I My Me! Strawberry Eggs

It puzzles me why no one had reviewed this yet. Which hyped me up even more to let people know about this anime.

Art
You might be looking at the preview image right now thinking "Ahh... It doesn't look that appealing".
Well, to be honest, I'm not that fond of that drawing style, but don't let it discourage you! You'll get used to it, I promise.

Keep reading!


Story and Enjoyment
... If you're looking for a 'super developed' plot on how the world suddenly became and apple and how humans must find a way to turn it back, forget it.
This is a very lighthearted Anime, it won't confuse you with its scientific theories and plot twists that make you go "huh?".

It made me cheer up from "Ahh, why all my anime suddenly feel so boring?" to laughing by the end of the very first episode.

Now, don't get me wrong about the plot twists. They exist! They're quite good at holding the mystery for the right amount of time and unleashing it into a laugher bomb of amusement.

I don't think they exaggerated or forced on either comedy, drama or romance. To me it was well quite balanced.
And I liked the ending too, so yay!


Sound
Quite simple:
Before watching, just ask yourself if you must you fall in love with every Opening and Ending Theme you see. I usually skip them unless I do, anyway. (And so I did, in I My Me! Strawberry-Eggs). I guess you can figure.

Characters
I know some people just skipped the whole review to read about the characters. But if you did, I'm sorry to disappoint you, I won't get into much detail for the fear or ruining the surprise.
They do develop along the series. Those very subtle changes in the characters' personalities really made me fall in love with them.

And, must I say, I had quite a few good surprises as the anime was reaching its end!




Final Thoughts on I My Me! Strawberry-Eggs
As I said, a very lighthearted anime that will probably lift up your mood. It'll make you laugh, and who knows; even might make you cry. It'll amuse and surprise just when you thought it couldn't, and you'll slowly understand what makes it so good.

I completely recommend it!

Okay I hate to admit this and I really hate to admit this because I'm a guy but this was a damn good series story wise, if it was redrawn and remade I sure as hell would enjoy it about a thousand times more as I'm sure most people will think as well. So without any further ado let us review.
Story- Like I said the story in this was great, the ending was a real heart jerker, and the laughs I enjoyed were pretty genuine. The only thing that prevented it from getting a ten was some lack of substance and how short the series ... was.
Art- Okay yeah this series definitely lost points with me here mostly because everything was not well drawn. I understand that this series is kind of old but I have to draw a line somewhere.
Sound- Okay I liked the voice actors in japanese and the voices really did match the characters; in terms of sound effects they did a decent job there too so yay good job.
Character- Well for the important characters yes there was some development but there were sometimes where I just felt uneasy as to what a character was like...what I mean to say is either the character was as easy to read as a book or about as readable as Latin is speakable
Enjoyment- I liked this series a lot it wasn't my first experience watching an anime that was at least roughly based around school life but it was definitely one of my more enjoyable experiences; it actually makes me expect great things from school life based animes unlike some series which will remain un-named cough cough super gals cough cough.
Overall- If you like a heart warming kind of story and enjoy a little bit of drama here and there I suggest this series if not I'm not sure why else you would pick it up unless the aspect of a man cross dressing to get a job as a teacher is just your thing...

I started watching I My Me! Strawberry Eggs four years ago. It was one of my first forays into anime tinged with yuri and crossdressing, both elements that have become more popular in the years since. Now revisiting and finishing it, I feel a very strong appreciation for a show that tackles rarely handled topics such as reverse sexism and above all, what really matters when you fall in love with someone.

Admittedly, Strawberry Eggs fails spectacularly as a comedy. The jokes are stale, the timing is terrible, and the visual gags are just lame. Its only existence in comedy seems to be to keep the ... series light-hearted, because when it dives into drama, it tends to dive deep. No surprise given the premise involves a man who crossdresses to teach at a school that only allows women to teach falling in love with one of his female students. Barriers invoking melodrama include age, gender, and sexual orientation, as well as the negative stereotypes that men typically have to bear. These issues are handled quite delicately while both the teacher and his students, both operating under entirely wholesome premises, attempt to understand each other in an environment that breeds discrimination on unwholesome assumptions. The way these issues are tackled and resolved are Strawberry Eggs's true strength and with great fortune, is what it blossoms toward, especially in its incredibly impressive final stretch.

