developing the most not-cute attempt at a cuddly robot you could ever think up. HOWEVER, this does not fit in any way with h ow 1...2...3...4...(is that it?) girls have fallen completely head-over-heels in love with him. Yes, I can understand an old friend who has gotten to know him, but the rest? It's just absurd, and completely unconvincing.

Secondly, the lameness of the other characters - namely May, who has the emotional development of a parrot. This is a problem with almost every other harem anime: these otherwise attractive women who are suddenly imbued with the mindless obedience of a pet dog and the emotions of a pet dog, instantly transforming them into annoying animals, conveniently placed, over and over again, to teach us that Kazuya posesses a sexual retardation second only to amoebas.

Finally, the characters. There are too many. I don't like it. By the last episode, I was stuck wondering why the hell these characters are all here, and wondering if any of them would GTFO in favour of some actual character development. Don't even get me started on the OVA.

If you generally like harem animes, you'll probably like this, then in retrospect you'll realize that it's garbage and you would have better spent your time watching porno; at least it's more honest than this crap. read more

Me being the shojo style lover I am, I cringed when I first heard about this anime. Then I watched it. Don't let it's harem style deceive you. It's actually fairly decent, in the non-perverted way. Not to mention funny. I love the idea of robot pets, so I really enjoyed this.