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Maybe anime fans haven't recovered from the nightmare that is Kodomo no Jikan, stuff like tampons being inserted scars you for life unlike this which is Chicken Soup for the Soul.

And now the cutest animu of last season will never get a sequel D:

Blame the fans who mistaken this for nightmare fuel.

It was an enjoyable show. The synopsis seemed super ecchi, but it was actually surprisingly refreshing that it wasn't that ecchi at all. Cute story. But I wouldn't be able to shell out the money for the Blu-ray, maybe a dvd box set...

It would be nice if people would realize that the more ridiculous the synopsis, the more misleading it tends to be. People freaked out over how B Gata H Kei would be a degenerate slut story, and it ended up being completely monogamous, and approached first-time sex with more sensitivity than almost anything else I've seen.

Lotte is just as misleading a synopsis.


Eh, Kojika (going off the anime here, which is all I've seen) was also an incredibly sweet, emotional story when you get past the reputation. It somewhat is more explicit than Lotte, yes. I don't deny that. It's a more serious, dramatic story and therefore does everything a bit more strongly, fanservice and drama both.

But it's the same in that they both suffer similarly overblown negative reputations that cause their really poignant emotional messages to get lost, or at least somewhat overshadowed.

Lotte is actually on my short list of potential imports with a couple other shows, but I can't possibly afford to import every show I want this season (that'd be, like, 8 or 9 in one season...) So it might just barely miss the cutoff for me.

there are jokes surrounding that but its not actually part of the show :/ tbh it wasnt echhi the only thing that might make it messed up is that protagonist was old enough to be asterottes father.

Despite my earlier differences with this show, it ended up being a sinful and disgusting show.

I am glad that people with morals are not purchasing this show.

kinda expected that that's why i did not watch it

I love how you pull that line on a non-lolicon show while conveniently ignoring that other actual lolicon material does sell - so maybe it has nothing to do with your alleged "morals" after all. Keep living in your fantasy.

feel sorry for her..has to buy her own work to show support... i didnt watch this series though...

Oh man you should have seen his replies with regards to Yosuga no Sora, matter of fact go look for them, you'll laugh.

May I see them? Link plox <3

Awww D;

Cheer up sensei! D;

1. Make mediocre show.
2. Expect high sales.
LOLJAPAN

This show had some well executed drama, unlike those current "hit" drama-shows. (Hanasaku Iroha, Ano Hana..) But that isn't important nowadays, as they just have to tell the audience to be sad and not do it the "hard" way, to make the audience feel sad without being told to do so... meaning subtle drama. This show does very well in that category several times.

Also of course the loli-problems, synopsis as bait and switch, sort of, and its strength is CLEARLY the family-stuff. The ending was also just an inch away from being explicitly pedo. There are more than just one kinds of "love" and the "chuuu"-love shouldn't be the love between the protag and Lotte. That's just unfitting if you consider the rest of the story.
And this brings the problems. Those who want that lolicon-stuff to happen won't be pleased with most of the anime and those who like the family-stuff might never give it a chance or will have problems with some parts of episode 8+.

Quite sad. Without the lolicon-stuff... this would've been better. I'd assume the manga will use the "Succubus"-stuff later on, but the anime never built upon it, so that plotpoint is moot and kinda unneeded.

Exactly. People watched it expecting an erotic loli show and didn't get it, and nobody else watched it due to its lewd premise. How can they expect to make sales on something that doesn't do what it claims?

I loved Haga Yui's BakaTest so this really bugs me, even though I have to admit I wasn't all that fund of Astarotte no Omocha either, it was watchable. I just hope this doesn't mean it's going to affect the airing of season 2 of BakaTest this summer.

Why would it have any impact at all?

I other words, she's broke, it figures, the anime is a flop to begin with

But that's pretty much Japan in a nutshell. Good/Outstanding shows almost never sell (that) well, but the last 2 seasons are an exception. (With Madoka, T&B and S;G actually selling.)
I guess Japan finally grew a brain.