Tenshi na Konamaiki

Loved it; would rewatch; would recommend.

It might just be because it's been a long time since I've seen an anime set in high school, but I really enjoyed what this show had to offer. I went into it thinking it would offer a perspective on gender identity issues, which honestly made me hesitant based on worries that it would come off like an unwanted sermon. While it does touch on such issues, it never felt like I was being talked at. Heck, it might have been a more interesting story had it gone deeper into the gender issues.

Rather than get stuck on the gender issues, ... the episodes usually feel like hanging out with a bunch of misfits who turn out to be pretty fun. I love the main character, Megumi Amatsuka. She can be rough and tough at times, or elegant and gentle at other times. She's very pretty without being particularly sexualized. Based on the whole gender aspect, I expected a lot more fanservice, but what's there is all pretty tastefully done. You could totally watch this with your parents and not get interrogated. In contrast to the lack of overt sexualization, there was a whole lot more fighting than I expected. I'm a sucker for fights in non-battle anime, so that was a bit of an unexpected surprise.

This anime isn't particularly ambitious in any category, but for reminding me just how much fun anime can be, I want to give it a 10/10. It's no emotional rollercoaster or anything like that, but every episode was an absolute joy to watch. It can be really exciting at times, but never stressful. I feel like this will eventually become a comfort show for me personally.

good show, great openings, Megumi is BAE, adaption missed the mark, especially at the end.

decent OST, though some tracks have a doom/gloom feel, one in particular sounds like bad campy tv drama lol. Both openings are super solid, make sure to check them out on youtube to get people turned on to this story please, thank you!

not the most trope free or complex characters, but the cast is charming. Megumi in particular is amazing.

plot is engaging enough, if you're curious to know what Megumi's fate ends up as.

~~speaking of, if you're reading this, most important take away if you haven't watched Cheeky
Angel:[ READ THE ... MANGA FIRST]. the ending arc has real danger and legitimate suspense, and the conclusion is great. the anime loses serious points from me because they dull down the danger in the final arc and it has a directly opposite conclusion to its source material.

having read the manga after watching the first episode i can say it was the best move. they made some questionable edits that actually ruined the conclusion so do the same as I did.

i hate this show so much. so much. i put it aside after 15 episodes because of how bad it was. i only kept watching because i really liked megumi as a character. i'm glad i did! because i also love this show a lot lol.

i honestly don't even remember much about the first 15 episodes due to how long it has been since i've watched them. maybe they weren't so bad, but they probably weren't that good either lmao. i just remember being really disgusted. i think it was pointless. i didn't really care one way or another. and it was disgusting. i don't ... know.

i think i got serious about finishing once keiko was introduced. i love horror. i really do. so i guess that's why. i was positively surprised that they kept bringing that atmosphere back... i never expected to get something enjoyable out of watching this. yamato nadeshiko cup arc was especially amazing! i loved it so much.

the soundtrack was amazing too. like i would definitely download it. and i love that silly music they use in battle sequences or whatever. the voice acting was superb. i think it's so weird that all this great stuff was embedded into this show? i'm so surprised. i didn't expect that. i said that already.

also, the characters were likable. and i was happy to see them progress. especially miki. i didn't really care for the romance or whatever that was supposed to be. i really really loved every single villain. you know you never really expect much out of them, it never gets that serious. this time it did! it was worth watching just to see some evil villains.

i think i hated the art style when i first started watching this but it really grew on me lol. i mean, i think it's kind of ugly but appealing as well.

and! i honestly think it was funny. i laughed out loud a few times. sometimes it disgusted me but it's just the stuff you see everywhere else so. so. i can overlook it. i don't get it though.

it's really weird. it was an experience in itself. broadened my horizons and whatnot. i'm like torn between giving this a 9 or 1 so just gonna settle for a 6 and think about it all day long for a while