The characters are also a mixed breed. No one really stands out besides Hibiki and Kuzuha, but everyone is a well-rounded character and no one is entirely a cliche. The characters, despite their lack of discernible personalities, never come across as fake... well, except the apartment patrons. They're a joke and have no real puprose or need for existence within the series.

The art is decent, not necessarily pretty but certainly not ugly. I suppose "tolerable" would be the right word which is coincidentally (or not) appropriate for this series given its message.

The voice work is impressive and passionate, especially Yuki Masuda as the female voice of Hibiki. However, the BGM and OP/ED accompaniments are beyond bland.

In short, though looking rather uninspired and bland, Strawberry Eggs ultimately blossoms into something strong, thoughtful, and sincere. A real treat for series of this nature that proves in many ways that looks are not only deceiving, but also not what really matters.

Overall, I give I My Me! Strawberry Eggs a 7 out of 10.

Being a future educator myself, this story really warmed my heart. I admit, the story is a little bit stupid and, yes, VERY far-fetched. However, you have to be willing to keep an open mind and look deeper, because the truth is, this story is about love, gender equality, and acceptance of others and of the self. Specifically, though, it is about the equal treatment of MEN. I enjoyed that they focused on this, because these days everything is usually about women being mistreated.

The art is nothing special, and neither is the soundtrack. It's like any other school kid drama in that aspect. I wish ... I had more to say about that.

Let me just get this out of the way: (without giving too much away) YES, the main relationship between two characters is unrealistic and inappropriate under all circumstances. I want to stress that I do not condone that kind of behavior from a grown man. However, to enjoy this show, you have to look past the creepy stuff because, after all, it's just TV. DO NOT WATCH THIS IF YOU ARE EASILY SHOCKED/DISGUSTED BY SOCIAL SCANDALS. Though you're all anime connoisseurs, so I'm sure you're used to it by now ;)

Weird stuff aside, I can say that the main protagonist, Hibiki, is one of the most admirable characters I have ever encountered. His goal in life is to become a gym teacher and change the lives of children for the better. When he enters Seito Sannomiya Private School disguised as a woman, he enters with the intent of proving a point to the man-hating administration: that people should be judged by their character, not by their gender. As for the school kids, they were actually a very realistic group of middle schoolers. You know.. hormonally messed up, unsure of what's right, impressionable.

I think that the LGBT community (or anyone who supports) would enjoy this because it has themes about accepting sexuality. Really anyone who's into civil rights will enjoy this.

Story
The story kind of reminded me of Ouran High School Host Club. Haruhi had to dress up as a boy to pay her debt to the Host Club, while Amawa Hibiki had to dress up as a girl to be a athletics teacher for a school who has a principal a grudge against males due to a past relationship with a guy. Of course he will soon fall in love with one of his students which is Fuuko.

Character
There are a lot of different characters in this anime. There is a guy who dresses up as a girl, a klutz, a cool kid, crazy old lady, ... two perverts, sexist principal and vice-principal, and a tough girl. I find that really interesting to bunch up a ton of different character personality. With characters like these it became really interesting.

Enjoyment
I enjoyed all 13 episodes of it. The last episode almost made me cry but no problem! If only there was a 2nd season to this anime. There were a lot of scenes that made me lol, sad, angry and surprised. I hope you enjoy this anime like the way I enjoyed it.

Yay my first review ^_^.

Overall from the start, it has a good story going, abt an enthusiastic man wanting to be a teacher, but has to cross-dress in order to teach. The beginning of his career and towards the end was quite coherent, and was very entertaining and tear-jerking.

However, the ending parts of this series left me a lot of questions, and there were quite a cliffhangers as well... seeming to lead to another season, but there doesn't seem to be one. Therefore i felt that the ending pulled the score down.

Moreover, the romance between the some of the characters in the series were ... not fully expressed, so this story is not so much of a romance type but rather an inspirational and tear-jerking one.

O yea, the op was excellent, as they show you a few snap shots of what is going to come up later on in the episode in the first few secs of the op. And the op was great, lovely song. I didn't like the ed so much though.

Overall, I enjoyed this series very much and I think it is quite rewatchable as well (7.8/10 for rewatchable-ness)

Just finish watching I my me strawberry eggs and it was a great experience for me.


