The dynamic between an otaku and a non-otaku is a routine gag, but it’s not the focal point of this show. It’s a real heartwarming series about some very believable characters. Obviously some things are hammed up for a laugh, but if I was told this was based on actual experience with a couple of real people, I would easily believe it.
That believably is what makes this show so great in my opinion. It’s like watching a bunch of your friends deal with their jobs, romances, and lives. It’s something I feel to be one of the rarer anime experiences. Sure, there’s always tons of slice of life anime but they usually either star teenagers, or there’s a sort of fantastical element to them. It’s rare to find an anime starring a bunch of late 20-somethings living borderline realistic lives, and I think this one really hits it out of the park in that regard. Talking openly and normally about birth control, having a sex life, problems with work, still not feeling exactly like a grown up even though you certainly are one, all of these things are topics that you’ll find covered by this anime.
Even though each episode is only 3 minutes and 30 seconds long, including the credits, you can really get a sense of attachment to the handful of regulars that pop in and out. I applaud the talent that it must have took to be able to craft stories so well and have them all play out within only 3 minutes, but never once leaving me feeling as though the plot was rushed. Each 3 minute episode may as well have been a standard 24 minutes, they just utilized their 3 minutes to tell a story that well.
I guess what I’m saying is that, if you’re an adult anime fan that would like to see a story you can easily relate to, you should go watch this. If you’re an anime fan in general, I think you should go watch this. If nothing else, watch this just to see how it’s possible to tell a fulfilling story in such a short amount of time.