At first glance at the poster you may thought this anime is just your typical anime about teacher x student relationship with a lots of comedy and parody yeah..at first few episode it was like that but when you
get in the mid end this anime is becoming more on a drama and you will
realize that ..this anime is serious as sh*t... i'm just a little bit over reacting about that :-)

The Story
About a guy needs to pay his rent and so he cross-dress so that he can be ... accepted in the school were female teacher's only being accepted.

The Characters are great specially Baa-chan she's is always saving the day.
I also like the supporting cast love story and if you watch this you will see a lot of
love triangles

The Sound is just fine just your typical old school anime.


I really enjoy watching this...there is no doll moments at all, every episode worth a shot and it has only 13 episode and this is one of the anime that you'll be asking for more....you'll wish there's more 'cause how great and the enjoyment that i felt while watching this..The ending was so sad by the way :-(

I really wish there was a second season 'cause we want to know what will happen next and it's been 13 years and no announcement yet...for an anime fans like me it's never too late to have a second season or an OVA....


The Big BONUS for me about this anime is that Crispin Freeman is the voice actor of Hibiki-chan and it's so rare for me to find an anime that he's the main protagonist. He's KYON by the way in the melancholy of haruhi suzumiya,Shizuo in durarara and Hideki in Chobits.


PS: I wish there was an alternative version of this..(HENTAI) LOL! just kidding.......

In relation to art and sound aspect, it is close to a 10 by taking into account of the technology available at that point of time.

The story is an 8 simply because there were hiccups in various moments in the anime but the concept of a cross-dressing teacher definitely did not award it anywhere lower.

The characters showed great promise, they really do. But the lack of episodes couldn't allow greater depth to be developed. As it stands, it is an 8.

From the above criteria, it brings to wonder why on the whole it is a 10, because I enjoyed it.

I just simply love how forbidden ... concepts like a cross-dresser, teacher X student love and concept homosexuality came into play. In the minds of junior high students who are around the age of 14-16, what is their concept of love? This anime takes upon all of these elements and made a story. It is unfair, unjust and stupid to judge the anime from the POV of an adult or someone in their silver hair days. It showed how teenagers who are struggling with understanding what is love and are there limits. One might say that homosexuality, age difference and all other "taboo" things in society are bad but I beg to differ. I have no problems against these concepts because I believe that if that is where you feel most happy, you should go for it. And this anime does it. It delve into how these concept would work in reality and dug out a path which a person who accepts such "taboo" elements would take. If there were more episodes, this would have been an anime sensation but does it matter?

All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed this anime despite lacking in areas, it greatly and sufficiently satisfied me. On the whole, it was outstanding.

Good question! wot does the title of this Anime Have anything to do with the story itself? Your guess is as good as mine.

At first when i saw this Anime just by reading the title it didn't sound to appealing to me. i thought it was going to be some "kid" type anime...little magical girls in funky type costumes. then after watching the first episode i was shocked! O_O a cross-dressing teach, a gender bias school principle...and ah, oh well also the normal stuff like perverted old men, and a pushy old lady...which is surprising agile like James ... Bond. you can pretty much say that this is NOT your everyday middle school.

The Art work is great not too over exaggerated like other "school" like anime. the character's features aren't blow up out of proportion, if you know wot i mean. ^_^ although, damn that boy can really dress up! there are too many give away features that men have that are undeniably UN-HIDEable! oh, please can you really hid anything wearing those tight short that the girls wear?! com'on boys you know if that were any where near possible i think that would hurt you guys very much in the nuts! O_O oh, and damn...he would be that attractive just by putting in makeup...ok...i know wot you are saying. in this day and age "Newhalf" people can. But, agree to this that teacher is not one of those.

Over all, i did enjoy this Anime. Interestingly funny i might say. watch it!

^_^ Enjoy!!!

I My Me! Strawberry Eggs was a good series, it would have gotten a 10 in my book but there were some things towards the end that kind of bugged me.

The story, as soon as you know what it's about has that "Oh my... Got to see how this goes over" reaction. First episode and I was hooked. VERY funny and the awkward situations made it funnier. But unfortunately, the further and further the series went the more serious it became... That's what I didn't like about the series. Realistically though, what all happened in the series happened just as it would in real ... life.

Art was typical, it was good art, but not bad. Though there were some parts in the series that they could have left some details out...

Characters were weird... At least the main characters. True, they didn't have much of a back story, but they were well developed and had their own personalities. Some had a little too much of their own personality... x_x;;;

Overall, a very enjoyable series, except the ending which I said went from comical to serious. Provided many good laughs and leaves you wondering what will happen next?

Alright, so Strawberry eggs probably doesn't resonate with everyone. It touches subjects such as cross dressing, hebephilia and rabid feminism, which aren't exactly uncontroversial in the west (or I suppose in Japan). Even if you approach this series with an open mind, you'll still have to get past the whacky story, the wierd jokes, the fanservice... All I can say is that Strawberry eggs hits a perfect wavelength for me personally.

Graphically it actually looks really good, especially for a high school anime, and even more especially considering it was made in 2001. Vivid animation, nice lighting effects and above decent character design.

The voice acting is ... good enough, the OP and ED have both been in my "good anime music" folder for over 10 years and the background music is varied and fitting.

Very few high school animes manage to pull off a good combination of comedy and romance, but Strawberry eggs hits a sweet spot. The story itself, despite the whacky themes, isn't ground breaking but it's well paced and directed, and inhabited with great characters.

This happens to be one of the very first animes I watched, so I guess some of it comes out of nostalgia, but it has turned out to be one of my absolute favourites.

im late to the show, just finished it and 3 days later im still emotional wreck after the last episode, i really wish this had a full OVA or is given a second chance, i think with the current climate of gender discussion and the rise of streaming services it would do extremely well

the whole season is a roller coaster of emotion,

you can see that hibiki struggles with their gender identity all the way through the season, at first taking on the mentor role, then a motherly role and finally lover, the statement that hibiki was going away to figure themselves out is a ... massive trans precursor for trans story line, the fact that they admit to enjoying time with the girls and feminine past times. i think the undercurrent from bachan shows that as a trans woman herself she could see it in hibiki.

overall it has so far been one of my favorite animes along with Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru (The Maidens Are Falling in Love with Me) mainly because of the very well written gender understanding and friendship along with character development 9/10

Hmm, what can I say? This anime really came up with something original. The humor in here was classic, with some funny situations that could only be obtained through the power of cross-dressing and gender confusion. The only problem was length, I would have liked to see the anime go a couple more episodes.

8/10

The show is silly just as its title sounds. I won't get into story details because most of people have written about it - a man starts crossdressing to get a job in a school to become a good teacher and make sexist female superiors realise that everyone deserves to be treated equally.
Topics such as men-women relations, prejudices, sexuality and love are unwrapped in these 13 episodes. Even though the number of episodes wasn't enough to cover the topics, they were developed in both silly and serious way. Watchers are entertained and provoked a bit at the same time, to relate events to real ... world situations. I'm sure you frequently encounter topics about gender pay gap in media or discussions, this anime is an artificial laboratory where such things are experimented and boosted to make bigger impression. How would society react if a principal of a school would said that only females should be hired as teachers or if a school superiors claimed that men are disgusting and only good for cleaning? Take that outside the school and apply to any institution or society. Also, the anime did great with those characters, they have double standards - they claim to be caring for society for the greater good, but they are nothing more than a bunch of hypocrites. The anime's school motto fits that well, it's about love ("love for all"? I cannot remember the motto well) while in reality it's not practised. In numerous moments we see school society divided about some questions and tensions between men and women, which is mostly result of older people (such as vice-principal) interfering and creating such bad atmosphere. The only thing those people don't know is that youth is suffering from their harsh guidance where they force their prejudices into heads of youngsters.
Summed up, it's a decent watch - it's short and has funny moments which will poke you to think of some topics like gender equality. Too bad many people skip it because of its rating.

So, I've heard about this anime a long time ago (about 03, I think?), but I didn't think anything of it (though it has been in the back of my mind just because of the title alone). When I first heard about this anime, I thought it might be something like a Magical Girl Shoujo anime just from the title alone but when I read the summary, I found I was wrong. But still, the plot line of a man, desperate to become a teacher, crossdresses to do so after being turned down due to his gender. It was rather interesting, to say the least ... and it kind of reminded me of another anime and manga called Gokusen which had a similar plot, only it was a woman born to a Yakuza (Japanese mafia/gang family) becoming a teacher at an all boy's school and having to hide the fact that she's a yakuza woman.

I, My, Me! Strawberry Eggs has an interesting story and interesting characters, even if the animation style isn't what you usually see in an anime. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Story;
Like I said at the start of this review, I, My, Me! Strawberry Eggs is about a man named Hibeki Amawa, after being refused a job as a teacher at a prestigious school with an all-female staff, requests the help of his landlady, Lulu, to get a job, which is by turning him into a woman. While this sounds like a comedy plot, the comedy in this anime is a bit... weak. And the drama that unfolds is the strong point, albeit, it's all rushed. There's no real story arc except for Hibeki constantly having to keep his true gender a secret from the feminazi of a principal and vice-principal. I used feminazi (albeit a bit loosely) because the head of the school and her vice principal are completely against men due to various unexplained reasons and that's pretty much it. Everything is mostly one-shot adventures until around episode 9 or 10 when a huge love triangle forms between Hibiki and a few of his students.

Other than the close to non-existent story arc, what I, My, Me! Strawberry Eggs have is still an amazing story. It does have it's funny moments, most of the comedic moments are of Hibeki nearly getting busted for being a man or close to being found out.

Art:
The art/animation isn't exactly breathtaking, but once you get used to it, it is pretty to look at. It has a lot of pretty scenes and the characters are animated fairly well, except for a few cases where they make some of the male characters that are perverted look even creepier than usual.

Sound:
Well, the sound is pretty good. The English dub was.... let's say the voice acting was well done. The characters sounded exactly as I would imagine the characters to be and the voices convey exactly what the characters are feeling and going through, though I do feel Lulu's voice could've been done a bit better. Other than that, I also think the opening and ending songs are a bit catchy. They're not the best openings and endings to an anime but I still find myself humming the songs out loud. As a matter of fact, the opening is stuck in my head right now.

Character:
Well, as I said, the characters are definitely drawn well and voiced well, but are they realistic and enjoyable? Are they developed? My answer is... yes, they're realistic enough for me to enjoy watching all the hilarity that ensues from Hibiki trying to keep his secret. All the characters have their own personalities, especially Hibiki, Fuko, and Lulu. As for the more supporting and background characters, they're distinguishable and enjoyable enough, but they don't stand out like Hibiki and Fuko do though. While I loved watching all the interactions between Hibiki and all the other characters, whether it's as a woman or a man, I do wish that there was more character development. Hibiki, Fuko, Akira, and Fujio are the only ones who get any kind of character development at all. It'd be nice if there were more episodes for the other students to grow because there seems to be something going on between a few of the background characters that never get fleshed out. It's just a shame that there weren't more episodes to flesh out all the characters properly.

Enjoyment:
I enjoyed this show a lot. I mean yeah, the comedy wasn't all that enjoyable but the characters, the music, and the show... everything was really enjoyable. I enjoyed watching Fuko experience her first love and Hibiki trying to persuade the evil feminazi Principal and vice principal to change their minds about segregating the girls and boys and seeing him stand up for all of his students and encouraging them to do their best, as both a man and a woman, was really touching. As a matter of fact, I thought Hibiki was going to be a typical manly man who would be perverted and think of cross-dressing as disgusting, but nope.

This show proved me wrong. It definitely tackled a lot of issues that normally aren't featured in animes, let alone a tv show. It touched upon, reverse-sexism, feminism, well the extreme version of feminism, cross-dressing, and of course, the one thing that makes us all human: Love. Of course, Hibiki does have a few perverted moments but honestly, if you were convince to share the same bed with someone of the opposite gender (albeit it was for one night lol) then you wouldn’t be able to help, but notice how the other person looks while being so close to them in a small space.

Overall:
Overall, I would say this is a damn good anime. It's not among the best animes I've watched, but it's not the worst by any means. The characters are all enjoyable enough, the plot, what little there is, is entertaining and lighthearted, and everything ties together... mostly. My only complaint is that the story could've been developed just a bit more so that the characters could be fleshed out. I mean there was something in the final episode, something about the Headmistress, that had me very intrigued. While I feel that this anime is a bit rushed, I still loved it and I highly recommend it if you don't mind a slightly rushed plot or a short Slice of Life anime. But it's not recommended if you're looking for something with more depth and character development. Why do I say this? Because there are only 13 episodes of this anime and it has a lot of potentials to be a good lighthearted story with a smidgeon of drama to spice it up.

So with that said, if you really are interested or don't think my review doesn't convince you to watch I, My, Me! Strawberry Eggs, then see for yourself why this anime is good at what it does.

I thoroughly enjoyed this anime from start to finish.

The characters were likable from episode one and the unique story kept me watching.
I loved the concept of a cross dressing girl/boy relationship and was
interested how they would go about doing it.

I was worried that the concept wouldn't work well for the romance between the main characters, but it was executed beautifully and left no doubt in my mind that this series deserved a 10/10.

I was concerned when thinking about watching this because it was made in 2001 and the art style didn't look amazing but I definitely have to say im glad I did ... watch this.

Overall I highly recommend this to anyone who likes the romance genre or if you like Yuri to watch this series.

First of all this anime is quite under-rated. It really disappoints me seeing the score below 7 on MAL. Anyways a darn good anime. You may question the art style but you'll get used to it but those ears... They creeped me out.
The story overall is good .... Your every day cross dressing hum teacher who teaches at a school where men are despised ..... Hmmm seems good xD.
Sounds and sync of the show was a little disappointing .... But the characters were brilliant .... You could see an average class with average student each different from each other ..... The characters seemed they were ... taken from a real story
Over all i give this anime 7 at least if not more and I'd definitely recommend it to anyone who likes highschool drama and romance..

Short review tiiiiime!~

I went into this anime because I like genderbender. TRUE genderbender, not crossdressing. But even then, if they fall in line with my tastes they can still be pretty good like Ouran High School.
At first I didn't want to see this anime because the MC on the front cover had the skin tone men usually have in anime, and he didn't look like he would fit the "female" role. Luckily he looks 3x better in the anime and pulls it off perfectly.
The story was fun and sweet and they didn't overplay filler type sequences to where it got annoying. It had a bittersweet ... ending in my opinion that makes me long for a season two, but this was made in 16 years ago so R.I.P. my hopes and dreams.
The art was pretty good for 2001 anime so it isn't unbearable to watch.
Same with the sound.
The characters were likable, especially the MC. Character development was okay as well. The romance wasn't amazing, but it'll still ping you in the heart where it counts, especially towards the end.
Overall I really enjoyed this anime.
It's so hard to find a good genderbender anime. There's a whole bunch of manga out there, but in the anime industry it's like it's a rare breed of animal... Really glad I gave this a try.

I My Me Strawberry eggs is about a new educated boy who wants to be a teacher, but the nearest school employees are not men as teachers, only women.

Since Hibiki Amawa which is the new educated the boy, desperately need money to pay rent, clothe himself like a woman to get the job.

Fuko Kuzuha, which is one of the students in the class of Hibiki, has had some problems with various things, such that she can not run very far before she falls. As a teacher takes Hibiki responsibility to help Fuko, and it is not only this, he helps her.

Not only that Hibiki must ... keep their secret, always try to show the principal to find evidence that Hibiki is a man, not a woman. This is then part of the excitement.

As Hibiki Fuko help with various things, they begin slowly to get feelings for each other, but none of them understand exactly what is going on. Hibiki is confused that he suddenly likes bras very well, and Fuko do not understand that she may have feelings for a girl. Not only is it a boy in class named Akira Fukae has feelings for Fuko, but since she is so confused about her feelings for Hibiki, she don't know what to answer when he asks if she will be with him. What Fuko do not know is that Fujio Himejima, which is one of the best friend, are in love with Akira, and asked him if he wanted to be with her, but as I said, since he was in love with Fuko he replied no.

True this anime you will be asking yourself; will they find out about hibiki's secret? What will happen with the love?


It is an interesting anime and I thought it was awesome! Even the music I liked! I sat crying at the end because I liked it so well!

Without a doubt, I give this: 10/10

I watched this series and really enjoyed it. The story begins with Hibiki Amawa trying to get a job at the Seito Sannomiya Private School, but the administrator laughs him out of the office since the school does not accept male teachers. So with the help of his landlady, he learns how to dress and look like a female teacher and goes back and gets the job.

As the school's new gym teacher, Hibiki then proceeds to get immersed in one uncomfortable and comical situation after another. But the plot thickens when one of his female students Fuko Kuzuha bonds with him (as her female ... teacher and mentor) and the situation begins to get out of hand. Classic Japanese train wreck ending, which I always deduct 1 point for.

Lots of laughs and more than a little fan service; I'd give it a PG rating and 7/10.